City a star turn in the country

CENTRAL CITY, a track-bred dog who had his first outing on a coursing field at East Donegal on New Years Day when he was a fourth reserve in a All-Aged Stake, and then went on to win his trial stake at Tubbercurry, was a surprise winner of the Boylesport.Com Derby at Clonmel yesterday.

A 16-1 chance before coursing on Monday, he was bought after his trial stake win from Dessie Gilroy and has since been trained by his new owner — Brian Duffy from Derry.

He won his quarter final in good style yesterday by four lengths against Coshair Magic, in a course in which he was the outsider and then accounted for Sound Pistol, who had created a major upset when putting out the Aghadown Martin in the quarter-final.