1996 English Greyhound Derby

1996 English Greyhound Derby File:Greyhound racing Night Trooper 1997.png Night Trooper 29 June £50,000 (winner) Wimbledon Stadium 1995 1997 The 1996 Daily Mirror/Sporting Life Greyhound Derby Final took place during May and June with the final being held on 29 June 1996 at Wimbledon Stadium.Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2008, page 91 2007 Raceform 978-1-905153-53-4 The winner Shanless Slippy received £50,000. The competition was sponsored by the Sporting Life and Daily Mirror. Race summary In the final Night Trooper broke well pursued by Clonmel Produce Stakes champion Shanless Slippy, the Irish dog then forged out a lead by the first bend and drew clear down the back straight. The 1995 Irish Greyhound Derby champion Batties Rocket was forced to check back at the third bend behind Trooper leaving Shanless Slippy clear. Shanless Slippy remained unbeaten throughout the event and Night Trooper took consolation by winning the Pall Mall Stakes the following year. Final result At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=52 1996 Greyhound Data PositionName of GreyhoundBreedingTrapSPTimeTrainer1stShanless SlippyMurlens Slippy - Lisnakill Flyer34-9f28.66Dolores Ruth (Ireland)2ndNight TrooperPortrun Flier - Suir Orla216-128.86Nikki Adams (Rye House)3rdBatties RocketBatties Whisper - Lady Arrancourt55-228.98 Matt O'Donnell (Ireland)4thEverloving EddieKildare Ash - Ever Loving Doll616-128.99Geoff De Mulder (Hall Green)5thCheckpointcharlyPhantom Flash - Ferndale Class450-129.23John Coleman (Walthamstow)6thBe Bopa LolaGuiding Hope - Lulus Zola120-129.24Philip Rees Jr. (Wimbledon) Distances 2½, 1½, short head, 3, 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 1996 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year References Greyhound Derby Category:English Greyhound Derby