THE draw for the Ladbrokes.com Irish Derby was made a Shelbourne Park yesterday morning and it worked out pretty fair for virtually all the leading fancies.

There’s no doubt about the big event on the Irish greyhound calendar this week, it just has to be Saturday’s Town View Foods Champion Stakes final at Shelbourne Park.

The high quality of racing in the opening round will have whet the appetites of southern greyhound followers and we can anticipate a massive attendance at Curraheen Park on Saturday for the second round of the Cashmans Bookmakers Irish Laurels.

You just can’t keep College Causeway out of the headlines.

CURRAHEEN PARK hosts a cracking card tonight, featuring the Tinys Bud Open 550 Stakes final, five races in the Greyhound & Pet World Inter-track Challenge and the semi-finals of the Andy Kelleher Irish Life A2 Stake.