2016 M O'Mahony Memorial drag hunt @ Harrison's Cross Blackpool, Dawstown Spark bags a brace of wins in impressive style

Senior Hounds

Jen & Ger of Southern & Carragaline Harriers
with The Howler Jack Senior winner @ Blackpool

1st-THE HOWLER JACK-SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS
2nd-MOSSY-MAYFIELD
3rd-BULLY MIKE-IRISH HOUND TRAILERS
4th-SON OF MAGIC -MAYFIELD
5th-AWOL-GRIFFEN UNITED
6th-BLUE SHADOW-SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS

19 RAN TIME 27.30


Maiden Hounds

1st-DAWSTOWN SPARK-NORTHERN HUNT
2nd-KASPER-MAYFIELD
3rd-STARMAN-KERRY PIKE
4th-MISTY JACK-SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS
5th-BLACKHOLM-GRUFFEN UNITED
6th-MAX LAD-NORTHERN HUNT

27  RAN  TIME 28.50

A proud Don McGrath of Northern Hunt
with his hounds Max Lad & Dawstown Spark Bred out of Blackbird (Foxparke blackbird) & Mikado 

Max Lad 2015 Senior Puppy International Winner & 6th today.

Dawstown Spark back to back Easter drag hunt winner @ ballygarvan & blackpool 

This holiday weekend's annual meet was the M O'Mahony memorial drag hunt @ Harrisons cross Blackpool, At 4pm the Senior hounds lined up and were slipped out the start, after 29 minutes running it was The Howler Jack and Saturday's winner Mossy,Denise rall's Son Of Magic & Bully Mike IHT who drove for the finishing tape,In what was described to myself  as being a close, but it was The Howler Jacks day beating Mossy bully mike was 3rd & denise rall's son of magic 4th ,John O'callaghan's AWOL took the 5th ticket and Ken longs Blue Shadow 6th.

Midday Charm winner of the last 3 senior drag hunts finished well back in the field along with Kieran lynchs consistent hound Awesome & Bounty.

The Maiden honours of the day went to Don & Martina Mc G Grath of Northern Hunt who's hound Dawstown Spark completed a back to back 48 hour brace of wins.

Bertie (Dawstown Spark)

Winning on Saturday @ Ballygarvan & today @ Blackpool, reports from today suggest the hounds were covering the ground very quickly at the main divide Dawstown spark & his litter brother were running in 6th & 7th same position as Saturday and when Dawstown Spark led the last road there was no way any hound was going to catch him as he finished in impressive style on the long downhill finish to the tape.

Lynn Busteed's casper took 2nd place , Kerry pike's Star-man was 3rd, misty jack was 4th , Blackholm completed a brace of 5th place tickets for John O'callaghan & Don & Martina's Max Lad took 6th place.

A sweet weekend for the Mc Grath Kennel, some of you will know about Martinas background with drag hunting ,her late Father Garry gave over 50 years of unbroken service to the sport & I'm sure today he was looking down with a huge smile.

Although Martina has always been around hounds it was only the last few years that herself & husband Don started to kennel and run hounds with a very good amount of success, Don loves the sport and Martina's love for animals is 2nd to none which is clearly a winning working combination for their kennel, 

As in England women trainers are a force to be reckoned with in drag hunting in Ireland, with many a trainer winning major drag-hunts over the years, Long has it turned from a working mans sport into a family event & long may it continue.

With only 4 weekend's to go until the mid season Blue riband event thats the 2016 International hosted this year by the Cork City Harriers Association ,every trainer will want to get as much good running as possible for their hounds with out any injury to try to be competitive to land the International.

SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS DRAG HUNT RESULTS

PUPS 25/03/16


1ST MOSSY'S SON, MAYFIELD
2ND SLIEVEMISH FIRE, CLOGHEEN 
3RDSHEARSPARK KID, MAYFIELD
4TH KATIES GEM, KERRY PIKE
5TH HEIDI'S BOY, IRISH HOUND TRAILERS
6TH MIDDAY SKY, MAYFIELD

19  RAN TIME 15.50

SENIOR HOUNDS

1ST MOSSY, MAYFIELD
2ND SON OF MAGIC, MAYFIELD
3RD AWESOME, NORTHERN HUNT
4TH LEAH'S CHOICE,KERRY PIKE
5TH CRAWFORD, GRIFFEN UNITED
6TH BOUNTY, FAIRHILL

12 RAN TIME 32.00

MAIDEN HOUNDS

Don & Martina McGraths Dawstown spark
winner of S&C Harriers  senior maiden
drag hunt 

1ST DAWSTOWN SPARK, NORHTERN HUNT
2ND BLUE MAGIC, NORTHERN HUNT
3RD STARMAN, KERRY PIKE
4TH SHEARSPARK BACARDI, MAYFIELD
5TH MAGICS BOY, MAYFIELD
6TH SHEARSPARK MURS BEAUTY,MAYFIELD

25 RAN TIME 33.00



Week four into the 2016 Irish drag hunting season saw this weeks meet hosted by Southern & Carragaline Harriers.

