1962 GREYHOUND DERBY

Pos.	Greyhound	Sire	dam	Price	Distances	Time
1	The Grand Canal (5)	Champion Prince	The Grand Duchess	2/1 fav	1 yd	29.09
2	Powerstown Prospect (4)	Hi There	Faoide	7/1	1 yd	29.15
3	Dromin Glory (6)	Hi There	Dromin Jet	9/2	Head	29.21
4	Master McMurragh (2)	Solar Prince	Cailin Orgha	3/1	1 1/4 yds	29.23
5	Nash Recorder (3)	Merville	Blenheim Princess	10/1	3 yds	29.31
6	Trip To Dublin (1)	Black Ball	Pidgeons Fancy	6/1		29.49

The Winner was owned by Mr P J Dunphy

The Grand Canal was trained by Paddy Dunphy in Ireland

Powerstown Prospect was trained by Ronnie Melville at Wimbledon

Dromin Glory was trained by John Bassett at Clapton

Master McMurragh was trained by Cyril Beaumont at Belle Vue, Manchester

Nash Recorder was trained by Ken Appleton at West Ham

Trip To Dublin was trained by Hugo Spencer at Portsmouth

The Final

Despite defeat in the semis it was The Grand Canal who was made market leader at 2/1 with the Belle Vue trained Master MacMurragh second best at 3/1. As the boxes went up it was The Grand Canal who powered ahead on the outside from Dromin Glory and Trip to Dublin. At the second Trip to Dublin took up his favoured rails slot and moved into second behind The Grand Canal, but Dromin Glory was always close up and regained second spot before the third. He was almost on terms around the third bend until The Grand Canal cut him off and Master MacMurragh emerged as the next challenger. Yet again he was seen off and the runners up spot was claimed by the fast finishing Powerstown Prospect, a respectable length behind victor The Grand Canal with Dromin Glory getting back up by a head in third.

The Grand Canal had forced himself to the front of the ante post market and was made odds on to win his semi final. At the boxes it was Enallidine who led them up from The Grand Canal and Prairie Flash. Lurking behind was 25/1 Dromin Glory, but at the first the picture changed dramatically. Enallidine went lame and interfered with both Biggest Dreamer and Prairie Flash to leave The Grand Canal in the lead and his supporters counting their winnings. Again the picture changed when Prairie Flash renewed a challenge and both Powerstown Propsect and Dromin Glory began taking closer order. It was to be Dromin Glory who found the better turn of foot to overpower The Grand Canal by half a length, although the winning time was a disappointing 29.05. It was a much more open second semi, although Trip to Dublin had his followers at 7/2 and he led alongside Tall Boy Ollie before being forced wide. This left Nash Recorder in the lead closely followed by Master MacMurragh, who was to finish the better to win by 1 3/4 lengths in 29.00.

One by one the ante post favourites dropped like flies with shock after shock in the first round. It was an ex Irish hotpot, trained by Paddy Dunphy, that was to emerge through the graveyard of beaten favourites. Each heat saw the favourite not only beaten but more often than not eliminated. Summerhill Fancy, Westpark and S S Leader had all departed before Jerry's Clipper contested the sixth heat and was expected to dispatch The Grand Canal with his usual efficiency. However, he missed his break behind Ballinasloe Blondie and never was at the races afterwards. By the second bend The Grand Canal was on terms with the early leader and ran on strongly to win by a clear 3 lengths in 28.91. It was a different story for early favourites in the second round, with The Grand Canal once again supreme in coming from behind to win in 29.34 from Master MacMurragh and Enallidine. However, he was the only favourite to triumph as Tall Ball Ollie, Strike Leader and Trip to Dublin were unfancied runners to win.

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			Castledown Lad
		Bella’s Prince
			Bella’s Witch
	Champion Prince
			Swanky Jog
		Sallywell
			Lucy Lilla
THE GRAND CANAL
			Mad Tanist
		The Grand Champion
			Could be Worse
	The Grand Duchess
			Quare Times
		Quare Fire
			Negro’s Fire

Semi-Finals Saturday 23rd June 1962
Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP	Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP
First Semi-Final					Second Semi-Final
4	DROMIN GLORY	1/2 yd	29.05	6/1	6	MASTER MACMURRAGH	1 3/4 yds	29.00	4/1
1	THE GRAND CANAL	1/4 yd	29.08	4/6 f	1	NASH RECORDER	1 3/4 yds	29.10	9/2
5	POWERSTOWN PROSPECT	4 3/4 yds	29.10	8/1	5	TRIP TO DUBLIN	1 yd	29.21	7/2 jf
2	PRAIRIE FLASH	1 1/2 yds	29.38	100/6	2	TALL BOY OLLIE	4 yds	29.27	7/2 jf
6	BIGGEST DREAMER		29.47	9/1	3	TROJAN VAN	3 yds	29.51	4/1
3					4	STRIKE LEADER		29.69	10/1

Second Round Heats Thursday 21st June 1962
Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP	Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP
Heat 1					Heat 2
2	TRIP TO DUBLIN	Sh Hd	29.00	6/1	4	THE GRAND CANAL	1 yd	29.34	11/8 f
4	DROMIN GLORY	4 yds	29.01	2/1 f	5	MASTER MACMURRAGH		29.40	11/2
1	BIGGEST DREAMER	1 yd	29.26	11/4
5	ANCIENT ARCHIE		29.32	11/4
	DAINTY SPARK (NR)
Heat 3					Heat 4
Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP	Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP
5	STRIKE LEADER	Sh Hd	29.23	100/8	6	TALL BOY OLLIE	1 1/4 yds	28.95	6/1
6	POWERSTOWN PROSPECT	1/4 yd	29.24	9/2	2	TROJAN VAN	3 yds	29.04	5/2
2	NASH RECORDER	1 yd	29.26	9/2	3	PRAIRIE FLASH	1/4 yd	29.23	100/7
1	HURRY ON KING		29.32	11/4	5	BEAVERWOOD BEN		29.25	5/1
	BALLINASLOE BLONDIE					MOYNE ROCKET

First Round Heats Saturday 16th June 1962
Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP	Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP
					6	Hurry On King	1 1/4 yds	29.20	9/2
					1	Nash Recorder	Sh Hd	29.28	2/1 f
					4	Ancient Archie		29.29	7/2

Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP	Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP
5	Powerstown Prospect	Neck	29.08	100/7	1	The Grand Canal	3 yds	28.91	5/2
2	Dromin Glory	1/4 yd	29.10	9/2	3	Ballinasloe Blondie	3/4 yds	29.09
4	Biggest Dreamer		29.12	100/8	2	Trojan Van		29.13	4/1

Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP	Trap	Dog	Distance	Time	SP
2	Laurdella Dancer		29.40		5	Tall Boy Ollie	1 3/4 yds	29.27	5/1
1	Strike Leader (3rd)		29.62	9/4	6	Dancing Point		29.37
Heat 7					Heat 8
3	MASTER MACMURRAGH	1 yd	29.14	9/2		PRAIRIE FLASH
5	BEAVERWOOD BEN	3 yds	29.20	3/1
1	TRIP TO DUBLIN		29.38	3/1

Dog	Sire	Dam	Time
Shane's Legacy	Knock Hill Chieftan	Betsy	29.58
Golden Cheers	The Grand Fire	Atomic Smart

Winner	Sire	Dam	Time
Summerhill Fancy	Knockrour Again	Brandon Princess	29.07