2000 English Greyhound Derby

2000 English Greyhound Derby
Location	Wimbledon Stadium
Start date	5 May
End date	3 June
Total prize money	£75,000 (winner)

The 2000 William Hill Greyhound Derby took place during May and June with the final being held on 3 June 2000 at Wimbledon Stadium.[1] The winner Rapid Ranger received £75,000. One of the finalists Smoking Bullet was owned by Vinnie Jones.[2]

Final result

At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):[3]

Position	Name of Greyhound	Breeding	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st	Rapid Ranger	Come On Ranger - Rapid Vienna	2	7-4f	28.71	Charlie Lister (Private)
2nd	Rackethall Jet	Mountleader Peer - Tracys Lady	3	7-1	28.97	Patsy Byrne (Wimbledon)
3rd	Greenfield Deal	Spiral Nikita - Dainty Model	4	14-1	29.11	Linda Jones (Walthamstow)
4th	Deerfield Sunset	Vintage Prince - Sunset Blonde	1	2-1	29.13	Owen McKenna (Ireland)
5th	Smoking Bullet	Joyful Tidings - Aggies Vixen	5	8-1	29.65	Derek Knight (Hove)
6th	Farloe Club	April Trio - Farloe Dancer	6	3-1	29.81	Graeme Frew (Private)

Distances

3¼, 1¾, head, 6½, 2 (lengths)
The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.[4]

Competition Report

Four greyhounds were installed as 16-1 joint favourites in the ante post lists; they were Juvenile and Byrne International winner Knockanroe Rover, Laurels, All England Cup and Birmingham Cup champion Derbay Flyer, Eclipse champion Mumble Swerve and the Nick Savva trained Sonic Flight.[5] In the final Rapid Ranger vied for the lead with Deerfield Sunset on his inside before Rapid Ranger pulled clear and won easily.

Quarter finals

Heat 1 (May 23)
Pos	Name	SP	Time
1st	Rapid Ranger	10-11f	28.61
2nd	Rackethall Jet	9-4	28.77
3rd	Judicial Pride	3-1	28.99
4th	Woodbrook Wine	50-1	29.49
5th	No Matter How	20-1	29.65
6th	Now Its Official	50-1	29.67

Heat 2 (May 23)
Pos	Name	SP	Time
1st	Blue Tex	6-1	28.69
2nd	Dilemmas Lad	14-1	29.19
3rd	Rio Riccardo	4-5f	29.25
4th	Reactabond Rebel	6-4	29.29
5th	Who Knows	66-1	29.33
6th	El Verdi	20-1	29.49

Heat 3 (May 23)
Pos	Name	SP	Time
1st	Smoking Bullet	5-2	29.03
2nd	Derbay Flyer	4-6f	29.37
3rd	Basils Picture	14-1	29.39
4th	Concorde Rascal	16-1	29.40
5th	Munroe Pride	50-1	29.44
6th	Jicky	6-1	29.58

Heat 4 (May 23)
Pos	Name	SP	Time
1st	Farloe Club	5-1	28.98
2nd	Greenfield Deal	5-1	29.00
3rd	Deerfield Sunset	11-8f	29.04
4th	Barefoot Ridge	6-1	29.16
5th	Vintage Cleaner	7-2	29.22
6th	Coolfadda Flyer	16-1	29.26

Semi finals

First Semi Final (May 27)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	SP	Time
1st	Farloe Club	6-1	28.97
2nd	Rapid Ranger	5-4f	29.01
3rd	Greenfield Deal	9-2	29.07
4th	Dilemmas Lad	25-1	29.37
5th	Derbay Flyer	8-1	29.45
6th	Blue Tex	3-1	29.55

Second Semi Final (May 27)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	SP	Time
1st	Deerfield Sunset	5-2	28.79
2nd	Rackethall Jet	7-2	28.95
3rd	Smoking Bullet	3-1	28.95
4th	Rio Riccardo	9-4f	28.96
5th	Basils Picture	14-1	29.06
6th	Judicial Pride	14-1	29.30

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References

Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 91. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
"Lock, stock and a smoking bullet". The Guardian.
"2000". Greyhound Data.
Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) p310. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
"Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When 2000) February edition". Greyhound Star.

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[1] Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 91. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.

[2] "Lock, stock and a smoking bullet". The Guardian.

[3] "2000". Greyhound Data.

[4] Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) p310. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.

[5] "Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When 2000) February edition". Greyhound Star.