The 1935 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during August with the final being held at Shelbourne Park in Dublin on August 10.
The winner was Roving Yank who was owned by Billy Dunne and trained by Tom Harty.
Final result At Shelbourne Park, 10 August (over 525 yards): PositionName of GreyhoundBreedingTrapSPTime (sec)Trainer1st Roving Yank Roving Bunty – Yankey Land 3 1/1f30.18Tom Harty2nd Roving Spring Roving Bunty – Housekeeper 1 4/1 30.60 T C Ryan3rdTullyglass Bramble Ormac – Ballyring Lass 2 7/2 30.62 K O'Callaghan4th Received With Thanks Egyptian Bank – Carnahalla5 10/1 Joe McKenna5thSwift Brown Lady Mutton Cutlet - Swift Lady 4 8/1 J Landy6thLisnagree Runaway – Romom's Pet 6 8/1 J Daly
Distances 6, head, (lengths) 0.07 sec = length
Semi finals
First semi final (3 Aug)PosName of Greyhound SP Time 1stRoving Spring5/130.462ndRoving Yank4/5f3rdMaghereagh Soldier5/24thCamblin Worker20/15thBawn na Haigue7/16thLooky Lad20/1
Second semi final (3 Aug)PosName of Greyhound SP Time 1st Tyllyglass Bramble 7/430.682ndLisnagree 5/13rdMac's Sandy 8/14th Spark's Bridge 10/15thOcean Gallant 5/26thRopewalk King 4/1
Third semi final (5 Aug)PosName of Greyhound SP Time 1st Swift Brown Lady 4/130.752ndReceived With Thanks7/23rdWelcome Wind 4/14thRyland Roddy 8/15th Dicas 2/1f6thNegro's Equal 4/1
Competition Report In the first two semi-finals on 3 August Roving Spring beat his half-brother Roving Yank in a time of 30.46 and Tullyglass Bramble won by two lengths from Lisnagree in 30.60. On 5 August Received With Thanks and Swift Brown Lady took the remaining two final places. The final resulted in an easy win for Roving Yank leading early and stretching his lead to six lengths at the finish. Tullyglass Bramble finished well to take third place behind Roving Spring in second place.
See also 1935 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
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