Oaks and Tote Gold Cup draws deferred

THE draws for both the Roches Feeds Oaks at Limerick and Tote Gold Cup at Shelbourne were deferred until today, though both events had achieved their target number of entries.

A late rush of entries at Shelbourne saw some 50 names in the book for the 48-dog Tote Gold Cup but a couple of the intended runners were due to have veterinary examinations last evening and so it was decided to delay the draw until this morning.

Late entries for the €25,000 to the winner event include six Tyrur dogs, Domingo, O Gorman, Carey, Henry, Brian and Lohan. The Paul Hennessy runners will be De Ex Factor, Colourful Fox, Priceless Chef and Hello Ringo while Pat Gordon has Fatboyz Tyson and Owen McKenna both Allowdale Prince and Bling Bling Buzz. Pat Buckley’s three entries are Modern Man, Paradise Casino and Hats My Boy while Liam Dowling, who had three finalists in the Tyrur McGuigan 575, has General Dogsbody and Ballymac Lomu in the line-up. Other entries received were Croom Star, Croom Upper. Moes Tavern, Martinstown Rose and Soviet Marco.