KILKENNY GREYHOUND STADIUM

This site is not an official website for the track shown here and is neither approved or endorsed by the stadium. I am indebted to Richard English for helping to construct this page. 

The greyhound track in the Irish town of Kilkenny is situated at 7° 15' W 52° 39' N and has operated under the rules of racing throughout its time since its inception on 5th June 1946.
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The track is at St James Park and features the Langton Derby and Champion Juvenile Stakes.
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Track Records, as of September 2014, are shown below together with an indication of how fast the time is in comparison to other tracks, both for currently open and defunct tracks, in the UK. Ratings are between 0 and 100, where 100 is an extremely fast time and reflects the speed of the track, tightness of the circuit and quality of greyhound visiting the tracks.
SPRINTS (up to 385m) STANDARD (386-549m) DISTANCE (550-699m) EXTENDED (700-999m)
Kilkenny Track Records at a snapshot in time:-
SPRINT 300 yards Ullid Connor 15.99 secs.Rating 74 12th September 2008
STANDARD 525 yards Boherduff Light 28.49 secs Rating 57 10th September 2004
DISTANCE 700 yards Group Skater 40.10 secs Rating 26 3rd October 2008
EXTENDED 970 yards Hulkster 56.88 secs Rating 20 18th June 2006
This section gives a comprehensive picture of the badges produced by the track throughout the ages, but only provides the briefest of glimpses of its history. For those wishing to undertake further research we can recommend a visit to

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 where further reading can be undertaken.

If you have rare Kilkenny racecards, badges, results, information, favourite stories or artefacts then email johnslusar@fsmail.net