The puppy drag hunt  was held on good Friday , 19 pups lined up and it was Bernie Rall's mossy's son who took the honours after notching three 2nd places at the opening three meetings , Damien wades slievemish fire 2nd ticket & 3rd place went too the consistent kennel of timmy mac's shearspark kid.4th 5th & 6th were picked up by katie's gem , heidi's boy & midday sky another 3 tickets from the available 6 going to the Mayfield Harriers.



Saturday it was the senior & maiden grades who headed out to Ballygarvan in what can only be described as atrocious weather.

Bernie Rall's Mossy notched up his first win of the calendar beating daughter Denise Son Of Magic into 2nd place & Kieran Lynch english bred Awesome moved up the tickets to take 3rd place after her two 6th place tickets in recent weeks, Leah's choice Crawford & bounty took the 3 remaining tickets in the senior grade.

The Maiden honours went to a delighted husband & wife team of Don & Martina McGrath of Northern Hunt ,with their hound Dawstown Spark beating Northern Hunt club hound blue magic trained by Pat Leary in a good drive to the tape,Kerry pike's Starman took the 3rd ticket ,he's there again Timmy Macs Shears-park Bacardi took 4th & Shearpark mars beauty 6th place & Magics boy 5th .

On the whole another great weekend of sport for Irish drag hunting some great races & good courses,we all know how much hard work goes into getting the courses & with the support of the Irish faming community our sport continues. 

This bank holidays Monday meet is hosted in Blackpool as it has been for many a year & It's an  Open Memorial Drag Hunt in remembrance of  M O'Mahony.

CLOGHEEN PUP , SENIOR & MAIDEN HOUND RESULTS

PUPS 19/03/16

1ST SON OF MOSSY, MAYFIELD
2ND MOSSY SON, MAYFIELD
3RD HIGHLANDER,MAYFIELD
4TH BLARNEY ROSE, FAIRHILL
5TH BLACKJACK, S&C HARRIERS
6TH HEIDI'S BOY, IRISH HOUND TRAILERS

19  RAN TIME 15.00

SENIOR HOUNDS

1ST MIDDAY CHARM, MAYFIELD
2ND BOUNTY, FAIRHILL
3RD SON OF MAGIC, MAYFIELD
4TH AWOL, GRIFFEN UNITED
5TH MOSSY, MAYFIELD
6TH AWESOME, NORTHERN HUNT

16  RAN TIME 26.00

A DELIGHTED O.CALLAGHAN FAMILY WITH SENIOR WINNER
MIDDAY CHARM

MAIDEN HOUNDS

1ST BLACKHOLM,GRIFFEN UNITED
2ND SHEARSPARK BACARDI, MAYFIELD
3RD DARK DESTROYER, KERRY PIKE
4TH MISTY JACK, S&C HARRIERS
5TH KASPER, MAYFIELD
6TH MAGICS BOY,MAYFIELD

27  RAN TIME 26.00

CHRISTINE ORLAITH & JOHN O'CALLAGHAN
WITH BLACKHOLM  CLOGHEEN SENIOR MAIDEN WINNER 

A great weekends drag hunting hosted by Clogheen saw the Mayfield Harriers pick up 9 tickets across three grades of hounds, in the pups Bernie & grandson Kyle's son of mossy & mossy's son had a one two, with highlander of mayfield taking the 3rd ticket, the minor tickets went to Fair Hill, S&C Harriers and the IHT.

In the Senior hounds it was the bang in form Midday charm who completed a hat-rick of wins in the opening three meetings of the 2016 campaign, bounty took 2nd place with Denise Rall's son of magic taking 3rd spot, John O'Callaghan's AWOL picked up another 4th place ticket after his 4th in the opening drag hunt meet of the season, Mossy 5th & Kieran lynch's Awesome picking up the final ticket of the day.

Maiden honours of the day went to John O'Callaghan's Blackholm, this gutsy little hound has her ups and downs in the sport over the last couple of seasons & john has put of lot of time & work into getting her going again,the consistent kennel of Timmy mac's Shears-park hounds picked up 2nd place Kerry pikes dark destroyer took 3rd & the minor tickets went to S&C Harriers & Mayfield Harriers.

