Irish Sprint Cup

The Irish Sprint Cup formerly known as the Irish National Cup is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Dundalk Stadium in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.[1]

Irish Sprint Cup

Location	Dundalk Stadium
Inaugurated	1943
Sponsor	Bar One Racing Ltd
Race information
Distance	400 yards
Surface	Sand

It was held at the Dunmore Park Greyhound Stadium from 1943 until 2000[2] until the track closed in 1996 and then it returned in 1999 at Ballyskeagh before switching to Dundalk in 2004.[3] It is a prestigious invitation event held for Ireland's leading sprinters and is an integral part of the Irish greyhound racing calendar.[4]

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Time	Trainer	SP	Notes
1943	Fair Mistress	Saccadee – Edith Bronte	24.03			Track record
1944	Mad Tanist	Tanist – Mad Darkie	23.89			Track record
1945	Oranmore Bandit	Rebel Light – Duffy’s Tea Again	24.08
1946	Count Lally	Inler Irish – Lady of the Gale	24.56
1947	Fair Moving	Well Squared – Fair Light	24.32			dead-heat
1947	Rockfield Light	Well Squared – Fair Light	24.32			dead-heat
1948	Leamas Sport	Sporting Tanist – Misers Curse	24.66
1949	Burndennet Brook	Great Climber – Cherokee Girl	23.99
1950	Sandown Champion	Mad Tanist – Good Record	23.86
1951	Mad Companion	Bellas Prince – Maddest Yet	23.88
1952	Kilrid Blackbird	Dante the Great – Kilrid Colleen	23.90
1953	Mushera Shaggy	Shaggy Lad – Mushera Farloe	23.99
1954	Hi There	Slaney Record – Dublin Red	24.51
1955	Claremont John	Derrycrussan – Claremont Girl	23.77
1956	Keep Moving	Imperial Dancer – California	23.65			Track record
1957	Coalfield Here		24.04
1958	Obedias Son		23.89
1959	Clougharevan Boy	Glittering Look – Manhattan Heiress	23.84
1960	Skips Choice	Romolas Dante – Phil Skip	23.92
1961	Highland Fame		24.22
1962	Tanyard Chef	Tanyard Champion – Flexions Glow	23.96
1963	Melody Wonder	Pigalle Wonder – Racing Millie	24.17
1964	Dorado	Champions Son – Last July	24.08
1965	Bauhus	Solar Prince – Lovely Sister	23.73	Ger McKenna
1966	Hair Dresser	The Glen Abbey - Billum	23.89
1967	Mullaghroe Hiker	Knockrour Again – Carless Fire	23.72	Jack Mullan
1968	Dry Flash	Prairie Flash – Newhill Snowdrop	24.10	Ger McKenna		dead-heat
1968	Newhill Printer	Prairie Flash – Newhill Snowdrop	24.10			dead-heat
1969	Move Gas	Dandy Man – Move Sally	23.60			Track record
1970	Gaultier Swank		24.00	Jack Flynn[5]
1971	Benbradagh Luck	Lucky Wonder – Gentle Star	23.74
1972	Clashing	Yanka Boy – Bresheen Peg	23.72
1973	Get The Point	Shauns Ticket – Itsamint	23.87
1974	Empty Pride	Own Pride – Chick Chick	24.05	Jack Mullan
1975	Rapid Roger	Kerry Wonder – Rapid Smokey	23.58
1976	Thurles Yard [6]	Bright Lad – Backyard Girl	24.04	Brendan Matthews
1977	Land Power	Power to Spare – Rayhill Meg	23.97
1978	Noble Brigg	Faction Fighter – Noble Lynn	23.76
1979	La Cosa Nostra	Rockfield Era – Mafia Poppy	23.82
1980	Blue Train	Never So Gay – Ballagan View	23.77
1981	Noble Legion [7]	Faction Fighter – Noble Lynn	23.78
