Mullingar Greyhound Stadium


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.

History

Early 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 circumference circuit. 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.

Recent history

In recent times the Mullingar Greyhound Racing Company has invested in the facilities with an impressive 130 seated grandstand restaurant and the track received an original classic race in 2001 following the closure of the Boyne Valley Greyhound Stadium in Navan. The race the Cesarewitch was run over 600 yards at Navan from 1960-1998 before arriving at Mullingar over the same race distance.

Competitions

Current

YardsGreyhoundTimeDateNotes
330Springwell Lodge 18.5113.05.2010
350Kiln Pride 19.1010.08.2002
400Kilmalady Boy 21.1731.07.2003
525Unsinkable Girl28.8802.10.1999
550Furious Flare30.4726.01.2008
600Micks Savings32.9215.04.2007Cesarewitch
805Bombersgoinghome 46.2209.09.2007
810Coolemount Glen 46.2215.05.2010
525 HCall Late 29.4826.09.2009

Former
YardsGreyhoundTimeDateNotes
300 Kilmagoura Again17.0007.09.1971
325 Greenhill Boxer18.4409.11.1983
325 Portun Flier18.3607.07.1990
325 Bonawinish Lad18.1822.09.2001
330 Red Menace18.5502.06.1964
360 Fearless Gaughan20.301939
360 Clonmeen Garden20.0130.08.1958
525 Fearless Gaughan30.301940
525 Managha Boy30.281940
525 Rex Again29.5516.05.1964
550 Hello King31.971942
550 Look Shy31.2819.08.1967
550 Twitters31.1512.09.1972
550 Murrays Mixture30.8805.08.1981
550 Crory County30.7822.06.1991
550 Townspark Prince30.6429.09.2001
550 Chadding Home30.6204.11.2004
550 Forsale Or Rent30.5901.09.2007
600 Butterfly Billy33.6126.10.1965
600 Do You Hustle33.1623.11.1999
600 Mega Delight33.1024.03.2002 Cesarewitch final
600 Cabbage White33.0508.03.2003
600 Kanoute32.9308.03.2003
600 Sluggers Breeze33.2202.08.2003
600 Karma Knight33.1228.03.2004
600 Strip the Racks33.0110.07.2004
600 Ronans Delight32.9711.09.2004
780 Little Ice46.3924.08.1971
805 Castanet47.4827.06.1987
805 Lady Erin47.1214.05.1988
805 Moral Park46.7422.08.1992
805 Priceless King46.5824.11.2001
805 Tahina Blue46.5023.03.2003
805 Gowlaun Ranger46.4031.07.2004
810 Comagh Beauty47.9019.04.1960
325 HFado19.061988
360 HQuiet Sergeant21.0517.06.1958
525 HMan Friday30.9808.09.1964
525 HLodge Walk30.621988
525 HLough Honcho30.2125.05.2002
525 HFrisby For Me30.0123.10.2004
525 HHoncho Belle29.8504.11.2004
525 HMexico29.7010.09.2005
525 HCall Late29.6222.03.2008
550 HLodge Walk32.161988