1998 English Greyhound Derby

The 1998 William Hill Greyhound Derby took place during May & June with the final being held on 27 June 1998 at Wimbledon Stadium.[1] The winner Toms The Best received £50,000. The competition was sponsored by William Hill following the demise of the famous Sporting Life newspaper.

1998 English Greyhound Derby
LocationWimbledon Stadium
End date27 June
Total prize money£50,000 (winner)

Final result

At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):[2]

Position Name of Greyhound Breeding Trap SP Time Trainer
1st Toms The BestFrightful Flash - Ladys Guest44-5f28.75Nick Savva (Milton Keynes)
2nd Tuesdays DavyPhantom Flash - Likely Wish66-129.09Patsy Byrne (Wimbledon)
3rd Tullerboy CashCry Dalcash - Tullerboy Kate18-129.47Brian Clemenson (Hove)
4th Jaspers BoyCastlelyons Gem - Polnoon Lane59-429.48David Pruhs (Peterborough)
5th Honour and GloryMurlens Slippy - Satharn Lady27-129.56John Coleman (Walthamstow)
N/R Greenwood FlyerI'm His - Pendle WitchPatsy Byrne (Wimbledon)

Distances

4¼, 4¾, short head, 1 (lengths)
The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.[3]

Race Report

Toms The Best added the English Derby crown to his 1997 Irish Greyhound Derby success becoming one of a very select group to have won both the English and Irish Derby. The race was won with relative ease by the hot favourite in a crowded race which featured only five greyhounds (the first time since 1970) after Greenwood Flyer was disqualified by the stewards in the semi-finals for fighting*.

* Deliberate interference with other greyhounds in running.
gollark: Shame it's not in the Arch repos.
gollark: Great!
gollark: I was looking at things, and they make some good-sounding claims, except they seem unreasonably good.
gollark: Ah, Lemmmy. Have you heard of "VictoriaMetrics" at all?
gollark: Why not just watch things in 480p and run superresolution neural networks in your head? Much cheaper.

See also

References
  1. Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 91. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
  2. "1998". Greyhound Data.
  3. Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) p310. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
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