Next weekend the traditional Easter meets are hosted by S & C Harriers on Sat 26th march & Easter Monday is the  M O'Mahony-Blackpool open drag hunt.

Griffen United Senior & Maiden Hound Results

A SENIOR & MAIDEN DOUBLE FOR MAYFIELD HARRIERS AS MIDDAY CHARM TRAINED BY ANDREW GARY & DARREN O'CALLAGHAN  CHALKS UP BACK TO BACK WINS AFTER  WINNING LAST WEEKS OPENING MEET HOSTED BY THE IHT, DENISE RALL'S MAGICS BOY WHO WAS 4TH IN THE 2015 ALL IRELAND BEATS MARTINA & DON McGRATHS 2015 INTERNATIONAL WINNER MAX LAD  IN THE MAIDEN GRADE

I HEAR THAT BOTH GRADES PRODUCED SOME GREAT FINISHES TODAY 

 SENIOR HOUNDS 

1ST MIDDAY CHARM-MAYFIELD
2ND SON OF MAGIC-MAYFIELD
3RD BLUE SHADOW-SOUTHERN & CARRAGLAINE HARRIERS
4TH MOSSIE-MAYFIELD
5TH SAMANTHAS TESS-SOUTHERN & CARRAGLAINE HARRIERS
6TH AWESOME-NORTHERN HUNT 

13  RAN  TIME 26.00

MAIDEN HOUNDS

1ST MAGICS BOY-MAYFIELD
2ND MAX LAD-NORTHERN HUNT
3RD SILVER LINING-MAYFIELD
4TH MISTY JACK-SOUTHERN & CARRAGLAINE HARRIERS
5TH NOT NOW MICHAEL-CLOGHEEN
6TH STARMAN-KERRY PIKE

27  RAN  TIME 26.00

Griffen United Puppy results 12/03/2016 @ White church

A good day for Mayfield on the drag hunting field as they lined up they're string of hopeful pups @ Griffen United's opening meet of the 2016 season,the pups were lined up at 3PM & slipped out of white church as they hunted the oil heading for Kilcully, where they would turn and make their way back towards Whitchurch for the run into the tape, It was Pat Heffernan's Highlander who led in the quartet of Mayfield pups to land the 2nd puppy drag hunt of the 2016  campaign followed by Bernie Rall's mossy son, Timmy Mac's SP kid & midday sky ,Dave & Damien kidneys Coco Lulu took the 5th ticket &  Marie & Christy keatings Katie's Gem 6th place.


PUPPY RESULTS

1ST HIGHLANDER-MAYFIELD
2ND MOSSIES SON-MAYFIELD
3RD SHEARSPARK KID-MAYFIELD
4TH MIDDAY SKY-MAYFIELD
5TH COOL LULU-SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS
6TH KATIES GEM-KERRY PIKE

23 RAN  TIME 17.30

Irish Hound Trailers results @ Balinadee

This weekend was the opening drag hunt meeting of the 2016 for the C.C.C.H.A season, hosted by the Irish Hound Trailers.

On Saturday trainers made their way to Ballinadee to line up their pups to see how they would fare after being trained over the winter months,with a field of 23 pups they were lined up and slipped at 3PM, after 15 minutes running it was Southern & Carragalaine Harriers Black Jack, trained by Ken,Trina long who landed the opening puppy trail of the 2016 campaign.

Sunday was the Senior & Maiden hound drag hunts, in what would be a stern test of fitness & stamina for any hound in an opening drag hunt both races would be around the ten mile mark and it would be around 30 minutes running.

The Senior spoils went to Mayfield's Midday Charm trained by Andrew Gary & Newley web Darren O'Callaghan, The Howler Jack picked up 2nd place with 3rd & 4th places going to Donie Duggan's Gypsy woman (now with Griffen united) & John O'Callaghan's AWOL who had a change of kennel over the winter months also put in a good run for his new trainer, 5th & 6th places went to Rosebud & 2015 All Ireland winner Son of  Magic.

Maiden hound honours went to Pat Leary's Small & Dainty of Northern Hunt , Misty jack took 2nd spot with Marie & Christy Keating's , Dark Destroyer 3rd , John O'Callaghan's Blackhole 4th & Timmy macs shears-park  taking 5th and blue magic of northern hunt taking the 6th place ticket.


