1961 English Greyhound Derby

None April 2022 1961 English Greyhound Derby File:1961 Palms Printer Scurry Gold Cup.jpg 300px Palms Printer seen here winning the Scurry Gold Cup 10 June 24 June £2,000 (winner) White City Stadium 1960 1962 The 1961 Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 24 June 1961 at White City Stadium.Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2008 page 90 2007 Raceform 978-1-905153-53-4 The winner Palms Printer received £2,000Genders Roy The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing page 110 1981 Pelham Books Ltd 07207-1106-1 and was trained by Paddy McEvoy and owned by Alf Heale.http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/remember-april-2-3/ Remember When - April 1962 7 April 2018 Greyhound Star Competition Report The Racing Manager selected 36 greyhounds leaving 12 remaining places. They would be gained from three afternoon trial sessions and eight qualifying heats to determine the 12 final places. Qualifiers included Winter Bell and Clopook, the latter trained by 28 year old Ernie Gaskin (much later known as Gaskin Sr.) Gaskin was a new trainer only being granted his licence two months before the Derby started.Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When) June edition 2015 Greyhound Star The ante-post favourites list was headed by Oregon Prince (8/1)https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005764/19610617/253/0013 Oregon Prince Dog Derby Nap Evening News (London) 17 June 1961 British Newspaper Archive subscription 26 May 2025 and Spider Hill (10/1).http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/remember-june-4/ Remember When - June 24 June 2018 Greyhound Star Other leading contenders were litter brothers Clonalvy Pride and Clonalvy Romance; the latter had won the Grand Prix a month earlier. Defending champion Duleek Dandy was also entered for the event but had suffered a broken hock in late summer.Dack Barrie Greyhound Derby, the first 60 years, pages 111/112 1990 Ringpress Books 0-948955-36-8 First round casualties included both of the Clonalvy brothers, Duleek Dandy and two other strongly supported runners Careless Look and Prairie Flash. The bookmaker's only liability was Oregon Prince trained by Phil Rees Sr. who won heat two. One second round heat contained Oregon Prince and Clopook. In the semi-finals Palms Printer beat early leader Clopook to win in 28.69, third spot went to Spider Hill. The second semi went to Oregon Prince who won easily in 28.74 sec. Unusually the final did not feature a runner from Wembley (the first time since 1947). Winter Bell lined up as a first finalist for Clare Orton, son of Sidney Orton. Four of the finalists had made the final without winning any of the rounds and only the two semi-final winners came into the final with winning form. It was Oregon Prince that led at the first but moved wide allowing Palms Printer room to take a decisive lead. Oregon Prince battled well right up until the home straight when Palms Printers superior stamina told. Clopook was unfortunately knocked over. Final result At White City (over 525 yards):http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=2051 1961 Greyhound Data PositionName of GreyhoundBreedingTrapSPTimeTrainer1stPalms Printer The Grand Champion - Palm Shadow 12/128.84 Paddy McEvoy (Clapton)2ndOregon Prince Knock Hill Chieftain - Burleigh's Fancy 26/4f28.94Phil Rees Sr. (Private)3rdWinter Bell Champion Prince - Spanish Gardenia 550/129.04Clare Orton (Wimbledon)4thSpider Hill Forever Cloone - She Can Can 63/129.05 Joe Pickering (White City - London)5thLuxury Liner Northern King - Brazen Hussy410/129.17 Gunner Smith (Hove)6thClopook The Grand Fire - Clopook Queen 3100/800.00 Ernie Gaskin Sr. (Private) Distances 1¼, 1¼, short head, 1½, Dis (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 See also 1961 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year References English Greyhound Derby English Greyhound Derby Category:English Greyhound Derby