Records fall as track heats up for the summer season

The surface at Curraheen Park has been very fast in recent months and so it was no great surprise to see two track records broken on Saturday night, but the hardest question to answer is why it took so long for the 550 mark to go.

Shouragh Matty set new figures for 525 yards over hurdles, posting 28.78. It was a very good run — it wouldn’t be fair to take anything away from it — but it was a vulnerable mark and probably still is.

Bay Star became the first greyhound to dip under 29 seconds when posting 28.99 back in 2006 and that record stood for quite some time.