Kevin Hutton

Based at Burford, Oxfordshire, Hutton was a trainer at Swindon Stadium,{{cite book|last=Hobbs|first=Jonathan|title=Greyhound Annual 2008, page 62|year=2008|publisher=Raceform|isbn=978-1-905153-534}} when he won the 2013 Oaks with Droopys Danneel and reached several other prominent finals including steering two hounds to the final of the Arc.{{cite web|url=https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/generalsport/10384000.greyhound-racing-hutton-duo-in-arc-final/ |title=Hutton duo in Arc final |date=26 April 2013 |publisher=Swindon Advertiser |access-date=28 September 2024}}

He left Swindon to join Towcester Greyhound Stadium when it opened in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://kevinhuttonracing.com/index.php/racing|title=Racing at Towcester|publisher=Kevin Hutton Racing}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Following the closure of Towcester he joined Monmore and was there from August 2018 until May 2021.{{cite web|url=http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/towcester-relocate/|title=More Towcester Trainers Relocate|date=17 August 2018 |publisher=Greyhound Star}} His biggest individual race successes include the Oaks, Puppy Derby and the Select Stakes. He reached the final of the 2013 English Greyhound Derby with Screen Critic.{{cite web|url=http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?r=3394922|title=2013|publisher=Greyhound Data}}

The greatest achievement of his career arrived in June 2018 when he won the 2018 English Greyhound Derby with Dorotas Wildcat.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=159908|title=Derby Final meeting|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain|access-date=2018-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720165716/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=159908|archive-date=2018-07-20|url-status=dead}} He continued to impress throughout 2018 and his victories included the Golden Sprint, Golden Crest, Eclipse and Puppy Derby. He ended the year by securing his second Oaks winner, five years after his first, when Ravenswood Flo won the 2018 Oaks.{{cite web|url=http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/golden-chunk/|title=Golden Sprint final|date=17 March 2018 |publisher=Greyhound Star}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=158857|title=Golden Crest Final|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain|access-date=2018-05-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422062411/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=158857|archive-date=2018-04-22|url-status=dead}}

Hutton won his third Oaks title in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.gbgb.org.uk/meeting/?meetingId=358618&raceId=604620|title=2019 English Oaks Final|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain}} In May 2021 Hutton returned to train out of Towcester following its reopening{{cite web|url=http://greyhoundstar.co.uk/hutton-towcester-rankin-monmore/|title=Hutton to Towcester, Rankin to Monmore|date=14 April 2021 |publisher=Greyhound Star|access-date=18 April 2021}} and later in September 2021, won his fourth trainers championship (the first as the rebranded Judgement Night).{{cite web |title= ARC/Entain Trainers' Judgement Night |date= 8 September 2021 |url= https://www.gbgb.org.uk/arc-entain-trainers-judgement-night/ |publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain |access-date=11 September 2021}}

In 2022, he won the Laurels and the British Bred Produce Stakes for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://www.gbgb.org.uk/meeting/?meetingId=384488&raceId=835325|title=2022 ARENA RACING COMPANY LAURELS FINAL|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain|access-date=4 May 2022}} Hutton joined Oxford Stadium as a trainer in late 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2022/11/18/top-trainers-eye-monmore-glory/ |title=Top trainers eye Monmore glory |date=18 November 2022 |publisher=Express and Star |access-date=28 September 2024}}

• Trainers Championship four times in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021.
• English Greyhound Derby 2018

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Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:British greyhound racing trainers