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2015 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

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The 2015 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 90th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Summary

Trainer Kevin Hutton secured a last race success with El Pedro that helped him lift his first Trainers Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=127313|title=Trainers Championship results/|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain}} The English Greyhound Derby attracted 273 entries and was won by Rio Quattro while the Irish equivalent was won by Ballymac Matt.

Barry Faulkner the Chief Executive of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain who explained that the projected budget from the bookmakers for the fund for the year would be well below £7 million. This meant that it was over 40% lower than 2008 and the seventh consecutive annual decrease was blamed on reduced betting shop greyhound turnover.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/news/2/2015/5/129/GBGB-appoints-new-Chair|title=GBGB appoint new chair/|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain}} Online streaming of BAGS (Bookmakers’ Afternoon Greyhound Service) racing started via SIS and Mediastream was announced by BAGS chairman Dominic Ford as a possible new revenue source that could benefit the industry.{{cite web|url=http://www.bosmag.co.uk/dominic-ford-on-bags-and-the-abb/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124115932/http://www.bosmag.co.uk/dominic-ford-on-bags-and-the-abb/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-11-24|title=Dominic Ford on Bags and the ABB|publisher=BOS Magazine}}

Two trainers George Andreas and Tony Collett switched back to Sittingbourne from Wimbledon and Patsy Cusack handed over his licence to head man Mark Fenwick. Former Racing Manager Jim Layton and trainer Henry Chalkley both died. At Wimbledon the Merton Council passed the AFC Wimbledon plans for a new football stadium meaning that help was now required from London mayor Boris Johnson. The GRA lease ended in July, which brought the end of greyhound racing in London ever nearer.

The year ended with Towcester's team manager Andy Lisemore steering the track to the BAGS/SIS Championship after winning the final at Perry Barr.{{cite web|url=http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/excitement-launch-2016-bags-track-championship/|title=EXCITEMENT AT LAUNCH OF 2016 BAGS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP|date=21 July 2016 |publisher=Greyhound Star}} Swift Hoffman was named Greyhound of the Year and Mark Wallis picked up the champion trainer accolade and in the process equalled the record of seven set by John 'Ginger' McGee Sr.

Roll of honour

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colspan="2"|Major Winners
width=300| Award

!width=300| Name of Winner

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!2015 English Greyhound Derby

|Rio Quattro

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!2015 Irish Greyhound Derby

|Ballymac Matt

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!Greyhound Trainer of the Year

|Mark Wallis (Towcester)

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!Greyhound of the Year

|Swift Hoffman

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!Irish Greyhound of the Year

|Ballymac Matt

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class="wikitable"
colspan="3"|GTA Chelsea Glass Trainers Championship, Sittingbourne (23 March){{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=127313|title=Trainers Championship results/|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain}}
width=100| Pos

!width=340| Name of Trainer

!width=100| Points

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!1st

| Kevin Hutton

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!2nd

|Mark Wallis

align-center|46
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!3rd

|Seamus Cahill

align-center|38
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!4th

| Paul Young

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!5th

|John Mullins

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!6th

|Dean Childs

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colspan="3"|BAGS/SIS Track Championship, Perry Barr (23 December)
width=100| Pos

!width=340| Track

!width=100| Points

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!1st

| Towcester

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!2nd

| Newcastle

align-center|57
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!3rd

| Hall Green

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!4th

| Belle Vue

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!5th

| Romford

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!6th

| Monmore

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=Principal UK finals=

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Ladbrokes Golden Jacket, Crayford (24 February, 714m, £17,500){{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsRace.aspx?id=1738541|title=Golden Jacket final|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain}}
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Wiki Waki Woo||4||6-1||44.99||Angie Kibble

2nd

|Bubbly Time||3||5-1||45.07||Tony Gifkins

3rd

|Racenight Jenny||1||1-1f||45.41||Tony Collett

4th

|Black Francis||2||5-1||45.42||Mark Wallis

5th

|Millwards Amy||5||20-1||45.60||Paul Young

6th

|Malls Pride||6||8-1||45.86||Paul Young

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Racing Post Scottish Derby, Shawfield (12 April, 480m, £20,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

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!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Swift Hoffman ||6 ||6-4f ||28.98 ||Pat Rosney

2nd

|Cashen Maureen ||5 ||10-1 ||29.24 ||June McCombe

3rd

|Coolavanny Jap ||1 ||7-2 ||29.58 ||Pat Buckley

4th

|Lenson Sanchez ||3 ||6-1 ||29.66 ||Pat Buckley

5th

|La Cuchilla ||2 ||3-1 ||29.74||Steve Race

6th

|Save The Don ||4 ||7-1 ||00.00 ||Fraser Black

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|William Hill Classic, Sunderland (15 July, 450m, £25,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

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!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|No But ||2 ||5-2 ||27.00 ||Julie Calvert

