CLOGHEEN DRAGHUNT RESULTS @ NEW TIPPERARY 06/06/11

CLOGHEEN SENIOR DRAGHUNT RESULTS 06/06/11

1ST JUSTICE
2ND MIDDAY MAGIC
3RD STRACKEN
4TH MAGGIE MAY
5TH MAGICS CHOICE
6TH SHEARSPARK BOY

 17 RAN 28 MINS

CLOGHEEN SENIOR MAIDEN DRAGHUNT RESULTS 06/06/11

1ST CHELSEAS GIRL 
2ND BLUEBIRD
3RD ON ME WAY
4TH TAKE ME ON
5TH WESTGATE MUSIC
6TH JUST MY LUCK
16  RAN  30  MINS

CLOGHEEN PUPPY SENIOR DRAGHUNT RESULTS 06/06/11

1ST MOSSIE
2ND MIDDAY BREEZE
3RD SOPHIES CHOICE 
4TH THORNSTAR
5TH PADDYWACK
6TH MIDDAY EXPRESSION

 16 RAN  24.5 MINS

CLOGHEEN  PUPPY MAIDEN  DRAGHUNT RESULTS 06/06/11

1ST
2ND
3RD
4TH
5TH  DRAG WAS VOID OVERTIME
6TH

  RAN  MINS

CLOGHEEN PUPPY  RE-RUN DRAGHUNT RESULTS

1ST PADDYWACK
2ND MIDDAY BREEZE
3RD MIDDAY EXPRESSION
4TH THORNSTAR
5TH BLENCHMORE
6TH SON OF MAGIC

18  RAN 17.5 MINS

DOUGLAS DRAGHUNT RESULTS 19/06/11

DOUGLAS  SENIOR DRAGHUNT RESULTS 19/06/11

1ST STRACKEN
2ND NOT NOW MAN
3RD QUIET LADY
4TH MAGICS CHOICE
5TH SHADOW
6TH SHOOT THE RUNNER

 22 RAN  38  MINS

DOUGLAS SENIOR MAIDEN DRAGHUNT RESULTS 19/06/11

1ST JUST MY LUCK 
2ND BLUEBIRD
3RD TOWLERS CHOICE
4TH CHELSEAS GIRL
5TH TAKE ME ON
6TH QUIET BULLFINCH
 11 RAN  38  MINS

DOUGLAS PUPPY SENIOR DRAGHUNT RESULTS 19/06/11

1ST MOSSIE 
2ND BLACKMAIL
3RD SHEARSPARK SON 
4TH BLACKSMITH
5TH SON OF MAGIC 
6TH DAWSTOWN DIAMOND

 10 RAN 16  MINS

DOUGLAS PUPPY MAIDEN DRAGHUNT RESULTS 19/06/11

1ST NOT NOW HUNTER
2ND SPRINGMOUNT BOY
3RD BLENCHMORE
4TH QUIET WOODEPECKER
5TH SPRINGMOUNT LAD
6TH GARRYS GIRL

 11 RAN 16 MINS 

DOUGLAS PUPPY RE-RUN RESULTS 

1ST DAWSTOWN DIAMOND NORTHERN HUNT
2ND BLENCHMORE NORTHERN HUNT
3RD MIDDAY BREEZE DOUGLAS
4TH SOPHIES CHOICE DOUGLAS
5TH MIDDAY EXPRESSION DOUGLAS
6TH BLACKSMITH NORTHERN HUNT

GRIFFEN UTD DRAG HUNT @ WHITECHURCH 12/06/11

GRIFFEN UTD   SENIOR DRAGHUNT RESULTS 12/06/11

1ST MIDDAY MAGIC
2ND MIKADO
3RD MISS PERFECT
4TH JUSTICE
5TH NOT NOW MAN
6TH WESTGATE TALLY

20RAN 35MINS

GRIFFEN SENIOR MAIDEN DRAGHUNT RESULTS 12/06/11

1ST MAD MAX  
2ND SNOWY MORNING
3RD MERLINS SON
4TH HE'S A DEMON
5TH PLOUGHMAN
6TH
 13RAN   37MINS

GRIFFEN UTD  PUPPY DRAGHUNT RESULTS 12/06/11

1ST MIDDAY BREEZE
2ND THORN STAR
3RD SON OF MAGIC  
4TH MELODY
5TH MIDDAY EXPRESSION
6TH INVICTUS

  RAN  25 MINS

GRIFFEN PUPPY MAIDEN DRAGHUNT RESULTS 12/06/11

1ST BLENCHMORE
2ND SPRINGMOUNT BOY
3RD SEA BREEZE   
4TH
5TH
6TH  

 ONLY 3 FINISHED

GRIFFEN UTD PUPPY RE-RUN DRAGHUNT RESULTS

1ST DAWSTOWN DIAMOND
2ND BLENCHMORE
3RD MIDDAY EXPRESSION
4TH SHEARSPARK SON
5TH BLACKMAIL
6TH INVICTUS

 19 RAN 20 MINS

international @ edges -green results 18/06/11

International - Edges Green - Saturday 18 June

Hounds : 1.Tagget, 2. Prancer (b), 3. Port Magee (b), 4.Collen, 5. Spring Dream (b), 6. Enoch, 7. Dizzee Rascal. 33 ran. 27.52

