Mullingar Greyhound Stadium

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Mullingar Greyhound Stadium
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Greyhounds racing in the stadium, July 2008
Location Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland
Coordinates 53°31′16.89″N7°20′22.24″W / 53.5213583°N 7.3395111°W / 53.5213583; -7.3395111
Operated by Greyhound Racing Ireland
Date opened16 August 1932;91 years ago (1932-08-16)
Race type Greyhound
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Mullingar Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in south Mullingar in Ireland. The stadium has a grandstand restaurant, a fast food outlet and a number of bars. Racing takes place on a Saturday evening at 7.30pm and early Sunday afternoon.

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History

History

Mullingar stands directly west of the R400 road and just north of the Newbrook Road. In the 1950s, the track underwent improvements including banking of the bends to compensate for a rather unusual shaped 498 yards (455 m) circumference circuit. [1] The first racing manager was Billy Bligh who served in that post until 1978 before handing over to Peter Kenny. Bligh had a greyhound called Splonk who won on the opening night at Shelbourne Park way back in 1927. A new stand and clubhouse was erected in 1972 and the provincial track boasted some of the best facilities outside Dublin. Prominent sire, Castledown Lad started racing here in the 1930s followed by Newdown Heather. Races over the years have included the Midland Puppy Stakes, Midland St Leger, Joe Clyne Memorial and Midland Cesarewitch. [2]

In recent times the Mullingar Greyhound Racing Company has invested in the facilities with addition fo a 130 seated grandstand restaurant. In 2001, the track was also given an original classic competition, following the closure of the Boyne Valley Greyhound Stadium in Navan. The competition was the Cesarewitch, which had been run over 600 yards at Navan from 1960-1998 before arriving at Mullingar, to be held over the same race distance. [3]

In December 2023, the stadium renewed the contract agreement (as part of the GRI) with S.I.S for 2024. [4]

Competitions

Track records

Current [5]

YardsGreyhoundTimeDateNotes
330Urney Ed [6] 18.288 August 2020
350Noreaction [7] 19.074 August 2018
400Fiftycashback [8] 21.0617 October 2020
400Gizmo Cash [9] =21.0623 October 2022
525Unsinkable Girl28.8802 October 1999
550Clonfert Lorenzo [10] 30.4415 March 2021
600Singalong Dolly [11] 32.7417 March 2024 Cesarewitch final
805Bombersgoinghome46.2209 September 2007
810Coolemount Glen=46.2215 May 2010
525 HCall Late29.4826 September 2009

Former [12] [13] [14] [15]

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  2. ↑ Fortune, Michael (1979). Irish Greyhound Annual. Victory Irish Promotions Ltd.
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  4. ↑ "SIS GRA 2024 Agreement". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Irish Track Records as of January 2024". Greyhound Star. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "Trials Can Now Be Booked Online S7 330". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Welcome to Mullingar S5 350". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "Mullingar Fair Warrior Open 400 2020 Round 2 Heat 3". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "Matchbook Fair Warrior Open 400 Semi-Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  10. ↑ "The Slan Abhaile A0/A1 550". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  11. ↑ "Time Irish Cesarewitch Open 600 2024 Final". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
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  13. ↑ "Track records". Greyhound Data.
  14. ↑ "Track records". Greyhound Star.
  15. ↑ "Mullingar Track records". Greyhound Star.
  16. ↑ "330 track record". Greyhound Racing Ireland.
  17. ↑ "The Greyhound Data S5/S6 330". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  18. ↑ "The www.ownagreyhound.ie S7-S10 330". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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  20. ↑ "The 2020 Irish Cesarewitch Open 600 final". Greyhound Racing Ireland. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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