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2008 English Greyhound Derby

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

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|name = 2008 English Greyhound Derby

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|date_start = 2 May

|date_end = 31 May

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|prize_money = £100,000 (winner)

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|location = Wimbledon Stadium

|prev = 2007

|next = 2009

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The 2008 Blue Square Greyhound Derby took place during May with the final held on 31 May 2008 at Wimbledon Stadium. The winner Loyal Honcho received £100,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.greyhoundderby.com/2008%20greyhound%20derby.htm|title=2008 Greyhound Derby|publisher=Greyhoundderby.com}}

Final result

At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):{{cite web|url=http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=2455237|title=2008|publisher=Greyhound Data}}

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!width=50|Position

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=260|Breeding

!width=50|Trap

!width=70|Sectional

!width=50|SP

!width=80|Time

!width=220|Trainer

1st

|Loyal Honcho||Top Honcho – Midway Crystal||4||4.85||5-2jf||28.60||Seamus Graham (Ireland)

2nd

|Tyrur Kieran||Honcho Classic – Tyrur Dee||3||4.90||11-4||28.88||Paul Hennessy (Ireland)

3rd

|Blonde Dino||Daves Mentor – Charquest||6||4.92||10-1||29.00||John Mullins (Yarmouth)

4th

|Tyrur Laurel||Top Honcho – Tyrur Fiona||5||4.93||5-2jf||29.45||Paul Hennessy (Ireland)

5th

|Kryptonite||Top Honcho – Three Star Girl||1||4.92||4-1||29.58||Charlie Lister (Private)

6th

|Lenson Express||Top Honcho – Gold Seacrest||2||5.07||20-1||00.00||Tony Collett (Sittingbourne)

= Distances =

3½, 1½, 5½, 1¾, Dis (lengths)

The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.{{cite book|last=Genders|first=Roy|title=NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) |page=310|year=1990|publisher=Pelham Books Ltd|isbn=0-7207-1804-X}}

= Race Report=

It took five rounds of action to narrow down the field to the final six greyhounds that would for the final of the competition race over 480 m in a chance to win the 2008 English Greyhound Derby. After finishing second to Westmead Lord in 2007, Loyal Honcho won the 2008 title in his second attempt, dominating the final. Seamus Graham's runner, who was sent as the 5–2 joint-favourite along with fellow Irish raider Tyrur Laurel, took control of the race from the traps and pulled clear to beat Tyrur Kieran (11–4) and winner of the Scottish Greyhound Derby, by three and a half lengths in a respectable 28.60 sec (480 metres). A messy race saw five of the six contenders encounter trouble with Lenson Express falling and finishing last.

It was the first Irish trained success in the Derby since Ian Reilly's Droopys Scholes took the honours in 2004.

Quarter finals

{{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=53210|title=Quarter Final results|publisher=British Greyhound Racing Board|access-date=15 February 2018|archive-date=16 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216084924/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=53210|url-status=dead}}

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Heat 1 (20 May)
width=20|Pos

!width=150|Name

!width=40|SP

!width=40|Time

style="background: #f4caf9;"

!1st

| Tyrur Laurel

9-228.67
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!2nd

| Barnfield On Air

6-4f28.76
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!3rd

| Blonde Dino

11-428.81
4th

| Boherna On Air || 7-2 || 28.88

5th

| Cats Whiskers || 50-1 || 29.06

6th

| Splanc || 12-1 || 29.17

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Heat 2 (20 May)
width=20|Pos

!width=150|Name

!width=40|SP

!width=40|Time

style="background: #f4caf9;"

!1st

| Loyal Honcho

3-128.83
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!2nd

| Lenson Express

25-129.02
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!3rd

| Droopys Obafemi

6-129.06
4th

| Lenson Joker || 8-1 || 29.17

5th

| Melodys Pat || 7-4f || 29.30

6th

| Barnfield Woody || 7-2 || 00.00

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Heat 3 (20 May)
width=20|Pos

!width=150|Name

!width=40|SP

!width=40|Time

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!1st

| Toosey Blue

4-128.63
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!2nd

| Tyrur Kieran

1-2f28.69
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!3rd

| Salacres Chief

25-128.75
4th

| Bubbly Totti || 7-1 ||28.77

5th

| Kilkenny Lonjack || 12-1 ||28.78

6th

| Barnfield Slippy || 12-1 ||28.95

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Heat 4 (20 May)
width=20|Pos

!width=150|Name

!width=40|SP

!width=40|Time

style="background: #f4caf9;"

!1st

| Kryptonite

6-4f28.80
style="background: #f4caf9;"

!2nd

| Seanis Lad

16-128.94
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!3rd

| Express Ego

5-228.95
4th

| Dilemmas Flight || 5-1 ||29.08

5th

| Love Mac || 20-1 ||29.09

6th

| Rio Quando || 11-4 || 29.10

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Semi finals

{{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=53326|title=Semi Final results|publisher=British Greyhound Racing Board|access-date=15 February 2018|archive-date=16 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216084920/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=53326|url-status=dead}}

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|First Semi Final (24 May)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=100|Trainer

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!1st

| Tyrur Laurel

4-128.55Hennessy
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!2nd

| Kryptonite

7-4jf28.63Lister
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!3rd

| Lenson Express

33-128.64Collett
4th

| Toosey Blue || 7-4jf || 28.71 ||Mullins

5th

| Express Ego || 8-1 || 28.76 ||McKenna

6th

| Droopys Obafemi || 7-1 || 29.07 || Grey

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Second Semi Final (24 May)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=100|Trainer

style="background: #f4caf9;"

!1st

| Loyal Honcho

4-128.77Graham
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!2nd

| Blonde Dino

6-128.90Mullins
style="background: #f4caf9;"

!3rd

| Tyrur Kieran

1-1f28.97Hennessy
4th

| Salacres Chief || 20-1 || 28.98 || Harnden

5th

| Barnfield On Air || 5-2 || 29.08 || Poots

6th

| Seanis Lad || 20-1 || 29.15 || Jones

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See also

2008 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

References

{{reflist}}

  • [http://www.thedogs.co.uk/trap6/res_race_result_full.php?meetingid=209414/ Results]{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • [http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=2455237/ Results and video of the race]

External links

  • [http://www.thedogs.co.uk/ British Greyhound Racing Board]
  • [http://www.greyhound-data.com/ Greyhound Data]

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