1968 English Greyhound Derby

April 2022 1968 English Greyhound Derby 8 June 22 June £7,252 (winner) White City Stadium 1967 1969 The 1968 Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 22 June 1968 at White City Stadium.Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2008, page 90 2007 Raceform 978-1-905153-53-4 The winner was Camira Flash and the winning owner Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh received £7,252.Genders Roy The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing, page 110 1981 Pelham Books Ltd 07207-1106-1 Final result At White City (over 525 yards):http://www.greyhoundderby.com/1968-greyhoundderby.htm 1968 greyhoundderby.com PositionName of GreyhoundBreedingTrapSPTimeTrainer1stCamira Flash Prairie Flash - Duet Fire 4100-828.89Randy Singleton (White City - London)2ndWitches Smoke Wonder Valley - Witches Hand 2100-728.95Phil Rees Sr. (Wimbledon)3rdEl Campo Swift Wonder - Miss Bentley 613-228.98Jim Irving (Private)4thShady Parachute Crazy Parachute - Shady Contempara 54-6f29.16Phil Rees Sr. (Wimbledon)5thShady Begonia Pigalle Wonder - Castle Swan 16-129.34 Norman Oliver (Brough Park)6thWinning Hope Solar Prince - Millie Hawthorn 37-229.35 Paddy Keane (Clapton) Distances 1, neck, 3, 3, short head (lengths) The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. From 1950 one length was equal to 0.08 of one second.Genders Roy NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) p310 1990 Pelham Books Ltd 0-7207-1804-X Competition Report Yellow Printer, a red fawn dog by Printers Prince out of Yellow Streak was installed as one of the shortest ante-post favourite in the history of the Derby. Other leading entries included Shady Parachute, a finalist the previous year, and Camira Flash, owned by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.Dack Barrie Greyhound Derby, the first 60 years, pages 127/128/129 1990 Ringpress Books 0-948955-36-8 Yellow Printer set a new track record in qualifying during heat 14 when recording 28.30 sec at White City but he was nearly eliminated in the first round after finding trouble but he just got up to take the third qualifying spot. Camira Flash and Shady Parachute both won and the fastest first round winner was El Campo in 28.76 sec. The quarter-finals provided a shock as Yellow Printer went out in the most unfortunate circumstances when being knocked over at the third bend. The first semi-final saw Shady Parachute win in 28.62, five lengths clear of Winning Hope and Shady Begonia and become favourite for the event. The second semi-final produced drama at the third and fourth bends when the leading greyhounds slowed due to fighting which allowed Witches Smoke and El Campo to come from behind and take final places. Not Flashing, trained by Irishman Frank Cavlan, finished third relegating the royal dog Camira Flash to fourth and out of the competition. However, the stewards disqualified Not Flashing for fighting, which allowed Camira Flash to progress to the decider. In the final the royal dog Camira Flash showed first from El Campo and they battled right up to the fourth bend before El Campo lost ground to Camira Flash. Witches Smoke finished well to take the runners up spot and Shady Parachute after missing the break and ran poorly. See also 1968 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year References English Greyhound Derby English Greyhound Derby Category:English Greyhound Derby