Next weekend's meet is hosted by Griffen United 

PUPS 05/03/2016

1ST BLACK JACK, S&C HARRIERS
2ND MOSSIE SON, MAYFIELD
3RD SHEARSPARK KID, MAYFIELD
4TH SON OF MOSSIE, MAYFIELD
5TH MEXICAN GIRL, NORTHERN HUNT
6TH MALBEC, KERRY PIKE

23  RAN  TIME 15.00

BLACK JACK WINNER OF OPENING PUPPY
DRAG HUNT @ BALINADEE

SENIOR HOUNDS 06/03/2016

1ST MIDDAY CHARM, MAYFIELD
2ND THE HOWLER JACK, S&C HARRIERS
3RD GYPSY WOMAN, GRIFFEN UNITED
4TH AWOL, GRIFFEN UNITED
5TH ROSEBUD, MAYFIELD
6TH SON OF MAGIC, MAYFIELD

13  RAN  TIME 33.50

MAIDEN HOUNDS 06/03/2016

1ST SMALL & DAINTY, NORTHERN HUNT
2ND MISTY JACK, S&C HARRIERS
3RD DARK DESTROYER, KERRY PIKE
4TH BLACKHOLM, GRIFFEN UNITED
5TH SHEARSPARK MURS BEAUTY, MAYFIELD
6TH BLUE MAGIC, NORTHERN HUNT

28  RAN  TIME 34.00

2016 FIXTURES

MARCH 6TH IRISH HOUND TRAILERS
MARCH 13TH GRIFFEN UNITED
MARCH 20TH CLOGHEEN
MARCH 26TH EASTER SATURDAY SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS
MARCH 28TH EASTER MONDAY M O'MAHONY-BLACKPOOL OPEN DRAG HUNT 

APRIL 3RD PUPPY W BRADFIELD (ICDA) OPEN DRAG HUNT 
APRIL 3RD SENIOR J CAREY MEMORIAL OPEN DRAG HUNT 
APRIL 10TH MAYFIELD
APRIL 17TH FAIRHILL
APRIL 24TH NORTHERN HUNT

MAY 1ST BANK HOLIDAY INTERNATIONAL CORK VENUE 
MAY 8TH G O'SULLIVAN MEMORIAL OPEN DRAG HUNT 
MAY 15TH D O'SULLIVAN (ICDA) OPEN DRAG HUNT 
MAY 22ND KERRY PIKE
MAY 29TH IRISH HOUND TRAILERS

JUNE 5TH BANK HOLIDAY CAHIRCIVEEN
JUNE 6TH (MON) TBA
JUNE 12TH GRIFFEN UNITED
JUNE 19TH CLOGHEEN
JUNE 26TH J DRUMMY (ICDA) OPEN DRAG HUNT 

JULY 3RD MUNSTER CHAMPIONSHIPS ICDA VENUE 
JULY 10TH SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS
JULY 17TH MAYFIELD
JULY 24TH P BARRAT (ICDA) OPEN DRAG HUNT 
JULY 31ST BANK HOLIDAY KENMARE

AUGUST 1ST MON TBA
AUGUST 7TH TBA
AUGUST 14TH FAIRHILL
AUGUST 21ST DONAL O'MAHONY MEMORIAL OPEN DRAG HUNT 
AUGUST 28TH MARGARET MURRAY (ICDA) OPEN DRAG HUNT 

SEPTEMBER 4TH NORTHERN HUNT
SEPTEMBER 11TH KERRY PIKE
SEPTEMBER 18TH PUPPY ALL IRELAND CORK VENUE 
SEPTEMBER 25TH SENIOR ALL IRELAND ICDA VENUE 

OCTOBER 1ST NON WINNERS

HEATS TO BE DECIDED

COOM NON CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE DECIDED

HOUNDS & TRAINERS 2016 - ALL GRADES

PUPS:

KERRY PIKE:

MALBEC C&M KEATING 
KATIES GEM C&M KEATING
FLYING BOLT JASON McCARTHY

FAIRHILL 

BLARNEY ROSE ALAN McCARTHY

MAYFIELD

SON OF MOSSIE B RALL
MOSSIE'S SON B RALL
MAGICS LAD D RALL
MAGICS PAT PAT O'MAHONY
HIGHLANDER PAT HEFFERNAN 
SHEARS PARK KID TIMMY MACARTHY
MIDDAY SKY A,G,& D O'CALLAGHAN 
KARTER M&L BUSTEED
COBH GIRL M O'BRIEN
COBH PRINCE M O'BRIEN

