John Barry

1 week ago | independent.ie | John Barry

Two Brendan Maunsell-trained dogs, Lower The Tone and Flowmur Maddy, were thrown out of the 525 sweepstake sponsored by the Clifford family from Ardfert, for running inside 29.30 seconds Last Saturday’s programme at Tralee Track, which cleared the way for two sweepstake finals at the brilliant meeting being sponsored by the Clifford family, of Ardfert, next Saturday night, opened with a 525-yard sweepstake for novice 3 class and, as happened in other novice sweepstakes this year, a number of...

1 week ago | independent.ie | John Barry

A third first-round heat winner to get inside 30.00 seconds was Headleys Trump for Nick E Cotter from KnocknagoshelThe entry might have fallen short of the 48 required, but Lee Strand Creamery didn’t lessen the top prize of €10,000 for the A3 550 sweepstake it is sponsoring at Tralee Track, and fair play to it for that.

1 week ago | independent.ie | John Barry

In the first semi-final last Saturday, Callaway Knegare gave a powerful exhibition of tracking to score by four and a half lengths in 32.10, which was only 19 spots outside Laughil Duke’s 12-year-old track record. Considering that the time in the second semi-final was a long way back on 32.55 (by Ballyhoo0ly Bruno), Callaway Knegare is going to be a strong favourite to win the final. He runs from trap 3.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | John Barry

Tarbert owner/trainer Patrick O’Connor won a 570-yard race for A2/ A3 class with Saleen Sorcha while Batt O’Shea sent out Labana Piper to win an A3 525 race at Tralee track on Friday nightIt was rather unusual to have no sweepstake action at Tralee Track last Friday night, but KGS racing manager Kieran Casey did put together a decent enough card and a 525yds race for open class commanded plenty of attention.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | John Barry

Strideaway Toto won the Novice 3 class final, delivering a winner’s purse of €1,645 for owner Clodagh O’Mahony from AbbeyfealeTwo sweepstake finals headed up the programme at Tralee Track on Saturday night and there was no mistaking the star of the entire show – Upper Horgan, which James O’Regan trains in Castleisland for Joe McCarthy, of Listowel.