2nd

|Pinpoint Finas|| 1 ||7-2 ||27.07||Kelly Macari

3rd

|Bubbly Ninja ||3 ||5-1 ||27.14 ||Paul Young

4th

|Conna Trigger||6 ||2-1f ||27.37 ||Kelly Macari

5th

|Jolly Tricks ||4|| 7-2 ||27.42 ||Kevin Hutton

N/R

|Laughing Gravy||5|| ||Lame ||David Pruhs

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|William Hill Grand Prix, Sunderland (15 July, 640m, £15,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Bubbly Gold||1 ||4-1 ||39.79 ||Paul Young

2nd

|Dinzeo||5 || 7-2 ||39.84 ||Harry Crapper

3rd

|Farley Rio||4 || 5-2 ||39.86 ||Kevin Boon

4th

|Toottoottootsie ||6 ||6-4f ||39.97 ||Paul Prior

5th

|Teejays Panther ||2 ||4-1 ||39.98 ||Paul Young

N/R

|Jaytee China ||3 || ||Lame||Paul Young

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Colossus Bets TV Trophy, Towcester (18 August, 906m, £8,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Ballymac Bonnie||4 ||2-1jf ||55.44 ||Liam Dowling

2nd

|Bubbly Time||1 ||9-2 ||55.72 ||Tony Gifkins

3rd

|Ribble Atom||2 ||5-1 ||55.80 ||Mark Wallis

4th

|Droopys Cottage ||5 ||2-1jf ||55.86 ||Dean Childs

5th

|Droopys Tamera ||6 ||8-1 ||55.95 ||Dean Childs

6th

|Alma Prince ||3 ||20-1 ||56.00 ||Alec Stone

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"| Totepool 69th East Anglian Derby, Yarmouth (16 September, 462m, £15,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Do It For Twiggy ||1||13-8f ||27.82 ||Erica Samuels

2nd

|Southfield Jock ||4 ||3-1 ||27.88 ||Seamus Cahill

3rd

|Calco Flyer ||3 ||9-2 ||28.01 ||Mark Wallis

4th

|Urban Road ||5 ||20-1 ||28.06 ||Ray Pleasants

5th

|Farloe Brae ||2 ||20-1 ||28.26 ||Richard Devenish

6th

|Ballymac Brogan||6|| 2-1 ||28.32 ||Seamus Cahill

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Chelsea Glass Grand National, Sittingbourne (6 October, 480mH, £8,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Mo's Bullet||4 ||7-1 ||29.80 ||Ricky Holloway

2nd

|Julius George||1 ||7-2 ||29.82 ||Tony Taylor

3rd

|Soviet Jackson ||6 ||7-4f ||29.89 ||John Mullins

4th

|Bizarro ||2 ||20-1 ||29.99 ||Tony Taylor

5th

|Affane Duke ||3 ||6-1 ||30.12 ||Tony Taylor

6th

|Castlelyons Cofi|| 5|| 5-2 ||30.51 ||Tony Taylor

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|William Hill St Leger, Wimbledon (10 November, 687m, £25,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Fizzypop Buddy|| 3|| 9-2 ||41.49 ||June Harvey

2nd

|Droopys Tamera|| 5|| 10-1 ||41.88 ||Dean Childs

3rd

| Roxholme Dream ||2|| 7-2 ||41.99 ||Hayley Keightley

4th

| Teejayspowerhawk||1 ||16-1 ||42.06 ||Paul Young

5th

| Ferryforth Fran||6 ||33-1 ||42.31 ||Mark Wallis

6th

| Diego Flight||4 ||8-11f ||42.45 ||Liz McNair

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"| ECC Timber Oaks, Belle Vue (9 December, 470m, £15,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Domino Storm|| 3 ||5-2 ||27.59 ||Mark Wallis

2nd

|Evanta Evita||5 ||5-1 ||27.85 || Mark Wallis

3rd

|Bromwich Sue||1 ||12-1 ||27.93 ||Lynn Cook

4th

|Tyrur Caroline||2 ||1-1f ||28.06 || Charlie Lister OBE

5th

|Roxholme Hottie||4 ||6-1 ||28.17 ||Hayley Keightley

6th

|Newinn This Way||6 ||20-1 ||28.24 ||Carla Hendy

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"| ECC Timber Laurels, Belle Vue (9 December, 470m, £6,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Millwards Whitey||3|| 6-4f ||27.87 ||Dean Childs

2nd

|Taranis Bolt||6|| 3-1 ||28.01 ||Kevin Hutton

3rd

|On Alert||4|| 3-1 ||28.18 ||Hayley Keightley

4th

|Blakes Turbo||2|| 12-1 ||28.55 ||Geraldine Kovac

5th

|Rock Me Kewell||5|| 16-1 ||28.62 ||Michael Hurst

6th

|Ballymac Ricky ||1|| 9-2 ||28.68 ||Leonard O'Hanlon

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=Principal Irish finals=

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Dandelion Bar & Nightclub Easter Cup, Shelbourne (21 March, 550y, €25,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

| Sidarian Blaze||2 ||6-4 ||29.52 ||Graham Holland

2nd

| Slippery Fred||1 ||5-4f ||29.59 ||Larry Dunne

3rd

|Coran Sky||3 ||5-1 ||29.83 ||Graham Holland

4th

|Gaytime Hawk||4 ||16-4? ||29.85 ||Graham Holland

5th

|Highview Premier||6 ||14-1 ||29.96 ||Gerry Merriman

6th

|Laughil Duke||5 ||10-1 ||30.13 ||Patrick Guilfoyle

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Con & Anne Kirby Memorial Stakes, Limerick (4 April, 525y, €80,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Cable Bay||4 ||6-1 ||28.11 ||Brendan Matthews

