BOCKOS DIAMOND WINS THE BOYLESPORTS IRISH GREYHOUND DERBY!
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Shelbourne Park Commentator Ian Fortune summed up tonight’s BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby winner up with the words. “Bockos Diamond is the greatest ever!”. The winner captured the title in a time of 29.25.
Bockos Diamond 2024 BoyleSports Irish Greyhound Derby Champion pictured on the podium in Dublin's Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium Pic: Dawn Quinn GRI
Bockos Diamond echoed his performance throughout the competition, continuing his winning tally to 15 races in a row, wining every heat of this years Derby and setting a new track record of 28.94 in the third round. He went on to match this time again in the semi-finals.
Graham Holland receives the trainer's trophy from RCÉ/GRI Chairman Pat Flanagan after an historic 4th Irish Greyhound Derby win in Dublin's Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium Pic: Dawn Quinn GRI
This is an historic fourth Irish Greyhound Derby win for his Tipperary based trainer Graham Holland. This sees him take his place in the history books of greyhound racing, becoming only the third trainer in the almost 100-year history of the Irish Greyhound Derby to win the accolade an incredible 4 times. He joins trainers Tom Lynch (who completed his last win in 1967) and Gay McKenna (in 1972).
The rain could not dampen the spirts of the owners The “Remember Them Syndicate” as there were jubilant scenes on the podium for the presentation for their winning greyhound as the tune “There is only one Bockos Diamond” rang out across a packed Shelbourne Park.
Video: The Derby Roar Goes Up In Shelbourne Park
✨️Is there anything more magical? ✨️.
— Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium (@shelbournepark) November 24, 2024
The Derby roar in Shelbourne Park... a thing of beauty!
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