Curraheen Park

Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Bishopstown, west of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.[1]

Curraheen Park
LocationCurraheen Road, Bishopstown, County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates51°52'35.6"N 8°32'56.7"W
Operated byIrish Greyhound Board
Date opened2000
Race typegreyhound racing
Official website

Racing takes place every Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening and the facilities include the grandstand Laurels restaurant, fast food facilities, a number of bars, totalisator betting and ample seating. [2]

Race distances are 330, 525, 550, 575, and 750 yards and the feature competitions at the track is the Laurels.[3]

History

Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium is situated to the west of Cork on the Curraheen Road in Bishopstown. The track opened in the year 2000 as a replacement for the previous track the Cork (Western Road) Greyhound Stadium which is now the Western Gateway Building (science building of the University College Cork). The stadium is a third generation Cork Greyhound Stadium with the first two being The Show Grounds Greyhound Track (1928-1935) and then the previously mentioned Western Road stadium (1936-1996). [4]

The sale of the old track enabled the Irish Greyhound Board to fund a new stadium with modern facilities).[5] The new stadium opened on 8 April 2000 costing IR£8.5 million and included a wonderful glass fronted grandstand as the centrepiece (the glass alone cost IR£400,000). The new track offered distances of 330, 525, 550, 575 & 700 yards and the long serving Noel Holland remained as the Racing Manager but would retire in 2004. The Laurels remains the primary competition held at the track and since 2000 winners have included Sonic Flight, Ardkill Jamie and Razldazl Rioga.

Following the closure of Harolds Cross in 2017 the Grand National was brought to the track.[6]

Competitions

Track records

Current [7]

Yards Greyhound Time Date Notes
330Quietly [8]17.1412 March 2016
525Curious Boy [9]27.8525 June 2016Laurels heats
550Killmacdonagh [10]29.0729 June 2019The Shelley Fennely Memorial Final
575Nikita Billie [11]30.6212 July 2003
750Airmount Tess [12]41.0203 June 2017Barry's Tea Open Stake Semi-Final
810Shelbourne Kay [13]45.5811 June 2005
810Slick Season [14]45.5818 March 2011
525 HComeout Russell [15]28.5911 July 2015

Former [16]

References
  1. "Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium". East Cork tourism.
  2. "Curraheen Park". Irish Greyhound Board.
  3. "Cork (Curraheen Park)". Greyhound Data.
  4. Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
  5. Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
  6. "IGB confirms closure of Harolds Cross Greyhound Stadium". IGB. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  7. "Cork Track records". Greyhound Star.
  8. "Greyhound & Petworld Supersprint Final". Irish Greyhound Board.
  9. "The 2016 Irish Independent Laurels Round 2 Heat 6". Irish Greyhound Board.
  10. "The Shelley Fennely Memorial 550 Final". Irish Greyhound Board.
  11. "The Cashman 575". Irish Greyhound Board.
  12. "Barry's Tea Open 750 Stake Semi-Final". Irish Greyhound Board.
  13. "THE CASHMANS BOOKMAKERS OPEN 810". Irish Greyhound Board.
  14. "Liam O Sullivan Collick Plant Ltd 810". Irish Greyhound Board.
  15. "The Rockybay Munster Hurdle Final". Irish Greyhound Board.
  16. "Former track records". Greyhound Data.
  17. "The Shelley Fennely Memorial 550 Semi-Final". Irish Greyhound Board.

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