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2012 Irish Greyhound Derby

2012 edition of the annual Irish Greyhound Derby race

Field	Value
name	2012 Ladbrokes Irish Greyhound Derby
date_start	4 August
date_end	8 September
prize_money	€120,000 (winner)
venue	Shelbourne Park
location	Dublin
prev	2011
next	2013

The 2012 Ladbrokes Irish Greyhound Derby Final took place on 8 September 2012 at Shelbourne Park.

The winner Skywalker Puma won €120,000 and was trained by Frances O'Donnell, owned by Ray Patterson and bred by Paddy Purtill.

Final result

At Shelbourne Park (over 550 yards):

Pos	Name	Breeding	Trap	Sectional	Odds	Time
Skywalker Puma	Royal Impact - Dianas Ranger	2	3.45	2/1f	29.39	Frances O'Donnell
Cuil Cougar	Droopys Vieri - Mays Princess	3	3.36	3/1	29.41 (hd)	Dolores Ruth
Razldazl George	Kinloch Brae - Razldazl Pearl	1	3.44	9/2	29.65 (3)	Dolores Ruth
Coolykereen Imp	Rumble Impact - Lady Leona	5	3.45	10/1	29.71 (3/4)	John Byrne
Tyrur Sugar Ray	Top Honcho - Maireads Fantasy	4	3.48	7/2	29.78 (3/4)	Conor Fahy
Camas	Head Bound - Accelerate	6	3.49	8/1	29.80 (hd)	Owen McKenna

Competition Report

Dolores Ruth entered her four Razldazl greyhounds for the 2012 Irish Derby still trying to recover from her bad luck experience during the 2012 English Greyhound Derby final. The Razldazl team of Jayfkay, Rioga, Bugatti and her defending champion George led the ante-post betting followed closely by Scottish Greyhound Derby champion Barefoot Allstar, Northern Irish Derby champion Captain Scolari, Champion Stakes winner & runner-up Droopys Jet and Ballymac Vic and the Tyrur brothers Big Mike & McGuigan, the latter was the 2010 champion.

In the preliminary round Razldazl George only finished fourth and Captain Scolari fifth but the pair were lucky because they still qualified for the next round. Ballymac Vic and Tyrur Big Mike both won well but Razldazl Jayfkay was a shock elimination.

After round two Phil Gough's Sparta Maestro became the new favourite after two fast wins but Tyrur Big Mike finished lame and Tyrur McGuigan, Rockchase Bullet and Captain Scolari were all eliminated. There were further surprises in the third round as Sparta Maestro, Barefoot Allstar and Razldazl Rioga were all defeated but Ballymac Vic recorded a fast 29.44 success.

In the quarter-finals Droopys Jet beat Razldazl George by a short head before Laughil Billy won the second in 29.61. Ballymac Vic was eliminated in a troubled heat won by Kilbarry Rover and the fourth and final heat was taken by Tyrur Sugar Ray who set the fastest time of 29.29.

In the semi-finals Skywalker Puma overtook early leader Razldazl Bugatti and pulled clear of the field by over six lengths, Bugatti faded badly finishing last with Camas and Coolykereen Imp qualifying for the final. The second semi was won by Cuil Cougar from Tyrur Sugar Ray and Razldazl George with Droopys Jet failing to get to final.

Skywalker Puma trained by Frances O'Donnell finished the race very strongly to catch early leader Cuil Cougar. Cougar had led for most of the race and just failed to hold off Skywalker Puma who went on to win by a head. Defending champion Razldazl George performed well to take third place but finished lame and retired.

Quarter finals

Heat 1 (Aug 25)	Pos	Name
Droopys Jet	5-4f	29.77
Razldazl George	5-2	29.78
Newlawn Tock	5-1	29.85
Razldazl Apollo	7-2	30.23
Clydal Spirit	12-1	30.34
Stay Thirsty

Heat 2 (Aug 25)	Pos	Name
Laughil Billy	4-1	29.61
Razldazl Bugatti	7-2	29.78
Coolykereen Imp	7-2	30.17
Confident Rankin	6-4f	30.18
Sawpit Sensation
Broadstrand Lad

Heat 3 (Aug 25)	Pos	Name
Killbarry Rover	5-1	29.97
Cuil Cougar	4-1	30.04
Airforce Diva	7-1	30.07
Ballymac Vic	4-5f	30.11
Tyrur Micko	16-1	30.13
Düsseldorf	33-1	30.30

Heat 4 (Aug 25)	Pos	Name
Tyrur Sugar Ray	9-4f	29.29
Skywalker Puma	5-2	29.60
Camas	3-1	29.88
Razldazl Luke	10-1	29.92
Bridge Ruth	6-1	30.23
Danmar Benny	8-1	30.29

Semi finals

First Semi-final (Sep 1)	Pos	Name of Greyhound
Skywalker Puma	5-2jf	29.45
Camas	9-2	29.90
Coolykereen Imp	8-1	29.91
Laughil Billy	4-1	30.02
Airforce Diva	6-1	30.16
Razldazl Bugatti	5-2jf	30.17

Second Semi-final (Sep 1)	Pos	Name of Greyhound
Cuil Cougar	7-2	29.69
Tyrur Sugar Ray	2-1f	29.97
Razldazl George	5-1	30.11
Killbarry Rover	10-1	30.39
Droopys Jet	7-2	30.56
Newlawn Tock	10-1	30.67

References

[https://greyhoundbet.racingpost.com/ Racing Post]
"Derby Final". Irish Greyhound Board.
"Irish Derby Final". Greyhound Data.
(10 September 2012). "Skywalker Puma swoops to conquer in Derby thriller".
"Derby results". Irish Greyhound Board.
(22 September 2018). "Remember When - September 2012". Greyhound Star.
"Quarter-final results". Irish Greyhound Board.
"Semi-final results". Irish Greyhound Board.

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