[14] Magourna Reject, now trained by Tom Reilly, had won the Key at Wimbledon, the Stewards Cup at Gloucester and the Wood Lane Stakes at White City before lining up for the St Leger final.

Magourna Reject then defeated his rivals in the Cesarewitch final winning by three and a half lengths from Oaks champion Lizette, his time of 33.24sec being the fastest ever for the distance at West Ham Stadium.

It was a regular practice for greyhounds to race early in a racecard to qualify for a final later but very unusual to have to travel to two tracks in the same day.

He won a prize in the show ring at Cruft's and was sold to an American breeder to stand at stud in the United States.

One of the litter Spanish Battleship was entered for the St Leger at Limerick but after winning a heat he failed to progress from the second round.

O'Connor believed that he had gone well enough and phoned Tom Lynch in Dublin and asked him to train the dog for the 1953 Irish Greyhound Derby.

The Laurels had been won by Templenoe Rebel, who then made his way to be trained in England [4][18][5] as did McAlinden winner Rose of Meath, sold to Arsenal and Scotland footballer Alex Forbes.