Maidens : 1. Castle Corrie (b), 2. Matador, 3. Firecracker (b), 4. Endurance, 5. Delta Disco (b), 6. Temperance, 7. Summer Virtue (b) 40 ran 28.32

Pups : 1. Artisan, 2. Text (b), 3. Artiste, 4. Theme (b), 5. Hello Dolly, 6. Dairy Season, 7. Silver Moon. 20 ran 17.28.

Puppy Maidens : 1. Brevity, 2. Dairy Petal, 3. Crusader, 4. Quiet Siskin, 5. Minerva, 6. Dairy Standard, 7. Malinda. 48 ran 19.38

Open Restricted : 1. Tune (b), 2. Levi, 3. Castle Cairn (b), 4. Toffee Supreme, 5. Toffee Deluxe, 6.White Diamond, 7. Rose. 32 ran 17.02

5 Year Olds : 1. Trust,

cork drag hunting . a sport for hard men & hard dogs

No fairies here.

Fair play to Connie Doyle and The Armoured Car. None of your garrison games here, proper fucking Cork tradition, out hunting with the dogs, and then back for a feed of Beamish, tripe and drisheen, and a cows head for the pack.

It is said that if you

take a stroll on any

piece of open land

on the Northside of

Cork City in the

early morning or

evening you will

see someone walking

a hound. This

area supports a proud harrier tradition which appears to have

originated as a response of the poorer people to the more

"glamourous" mounted hunts associated with the landed

gentry from the 17th. Century onwards. The dogs are used

for chasing foxes and hares in winter and for summer draghunts.

E n g l i s h b r e e d s

(particularly from

Cumbria) are increasingly

used in the drag

because they are faster:

"English dogs and Irish

dogs...there's no comparison.

English dogs

just run away from

t h e m , y o u

know." (Michael John

Buckley, Clogheen

Harrier Club). But the

reputation of the Irish

dogs remains high. The

Kerry Beagle is a fine

beast that stands over

twenty inches at the

shoulder. Said to be

descended from animals that swam ashore from a wrecked

ship of the Spanish Armada in 1588, the first record of a

pack dates from 1798, Scarteen, Co. Kerry.

Drag-hunts are the culmination of much hard work on the

part of the clubs involved. Dogs are exercised, trained and

dieted for weeks. The course is surveyed, permission sought

from landowners where necessary. The area is walked afterwards

and inspected to ensure that everything is in place and

any damage rectified. On the big day an artificial scent is

laid by runners. A typical course is 6 to 12 miles long, with

the first animal over the line the winner. Traditionally the

finish was a tense, silent affair, with the animals racing towards

a boundary that consisted of a ditch. In the last year

this has been replaced by a simple finish-line and the occasion

is now festive with crowds of onlookers whooping and

shouting as the dogs approach. Family groups and friends

enjoy themselves on these days, with women playing an important

role throughout.

The first drag was probably held at the beginning of the 20th.

Century. A whole mythology has grown up around the

hounds and their exploits. The sound of harriers baying is

known as "music". A famous dog which ran drags from

1921 to 1926 was Ringwood, better known as "The Armoured

Car". This celebrated animal had immense stamina,

great pace, a mellow

"tongue" and was bred

by Connie Doyle, of the

Northern Harriers,

Fairhill:

"When outshone the

evening star

Who was running

out in front

And he leading

the hunt?

It was Doyle's

Armoured Car!"

Fox hunting is as strong

as ever and there is no

doubt that the drag will

continue to be popular,

with a number of wellsupported

clubs north of the River Lee. The Kerry Pike Ha rrier

Club (established 1823) is one of the oldest in the country.

The very active Fairhill Harrier Club was founded in

1893. The Northern Hunt meets once a month in Johnnie's

Bar, Wolfe Tone Street. Northern United was inaugurated in

1924. Beamish and Crawford began sponsoring the All-

Ireland Drag in 1928. United later won it three years in succession,

securing ownership of a fine silver trophy. Sponsorship

of the All-Ireland has shifted to Murphy's Brewery,

while Guinness support another prestige event, the International

Draghunt.

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