Shelbourne 600

Shelbourne 600
Class	Feature
Location	Shelbourne Park
Inaugurated	1964
Race information
Distance	600 yards
Surface	Sand
Purse	€15,000 (winner)

The Shelbourne 600 is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Shelbourne Park in Ringsend, Dublin, Ireland.^[1]^[2]

ClassFeature

LocationShelbourne Park

Inaugurated1964

Distance600 yards

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It is one of the leading competitions for stayers in the Irish racing greyhound racing calendar and was inaugurated in 1964.^[3]^[4]

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Year	Winner	Breeding	Time (sec)	Trainer	SP	Notes/ref
1964	Cranog Bet	Knock Hill Chieftain – Don't Bet	33.60	Phil Rees
1965	Faithful Hope	Solar Prince – Millie Hawthorn	33.51	Paddy Keane
1966	Val's Prince	Oregon Prince – Vals Orphan	33.30	Paddy Turbridy
1967	Limits Crackers	Odd Venture – Pats Regret	33.50	Jim Quinn
1968	Russian Gun	Pigalle Wonder – Shandaroba	33.48	Tom Lynch
1969	Itsamint	Prairie Flash – Cranog Bet	33.69	Leslie McNair
1970	Mic Mac	Monalee Champion – Yurituni	33.65	Jack Flynn		^[5]
1971	Postal Vote	Dusty Trail – Paddistar	33.27	Gay McKenna
1972	Itsachampion	Monalee Champion – Cranog Bet	33.45	Ger McKenna
1973	Case Money	Booked Out – Jamboree Judy	33.68	J Daly
1974	Tommy Astaire	Ivy Hall Flash – Miami Star	33.56	Paddy Keane
1975	Ballybeg Prim	Rockfield Era – Ballybeg Pride	33.40	Ger McKenna		^[6]
1976	Ballybeg Prim	Rockfield Era – Ballybeg Pride	34.05	Ger McKenna
1977	Heres Tat	Heres Sonny – Spiral Drish	33.26	P Fennessey
1978	Ivy Hall Solo	Itsachampion – Hall Joy	33.47	D Hoctor
1979	Tough Decision	Minnesota Miller – Carters Drain	33.72	Tommy Kane
1980	Ballarat Prince	Free Speech - Coaster	33.54	Miss P McGrath
1981	Macintosh Mentor	Sage – Mackintosh Might	33.78	T Mullen
1982	Millbowe Sam	Millcock – Tetty Bowe	33.73	J Monaghan
1983	Debbycot Lad	Liberty Lad – Knockshe Hopeful	33.50	C Morris
1984	Killowna Gem	Suir Miller – Carters Drain	33.23	B Montgomery
1985	Lispopple Story	Liberty Lad – Lispopple Blast	33.73	Noel Kinsella
1986	Oughter Brigg	Noble Brigg – Dromacossane	33.76	Sean Bourke
1987	Murlens Slippy	Im Slippy – Murlens Chill	33.50	John Quinn	5/2	^[7]
1988	Manorville Major	Moral Support – Westmead City	33.32	Paddy Doran	4/1	^[8]
1989	Gourmet Manor	Manorville Sand – Annagh Moth	33.45	Gerry Duffin	9/2	^[9]
1990	Colorado Holly	Wise Band – Denver Minnie	33.56	Eugene Price	5/1	^[10]
1991	Fly Cruiser	Moral Support – Lauragh Pride	33.31	Ann Power	5/4f	^[11]
1992	Trudy's Fox	Curryhills Fox – Ballinclare Joy	33.61	Cecil Todd	7/1	^[12]
1993	Castleland Dream	Powerstown Pax – Sail On Watch	33.40	Christy O'Callaghan	6/1
1994	Tip Top	Im Slippy – Dream Orchid	33.16	Michael Enright	11/8f	^[13]
1995	Druid's Omega	Droopys Merson – Droopys Heather	33.61	John McGee	9/2	^[14]
1996	Brickfield Blaze	Daleys Gold – Kehers First	33.45	Martin Broughan	6/4f	^[15]
1997	Spiral Nikita	Phantom Flash – Minnies Nikita	33.35	Eileen Gleeson	3/1
1998	Real Branch	Right Move – Real Branch	33.22	Denise Shanahan	3/1
1999	Frisby Flashing	Frightful Flash – Centenarys Dream	32.83	Reggie Roberts	12/1
2000	Joannestown Cash	Cry Dalcash – Ali Sheba	32.49	Paul Hennessy	6/4f	Track record^[16]
2001	Late Late Show	Spiral Nikita – Ullid Citrate	32.20	Paul Hennessy	2/7f	Track record^[17]
2002	Haliska Vienna	Smooth Rumble – Daleys Heartrob	32.69	Paul Hennessy	20/1	^[18]
2003	The Other Master	Boyne Walk – The Other Joy	32.81	Matt O'Donnell	4/1
2004	Awesome Impact	Jamella Prince – Able Ivy	32.44	Geraldine Fitzpatrick	11/4
2005	Satellite Flight	Sonic Flight - Lazzari	32.52	Frances O'Donnell	7/4jf
2006	Tyrur Ted	Top Honcho – Watch the Market	32.48	Paul Hennessy	8/11f
2007	Ardkill Jamie	Top Savings – Fast Issue	32.68	Paul Hennessy	5/4f
2008	College Causeway	Go Wild Teddy – College Tina	32.64	Pat Buckley	1/2f
2009	Accordello	Westmead Hawk – Coffee In Brazil	32.57	Lar Kinsella	3/1
2010	Shaneboy Lee	Brett Lee – Shaneboy Ruth	32.53	Denis Kiely	7/1
2011	Kingo	Kinloch Brae – Razldazl Pearl	32.68	Dolores Ruth	4/6f
2012	Kingo	Kinloch Brae – Razldazl Pearl	32.40	Dolores Ruth	6/1
2013	Ringtown Snowy	Head Bound – Ringtown Blue	32.75	Paul Hennessy	4/1
2014	Greenwell Hulk	Westmead Hawk – Greenwell Puma	32.24	James Melia	4/7f
2015	Ballymac Matt	Tyrur Big Mike – Ballymac Scarlet	32.13	Liam Dowling	1/1f	^[19]
2016	Ballyhooly Henry	Tyrur Big Mike – Lemon Soul	32.24	Tom O'Neill	4/7f	^[20]
2017	No race due to protests by the Dublin Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association.^[21]
2018	Javielenko	Ballymac Eske – Droopys Hilda	32.61	Pat Buckley	12/1	^[22]
2019	Clonbrien Prince	Confident Rankin – Mongys Rach	32.24	Graham Holland	9/2	^[23]
2020	No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021	Ballymac Kingdom	Definate Opinion – Coolavanny Angie	32.30	Liam Dowling	No SP	No SP due to COVID-19^[24]
2022	Fast Fit Paddy	Ballymac Vic – Rosmult Martha	31.96	Declan McDonagh	11/4	^[25]
2023	Ballinabola Ed	Confident Rankin – Dolls Lady	32.49	Pat Buckley	1/3f	^[26]
2024	Ryhope Beach	Droopys Sydney – Calzaghe Jan	32.23	Michael J O'Donovan	2/1	^[27]
2025	Ballyhooly Bruno	Jacob Tashadelek – Foyle Lucy	32.28	Tom O'Neill	4/1	^[28]

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