Published: Thursday, 19th August, 2010 1:21pm

Meath dogs chase glory

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Meath owned and trained greyhounds will be bidding to qualify for the Ladbrokes.com Irish Greyhound Derby 2010 this weekend.

Airforce Hawk, owned by Keith Doherty and Peter O'Toole from Clonee, and the Chris Cooke-owned Cookies Fantasy which is trained by Jayne Hegarty from Trim.

Two other Meath trainers also represent the county, Ian Reilly from Navan trains English owned Shaneboy Flash and David Reynolds from Mornington trains Oran Jaguar.

Forty eight of Ireland's best racing greyhounds have made it through the second round heats of the Ladbrokes.com Irish Greyhound Derby at Shelbourne Park.

The third round gets underway this Saturday and Farley Blitz and Makeshift are now listed as favourites with sponsors Ladbrokes.

However, there are still plenty of others following closely behind as contenders for the 2010 Derby crown.

Makeshift put in a great performance in Heat 15, and finished in his best ever time of 29.56, which was also the fastest of the 2nd Round.

Video highlights of each night are available to view from the following morning online on Talking Dogs on igb.ie, on the Irish Greyhound Board Youtube Channel, and on their Facebook page Facebook.com/irishgreyhoundboard.

Michael Fortune also provides in-depth and up-to-date Derby coverage on Derby 2010 News & Views, a new feature on Talking Dogs, which also features photos, competitions and the latest betting updates from Ladbrokes.

Online viewers, with a Tote account, can also watch racing live on www.igb.ie or free from 7am the following morning in the Results page.

THIRD ROUND

Saturday 21st August

QUARTER-FINALS

Saturday 28th August

SEMI-FINALS

Saturday 4th September

FINAL

Ladbrokes Irish Greyhound Derby Final: Saturday 11th September

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