The BOYLE Sports Champion Plate Final is set to take place this Saturday at 9pm at Shelbourne Park , run over 550 yards alongside the Champion Stakes as part of the same card.
Twelve greyhounds went into two semi-finals on 4th July, with the top three from each heat qualifying for Saturday's six-dog decider.
Draw
BOYLE Sports Champion Plate Final
Trap 1 | Coolemount Fame |
Trap 2 | Newinn Spot |
Trap 3 | Ballymac Siun |
Trap 4 | Ello Ello |
Trap 5 | Ballymac Gwennie |
Trap 6 | Priceless Romeo |
Odds
BOYLE Sports Champion Plate 2026 Odds
Dog | Odds | Chance |
|---|---|---|
Ballymac Gwennie | 7/4 | 36.4% |
Newinn Spot | 5/2 | 28.6% |
Priceless Romeo | 7/2 | 22.2% |
Ballymac Siun | 6/1 | 14.3% |
Coolemount Fame | 10/1 | 9.1% |
Ello Ello | 12/1 | 7.7% |
BOYLE Sports Champion Plate Final Preview
Coolemount Fame
Trap (1) Coolemount Fame — 10/1
Odds
Coolemount Fame is priced at 10/1, which gives him a 9.1% chance of winning the Champion Plate Final on Saturday.
Form
Owned by Anthony Rooney and Owen Sweetman , he won a graded final at Shelbourne in testing, windy conditions by six lengths in 28.44 shortly before the semis. He qualified for Saturday in third in his Champion Plate semi-final, behind winner Ballymac Gwennie and runner-up Ello Ello.
Verdict
Solid form at a lower level but stepping up into much sharper company here. Others make more appeal at the prices.
Newinn Spot
Trap (2) Newinn Spot — 5/2
Odds
Newinn Spot is priced at 5/2, which gives him a 28.6% chance of winning on Saturday — second favourite.
Form
Owned by Kenny Glen , the lightly-raced dog has been in fine form all year in Clonmel 's Rural Kennels Unraced series, twice impressing over earlier rounds before a five-and-a-half length win in a smart 28.47 as favourite despite testing weather conditions. He backed that up by qualifying for Saturday's final as runner-up in his Champion Plate semi-final behind Priceless Romeo.
Verdict
Young and progressive, and already fancied enough to be sent off favourite at his last start before this. A strong runner-up effort in the semi puts him right in this.
Ballymac Siun
Trap (3) Ballymac Siun — 6/1
Odds
Ballymac Siun is priced at 6/1, which gives her a 14.3% chance of success on Saturday.
Form
Trained by Liam Dowling , she's been in good recent form, going quickest of all through the Tote Gold Cup quarter-finals before reaching that competition's final. She qualified for Saturday from trap one in her Champion Plate semi-final, finishing third behind Priceless Romeo, beaten a length and a half in 29.56.
Verdict
A strong, consistent record for a proven Dowling performer, but she's already been shown up for pace by at least one of these rivals in the semi. Each-way claims rather than winning claims for me.
Ello Ello
Trap (4) Ello Ello — 12/1
Odds
Ello Ello is the biggest price of the six finalists at 12/1, a 7.7% chance of the win.
Form
Trained by Brendan Matthews , he went into the semi-finals off a front-running win over the longer 575-yard trip at Shelbourne . Sent off at 15/2, he chased home Ballymac Gwennie in his Champion Plate semi-final, beaten two lengths in 29.67.
Verdict
A game runner-up in his heat, but the winner looked to have more in hand than the margin suggests. The outsider price looks about fair.
Ballymac Gwennie
Trap (5) Ballymac Gwennie — 7/4
Odds
Ballymac Gwennie is the 7/4 favourite, which gives her a 36.4% chance of winning the Champion Plate Final on Saturday.
Form
Trained by Liam Dowling , she'd twice been runner-up to outright market leader Bockos Gold at Limerick earlier this year, beaten three-quarters of a length and six and a half lengths on those occasions. She finally turned the tables in the Champion Plate semi-final, leading from the third bend to beat Ello Ello by two lengths in 29.67 at odds of 5/1 — a result that also accounted for Bockos Gold, who failed to make Saturday's final at all.
Verdict
A dog who's twice pushed the form favourite close in defeat and now has a big-race win over him on her CV. Makes plenty of appeal as favourite.
Trap (6) Priceless Romeo — 7/2
Odds
Priceless Romeo is priced at 7/2, which gives him a 22.2% chance of winning on Saturday.
Form
Won his Champion Plate semi-final from trap six in 29.56 — the faster of the two semi-finals — but the details of how that race actually unfolded weren't available in the sources checked.
Verdict
The clock says he was quicker than Ballymac Gwennie's winning heat, which makes him hard to leave out, though the lack of detail on how the race developed is worth knowing before backing him.
*Prices are subject to fluctuation.
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