CLARE TRAINER, Pat Conway recorded a double success in Galway over the weekend.
By Michael Maher
Saturday night’s Galway card featured the Final of the TIME Greyhound Nutrition A4 Graders Derby and the Final of the GRI Spring A4/5 525 Stake but unfortunately the latter final was postponed until next week as a hare mechanism malfunction cased race number eight to be voiced and the final three races cancelled until next Saturday night’s card.
Racing opened with an S8 graded sprint contest in which Leamaneigh Gale was away like the wind on the wide outside and racing towards the opening bend, the Pat Conway owned and trained son of Laughill Blake and Leamaneigh Sive led Apache Springs by over two lengths. Racing between the two bends the leader dis run slightly wide but from the home bend she was always in command as she eased home two lengths clear of Curious Alex in 19.63.
Trainer Pat Conway completed a double in the S4 graded fourth contest as the Ann Breslin and Fintan Flavin owned Dillydontdally got the better of a sustained battle with the wide seeded Ballygraigie ROS as she prevailed by a neck at the line in 19.34. The pair had the contest between them from an early stage with the Ballygraigie ROS leading on the run towards the opening bend. Rounding the bend Dillydontdally joined issue along the rails and taking half a length out of her rival off the home turn the daughter of Superior Panama & Drive On Sophie ground it out well on the run in.
On Friday night’s Card Brosna Chloe was away well on the wide outside in the concluding heat of the Support our Sponsors 525 stake but on the run towards the opening bend the Joe Clancy of Kilrush owned Bayview Fantasy took command of the contest in the centre of the track. As the opening bend loomed Bayview Fantasy led by over a length along the rail as his rival ran very wide and as they negotiated the home bend the Stephen Murray of Sixmilebridge trained Bayview Fantasy(Premier Fantasy-Bayview Flyer) was in command as he scored by a comfortable length at the line in 19.34.
