1992 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

none March 2026 March 2026 1992 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year File:1993 greyhound Murlens Abbey 1993.jpg Greyhound of the Year Murlens Abbey 1991 1993 The 1992 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 67th 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 66th 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 2026 Roll of honour Major winners Award Name of winner1992 English Greyhound Derby Farloe Melody http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=56 1992 Greyhound DataNational Greyhound Racing Club Calendar, July 1992 edition National Greyhound Racing Club1992 Irish Greyhound Derby Manx Treasure Fortune Michael The 75 Years History of the Irish Greyhound Derby 1932-2006 Irish Greyhound Review 0332-35361992 Scottish Greyhound Derby Glideaway Silver 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 Murlens AbbeyIrish Greyhound of the Year Farloe MelodyTrainers Championship John McGee Sr. thumb|Hurdling champion Kildare Slippy in 1992 Summary The industry finally received a levy of sorts. On 10 March Tory chancellor Norman Lamont announced a reduction in betting taxhttp://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8NZnq4 Rae, George. "Levy Board keen to boost prize-money." Times, 29 May 1992, p. 34 The Times 29 May 1992 34 Times Digital Archives Rae George and asked the bookmakers for a voluntary arrangement whereby a fund could be directed to the greyhound racing industry. He had given a clear signal that he expected bookmakers to pay the industry and the British Greyhound Racing Fund was born. This fund relied on the voluntary payments of bookmakers and the big three firms Ladbrokes, William Hill and Corals paid and encouraged smaller bookmakers to participate.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8NZoN6 goodbody, John. "Call for betting to assist sport." Times, 6 Mar. 1992, p. 32 The Times 6 March 1992 32 Times Digital Archives Goodbody John The positive was that bookmakers had agreed but the negative was that the payment equated to 0.25%. The proposed payment resulted in the Greyhound Board refusing to agree with a fund that was controlled by the bookmakers. However they would eventually give in and accepted the £1.2 million, which mainly went back into prize money.Fry Paul The Official NGRC Greyhound Racing Yearbook 1995 Ringpress Books 186054-010-4 The National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) released the annual returns, with totalisator turnover at £91,766,414 and attendances recorded at 3,864,288 from 6154 meetings. The 17.5% track tote deduction was ended with tracks now able to choose their own percentage which inevitably resulted in increases; the Greyhound Racing Association and Corals angered patrons by charging 25%, followed by Ladbrokes at 19.7%.NGRC calendar January 1993 National Greyhound Racing Club Murlens Abbey trained by John Copplestone was voted Greyhound of the Year after winning the Arc, the Edinburgh Cup and the East Anglian Derby. Farloe Melody was voted Irish Greyhound of the Year after winning the 1992 English Greyhound Derby,http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=56 1992 Greyhound Data Easter Cup and Dundalk International. John McGee won the Greyhound Trainer of the Year for the fifth successive year.Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2003 2002 Raceform 1-904317-07-3 He also secured his second Trainers Championship, winning four of the eight races that formed the event, he finished on 56 points, which was 22 points ahead of second placed Patsy Byrne on 34. 