8-621: The McAlinden Cup was a greyhound racing competition held annually at Shelbourne Park in Dublin , Ireland . The race was also known by the name the Hugh McAlinden Memorial Cup. Hugh McAlinden was the chairman of Belfast Celtic F.C. and one of the founders of greyhound racing in Ireland introducing racing to Celtic Park in Belfast in 1927. The competition was a feature competition in
16-608: Is the Irish Greyhound Derby held at Shelbourne Park. Along with the English Greyhound Derby it is considered to be one of the "Big Two" in greyhound racing. Greyhound Racing Ireland publishes an annual list of feature events. Leading events include the Easter Cup, Champion Stakes, Cesarewitch, Oaks, Laurels and St Leger. This is any minor race staged at a track, with prize money varying widely. This kind of racing
24-450: The Irish racing calendar and was seen as a good test for the Irish Greyhound Derby because it was held over the same race distance and course. The event was inaugurated in 1939. In 1942 it was run at Cork Greyhound Stadium for the only time in its history when it was won by 1942 Irish Greyhound Derby champion Uacterlainn Riac. In 1944 Robeen Printer recorded 29.90 sec in the heats which was
32-785: The creation of hundreds of tracks all over the United Kingdom and Ireland in the following ten years. The sport of greyhound racing in Ireland mainly takes place in the Republic of Ireland but also in Northern Ireland . However, any tracks in Northern Ireland have always been in a regulatory limbo due to the fact that they are licensed neither by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) nor Greyhound Racing Ireland (named Bord na gCon until 2020). To confuse matters still further,
40-796: The fastest ever time recorded at Shelbourne Park by a bitch at the time. The event lost its status as a major race and was replaced by the Champion Stakes . Former competitions Former competitions Current competitions Former competitions Greyhound racing in Ireland Greyhound racing is a popular sport in Ireland . There are 17 stadiums operating in Ireland (two in Northern Ireland) of which nine are fully operated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann / Greyhound Racing Ireland (formerly named Irish Greyhound Board IGB, Bord na gCon ) with
48-529: The industry regards racing as either UK or Irish, the latter including Northern Ireland. Greyhound Racing Ireland provides all of the results from Northern Ireland. The vast majority of greyhounds running in the UK are bred in Ireland (95% in 2017). In 2019, the Irish government created the Greyhound Racing Act 2019, which set out new legislation. This came about because the industry came under scrutiny regarding
56-518: The remaining six owned and operated by private enterprise but licensed by GRI. Most have modern facilities including grandstand restaurants and parimutuel betting tote system with on-course and off-course betting available. Greyhound racing as it is seen today evolved from a sport called coursing . In 1926 the oval form of racing arrived in Britain at Belle Vue Stadium in Manchester which resulted in
64-457: The welfare of greyhounds from multiple newspaper articles, which reported various stories primarily about the breeding of greyhounds and racing greyhounds after they retire from racing. The Rásaíocht Con Éireann are now required to conduct a range of inspections under the Welfare of Greyhounds Act, including a traceability system. There are many types of competitions in Ireland but the primary race
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