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ST. PETERSBURG — Just a few years shy of its 100th birthday, Derby Lane still looks like its old self. Well, sort of. The grandstands at the longest continually operating greyhound race track in ...
Peterborough Greyhound Stadium was a greyhound racing track located in Fengate, less than a mile from the centre of Peterborough, England. [ 1 ] Racing at the stadium took place every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night with racing starting at 7:30 pm. [ 2 ]
The 1988 Daily Mirror Greyhound Derby took place during May and June with the final being held on 30 June 1988 at Wimbledon Stadium. The winner was Hit The Lid and the winning owner Fred Smith (a London businessman) received £30,000. The competition was sponsored by the Daily Mirror.
The Bord na gCon funded a new totalisator system at the track in 1960. The Derby was last run at the track in 1967, when it was won by Russian Gun. Rumours had surfaced that developers might purchase the track so the Irish Greyhound Board acted quickly and bought Harolds Cross in 1970 to quash any future re-development plans.
Albert Jonas trained Return Fare II to Berkeley Cup success and the same trainer trained Roving Youth to the 1940 English Greyhound Derby final. [7] [8] In 1944 Stamford Bridge maintained its reputation for being an extremely fast track when Ballyhennessy Seal clocked 27.64 seconds for the 500 yards course, another world and national record. [5 ...
It continued to be a major race on the independent calendar before the stadium switched to National Greyhound Racing Club status. [2] It was first run under NGRC rules in 1975 and is worth £15,000 to the winner today. [3] The prize money level paid today rates the competition as one of the major races on the greyhound calendar. [4]
De Machine won the final, which contained six serious contenders for the Derby. Susie Sapphire was arguably the star in Ireland, after winning the Oaks she went unbeaten throughout the 2021 Irish Greyhound Derby and duly won the Irish greyhound of the year.
Midland Sports finally sold sister track Leicester in 1984 to Barratts Homes and another Derby final appearance by a Tompkins trained runner (Murlens Slippy) was overshadowed by the imminent closure of the stadium to greyhound racing. It finished on 24 October 1986 but Ochiltree remained the Speedway promoter. [17] [18]