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In the final Mutts Silver showed a burst of early speed to slip round the bend in front. Ballybeg Prim made some inroads into the leader's advantage, but Mutts Silver could not be caught. Mutts Silver had been bought by a syndicate headed by Ray
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The previous system of having two non-betting qualifying rounds was scrapped and replaced by just one, which required the field to be whittled down to 48 runners by the time of the actual second round. Ireland's leading trainer Ger McKenna had sent a team over that included ante-post favourite
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In the qualifying round on 5 June
Ballybeg Prim equalled the track record (29.23 set by Myrtown). During the second round Ballybeg Prim beat Xmas Holiday in 29.47 with Flip Your Top and Westmead Champ setting the fastest times with 29.28 and 29.34 respectively. Shamrock Point provided a
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Ballybeg Prim (the deposed track record holder) beat Mutts Silver. Flip Your Top defeated Xmas Holiday before Westmead Myra won the final heat but Sean Na Gaisce went out after trouble.
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109:Name of Greyhound
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231:(Wimbledon)
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1028:Categories
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39:Start date
293:Distances
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112:Breeding
106:Position
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