4 16 4 April 1998 All Those Aprils Greyhound Star Tracks Corals sold Powderhall to Eddie Ramsay. Independent track Berwick opened but Aldershot in Tongham closed in November. The debt ridden Brent Walker the owners of William Hill and Hackney Wick Stadium were selling assets in order to avoid administration.http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8NtHk9 "Brent Walker sale." Times, 4 Sept. 1992 The Times 4 September 1992 Times Digital Archives News Racing expanded with betting shops allowed to open in the evenings and on Sundays, the first ever Sunday fixture was held at Sunderland featuring the Mailcom Northern Puppy Derby heats. GRA parent company Wembley plc. announced losses of £8m despite a £13m profit in its UK operation. Canterbury play host to a new TV channel called Sportscast and also scrapped eight dog races on evening cards after tote turnover on them drops lower than six dog races. British Breeding shows a significant decrease from 43% to 26% of registered greyhounds and continues to go down. Competitions The best hurdler since Sherrys Prince emerged, a white and brindle dog called Kildare Slippy. The Paddy Hancox trained greyhound had reached the 1991 Grand National final, at Hall Green. He won the 1992 Grand National final by 9¾ lengths recording 28.52, a new track record. When the time was announced it stunned the crowd because the track record for 474 metres on the flat at Hall Green was 28.56. Kildare Slippy had just jumped five hurdles and completed the circuit four spots (1 spot = 0.01 sec) faster than the existing flat record making it one of the greatest individual runs in history. In addition to the run he broke the track record at Catford setting new figures of 23.73 which was faster than the Scurry Gold Cup final. A 28.09 track record at Powderhall was just nine spots slower than the time set by Murlens Abbey (the eventual greyhound of the year) in the Edinburgh Cup final. He won the Scottish Grand National before he attempted to win the Irish Grand National. Despite a new track record at Shelbourne Park in an incredible 29.18, he missed the break in the final and failed to achieve the triple crown. A Linda Mullins trained hurdler called Deerpark Jim won 31 races form 45 starts and was denied greater success because Kildare Slippy was around the same time.Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2005 2004 Raceform 1-904317-58-8Hobbs Jonathan Greyhound Annual 2008 2008 Raceform 978-1-905153-534 An event called the Reading Masters was inaugurated with the provincial track of Reading offering a first prize of £15,000. Terry Kibble's Dempsey Duke was the first winner. The Scottish Greyhound Derby ended in a win for Glideaway Sam but only because the Irish Derby champion Ardfert Mick, trained by Matt O'Donnell suffered a serious injury when easily set for victory, he passed the line trailing in last and badly lame. Natalie and Nick Savva enjoyed a great year with a 1–2 in the John Humphreys Gold Collar final with Westmead Sup rise y and Westmead Spirit, followed by the Laurent Perrier Grand Prix success of Westmead Darkie. A Laurels 1–2 with Balligari and Right Move was next ending with a St Leger final appearance for Westmead Darkie. Pineapple Lemon defeated Murlens Abbey in the Select Stakes at Wembley providing some reward for a very good year by the Michael Compton trained brindle. Pineapple Lemon had reached a number of finals and broken track records at Sheffield. Principal UK races Daily Mirror Grand National, Hall Green (Apr 1, 474m h, £5,000)PosName of greyhoundTrainerSP TimeTrap 1st Kildare Slippy 4 16 4 April 1998 All Those Aprils Greyhound StarPaddy Hancox 1-1f 28.52+ 4 2nd Spot on Spur Tom Foster 14-1 29.30 33rd Lisnakill Wish Philip Rees Jr. 5-4 29.52 24th Unbelievable Linda Mullins 10-1 29.68 65th Greenfield World Patsy Byrne 14-1 29.70 56th Sha Jen Stan Kennett 33-1 29.80 1 +Track record BBC TV Trophy, Belle Vue (Apr 1, 855m, £6,000)PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Fortunate Man Tony Fell 6-4f 55.70 52nd Mobile Magic John Wileman 14-1 55.71 33rd Bobs Regan Brian Timcke 9-4 55.81 14th Moon Magic Richard Steele 8-1 56.25 65th Swiss Trips A McKenna 12-1 56.29 26th Jennys Wish Eric Jordan 11-2 56.39 4 Reading Masters, Reading (May 2, 465m, £15,000) PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Dempsey Duke Terry Kibble 9-4 28.09 62nd Deanpark Atom Tony Meek 5-4f 28.15 13rd Bower Dancer Tony Meek 14-1 28.33 54th Apres Soleil Bill Bookle 4-1 28.41 35th Crossford Jumbo John Copplestone 7-1 28.47 26th Lady Waltham John Copplestone 12-1 28.67 4 Regal Scottish