1955 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

none March 2026 March 2026 1955 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year 1954 1956 The 1955 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 30th year of greyhound racing in the United KingdomGreyhound Racing South Gloucestershire Gazette 24 Jul 1926 9 March 2026 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004065/19260724/015/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription and the 29th year of greyhound racing in Ireland.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001542/19270419/075/0003 Belfast's New Sport Northern Whig 19 April 1927 British Newspaper Archive subscription 9 March 2026Fry Paul The Official NGRC Greyhound Racing Yearbook 1995 Ringpress Books 186054-010-4 Roll of honour Major Winners Award Name of Winner1955 English Greyhound Derby Rushton MacDack Barrie Greyhound Derby, the first 60 years page 98/99 1990 Ringpress Books 0-948955-36-8http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=2057 1955 Greyhound Data1955 Irish Greyhound Derby Spanish Battleship Comyn John 50 Years of Greyhound Racing in Ireland Aherlow Publishers LtdFortune Michael Irish Greyhound Derby 1932-1981 Victory Irish Promotions Ltd1955 Scottish Greyhound Derby Not held Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2008, pages 153-154 2007 Raceform 978-1-905153-53-41955 Welsh Greyhound Derby Rushton MacGenders Roy The Greyhound and Racing Greyhound, page 320 1975 Page Brothers (Norwich) 0-85020-0474Greyhound of the Year Rushton Mac Summary Spanish Battleship became the greatest greyhound in Irish history by securing a third consecutive Irish Greyhound Derby title. No other greyhound had managed to win more than one Irish Derby previously. Before retiring, he broke the track record at Cork during his Laurels victory and won another McCalmont Cup title. His connections turned down a £15,000 bid from a London syndicate.Fortune Michael Irish Greyhound Derby 1932-1981 Victory Irish Promotions Ltd Rushton Mac defeated the versatile and hot favourite Barrowside in the English Greyhound Derby final. Competitions Barrowside dominated the Grand National at White City, the red fawn dog claimed a five length victory at odds of 1-3 in a track record time of 29.43.Genders Roy The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing 1981 Pelham Books Ltd 07207-1106-1 The Gold Collar at Catford Stadium was won by Firgrove Slipper, a competition that featured 1953 English Greyhound Derby champion Daws Dancer.Genders Roy NGRC book of Greyhound Racing 1990 Pelham Books Ltd 0-7207-1804-X The new Derby champion Rushton Mac won the Welsh Greyhound Derby at Cardiff Arms Park, winning the final by nine lengths, flattering because the race turned into chaos as three runners fell. Derby finalists Gulf of Honduras and Coolkill Chieftain finished second and third respectively. The Scottish Greyhound Derby was cancelled again, denying Rushton Mac the opportunity to win the Triple Crown. He had won the Scottish event in 1954 to hold all three titles at the same time but had not won all three during the same year.Barnes Julia Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File 1988 Ringpress Books 0-948955-15-5Barnes Julia Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File, Vol Two 1991 Ringpress Books 0-948955-61-9 Rushton Mac completed a successful year by defending his Northern Flat and Edinburgh Cup titles. Duet Leader also had a great year winning the Laurels at Wimbledon Stadium, the Pall Mall Stakes, Select Stakes and Grand Prix at Walthamstow Stadium. Lizette won the Oaks, two years after her first triumph and her half brother Gulf of Darien won the Cesarewitch.http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/remember-when-october-2/ Remember When - October 1955 7 October 2018 Greyhound Star News Wandsworth Stadium hurdle grader, Moyshna Queen starred alongside Frankie Howerd in a film called Jumping for Joy. The bitch was called Lindy Lou in the film. In November the Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) applied for a special licence to allow