2007 English Greyhound Derby

The 2007 Blue Square Greyhound Derby took place during June & July with the final being held on 7 July 2007 at Wimbledon Stadium. The winner Westmead Lord received £100,000. [1]

2007 English Greyhound Derby
Location	Wimbledon Stadium
Start date	8 June
End date	7 July
Total prize money	£100,000 (winner)

Final result

At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):[2]

Position	Name of Greyhound	Breeding	Trap	Sectional	SP	Time	Trainer
1st	Westmead Lord	Droopys Kewell - Mega Delight	6	4.79	6-1	28.47	Nick Savva (Henlow)
2nd	Loyal Honcho	Top Honcho - Midway Crystal	5	4.91	6-4f	28.51	Seamus Graham (Ireland)
3rd	Forest Scholes	Droopys Scholes - Colorado Tina	1	5.00	8-1	28.54	Fraser Black (Ireland)
4th	Dilemmas Flight	Droopys Vieri - Early Flight	3	5.03	2-1	28.62	Nick Savva (Henlow)
5th	Ullid Connor	Late Late Show - Tyrur Gillian	2	4.90	5-1	28.63	Paul Hennessy (Ireland)
6th	Caulry Fast Trap	Spiral Nikita - Queen Survivor	4	5.05	33-1	28.77	Liz McNair (Private)

Distances

½, neck, 1, short head, 1¾ (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

The final was won by Westmead Lord in a time of 28.47 seconds. The winner, who was trained by Nick Savva and was a half brother to former two-time winner Westmead Hawk, dominated the race from the very start. 6–4 favourite Loyal Honcho improved as the race progressed, but just missed out on the ultimate prize by half a length. It was the second time that a Seamus Graham trained runner had finished second in as many years.

Quarter finals

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Heat 1 (Jun 26) Pos Name SP Time 1st Dilemmas Flight 5-2 28.68 2nd Directors Chair 12-1 29.00 3rd Ballymac Charley 16-1 29.18 4th Blonde Dino 5-1 29.19 5th Full Bloom 25-1 29.29 6th Droopys Robinho 4-6f 29.41

Heat 2 (Jun 26) Pos Name SP Time 1st Farloe Premier 5-1 28.52 2nd Forest Scholes 5-1 28.82 3rd Greenwell Storm 5-2f 28.86 4th Zigzag Dutchy 7-2 28.89 5th Bens Court 3-1 28.90 6th Lenson Express 7-1 28.98

Heat 3 (Jun 26) Pos Name SP Time 1st Kanes Blue 10-1 28.83 2nd Ullid Conor 8-1 28.99 3rd Blakes World 50-1 29.02 4th Fear Me 9-2 29.16 5th Blonde Jeannie 8-1 29.24 6th Phoenix Paddy 1-2f 00.00

Heat 4 (Jun 26) Pos Name SP Time 1st Loyal Honcho 9-4 28.46 2nd Westmead Lord 9-4 28.76 3rd Caulry Fast Trap 25-1 28.88 4th Calzaghe Boyo 50-1 29.08 5th Express Ego 2-1f 29.18 6th Nervous Woody 5-1 29.62

Semi finals

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First Semi Final (Jun 30) Pos Name of Greyhound SP Time Trainer 1st Ullid Conor 2-1 28.90 Hennessy 2nd Forest Scholes 5-1 28.93 McKenna 3rd Westmead Lord 4-5f 29.15 Savva 4th Ballymac Charley 10-1 29.41 Lister 5th Blakes World 16-1 29.65 Burridge N/R Farloe Premier Lister

Second Semi Final (Jun 30) Pos Name of Greyhound SP Time Trainer 1st Dilemmas Flight 7-2 28.74 Savva 2nd Loyal Honcho 10-11f 28.94 Graham 3rd Caulry Fast Trap 25-1 29.02 McNair 4th Greenwell Storm 6-1 29.20 Flaherty 5th Kanes Blue 14-1 29.26 Allsopp 6th Directors Chair 4-1 29.32 Wallis

See also

2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

References

1. Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 91. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
2. "2007". Greyhound Data.
3. Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) p310. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X.
4. The British Greyhound Racing Board Greyhound Annual 2008, pages 74-88. Raceform, Compton. 2008. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
5. "Quarter Final results". British Greyhound Racing Board.
6. "Semi Final results". British Greyhound Racing Board.

• Results
• Results

External links

• British Greyhound Racing Board
• Greyhound Data