Derby, Shawfield (May 16, 500m, £20,000)PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Glideaway Sam Michael Compton 25-1 30.26 62nd Polnoon Chief Frazer Black 6-1 30.36 53rd Ardcaien Slick G Smith Shaw 25-1 30.44 14th Pineapple Lemon Michael Compton 2-1 30.74 45th Balligari Natalie Savva 14-1 30.78 26th Ardfert Mick Matt O'Donnell 4-5f 00.00 3 Fosters Scurry Gold Cup, Catford (Jul 11, 385m, £2,000)PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Glengar Desire Jimmy Fletcher 5-1 23.9632nd Kind of Magic Litzi Miller 6-1 24.00 23rd Super Vara Ann Finch 7-4f 24.08 64th Glenbaron Arthur Boyce 7-1 24.12 15th Mags Joy Pa Fitzgerald 6-1 24.56 46th Spratacus y Peter Rich 9-2 24.74 5 John Humphreys Gold Collar, Catford (Sep 19, 555m, £7,500)PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Westmead Sup rise y Natalie Savva 6-4 34.75 32nd Westmead Spirit Natalie Savva 11-10f 34.76 63rd Corrow Flag John Wileman 14-1 34.80 24th Mauir Joyful John Gibbons 14-1 34.81 55th Some Whisper Alf Ellis 16-1 35.35 46th Droopys Charlie Paddy Milligan 16-1 35.45 1 Fosters Cesarewitch, Belle Vue (Sep 26, 853m, £10,000)PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Zap Alan Honeyfield 12-1 55.44 22nd Westpark Birdie Ron Barber 4-7f 55.94 63rd Dream of RosieD Bennett 10-1 55.95 34th Flower Dale Edna Armstrong 8-1 56.11 55th Bodies Lisa Terry Hart 4-1 56.13 16th Colleague G Corbett 100-1 56.51 4 Laurent-Perrier Grand Prix, Walthamstow (Oct 10, 640m, £7,500)PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Westmead Darkie Natalie Savva 2-1f 39.36 52nd Gortmore Express Linda Mullins 5-1 39.66 63rd Winsor Abbey John McGee Sr. 9-4 40.02 34th Celtic Knight Natalie Savva 20-1 40.05 45th Parquet Pet Arthur Hitch 11-2 40.39 26th Tomanine Tutu Ernie Gaskin Sr. 8-1 40.42 1 Ike Morris Laurels, Wimbledon (Oct 17, 460m, £7,500)PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Balligari Natalie Savva 6-4 27.37 22nd Right Move Natalie Savva 11-10f 27.79 63rd Clifden Airport Pa Fitzgerald 8-1 27.91 14th Singing Forever Arthur Hitch 20-1 28.13 45th Fast Soda Philip Rees Jr. 20-1 28.19 36th Duagh Colours Tony Meek 10-1 28.31 5 Wendy Fair St Leger, Wembley (Nov 13, 655m, £10,000)PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Airmount Flash Jimmy Gibson 3-1 39.81 12nd Grace Road Linda Mullins 10-1 40.19 33rd Westmead Darkie Natalie Savva 7-2 40.29 24th Mountleader Cruz Norman Johnson 8-1 40.37 45th Lets All Boogie John Coleman 6-1 40.45 56th Thin Times Sam Sykes 2-1f 40.53 6 St Marys Hospital Oaks, Wimbledon (Dec 19, 480m, £6,000)PosName of greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Skelligs Smurf Bob Gilling 11-8f 29.71 62nd All At Sea Marlene Westwood 5-2 29.81 13rd Redwood Girl Ernie Gaskin Sr. 6-1 29.87 34th Bigwood Silver Philip Rees Jr. 6-1 30.05 25th Knockroe VixenRay Peacock 6-1 30.11 46th Clune Rambler Kenny Linzell 14-1 30.21 5 Totalisator returns The totalisator returns declared to the National Greyhound Racing Club for the year 1992 are listed below.Totalisator returns of National Greyhound Racing Club Licensed tracks 1992 National Greyhound Racing Club 2427 22 January 1993 Promoters stay mum about crowds Greyhound Owner and Breeder StadiumTurnover £London (Walthamstow) 13,208,939London (Wimbledon) 12,312,799Romford 7,825,337Birmingham (Hall Green) 5,213,066London (Catford) 4,979,530Brighton & Hove 4,920,549Manchester (Belle Vue)4,610,715London (Wembley) 3,455,849Crayford 3,234,317Glasgow (Shawfield) 2,920,627Sunderland 2,392,331Newcastle (Brough Park) 2,004,705 StadiumTurnover £Birmingham (Perry Barr) 1,944,696Sheffield (Owlerton) 1,942,019Oxford1,773,220Wolverhampton (Monmore)1,568,938Yarmouth 1,564,271Edinburgh (Powderhall) 1,547,600Reading 1,468,912Ramsgate 1,428,010Peterborough 1,418,685Portsmouth 1,316,072Bristol 1,109,860Canterbury 1,094,930 StadiumTurnover £Swindon 816,227Nottingham 795,797Milton Keynes768,616Rye House 672,667Henlow (Bedfordshire) 523,846Middlesbrough 518,862Swaffham 494,050Norton Canes 439,741London (Hackney) 427,257Cradley Heath 408,150Hull (New Craven Park) 376,730Mildenhall 268,494 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