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Toomaline Jack favourite in the English Greyhound Derby

May 21, 2010 - 1:25 pm

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The English Greyhound Derby would be considered to be the most prestigious race on the UK calendar; its history stretches back to 1927 along with the Irish Greyhound Derby at Shelbourne Park. Irish trainer Dolores Ruth has been fortunate enough to taste success in both and may be on her way to adding to that [...]

Williamhill.com English Greyhound Derby semi-final preview

May 20, 2010 - 3:00 pm

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It’s every punters dream to land a Derby winner early on in the ante-post market, but with a total of 217 entries in this year’s Derby, it would be foolish to have backed all your hard-earned cash on just a gut shot. For those of you who did manage to take the sensible route of [...]

The Williamhill.com English Greyhound Derby quarter-final outcome

May 19, 2010 - 9:00 am

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The Williamhill.com English Greyhound Derby is regarded by many as the most prestigious competition of the year. This year has been by far the most dramatic; bringing shocking exits, but on the positive side of things also bringing record-breaking performances. Last night the final 24 Derby aspirants battled in the quarter-finals of the competition across [...]

Will the Walthamstow greyhound stadium be revived?

May 14, 2010 - 1:55 pm

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Save Our Stow leader Ricky Holloway and representatives were finally given the opportunity to meet with the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, to discuss the new proposals for the Walthamstow Stadium. The group emerged from the meeting on Wednesday claiming that there is light at the end of the tunnel and that the dream of [...]

Is greyhound racing a viable industry for trainers?

May 13, 2010 - 3:00 pm

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The Greyhound Board of Great Britain is a centre for governance, regulation and welfare as well as a lead for commercial development and growth of the sport. It is supposedly committed to managing its functions to the highest standards achievable and being efficient, effective and accountable to those that it licenses, and the public. Effective [...]

Will the Irish prevail in the Williamhill.com English Greyhound Derby?

May 12, 2010 - 6:00 pm

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The Irish are known for producing big competition runners. Last Friday they demonstrated their ability as they recorded an impressive first session of second-round heats in the Williamhill.com English Derby at Wimbledon in the form of Mesedo Blue, Tranquil Time and Krug Ninety Five all coming home clear in their respective heats. Tranquil Time was [...]

Fear Zafonic crashes out of the English Derby

May 9, 2010 - 9:00 am

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Last year’s Greyhound of the Year Fear Zafonic’s English Derby dream ended abruptly in the second round last night – after a modest start, he was badly bumped twice and then stumbled. Can his trainer Charlie Lister still be victorious? The four-time Derby winning handler may have taken an early blow with the elimination of [...]

Rotar Wing pleases connections at Nottingham

May 7, 2010 - 3:00 pm

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Rotar Wing (4-11 favourite) got the job done at Nottingham earlier this week, where he successfully managed to record yet another success at the track when clocking 17.83secs to land the Bookmakers Sprint Trophy final across 305m. The September 2007 charge never looked to be under any major threat as he continued in his usual [...]

He Went Whoosh lands the Coral Regency

May 5, 2010 - 6:00 pm

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He Went Whoosh (7-1) provided spectators at Hove with an excellent show as he landed the £8000 Coral Regency on Tuesday night across the 695m. The Claude Gardiner-trained charge began his Coral Regency campaign with a suited trap-six start in earlier trial stakes – a race which saw him take the early lead but fail [...]

Mark Wallis’s entries for the williamhill.com English Greyhound Derby

April 30, 2010 - 12:00 pm

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Mark Wallis is a man who needs no introduction to any greyhound racing enthusiast – he’s a trainer who has continued to dominate the sport in recent years by producing a number of big-race winners including last year’s Derby winner Kinda Ready. This year he will be represented by a total of 13 hopefuls attempting [...]