1979 English Greyhound Derby

April 2022 1979 English Greyhound Derby File:1979 English Greyhound Derby Quarter Final, Sarahs Bunny leads Lacca Champion.jpg 280 px Quarter Final, Sarahs Bunny leads Lacca Champion 2 June 23 June £25,000 (winner) White City Stadium 1978 1980 The 1979 Spillers Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 23 June 1979 at White City Stadium.Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2008, page 91 2007 Raceform 978-1-905153-53-4 The winner was Sarahs Bunny and the winning owner Roy Hadley received £25,000. The competition was sponsored by the Spillers.Genders Roy The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing, page 110 1981 Pelham Books Ltd 07207-1106-1 Competition Report For the second year running the format of running heats at different tracks remained. Lacca Champion returned to defend his title as 215 entries were received including the team of Midlands-based Geoff DeMulder; they included ante-post favourite Desert Pilot and leading contenders Sarahs Bunny and Pat Seamur.Dack Barrie Greyhound Derby, the first 60 years, pages 165/166/167/168/169 1990 Ringpress Books 0-948955-36-8 The first two rounds saw both Desert Pilot and Laurels winner Another Spatter suffer defeats and Pat Seamur go out altogether. By the time the third round started the field was down to 48 and the eight third round winners included Jebb Rambler, Its Stylish, Tyrean, Desert Pilot, Sarahs Bunny and Greenville Boy. A difficult quarter final drew Desert Pilot, Lacca Champion and Sarahs Bunny in the same heat. All three ran well to qualify led home by Desert Pilot. Eric Pateman scored a double with Tyrean and Young Toby with Jebb Rambler completing the four quarter final winners. Tyrean, a former White City grader won his semi-final from Lacca Champion and First General and in the second semi Sarahs Bunny gained revenge on kennelmate Desert Pilot with Tough Decision splitting the pair. Jebb Rambler faded to fourth and missed out on the final. The owners of Lacca Champion announced that he would be retired whatever the outcome of the race. Sarahs Bunny avoided trouble at the first bend to run out the winner from Lacca Champion. The defending champion had recovered well to finish second and could have won a second Derby but for the trouble. Final result At White City (over 500 metres):http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=2033 1979 Greyhound Data PositionName of GreyhoundBreedingTrapSPTimeTrainer 1stSarahs Bunny Jimsun - Sugarloaf Bunny 63-129.53 Geoff De Mulder (Hall Green) 2ndLacca Champion Itsachampion - Highland Finch 510-129.65Pat Mullins (Cambridge)3rdDesert Pilot Tain Mor - Dark Hostess 39-429.99 Geoff De Mulder (Hall Green) 4thFirst General Cobbler - Ballyguile 414-130.17Tommy Johnston Jr. (Wembley)5thTyrean Myrtown - Forest Storm 115-8f30.18 Eric Pateman (Private)6thTough Decision Minnesota Miller - Carters Drain 29-230.19Tommy Kane (Ireland) Distances 1½, 4¼, 2¼, short head, short head (lengths) The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.Genders Roy NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) p310 1990 Pelham Books Ltd 0-7207-1804-X See also 1979 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year References English Greyhound Derby Category:English Greyhound Derby English Greyhound Derby