Curraheen Park
| Location | Curraheen Road, Bishopstown, County Cork, Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 51°52′34″N 8°32′59″W / 51.876142°N 8.549856°W |
| Operated by | Greyhound Racing Ireland |
| Date opened | 2000 |
| Race type | greyhound racing |
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Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Bishopstown, west of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.[1]
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 Bord na gCon 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
Current track records
| Yards | Greyhound | Time | Date | Notes |
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| 330 | Quietly [8] | 17.14 | 12 March 2016 | |
| 525 | Curious Boy [9] | 27.85 | 25 June 2016 | Laurels heats |
| 550 | Killmacdonagh [10] | 29.07 | 29 June 2019 | The Shelley Fennely Memorial Final |
| 575 | Nikita Billie [11] | 30.62 | 12 July 2003 | |
| 750 | Airmount Tess [12] | 41.02 | 03 June 2017 | Barry's Tea Open Stake Semi-Final |
| 810 | Shelbourne Kay [13] | 45.58 | 11 June 2005 | |
| 810 | Slick Season [14] | 45.58 | 18 March 2011 | |
| 525 H | Comeout Russell [15] | 28.59 | 11 July 2015 |
Former track records
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References
- ^ "Curraheen Park Greyhound Stadium". East Cork tourism.
- ^ "Curraheen Park". Irish Greyhound Board.
- ^ "Cork (Curraheen Park)". Greyhound Data.
- ^ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
- ^ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
- ^ "GRI confirms closure of Harolds Cross Greyhound Stadium". GRI. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Cork Track records". Greyhound Star.
- ^ "Greyhound & Petworld Supersprint Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
- ^ "The 2016 Irish Independent Laurels Round 2 Heat 6". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
- ^ "The Shelley Fennely Memorial 550 Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
- ^ "The Cashman 575". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
- ^ "Barry's Tea Open 750 Stake Semi-Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
- ^ "THE CASHMANS BOOKMAKERS OPEN 810". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
- ^ "Liam O Sullivan Collick Plant Ltd 810". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
- ^ "The Rockybay Munster Hurdle Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
- ^ "Former track records". Greyhound Data.
- ^ "The Shelley Fennely Memorial 550 Semi-Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland.