Hope springs eternal, and at the end of another superb National Coursing Meeting in Clonmel, why not?

GO Home Hare, the property of the Mel Syndicate from Glin, Co. Limerick captured the Boylesports.com Derby at Clonmel yesterday when he defeated an injured Blueview Sam by a wide margin in the decider.

Every sport has its own strongholds, places where the game is bred in the bone.