1997 English Greyhound Derby

The 1997 Daily Mirror/Sporting Life Greyhound Derby took place during May & June with the final being held on 28 June 1997 at Wimbledon Stadium.^[1] The winner Some Picture received £50,000. The competition was sponsored by the Sporting Life and Daily Mirror.

1997 English Greyhound Derby
Location	Wimbledon Stadium
End date	28 June
Total prize money	£50,000 (winner)
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Final result

At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):^[2]

Position	Name of Greyhound	Breeding	Trap	Sectional	SP	Time	Trainer
1st	Some Picture	Slaneyside Hare - Spring Season	6	5.12	8-13f	28.23	Charlie Lister (Nottingham)
2nd	He Knows	Polnoon Chief - Polnoon Lane	4	5.23	3-1	28.73	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)
3rd	Stows Val	Slaneyside Hare - I Know You	3	5.06	10-1	28.77	Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)
4th	Annies Bullet	Slippys Quest - O Hickey Kylie	5		7-1	29.07	Nick Savva (Walthamstow)
5th	Charpaidon	Cravencottage UK - Kildare Raven	1		33-1	29.09	Sam Sykes (Wimbledon)
6th	Heres Andy	Polnoon Chief - Minnies Nikita	2		7-1	29.33	Paul Stringer (Private)

Distances

6¼, ½, 3¾, head, 3 (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

^[4] Some Picture the recent Scottish Greyhound Derby champion remained unbeaten going into the final. Three greyhounds broke well out of the traps, they were Stows Val, Annies Bullet and Some Picture but as they came to the first bend Annies Bullet was squeezed out and lost all chance of winning. Some Picture and Stows Val led around the first two bends well clear of the pack but the Charlie Lister trained black dog forged ahead down the back straight leading to an comfortable victory. He Knows made up good ground to finish runner up. The winning time was a very fast 28.23 sec, the fastest time ever for a Wimbledon Derby final, and just two spots outside Greenane Squire's rack record.

Quarter finals

Heat 1 (Jun 17) Pos Name SP Time 1st Lenson Billy 9-4 28.98 2nd Midway Sweep 20-1 29.08 3rd Annies Bullet 2-1f 29.28 4th Nashoba 8-1 29.49 5th Powys Prince 9-4 29.52 6th Countrywide Stag 25-1 29.72

Heat 2 (Jun 17) Pos Name SP Time 1st Some Picture 4-7f 28.83 2nd Stows Val 33-1 28.86 3rd Capital Cee 7-1 28.91 4th Corpo Election 14-1 29.05 5th Saradeb 6-1 29.13 6th Ladbrook Park 9-2 29.20

Heat 3 (Jun 17) Pos Name SP Time 1st Charpaidon 20-1 28.91 2nd Forest Jet 6-1 29.20 3rd Airmount Jeff 8-1 29.24 4th Eagle Boy 5-1 29.34 5th Astrosyn Eulogy 5-4f 29.45 6th Im Trigo 9-4 29.65

Heat 4 (Jun 17) Pos Name SP Time 1st Toms The Best 9-2 28.41 2nd He Knows 6-4f 28.90 3rd Heres Andy 4-1 29.08 4th You Will Call 5-1 29.25 5th Cool Dynamite 66-1 29.50 6th Pavilion Rock 5-1 dnf

Semi finals

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First Semi Final (Jun 21) Pos Name of Greyhound SP Time 1st Some Picture 4-7f 28.60 2nd Stows Val 9-2 29.10 3rd Charpaidon 14-1 29.12 4th Forest Jet 8-1 29.23 5th Midway Sweep 14-1 29.25 6th Capital Cee 4-1 29.29

Second Semi Final (Jun 21) Pos Name of Greyhound SP Time 1st Annies Bullet 12-1 28.84 2nd He Knows 7-4 28.90 3rd Heres Andy 6-1 29.24 4th Toms The Best 5-4f 29.29 5th Airmount Jet 20-1 29.42 6th Lenson Billy 8-1 29.51

See also

• 1997 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year