Corn Cuchulainn

Corn Cuchulainn

Feature race
Location	Shelbourne Park
Inaugurated	1961
Race information
Distance	750 yards
Surface	Sand
Purse	€10,500 (winner)

The Corn Cuchulainn is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Shelbourne Park and was formerly held at Harold's Cross Stadium in the city district of Harold's Cross, Dublin, Ireland. ^[1]

It is a major competition and is an integral part of the Irish greyhound racing calendar. ^[2] The competition was known as the Sean Kelly 750 in 1980. ^[3]

In 2017 following the closure of Harold's Cross the race was switched to fellow Dublin track Shelbourne Park. ^[4]

Venues & Distances

• 1963–2016 (Harolds Cross, 750y)
• 1999–1999 (Shelbourne Park, 750y)
• 2017–present (Shelbourne Park, 750y)

Sponsors

• 1978–1978 (Sean Kelly Dublin Bookmakers)
• 2004–2007 (Vodafone)
• 2008–2009 (Accelerated Drain Cleaning)
• 2010–2020 (Gain Nutrition)
• 2023–2023 (Racing Post GTV)

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Time	Trainer	SP	Notes
1961	Special Move		42.78	Michael Sheehan
1962	The Fixer	Flash Jack – Dream of Pleasure	43.05	R Martin
1963	Danton	Mickeys Dan – Kings She Had	42.80			dead-heat
1963	Traceys Crisps	Sporting Jiggs - Ellas	42.80			dead-heat
1964	Chieftain's Envoy	Chieftains Guest – Just Sherry	42.70	W McNair
1965	Westpark Quail	The Glen Abbey – Whiddy Bracelet	42.42
1966	Radiographer	Pigalle Wonder – Solfa Nella	42.77
1967	Proud Molly	Clonalvy Pride – Aughadown Molly	43.40	Ger McKenna
1968	The Saint	Mad Era – Hurricane Peg	43.20	T Manning
1969	Hat Band	Wonder Valley – Greenhouse Girl	43.10	C McGovern
1970	Quakerfield King	Newdown Heather – Mothel Prairie	42.54	D McDonald
1971	Fleur des Lis	The Boy Boozer – Feis	43.27	J Farrell
1972	Keeragh Bluff	Lucky Wonder - Mimsk	42.93	C Greave
1973	Rita's Choice [5]	Spectre – Toffee Apple II	42.40	Ger McKenna
1974	Purple Sun [6]	Kilbeg Kuda – Miss Hi Land	43.04	E Guerin
1975	Cricky Choice	Right O'Myross – Lady Hairdresser	42.72	W Beggs
1976	Lord of Moray	Yanka Rue – Graffogue	42.62	A Moore
1977	Rathdaniel Irene	Lively Band - Irene Wong	42.74	J Murphy
1978	Orient Champ	Monalee Champion – Yellow Ruler	42.58	W O'Riordan
1979	Yvonnes Glory	Jimsun – Silent Treatment	42.90	J McGuill
1980	Doolittle Sarah	Rockfield Era – Doolittle Dusty	43.10	Matt O'Donnell
1981	Kilnaglory Pearl	Friendly Spectre – Flaming Pearl	42.72	Francie Murray
1982	Jos Gamble	Ballydonnell Sam – Fealside Beauty	42.58	Francie Murray
1983	Azuri	Brave Bran – Under The Stone	42.00	Mrs M Daly
1984	Westpark Model	Daring Dandy – Slight Chili	42.54	F Allen
1985	Fly Fancy	Sand Man – Ollys Angel	42.48	M O'Donovan
1986	Ollys Missy	Sand Man – Ollys Nagel	42.46	O Moran
1987	Newbrook Stoney	Its Ballyhenry – Newbrook Flash	42.38	M Boyce
1988	Ruscar Dana	Sand Man – Kilnaspic Dana	43.50
1991	Jeannie Flower	Curryhills Fox – Kingdom Flower	42.58
1993	Gunboat Jeff	Whisper Wishes – Gunboat Ann	42.30	Joe Kenny
1994	Arrancourt Lass	Ardfert Sean – The Other Toss		Matt O'Donnell
1996	Aoifas Act	Coalbrook Tiger – Gatalley Raven
1997	Aranock Girl	Frightful Flash - Glenmoira	42.22	Noel O'Meara	3-1
1998	Winetavern Eile	Slaneyside Hare – Moonveen Wish	42.38	Patrick Savage	12-1
1999	Nifty Niamh	Murlens Slippy – Pauls Turn	42.44	Seamus Graham	5-1
2000	Frosty Rose [7]	Spiral Nikita – Ullid Citrate	42.77	Paraic Campion	4-1
2001	Hello Bud [8]	Arrigle Buddy – Clonleigh Lass	41.78	Paul Hennessy	4-6f
2002	Mega Delight [9]	Smooth Rumble – Knockeevan Joy	41.98	Seamus Graham	2-5f
2003	Topofthebest [10]	Top Honcho – Pennys Model	42.34	Frazer Black	1-1f
2004	Smiling Man [11]	Jamella Prince – Micks Top Lass	41.62	Seamus Graham	7-2
2005	De Eight Wonder [12]	Top Honcho – Daisys Mustang	41.83	Paul Hennessy	10-1
2006	Sonatina [13]	Droopys Vieri – Christmas Holly	41.52	Siobhan McGrath	6-5jf
2007	Droopys Ike [14]	Droopys Vieri – Droopys Millie	42.06	Pat Buckley	4-6f
2008	Olympic Show [15]	Late Late Show – April Deen	41.87	Paul Hennessy	1-2f
2009	Corporate Attack [16]	Trendy Leigh – Black Raven	41.88	Sean Mulcahy	1/1f
2010	Kiltrea Kev [17]	Westmead Hawk – Kiltrea Lucy	41.70	John Doyle	1/1f
2011	Fleeting Image [18]	Head Bound – Dear Prudence	41.76	Dolores Ruth	4/1
2012	Risky Bart [19]	Premier Fantasy – Ogara Slams Em	41.98	Bridie Moore	7/2
2013	Shanless Becky [20]	Royal Impact – Shanless Carol	41.71	Brendan Cullen	9/4
2014	Razldazl Pacino [21]	Makeshift – Dundooan Diva	42.18	Dolores Ruth	7/4f
2015	Ballymac Bonnie [22]	Head Bound – Zulu Nikita	41.26	Liam Dowling	5/4jf
2016	Airmount Tess [23]	Brett Lee – Airmount Pearl	41.84	Gerald Kiely	3/1
2017	Airmount Tess [24]	Brett Lee – Airmount Pearl	41.80	Gerald Kiely	4/5f
2018	Javielenko [25]	Ballymac Eske – Droopys Hilda	41.26	Pat Buckley	7/4
2019	Skywalker Logan [26]	Tarsna Havana – Sizzling Sarah	41.32	Patrick Guilfoyle	6/4f
2020	Ballymac Kingdom [27]	Definate Opinion – Coolavanny Angie	41.41	Liam Dowling	5/2jf
2021	Priceless Jet [28]	Droopys Jet – Ravenna	41.39	Paul Hennessy	9/4f
2022	Crafty Kokoro [29]	Droopys Sydney – Cockyorconfident	41.31	Peter Divilly	3/1
2023	Kinturk Road [30]	Ballymac Cashout – Ballymac Arminta	41.26	Liam Dowling	7/4jf
2024	Tuono Charlie [31]	Good News – Farronrory Bonny	41.32	Sharon Hunt	4/5f

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