CLOGHEEN 

SLIEVEMISH FIRE D WADE
SLIEVEMISH WARRIOR D WADE & C BUCKLEY

GRIFFIN UNITED 

DAVEY BOY SEAN O'SULLIVAN

IRISH HOUND TRAILERS

KILLIANS GIRL PADDY O'DRISCOLL
HEIDI'S BOY PATRICK O'DRISCOLL

SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS

COOL LULU DAVE & DAMIEN KIDNEY
BLACK JACK TRINA PADDY & KEN LONG 
PUERTO JACK GER & JENNIFER KENNEALLY

NORTHERN HUNT 

PETER THE GREAT MICHAEL O'BRIEN
MEXICAN GIRL PAT O'LEARY
SKYFALL G & A O'SULLIVAN
DAWSTOWN DUSTER MARTINA & DON McGRATH
JESSIE J GARY & LIZ KENNY 

SENIOR HOUNDS 

GRIFFIN UNITED 

SEAN T SEAN O'SULLIVAN 
CRAWFORD T HERILY
GYPSY WOMAN DONIE DUGGAN
ASHTREE JOHN O'CALLAGHAN
JUSTICE JOHN O'CALLAGHAN
AWOL JOHN O'CALLAGHAN

IRISH HOUND TRAILERS

DOPEY MIKE N MALONEY
LUCKY TIMMY MALONEY
HEIDI PATRICK O'DRISCOLL

SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS

THE HOWLER JACK GER & JENNIFER KENNEALLY
CONORS JACK GER & JENNIFER KENNEALLY
SAMANTHAS TESS DAVE & DAMIEN KIDNEY
BLUE SHADOW KEN TRINA & PADDY LONG 

KERRY PIKE 

LEAH'S CHOICE C & M KEATING 

FAIRHILL

BOUNTY DENIS O'CALLAGHAN

NORTHERN HUNT

CASANOVA PAT O'LEARY 
AWESOME KIERAN LYNCH

MAYFIELD

SON OF MAGIC D RALL
MOSSIE B RALL
ROSEBUD A,G & D O'CALLAGHAN
MIDDAY CHARM A,G & D O'CALLAGHAN
SHES A DEMON TROY O'MAHONY

SENIOR MAIDEN 

SOUTHERN & CARRAGALINE HARRIERS

MISTY JACK GER & JENNIFER KENNEALLY
LADY JACK  GER & JENNIFER KENNEALLY
CHARLIE BLUE KEN PADDY & TRINA LONG 

KERRY PIKE 

DARK DESTROYER C & M KEATING 
STAR MAN S & M WALSH
PADDY WACK (**) JASON McCARTHY
STAR MAGIC JASON McCARTHY

IRISH HOUND TRAILERS

TYLERS LAD PATRICK O'DRISCOLL
JUST MY CHOICE PADDY O'DRISCOLL
CHELSIES STAR PADDY O'DRISCOLL 
SUNSHINE PADDY O'DRISCOLL

GRIFFIN UNITED 

BLACKHOLM JOHN O'CALLAGHAN

FAIRHILL

BLACK & WHITE KEITH O'CALLAGHAN
CHAMP N O'MAHONY
FLY ON (*) T HERILY 
ELUSIVE ALAN McCARTHY

CLOGHEEN 

NOT NOW PARIS G & J FREYNE 
NOT NOW VIENNA G & J FREYNE
MIKADO MJ BUCKLEY
MAJOR MJ BUCKLEY
NOT NOW MICHAEL RYAN DUFFY 
NOT NOW JOSSER WILLIAM FREYNE 
I DIDN'T DO IT DAVID LYNCH

MAYFIELD 

MAGICS BOY D RALL
MAGICS GIRL M O'BRIEN
MISS MAGIC PAT O'MAHONY
LADY DIAMOND M & L BUSTEED 
KASPER M & L BUSTEED
AVA'S DEMON TROY O'MAHONY 
MAGICS SURPRISE(**) PAT O'MAHONY
TRUMAN PAT HEFFERNAN
SHEARSPARK BACARDI (***) TIMMY MAC
SHEARSPARK MURS BEAUTY (**) TIMMY MAC 
ANOTHER CHANCE M O'BRIEN
LASSIE JOHNNY CAREY
SILVER LINING T HEALY
SCARTY BOY R O'DONAVAN
ALFIE R O'DONOVAN 

NORTHERN HUNT 

SMALL & DAINTY PAT O'LEARY 
BLUE MAGIC(*) PAT O'LEARY
JIMMY KAISER G & A O'SULLIVAN
DAWSTOWN SPARK M & D McGRATH
DAWSTOWN DIAMOND M & D McGRATH
MAX LAD M & D McGRATH