Spanish Battleship to line up against two of England's leading greyhounds, Duet Leader and Hi There, in a triangular match race. The match saw the GRA put up £120, in addition to the three owners adding 125 guineas; Spanish Battleship (Tim O'Connor), Duet Leader (Mrs Frances Chandler) and Hi There (Jack McAllister). Home Straight stood as reserve. The legendary Irish hound Spanish Battleship travelled to England for the first time with White City as his destination but age and the travelling had caught up with him, because home track advantage proved decisive and he trailed in third. Tom Lynch and Tim O'Connor retired him to stud. Principal UK races Grand National, White City (May 7 525y h, £300) PosName of GreyhoundTrainerSP TimeTrap 1st Barrowside Jack Harvey 1-3f 29.43+ 12nd Turn BackDave Geggus 6-1 29.83 23rd Roguish Shaggy Peter Hawkesley 10-1 30.01 64th Daring Son Bert Heyes 25-1 30.23 55th Spotless O'Leer Joe Pickering 100-7 30.26 46th Gifted Composer White City 50-1 30.44 3 +Track Record Gold Collar, Catford (May 28, 440y, £500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Firgrove Slipper Jim Syder Jr. 7-2 26.35 62nd Wild Flower Jack Harvey 6-4f 26.38 43rd Daws Dancer Sidney Orton6-1 26.58 54th Sandown Bouncer 20-1 27.78 25th Shauns Thief Paddy McEllistrim 8-1 28.26 36th Chance Me Paddy Robert Linney 3-1 00.00 1 Welsh Derby, Arms Park (Jul 2, 525y £500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Rushton Mac Frank Johnson 1-2f 29.40 42nd Gulf of Honduras Jack Harvey 6-1 30.12 23rd Coolkill ChieftainJack Harvey 14-1 30.30 54th The Cure Ron Chamberlain 10-1 00.00 65th Broadway Darkie II Pam Heasman 5-1 00.00 36th Imperial Fawn George Crussell 8-1 00.001 Scurry Gold Cup, Clapton (Jul 23, 400y £600)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Chance Me Paddy Robert Linney 2-1f 22.85 62nd Even Gait G Holyhead 3-1 23.11 53rd The Grand Champagne Jack Harvey 7-2 23.25 24th Daring ImpDave Geggus 3-1 23.6345th Rather CheerfulHenry Parsons 20-1 23.99 3N/R Smokey Captain Laurels, Wimbledon (Aug 20, 500y, £1.000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Duet Leader Tom Reilly 7-4 28.25 12nd Step Inside Ron Chamberlain 33-1 28.45 23rd Gulf of Honduras Jack Harvey 13-2 28.47 54th Rushton Mac Frank Johnson 5-4f 28.65 35th Tax Diablo Jim Syder Jr. 10-1 28.83 66th Fife Fiddler Jack Harvey 20-1 28.95 4 St Leger, Wembley (Sep 12, 700y, £1,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Title Role Jack Harvey 4-1 40.78 62nd Copac Gwen Leslie Reynolds 100-6 40.79 23rd Black Magic II Jim Hookway 11-2 40.80 54th Ashcott Boy Dickie Myles 4-1 40.86 15th Gulf of Darien Jack Harvey 6-4f 40.94 46th Shauns Tip Wembley7-1 41.38 3 The Grand Prix Walthamstow (Sep 27, 525y, £500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Duet Leader Tom Reilly 13-8f 29.42 62nd Tax Diablo Jim Syder Jr. 5-2 29.66 53rd Rushton Mac Frank Johnson 5-1 29.78 44th Even Gait G Holyhead 5-1 30.02 15th Rushton Spot Frank Johnson 100-6 30.14 26th Gulf of Honduras Jack Harvey 8-1 30.30 3 Oaks, White City (Oct 1, 525y, £500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Lizette Jack Harvey 6-4 29.52 42nd Dearly Dawn Harry Buck 5-4f 29.53 13rd Racing Rhapsody Catford 25-1 29.59 64th Victory Christina Ken Appleton 100-7 29.65 55th Tanist Shade 20-1 29.68 36th Ballinasloe BallerinaWembley 5-1 29.84 2 Cesarewitch, West Ham (Oct 14, 600y, £600)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Gulf Of Darien http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/remember-when-october-2/ Remember When - October 1955 7 October 2018 Greyhound Star Jack Harvey 4-6f 32.99+ 22nd Customers Son Jim Syder Jr. 5-2 33.31 13rd Atta Tanist Tom Reilly 100-8 33.67 64th Pancho Villa Jack Harvey 10-1 33.77 35th Black Magic II Jim Hookway 100-6 33.81 56th Manganstown MajorRon Chamberlain 33-1 33.95 4 +Track Record References 30em Category:Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom Category:Greyhound racing in the Republic of Ireland UK and Ireland Greyhound Racing Year UK and Ireland Greyhound Racing Year UK and Ireland Greyhound Racing Year UK and Ireland Greyhound Racing Year