2015 English Greyhound Derby

The 2015 William Hill Greyhound Derby took place during May and June with the final being held on 27 June 2015 at Wimbledon Stadium. 273 of Britain's best greyhounds lined up for the record prize of £250,000 that was on offer.[1]

2015 English Greyhound Derby
LocationWimbledon Stadium
Start date27 May
End date27 June
Total prize money£250,000 (winner)
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Final result edit

At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):[2]

Position Name of Greyhound Breeding Trap Sectional SP Time Trainer
1st Rio Quattro Ace Hi Rumble - Droopys Geneva 1 4.78 5-1 28.24 Daniel Riordan (Henlow)
2nd Tynwald Bish Vans Escalade - Bish Bash Bosh 6 4.75 10-1 28.34 Peter Cronin (Ireland)
3rd Eden The Kid Westmead Hawk - Cabra Jade 4 4.93 4-1 28.35 Liz McNair (Private)
4th Farloe Blitz Premier Fantasy - Final Oyster 2 4.70 8-11f 28.43 Owen McKenna (Ireland)
5th Making Paper Hondo Black - Quarterland Hope 3 4.91 10-1 28.47 Diane Henry (Private)
6th Millwards Davy Black Shaw - Mums Girl 5 4.87 16-1 28.94 Paul Young (Romford)

Distances edit

1¼, short head, 1, ½, 5¼ (lengths)
The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.[3]

Race Report edit

Farloe Blitz lined up as hot favourite from trap two in the final and when he was first out of the traps in his customary fashion but tucked in just one length behind was Rio Quattro and it remained like that until the third bend when Farloe Blitz drifted to a middle course allowing Rio Quattro to come inside. The Danny Riordan trained runner then went on to win with Farloe Blitz fading into fourth place, Eden The Kid ran very well after a horrible start and just failed to take second place from Tynwald Bish who ran a good race. Making Paper lost any chance at the third bend when making ground on the leaders and Millwards Davy never showed. Eden The Kid had set a new track record in the heats of 27.95sec = 61,82 km/h = 38,42 m/h. .

Quarter finals edit

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Semi finals edit

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ^ "2015". Greyhound Data.
  3. ^ Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) p310. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
  4. ^ "Quarter Final results". British Greyhound Racing Board.
  5. ^ "Semi Final results". British Greyhound Racing Board. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018.