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601:7 July 1996
553:2 July 1975
537:28 May 1966
521:25 May 1968
515:Magic Hands
505:15 May 2004
483:Balerno Ron
377:2 June 1973
255:29 May 2016
49:Date opened
40:Coordinates
1659:Categories
1226:9 December
1058:References
1043:Comans Joe
1027:Bally Euro
338:Greyhound
313:Comans Joe
249:Dingo Will
184:Greyhound
1632:Dungannon
1526:Blackrock
1464:Waterford
1444:Newbridge
1439:Mullingar
755:Penn Pepe
707:The Knack
158:(current)
57:Race type
34:, Ireland
1591:Longford
1536:Bundoran
1434:Limerick
1424:Kilkenny
281:Hulkster
164:(former)
88:Kilkenny
32:Kilkenny
27:Location
1581:Kilrush
1516:Ballina
1506:Ardfert
1469:Youghal
1454:Thurles
1429:Lifford
1409:Dundalk
1399:Clonmel
1385:Ireland
1011:Dot Tom
579:Lax Law
355:Veroden
174:Current
101:History
1576:Kilkee
1541:Clones
1511:Arklow
1459:Tralee
1419:Galway
1177:. RTE.
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347:Notes
335:Yards
328:Former
193:Notes
181:Yards
1642:Omagh
1606:Sligo
1596:Navan
1485:Derry
1046:29.51
1040:525 H
1030:29.56
1024:525 H
1014:29.56
1008:525 H
998:29.64
992:525 H
982:29.88
976:525 H
966:29.95
960:525 H
950:17.35
944:300 H
934:58.33
918:57.41
902:57.63
886:42.98
870:43.08
854:43.50
838:40.31
822:42.35
806:40.10
790:40.33
774:40.37
758:40.45
742:40.47
726:40.65
710:40.85
694:41.00
678:30.25
662:31.50
646:28.49
630:28.53
614:28.69
598:28.70
582:28.98
566:29.00
550:29.00
534:29.00
518:28.30
502:16.08
486:16.13
470:16.13
454:16.14
438:16.28
422:16.36
406:16.50
390:16.50
374:16.50
358:16.50
344:Date
341:Time
316:29.10
310:525 H
300:57.46
284:56.88
268:40.07
252:30.12
236:28.46
220:17.49
204:15.99
190:Date
187:Time
82:is a
1531:Bray
1404:Cork
1289:2024
1253:2024
1228:2023
1141:ISBN
1116:ISBN
1091:ISBN
928:1000
713:1980
425:1988
294:1000
52:1946
912:970
896:970
880:745
864:745
848:745
832:725
816:725
800:700
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768:700
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704:700
688:700
672:550
656:550
640:525
624:525
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592:525
576:525
560:525
544:525
528:525
512:500
496:300
480:300
464:300
448:300
432:300
416:300
400:300
384:300
368:300
352:300
278:970
262:725
246:550
230:525
214:325
198:300
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