2nd

| Rural Hawaii||6 ||5-4f ||28.25 ||Graham Holland

3rd

|Country Legend ||1 ||4-1 ||28.39 ||Maurice Heffernan

4th

|Droopys Braedon||3 ||5-2 ||28.40 ||Sharlene Higgins

5th

|Ivy Hill Bart||5 ||10-1 ||28.71 ||Noel Hehir

6th

|Beaming Boost||2 ||5-1 ||28.82 ||Pat Buckley

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Irish Independent Laurels, Cork (9 May, 525y, €30,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Midtown Raffa||2 ||2-1f ||28.31 ||Maurice O’Connor

2nd

|Burgess Rumble||5 ||7-1 ||28.69 ||Sheila Spillane

3rd

|Mimis Ace ||6 ||5-1 ||28.70 ||John Kiely

4th

|Drive On Royal||4 ||7-2 ||28.84 ||Thomas O’Donovan

5th

|Skywalker Echo ||1 ||8-1 ||29.16 ||Frances O’Donnell

6th

|Knocktoo Garry ||3 ||5-2 ||29.17 ||Neilus O’Connell

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|B.I.F National Produce, Clonmel (14 June, 525y, €30,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

| Ballybough Mondo||2 ||3-1 ||28.55 ||Murt Leahy

2nd

|Amazing Dude||1 ||1-2f ||28.65 ||Graham Holland

3rd

|Haughty Slippers||5 ||7-1 ||28.69 ||Frank Clune

4th

|Justice Matters||3 ||8-1 ||28.83 ||Jerry Griffin

5th

|Maggies Lucy||6 ||7-1 ||28.90 ||James Robinson

6th

|Ballybough Mike||4 ||5-2 ||29.11 ||Murt Leahy

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Sporting Press Oaks, Shelbourne (20 June, 525y, €25,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Ballydoyle Honey||1 ||1-5f ||28.47 ||Graham Holland

2nd

|Hovex Princess ||5 ||8-1 ||28.52 ||Graham Holland

3rd

|Ravenswood Emily||2 ||14-1 ||28.70 ||Gerard Barber

4th

|Awaywitdepixies||6 ||20-1 ||28.77 ||Paul Hennessy

5th

|Piercestown Lucy||3 ||8-1 ||28.87 ||Thomas Coleman

N/R

|Jumeirah Dancer||4 || || ||Jimmy Buckley

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Doire Construction Champion Stakes, Shelbourne (25 July, 550y, €15,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Sidarian Vega||1 ||2-1jf ||29.64 ||Graham Holland

2nd

|Budgie Bypass||6 ||8-1 ||29.81 ||Paul Hennessy

3rd

|Paradise Maverick||4 ||4-1 ||29.87 ||Pat Buckley

4th

|Riverside Pat||2 ||6-1 ||30.04 ||Graham Holland

5th

|Barefoot Artist||5 ||14-1 ||30.64 ||Paul Hennessy

6th

|Midtown Raffa||3 ||2-1jf ||30.85 ||Maurice O’Connor

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"|Dublin Coach Puppy Derby, Harolds Cross (16 October, 525y, €22,500)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Anopheles ||3 ||10-1 ||28.54 ||Liam Dowling

2nd

|Hee Haws Sheriff ||1 ||2-1 ||28.57 ||Ian Reilly

3rd

|Jaytee Dutch ||6 ||4-5f ||28.58 ||Paul Hennessy

4th

|Black Alder||2 ||6-1 ||28.76 ||Peter Comerford

5th

|Trade Freddie||4 ||7-1 ||28.81 ||John Touhy

6th

|Skywalker Archie ||5 ||14-1 ||28.99 ||Patrick Guilfoyle

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class="wikitable"
colspan="6"| Kerry Agribusiness Irish St Leger, Limerick (31 October, 550y, €25,000)
width=30|Pos

!width=180|Name of Greyhound

!width=30|Trap

!width=50|SP

!width=50|Time

!width=150|Trainer

1st

|Skywalker Rory ||6 ||7-2 ||29.47 ||Patrick Guilfoyle

2nd

|Sidarian Vega||4 ||6-1 ||29.89 ||Graham Holland

3rd

|Offshore Bound ||1 ||2-1jf ||30.31 ||Owen McKenna

4th

| Jaytee Valencia ||2 ||6-1 ||30.59 ||Paul Hennessy

5th

|Peregrine Falcon||3 ||2-1jf ||30.69 ||Patrick O'Brien

6th

|Tyrur Tommy||5 ||7-2 ||00.00 ||PJ Fahy

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References

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{{UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Years}}

{{UK & Irish greyhound competitions}}

{{Greyhound stadiums in the United Kingdom}}

{{English greyhound tracks}}

{{Greyhound stadiums in Ireland}}

{{Scottish greyhound tracks}}

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