Sidaz Jack

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| caption = Sidaz Jack in retirement, May 2019

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| sire = Westmead Hawk

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| dam = Ballaghboy Cool

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| color = White and blue

| breeder = Jerry Moloney

| owner = Daren Johnson
Simon Wooder

| trainer = Charlie Lister OBE

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| raceawards = Derby champion

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Sidaz Jack (8 June 2011– 13 March 2025) was a white and blue male greyhound.{{cite web|url=https://www.greyhound-data.com/d?z=Vqd9iu&d=sidaz+jack&sex=&color=&birthyear=&birthland=|title=Sidaz Jack|publisher=Greyhound Data|access-date=16 August 2022|url-access=subscription}} He was owned by Daren Johnson and Simon Wooder, and trained by Charlie Lister. He won the English Greyhound Derby in 2013. His father was two time English Greyhound Derby winner Westmead Hawk.{{cite web|url=https://www.gbgb.org.uk/greyhound-profile/?greyhoundId=417206|title=Profile|publisher=Greyhound Board of Great Britain|access-date=16 August 2022}}

Racing career

Sidaz Jack was sired by Westmead Hawk from the dam Ballaghboy Cool and was born on 8 June 2011.{{cite news|title=Sidaz Jack|url=http://www.sportinglife.com/greyhounds/profile/dog/sidaz-jack/2904819|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=Sporting Life}} Westmead Hawk was a two-time English Greyhound Derby winner.{{cite news|last=Mullin|first=Jonathan|title=Taylors Sky Strikes for Lister|url=http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/11/06/11/manual_223428.html&BID=678|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=Sporting Life}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Sidaz Jack has a white body with grey markings on the head.

Sidaz Jack was entered into the 2013 English Greyhound Derby and won two of the qualifying races en route to the final. He went into the final race at odds of 6–1, behind the favourite Droopys Jet who was at 7–4. He was placed in the first trap, and won the race by a length and a quarter from Airlie Impact in 28.37 seconds. His victory earned £150,000 for his owners Daren Johnson and Simon Wooder and was the seventh victory in the competition for trainer Charlie Lister.{{Cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/greyhounds/news/12426/8798924/charlie-lister-obe-trained-his-seventh-winner-of-the-william-hill-greyhound-derby|title=Charlie Lister OBE trained his seventh winner of the William Hill Greyhound Derby|website=Sky Sports|access-date=13 February 2020}}

Following his victory at the English Derby, he was rumoured to be entering in the 2013 Irish Greyhound Derby with bookmakers Paddy Power making him their 10-1 favourite before the closing date for entries. However he wasn't entered in the competition, and the owners instead intended to enter him in the Ladbrokes Gold Cup.{{cite news|last=Fortune|first=Michael|title=Derby double off agenda for Sidaz Jack|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/derby-double-off-agenda-for-sidaz-jack-29458140.html|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=Independent.ie|date=30 July 2012}} Sidaz Jack was injured in September 2013 and was withdrawn from the East Anglian Derby at Yarmouth Stadium prior to the quarter final,{{cite news|last=Kay|work=Racing Post|first=Jonathan|title=Lame Sidaz Jack out of Yarmouth Derby|url=http://www.racingpost.com/news/greyhounds/lame-sidaz-jack-out-of-yarmouth-derby/1526860/|access-date=28 September 2013|date=9 September 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153910/http://www.racingpost.com/news/greyhounds/lame-sidaz-jack-out-of-yarmouth-derby/1526860/|archive-date=24 September 2015}} and it was decided to rest him in preparation for the 2014 racing season.{{cite news|title=Sidaz Jack can be a champion again|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sidaz+Jack+can+be+a+champion+again%3B+GREYHOUNDS.-a0342891400|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=The People|date=15 September 2013}} Lister had checked him following an earlier round and found the back of one of his front legs was bruised, which he thought might have occurred during the race.

Retirement

File:SidazJackandPebbles.jpg

In March 2019, Sidaz Jack retired to a family in the northwest of England. He enjoyed squirrel watching and croquet. Sidaz Jack ("Dazzle") died peacefully on 13 March 2025.