1994 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

none March 2026 March 2026 1994 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year 1993 1995 The 1994 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 69th year of greyhound racing in the United KingdomGreyhound Racing South Gloucestershire Gazette 24 July 1926 9 March 2026 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004065/19260724/015/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription and the 68th 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 Winner1994 English Greyhound Derby Moral Standards http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=2074 1994 Greyhound DataFry Paul NGRC Greyhound Racing Yearbook, pages 104-108 1995 Ringpress Books 186054-010-41994 Irish Greyhound Derby Joyful Tidings Fortune Michael The 75 Years History of the Irish Greyhound Derby 1932-2006 Irish Greyhound Review 0332-35361994 Scottish Greyhound Derby Droopys Sandy Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2008, pages 153-154 2007 Raceform 978-1-905153-53-4Greyhound Trainer of the Year John McGee Sr. Greyhound of the Year Westmead ChickIrish Greyhound of the Year Joyful TidingsTrainers Championship John Coleman Summary The National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) released the annual returns, with totalisator turnover at £87,885,471 and attendances recorded at 3,911,447 from 6393 meetings.NGRC calendar January 1995 National Greyhound Racing Club Westmead Chick trained by Nick Savva was voted Greyhound of the Year after winning the Oaks, Arc, Brighton Belle, Olympic and the Midland Flat. Joyful Tidings was voted Irish Greyhound of the Year after winning the 1994 Irish Greyhound Derby.Fry Paul The Official NGRC Greyhound Racing Yearbook 1995 Ringpress Books 186054-010-4 Tony Meek won a second successive English Greyhound Derby following the victory of Moral Standards. John McGee won the Greyhound Trainer of the Year for the seventh successive year. McGee was then involved in a major controversy after losing his licence following a positive urine test for a greyhound called Rabatino in the Peterborough Derby final. The NGRC heard the evidence and ruled that he should be suspended for the offence which led to a court battle. A high court judge overturned the NGRC suspension just weeks before he claimed his seventh crown but the NGRC in turn would then fight that ruling imposing the sanction. McGee returned to Ireland to train and would not be seen in NGRC racing again for four years.Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2003 2002 Raceform 1-904317-07-3 Tracks Cradley Heath closed. Brent Walker completed the sale of Hackney Wick Stadium to Fleetfoot Racing.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8NtPi7 Clark, Michael. "Rothschild seeks Brent Walker's dog track." Times, 19 July 1993, p. 33 The Times 19 July 1993 33 Times Digital Archives Clark Michael News The Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) allowed Slippy Corner to participate in the Laurels, which signalled the end of their policy on disqualification and brought them in line with NGRC rules. Previously any greyhound disqualified was not allowed to compete on a GRA track, whereas under NGRC rules you were allowed a second chance.https://greyhoundstar.co.uk/remember-when-october-2/ Remember When - October 1994 7 October 2018 Greyhound Star BAGS racing continued to grow with fixtures increasing and the betting shop service offering racing all day long. Walthamstow earned their first BAGS contract. Kevin Wilde replaced the GRA's Jarvis Astaire on the NGRC promoters association. John Coleman sealed the trainer's championship at Walthamstow and Linda Jones made a breakthrough after gaining a contract at Romford. Trevor Cobbold son of Joe Cobbold was diagnosed with cancer however continued to send out British bred winners. He died before the end of the year and left a legacy of 98 British bred winners in the year, the best return for many years. His wife Pam Cobbold took over the Utopia kennels. Australian born Frightful Flash began stud duties after leaving his quarantine kennels in Somerset on 16 February, his keeper Michael Dunne experienced significant success following the decision to bring the greyhound to the UK and Ireland from Australia.Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When) February edition 2015 Greyhound Star Competitions In the final of the Scottish Greyhound Derby at Shawfield Stadium the Irish trained Droopys Sandy broke the track record and propelled him to ante post favouritism for the English Derby but the black dog missed the event. Oaks champion Pearls Girl claimed the Gold Collar at Catford Stadium before Redwood Girl successfully defended her Grand Prix title at Walthamstow Stadium. Another bitch, Decoy Lynx was a surprise loser at the Cesarewitch at Belle Vue Stadium to 10-1 shot Sandollar Louie, a 5½ length first round win followed by a one length second round and 6 ½ length semi-final success sent the bitch off at a price of 1-7 but was beaten by a neck. Roger Waters', of the rock group Pink Floyd, greyhound Deenside Dean won the Ike Morris Laurels at Wimbledon Stadium a year after another one of his hounds Farmer Patrick lost in the Laurels final the previous