No reason to desert Enda in Laurels

It is getting down to the serious end of affairs in the Pat Hennerty Sales Irish Laurels at Curraheen Park and the talk of the greyhound world this week is that intriguing fourth quarter final to be run on Saturday night.

This truly is a race that would do justice to any Laurels final, something that is vividly illustrated by the 10-1 quote about Jerry Griffin’s brilliant tracker St Louis Spirit. The big two in the race are Tyrur Enda and Tullymurry Act and Cashmans have them as virtually joint favourites. But the presence of the early paced Owen McKenna trained pair of Pablo Supreme and Tubbertelly Dubh makes this a really difficult task.

While Tyrur Enda didn’t exactly take the breath away last Saturday, he still won readily and one suspects that there is a big run to come. Owner PJ Fahy and trainer son Conor were both very happy with the dog this week and this fellow’s brilliant early pace could prove decisive.