Resurgent Big Mike can land Easter Cup

No greyhound competition in this country can boast a record quite like the Easter Cup. It was the first event ever run at Shelbourne Park and it was set up to commemorate the Easter Rising in Dublin.

The first running took place in 1928 and was won by Odd Blade, which went on to win the event a second time. On the second occasion he led home the one and only Mick The Miller and over the years many of the legends of the track have contested the stake.

The event has been sponsored for the last few years by the McKenna Family from Lixnaw, who won the 2009 renewal with Droopys Noel. Known now as the College Causeway/ Killahan Phanter Easter Cup, it has maintained its glorious tradition and remains one of the highlights of the greyhound year.