1982	Otago	Fair Boot – Gulleen Primrose	23.56
1983	Im Slippy	Laurdella Fun – Glenroe Boss	23.50
1984	Market Major	Tender Hothead – Market Telex	23.78
1985	Arties Rover	Knockash Rover – Noble Queen	23.79
1986	Autumn Magic	Tender Hothead – Long Bar	23.53
1987	Oran Flash	Oran Jack – Warm Wind	23.72
1988	Lisnakill Carmel	Hay Maker Mac – Lisnakill Mist	23.44
1989	Macs Lock	Quare Rocket – Killetra Queen	23.86
1990	Leaders Best	For Real – Leaders Exile	23.40
1991	Hawaiian Knight	Flag Star – Dancing Dream	23.35
1993	Ballyfolion Shy	Meeniyan Prince – Ballyfolian Jig	23.16
1994	Jackies Phantom	Phantom Flash - Dainty Queen		Matt O'Donnell
1995	Analysis	Mid Clare Champ – Glenmoira	23.39
1996	Old Kingdom	Mid Clare Champ – Sunstory	23.42
1999	Quarter to Five	Boyne Walk – Gig of Gold	20.24	Paul Hennessy	6-4
2000	Knockeevan Star	Slaneyside Hare – Rubys Bridge	20.14	Tom Flaherty	7-2
2001	Fact File [8]	Thorgil Tex – Lady Be Silent	20.06	Jerry Melia	9-4
2002	Fast Gladiator [9]	Roanokee – Stocks The Rocks	20.28	Seamus Hagan	2-1
2004	Lowtown Supreme [10]	Arrigle Phantom – Silver Side	21.94	Ray Kavanagh	7-2
2005	Mabels Dilemma [11]	Roanokee – Adriennes Beauty	21.11	Gerry Holian	4-6f	Track record
2006	Smart Teddy [12]	Go Wild Teddy – Quick Sweep	21.31	Joe Blair	4-1
2007	Johnny Gatillo [13]	Top Honcho – Corries Kate	21.26	Martin Lanney	7-1
2008	Allmightyjack [14]	Tucks Mein – Lethal Claudia	21.08	James Roche	2-1
2009	Inny Blue [15]	Honcho Classic – Sydney Swan	21.15	John McGee Sr.	9-2
2010	Sheepwalk Mac [16]	Ballymac Maeve – Crazy Jane	21.08	Michael Taggart	4-5f
2011	Shoemakers Lad [17]	Brett Lee – Ms Pepinstep	21.10	Thomas Harte	6-1
2012	Cambushmore [18]	Head Bound – Maryanns Venture	21.01	Graham Holland	7-2
2013	Razldazl Rioga [19]	Brett Lee – Razldazl Pearl	21.27	Dolores Ruth	13-2
2014	Crokers Champ [20]	Kinloch Brae – Honey Shine	21.18	Peter Cronin	2-1
2015	Slipalong Hero [21]	Gold Slipalong – Thorns And Roses	21.31	Gerry Holian	8-1
2016	Ballymac BigMike [22]	Tyrur Big Mike – Ballymac Scarlet	21.01	Robert Gleeson	6-4f
2017	Heisman [23]	Brett Lee – Claddagh Pearl	20.96	Laurence Jones	3-1
2018	Ardnasool Jet [24] [25]	Droopys Jet – Kilara Jade	21.07	Cathal McGhee	3-1
2019	Ardnasool Jet [26]	Droopys Jet – Kilara Jade	20.97	Cathal McGhee	6-4f
2020	Grangeview Ten [27]	Zero Ten - Portumna West	20.88	Patrick Guilfoyle	5-4jf

Venues & distances

• 1943-1996 (Dunmore Park 435 yards)
• 1999-2002 (Ballyskeagh/Drumbo Park 325 yards)
• 2004-2004 (Dundalk 410 yards)
• 2005-present (Dundalk 400 yards)

Sponsors

• 2004-2020 Bar One Racing Ltd

References

1. Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing, page 246. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
2. Barnes, Julia (1991). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, page 326. Ringpress Books. ISBN 0-948955-61-9.
3. Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 173. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
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