Saturday night’s final of the Greyhound and Petworld Supersprint got the climax it deserved when the Ian Reilly-trained, Brendan Keogh-owned Quietly produced the finest sprinting performance ever seen at Curraheen Park.

Saturday night’s final of the Greyhound and Petworld Supersprint got the climax it deserved when the Ian Reilly-trained, Brendan Keogh-owned Quietly produced the finest sprinting performance ever seen at Curraheen Park.

Coolavanny Wendy, owned by Mark Lowther, caused a minor upset when winning the Red Mills and Track Supporters’ Club Open Unraced Stake on Saturday night at Clonmel.

There was an upset in Saturday night’s final of the Macroom Motors Services Open 575, as 4-1 chance Leezie Lindsay came from last to first to land the feature on Cork GOBA’s party night at Curraheen Park.

In a commendable move which should benefit more owners and trainers, the winner’s prize for next year’s William Hill English Greyhound Derby will be down 40% on 2015. That was the decision announced this week, as the organisers restructured the breakdown of the prize-money to ‘spread the cash’ around more.