1998 English Greyhound Derby

1998 English Greyhound Derby
Location Wimbledon Stadium

The 1998 William Hill Greyhound Derby took place during May & June with the final being held on 27 June 1998 at Wimbledon Stadium. [1] The winner Toms The Best received £50,000. The competition was sponsored by William Hill following the demise of the famous Sporting Life newspaper.

Final result

At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):[2]

Position Greyhound Breeding Trap SP Finish Time Trainer
1st Toms The BestFrightful Flash - Ladys Guest44-5f28.75Nick Savva (Milton Keynes)
2nd Tuesdays DavyPhantom Flash - Likely Wish66-129.09Patsy Byrne (Wimbledon)
3rd Tullerboy CashCry Dalcash - Tullerboy Kate18-129.47Brian Clemenson (Hove)
4th Jaspers BoyCastlelyons Gem - Polnoon Lane59-429.48David Pruhs (Peterborough)
5th Honour and GloryMurlens Slippy - Satharn Lady27-129.56 John Coleman (Walthamstow)
N/R Greenwood FlyerI'm His - Pendle Witch Patsy Byrne (Wimbledon)

Distances

4¼, 4¾, short head, 1 (lengths)

Race Report

Toms The Best added the English Derby crown to his 1997 Irish Greyhound Derby success becoming one of a very select group to have won both the English and Irish Derby. The race was won with relative ease by the hot favourite in a crowded race which featured only five greyhounds (the first time since 1970) after Greenwood Flyer was disqualified by the stewards in the semi-finals for fighting*.

* Deliberate interference with other greyhounds in running. 

See also

References

  1. Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 91. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
  2. "1998". Greyhound Data.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.