year. Derby finalist Moaning Lad was knocked over in the Laurels final. Principal UK races Daily Mirror/Sporting Life Grand National, Hall Green (Mar 26, 474m h, £5,000) PosName of GreyhoundTrainerSP TimeTrap 1st Randy Savage Kevin Connor 8-1 29.50 52nd Heavenly Dream Linda Mullins 5-2 29.66 63rd Gis A Smile Phil Rees Jr. 11-10f 29.98 24th Jamesie Cotter Tom Foster 8-1 30.28 35th Super Spy Linda Mullins 16-1 30.32 16th Hi Brazil Sam Tom Lanceman 12-1 30.52 4 BBC TV Trophy, Sunderland (Apr 6, 827m, £6,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Jubilee Rebecca Gordon Rooks 2-1 53.1312nd Killeenagh Dream 7-2 53.7543rd Decoy Lynx Pam Cobbold 4-1 53.8364th Newry Town 13-8f 53.9325th Mossfield Fire Pat McCombe 50-1 54.2536th Tonduff Susie 12-1 54.335 Reading Masters, Reading (Apr 30, 465m, £20,000) PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Druids Elprado John McGee Jr. 11-8 27.99 12nd Longvalley Manor John Coleman 10-1 28.11 53rd Farmer Patrick Terry Dartnall 6-4f 28.15 44th Salthill Champ Ron Peckover 7-1 28.16 35th Lyons DoubleDonna Pickett 7-1 28.34 66th Micks Rover David Pruhs 14-1 28.35 2 Regal Scottish Derby, Shawfield (May 21, 500m, £20,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Droopys Sandy Francie Murray 1-1f 29.39+ 62nd So I Heard 20-1 30.09 43rd Sure Fantasy Charlie Lister 6-1 30.15 34th Master Buck A Watson Ire 7-1 30.23 25th Moral Standards Tony Meek 5-2 30.25 56th Droopys Evelyn Harry Williams 25-1 30.39 1 +Track record Fosters Scurry Gold Cup, Catford (Jul 9, 385m, £2,500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Rabatino John McGee Jr. 7-2 23.57 42nd Highway Leader Michael Bacon 7-4f 23.71 13rd Decoy ApachePam Cobbold 5-1 23.89 64th Libra JohnJohn Gibbons 25-1 23.99 55th Ardream Richard Yeates 7-2 24.09 36th Rickys Mate David Puddy 10-1 24.29 2 John Humphreys Gold Collar, Catford (Sep 17, 555m, £7,500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Pearls Girl Sam Sykes 7-4jf 34.82 62nd Decoy Cheetah Pam Cobbold 7-1 34.85 53rd Heres Seanie Pat Ryan 7-4jf 35.17 24th Decoy Holly Pam Cobbold 33-1 35.41 45th Westmead Mystic Nick Savva 20-1 35.63 36th Paradise Slippy Arthur Boyce 4-1 35.79 1 Fosters Cesarewitch, Belle Vue (Sep 24, 853m, £10,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Sandollar Louie Kevin Connor 10-1 55.20 62nd Decoy Lynx Pam Cobbold 1-7f 55.23 13rd First Defence Mary Harding 8-1 55.35 34th Double Polano R Wright 14-1 55.45 55th Lone Rider Jenny Walters 33-1 55.71 46th Mossfield Fire Pat McCombe 66-1 56.13 2 Laurent-Perrier Grand Prix, Walthamstow (Oct 8, 640m, £7,500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Redwood Girl Ernie Gaskin Sr. 2-1 39.74 12nd Twin Rainbow John McGee Jr. 6-1 39.75 63rd Decoy Lion Pam Cobbold 13-8f 39.83 24th Pat Brownside Terry Dartnall 6-1 39.8755th Sonic Blue Arthur Hitch 16-1 39.90 36th Speakers Choice John Honeysett 20-1 40.02 4 Ike Morris Laurels, Wimbledon (Oct 15, 460m, £7,500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Deenside Dean https://greyhoundstar.co.uk/remember-october-3/ Remember When - October 1994 13 October 2018 Greyhound Star Terry Dartnall 5-2 27.97 52nd Dancing Lance 14-1 28.33 63rd Egmont Scoby Charlie Lister 6-1 28.43 24th Jurassic Park Patsy Byrne 9-2 28.93 35th Moaning Lad Theo Mentzis 4-5f 00.00 4N/R Parquet Paddy Arthur Hitch Wendy Fair St Leger, Wembley (Nov 11, 655m, £12,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Ballarue Minx Bill Masters 7-2 39.65 42nd Twin Rainbow John McGee Jr. 3-1 39.73 13rd Decoy Lion Pam Cobbold 5-1 39.79 34th Clongeel Fern Ray Peacock 2-1f 40.01 25th Sandanita Lorraine Sams 5-1 40.03 6N/R Coolmona Road Derek Knight St Marys Hospital Oaks, Wimbledon (Dec 17, 480m, £6,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Westmead Chick Nick Savva 8-11f 28.60 12nd Droopys Fergie Michael Dunphy 7-1 29.08 53rd Egmont Joan Charlie Lister 7-1 29.09 24th Twin Rainbow John McGee Jr. 16-1 29.21 45th Not My Line Hazel Walden 7-2 29.61 36th Coomlogane Euro John Cox 8-1 29.636 Totalisator returns The totalisator returns declared to the National Greyhound Racing Club for the year 1994 are listed below.Totalisator returns of National Greyhound Racing Club Licensed tracks 1994 National Greyhound Racing Club March 1996 Down Down Down, Big Drop in Tote and Attendance Figures Greyhound Star StadiumTurnover £London (Walthamstow) 12,814,342London (Wimbledon) 10,647,193Romford 6,444,861Birmingham (Hall Green) 5,362,104London (Catford) 5,073,607Brighton & Hove 5,022,073Manchester (Belle Vue)4,788,192London (Wembley) 3,282,911Crayford 2,784,522Birmingham (Perry Barr) 2,285,133Glasgow (Shawfield) 2,228,312London (Hackney) 2,165,153Sheffield (Owlerton) 2,119,876 StadiumTurnover £Peterborough 1,953,811Sunderland 1,897,544Newcastle (Brough Park) 1,791,153Wolverhampton (Monmore)1,682,387Portsmouth 1,586,672Oxford1,549,700Yarmouth 1,387,021Reading 1,235,903Ramsgate 1,196,763Edinburgh (Powderhall) 1,117,783Bristol 1,091,199Doncaster (Stainforth) 873,516Milton Keynes844,294 StadiumTurnover £Canterbury 778,088Nottingham 757,706Swindon 678,515Henlow (Bedfordshire) 572,445Middlesbrough 450,499Hull (New Craven Park) 421,915Swaffham 381,854Cradley Heath 320,482Mildenhall 198,371Rye House 89,271Dundee 11,200 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