A look ahead to all the weekend’s action around Cork...

Ballyhooly Henry will likely go off a warm order to land next weekend’s final of the Gain Dog Food 600 following a flawless display in Saturday night’s opening semi-final at Shelbourne Park.

Joshuas Prince gets the nap to take the fourth race at Curraheen, where the final of the Two Wheel Training A2 525 is the feature. As a January ’12 whelp with only six runs under his belt, he has clearly had his issues, but the few opportunities we have had to see him have indicated plenty of speed.

Slippery Fred landed the final of the 2016 Best Car Parks Gold Cup but not before giving his considerable band of supporters an early scare in the feature on Saturday night’s high-class card at Shelbourne Park.

“I was surprised at the ferocity of the attacks. There were no serious offenders in the prison, they were mainly joyriders. It was really sudden, out of the blue. Mob rule just took over.”

The Greyhound & Petworld A1 525, with a winner’s prize of €5,000, featured on a great card on Saturday night at Curraheen, and ultra-reliable Laurels runner-up Burgess Rumble landed the spoils in some style.

Round two of the Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby provided some relief for bookmakers, after a predictably favourable opening session for punters. However, most of the big names have survived the cull, and remain leading hopes for outright honours.

One hundred and forty-four greyhounds will contest the opening round of the Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby, following the draw, which took place yesterday morning at Shelbourne Park.

The final of the Curraheen S1/S2 featured on a good card at Curraheen on Saturday night, and Glanmire Trooper, trained by Pat Kiely for John Organ, Dungarvan, prevailed in a very tight finish.

Rockybay Thomas can send Curraheen punters home on a high by making the most of a favourable draw in the finale.

Mimis Ace, trained by John Kiely for Maura Kiely, Blackrock, earned his ticket to the Boylesports Irish Derby by taking Saturday night’s final of the trial stake at Curraheen Park in great style.

Following his semi-final victory and a favourable draw 2014 Consolation winner Midtown Raffa will likely head the market for next weekend’s final of the Irish Laurels at Curraheen Park.

Brendan O’Laoire shows off his stunning collection of motorbikes.

Darragh Morrissey, Paul Hennessy and Graham Holland all recorded doubles in the first round of the 2014 Connolly’s Red Mills Irish Laurels on Saturday night at Curraheen Park, but it was the John Kavanagh-trained Vimmerby who set the bar highest with his terrific display in the second of the 13 heats.

Advancing the notion that trap is more important than trip, Laurels Consolation winner Tyford Tip made all the running from his preferred draw along the fence when taking Saturday night’s second heat of the Two Wheel Training A1 525 at Curraheen Park.

An island community is to take control of a former British-built gun battery as a potential tourism attraction.

Schoolchildren yesterday heard of their island home’s “unusual history” during a local commemoration of the 75th anniversary handover of a former British-built fort to Ireland.

It’s been a testing few weeks on the track, with the unfortunate injury to reigning champ Skywalker Puma and the prospect of ante-post favourite Ballymac Vic exiting the ETS Irish Derby without lining up for Saturday night’s first quarter-final at Shelbourne.

Cork County Council officials are involved in talks with 15 British military history groups in an effort to promote more visitors to the region.

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With only four heats, the entry for tonight's first round of the Tyrur McGuigan Open 575 is a touch disappointing but the richly talented Tibetan Skies can get his challenge off to a winning start by taking the second heat.

A major cycle and walkway facility developed along a closed-down railway line in West Limerick is to be further extended to the Kerry border.

The quarter-finals of the Kerry Agribusiness St Leger feature at Limerick track this evening and Skywalker Puma, who came out best in a hot second-round heat, looks to have a straightforward task in the last of tonight’s heats.

Saturday night’s second-round action in the Connolly’s Red Mills Irish Laurels saw racing at Curraheen Park brought to a whole new level when Liam Dowling’s Ballymac Vic became the first greyhound to break the 28-second barrier in competitive action at the venue.

The first round of the €5,000-to-the-winner Greyhound & Pet World A1 525 gets underway this evening and Tom O’Neill’s Lachteens Shaw, who contests the fourth heat, stands out as the best bet of the night.

A Trevor O’Keeffe goal 10 minutes into the second-half proved decisive in this entertaining third round Cork SFC clash at Cobh on Saturday night.

Tafari is the nap selection to land tonight’s third semi-final of the O’Riordan Brothers’ Tarmacadam A3 Tri-Distance.

Goulane Rex would appear to have a real task to reverse last week’s form with Brogan Henry but Tom O’Neill’s dog is a real prospect and he rates nap material to exact revenge in the final of the Curraheen Park A3.

Abzorbit landed the spoils in what was a thrilling climax to the featured Willie Kenny Memorial A3 at Curraheen Park on Saturday night.

Newmarket are full of surprises.

Monaghan turned on the style in the second half to book their place in the Ulster MFC semi-finals.

The final of the Kudos Supersprint lights up tonight’s card at Curraheen Park and Shoemakers Lad can land the spoils for owner Thomas Harte and trainer Pat Guilfoyle

THE 48th Annual Guinness Trophy comes to a conclusion at Curraheen Park tonight and the draw dictates that Burgess Star can land the spoils for Sheila Spillane and JJ Fennelly.

The greyhound world is on standby for the return to action of Milldean Panther.

THE semi-finals of the 48th Annual Guinness Trophy headline to night’s action at Curraheen and the blistering form of the Tom O’Neill kennel can continue with Glenanore in the first of the two heats.

The burgeoning career of the impressive Ryecourt Fox took another step in the right direction when Peg Shanahan’s youngster produced a terrific performance in Saturday night’s quarter-finals of the Guinness Trophy.

The start of the 48th Annual Guinness Trophy brings a tangible touch of class to proceedings at Curraheen Park and it looks like the ladies could dominate the opening night.

Greyhound folk will have their stamina tested to the limit in the coming week with some top class racing at tracks all over the country while the National Coursing Meeting will commence at Clonmel on Monday morning.

BLARNEY trainer John Linehan enjoyed his best season as a trainer last year and 2012 has got off to a smashing start also.

TOM O’NEILL

THE Waterford Masters is the highlight of the weekend’s greyhound racing action and it provides an opportunity for Dream Walker to gain a modicum of compensation for his near miss in the Derby.