The 1933 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during August and September with the final being held on 2 September 1933 at

Shelbourne Park Shelbourne Park is a greyhound racing stadium in the south Dublin inner city suburb of Ringsend. Greyhound Racing Opening The plans to open a greyhound track in Dublin were drawn up by Paddy O’Donoghue, Jerry Collins, Patsy McAlinden and Jim ...

in Dublin. The 1933 Irish Derby was awarded to Shelbourne Park once again by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC). The

Harold's Cross Stadium Harold's Cross Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium in Harold's Cross, Dublin, owned and operated by the Irish Greyhound Board. Facilities included a grandstand restaurant, carvery, a number of bars, totalisator betting and seating. Racin ...

management were left angered after missing out again on the event. Mr Tynan representing the track had pointed out that the previous year Paddy O’Donoghue had promised that they could hold the event in 1933. I.C.C chairman John Bruton explained that they could not cancel a ruling by the club that had already been made. Tynan stormed out of a meeting with the ICC and Harold's Cross refused to run any classic competitions or their qualifying races in 1933 and threatened to run their own Irish Championship. The winner Monologue was owned by Luke Maher and bred by John Hughes of Carlow.

Final result

At Shelbourne Park, 2 Sep (over 525 yards):

Distances

¾, 1

Competition Report

In the first semi final Swift Heart defeated Lacken Warrior by 6 lengths in 30.74. The second resulted in Treasure’s Hopeful beating Right Incline by half a length in 30.63 and in the third Monologue beat Mooncoin Captain. In the final Monologue was only in fourth place after breaking from the traps but showed enough pace to take the lead by the first bend. Right Incline finished strongly but could not catch Monologue.

References

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Final result

Distances

Competition Report

See also

References