1975 English Greyhound Derby

April 2022 1975 English Greyhound Derby File:1975 greyhound racing Seamus Shane beats Myrtown.jpg 250px Seamus Shane beats Myrtown in a qualifying 14 June 28 June £15,000 (winner) White City Stadium 1974 1976 The 1975 Spillers Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 28 June 1975 at White City Stadium.Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2008, page 91 2007 Raceform 978-1-905153-53-4 The winner was Tartan Khan and the winning owner Derek Law received £15,000. The competition was sponsored by the Spillers.Genders Roy The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing, page 110 1981 Pelham Books Ltd 07207-1106-1 Competition report Ante-post favourites for the 1975 running of the Derby included Pineapple Grand and Myrtown. Ireland was well represented by Irish Greyhound Derby champion Lively Band and Shamrock Point.Dack Barrie Greyhound Derby, the first 60 years, pages 151/152/153/154 1990 Ringpress Books 0-948955-36-8 A new metric distance of 500 metres saw new best times recorded by first round winners Shamrock Point (29.46) and Myrtown (29.43). The second round produced a new track record mark when Sallys Cobbler pipped Foreign Exchange and Shamrock Point in a time of 29.31.Record falls to Wythall Derby hope Birmingham Daily Post 20 June 1975 27 September 2022 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19750620/321/0012 British Newspaper Archive subscription Outsider Slippery Slave then went five spots better in a later second round heat when defeating Lively Band. The only market leader to be eliminated was 'That Silver' who had been second in ante-post lists. Myrtown won the first semi-final in yet another best time of 29.23 from Pineapple Grand and Tartan Khan. The second semi-final ended dramatically when around the last bend Lively Band swerved towards Shamrock Point and forced him near the hare rail. Sallys Cobbler and Foreign Exchange slipped through to take the first two places with Lively Band finishing third before being disqualified for fighting+. The rules (changed since the 1968 incident) meant that Lively Band would not be replaced by Shamrock Point in the final. Instead only a five-runner race would ensue.https://greyhoundstar.co.uk/remember-june-3-3/ Remember When - June 10 June 2018 Greyhound Star In the final Sallys Cobbler led Tartan Khan to the first bend before moving off, 25-1 shot Tartan Khan then challenged until taking a decisive third bend lead. Tartan Khans owner Derek Law was a permit trainer Law and had placed his greyhound with trainer Gwen Lynds for the competition because he was not allowed to train for the Derby under permit rules. + Deliberate interference with other greyhounds in running.http://www.gbgb.org.uk/uploads/GBGB%20Rules%20of%20Racing%20January%202016.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160608075246/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/uploads/GBGB%20Rules%20of%20Racing%20January%202016.pdf dead 8 June 2016 Rule 91 Greyhound Board of Great Britain Final result At White City (over 500 metres):http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=2037 1975 Greyhound Data PositionName of GreyhoundBreedingTrapSPTimeTrainer1stTartan Khan Spectre II - Chilled Sweet 225-129.57Gwen Lynds (Bletchley) 2ndSallys Cobbler Cobbler - Pineapple Jam 13-129.67John Bassett (Private)3rdPineapple Grand The Grand Silver - Pineapple Baby 64-129.75Frank Baldwin (Perry Barr)4thMyrtown Myross Again - Longstown Lassie 310-11f29.89Eddie Moore (White City - Manchester)5thForeign Exchange Silver Record - Coolagorna Again 510-129.89 Paddy Milligan (Private) N/RLively Band Silver Hope - Kell's Queen Jack Murphy (Ireland) Distances 1¼, 1, 1¾, 1¼ (lengths) See also 1975 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year References English Greyhound Derby English Greyhound Derby Category:English Greyhound Derby