2022 Irish Greyhound Derby Semi-Final

The semi-final of the 2022 Irish Greyhound Derby is held on September 17 at Shelbourne Park. The IGD race takes place throught August and September. BoyleSports has sponsored the contest, which has a €300,000 prize pool, of which the winner receives €120,000.

📆 2022 Irish Greyhound Derby Final Information

We have provided you with some crucial facts and information about the 2022 Irish Greyhound Derby Final below. You certainly don't want to miss any of this activity, therefore we advise you to write down this information or just snap a photo with your smartphone. You won't have to spend a lot of time reading it - it should take you roughly 30 seconds.

Venue: Shelbourne Park

Date: 17th September

Time: SF1 19:47:00 | SF2 20:06:00

N.B. If you live close to Shelbourne Park racing stadium, we advise you to get a ticket and visit it on September 17th to see some of the action. There will be plenty of races to watch and wager on with the full schedule of racing.

A Look at How the Quarter-Finals Played Out

No matter what kind of stage of the racing you are watching, whether it is the semi-final or final, it is always a smart decision to consider how well the dogs performed in their prior races. A greyhound will obviously have a higher chance of winning the championship and bringing home the trophy for its trainer and owner if he has been regularly racing quicker than his primary rivals.

The 2022 Irish Greyhound Quarter-Finals just passed this weekend on the 10th of September. The BoylesSports Irish Derby Semi-Finals will take place the following weekend, and two dogs owned by Kerry have advanced. Ballymac Finn won the first quarterfinal at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night from Trap 1 in 29:59 thanks to Liam Dowling of Ballymacelligott. Denis Murphy from Killarney then saw Callaway Pro Am triumph from Trap 3 in the fourth quarterfinal, which took 29:41.

Callaway Pro Am is trained by Owen McKenna – responsible for last year’s Irish Derby winner, Susie Sapphire – this two-year-old tenaciously stole the scalp of ante-post favourite Coolavanny Hoffa in a third-round heat last weekend. A worthy opponent could also be Explosive Boy, the Dog of the Year in 2021.

The Irish Greyhound Derby betting favourite according to sponsoring online bookmaker BoyleSports is Coolavanny Hoffa and coincidently, ours too. He has a relatively simple challenge in Saturday's third semi-final after stopping the clock in a scorching 29.13 seconds in the second round and posting an excellent 3.38-second sectional time.

📊 Odds of Each Dog Winning the Title

All of the top sports betting sites out there should offer odds for the top greyhound racing events such as the 2022 Irish Greyhound Derby. In the table below, we have given you the outright odds for each dog participating in the 2022 semi-final that are on offer at six of the best sports betting sites open to Irish punters. There are two heats for the semi-final. WE have divided the participants of each one into two tables with their respective odds.

Team
Crafty Kokoro	13.00	13.00	TBA	11.00	TBA	11.00
Explosive Boy	13.00	15.00	TBA	15.00	TBA	13.00
Cryptopunk	41.00	51.00	TBA	51.00	TBA	51.00
Callaway Pro Am	7.50	7.50	TBA	8.00	TBA	7.00
Born Warrior	9.00	10.00	TBA	9.00	TBA	8.00
Coolavanny Hoffa	2.87	2.75	TBA	2.75	TBA	3.00

Team
Ballymac Finn	6.00	6.00	TBA	6.00	TBA	6.00
Maries Wedding	13.00	11.00	TBA	13.00	TBA	11.00
Vincenzo	13.00	15.00	TBA	11.00	TBA	11.00
Droopys Nice One	41.00	33/1	TBA	34.00	TBA	26.00
Skywalker Barry	41.00	51.00	TBA	51.00	TBA	51.00
Gortkelly Nestor	51.00	67.00	TBA	51.00	TBA	67.00

So, as you can see from the above table, the sports betting sites have Coolvanny Hoffa as the favourite to go on and win the 2022 Irish Greyhound Semi-Final, but Vinenzo and Explosive Boy also come with good odds to come out on top. They are giving the likes of Gortkelly Nestor and Skywalker Barry pretty much no chance to win the title.

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🏆 Our 2022 Irish Greyhound Semi-Final Race Prediction

So, who do we think will go on to win the 2022 Irish Greyhound Derby Final on the 17th of September? Well, Coolvanny Hoffa have been in top form in all of the races that he has taken part in, and has been hitting pretty close to the 29 second mark quite regularly. We can see why he is the favourite with the bookmakers, and this is why we have him to go on and win as well. For the second heat we believe Vincenzo will end up being the fastest.