2015 English Greyhound Derby

The 2015 William Hill Greyhound Derby took place during May and June with the final being held on 27 June 2015 at Wimbledon Stadium. 273 of Britain's best greyhounds lined up for the record prize of £250,000 that was on offer.^[1]

2015 English Greyhound Derby
Location	Wimbledon Stadium
Start date	27 May
End date	27 June
Total prize money	£250,000 (winner)
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Final result

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

Position	Name of Greyhound	Breeding	Trap	Sectional	SP	Time	Trainer
1st	Rio Quattro	Ace Hi Rumble - Droopys Geneva	1	4.78	5-1	28.24	Daniel Riordan (Henlow)
2nd	Tynwald Bish	Vans Escalade - Bish Bash Bosh	6	4.75	10-1	28.34	Peter Cronin (Ireland)
3rd	Eden The Kid	Westmead Hawk - Cabra Jade	4	4.93	4-1	28.35	Liz McNair (Private)
4th	Farloe Blitz	Premier Fantasy - Final Oyster	2	4.70	8-11f	28.43	Owen McKenna (Ireland)
5th	Making Paper	Hondo Black - Quarterland Hope	3	4.91	10-1	28.47	Diane Henry (Private)
6th	Millwards Davy	Black Shaw - Mums Girl	5	4.87	16-1	28.94	Paul Young (Romford)

Distances

1¼, short head, 1, ½, 5¼ (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

Farloe Blitz lined up as hot favourite from trap two in the final and when he was first out of the traps in his customary fashion but tucked in just one length behind was Rio Quattro and it remained like that until the third bend when Farloe Blitz drifted to a middle course allowing Rio Quattro to come inside. The Danny Riordan trained runner then went on to win with Farloe Blitz fading into fourth place, Eden The Kid ran very well after a horrible start and just failed to take second place from Tynwald Bish who ran a good race. Making Paper lost any chance at the third bend when making ground on the leaders and Millwards Davy never showed. Eden The Kid had set a new track record in the heats of 27.95sec = 61,82 km/h = 38,42 m/h. .

Quarter finals

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Heat 1 (Jun 16) Pos Name SP Time 1st Farloe Blitz 4-5f 28.32 2nd Millwards Davy 12-1 28.41 3rd Diego Flight 8-1 28.42 4th Clares Wonder 9-2 28.43 5th Romany Rouge 8-1 28.62 6th Evanta Fantasy 10-1 28.65

Heat 2 (Jun 16) Pos Name SP Time 1st Eden The Kid 5-4f 28.24 2nd Rio Quattro 4-1 28.25 3rd Making Paper 16-1 28.35 4th Evanta Evita 11-2 28.43 5th Wotnofizz 20-1 28.59 6th Boyneside Fun 3-1 29.16

Heat 3 (Jun 16) Pos Name SP Time 1st Geelo Vegas 5-1 28.51 2nd Viking Jack 4-1 28.53 3rd Roxholme Ted 5-1 28.55 4th Jaytee Jet 5-1 28.56 5th Teds Last 3-1f 28.62 6th Gaytime Hawk 4-1 28.71

Heat 4 (Jun 16) Pos Name SP Time 1st Paradise Maverik 5-2 28.28 2nd Tynwald Bish 8-1 28.39 3rd Lenson Sanchez 10-11f 28.43 4th Blonde Nipper 6-1 28.62 5th Salonkia 14-1 28.65 N/R Droopys Nidge

Semi finals

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First Semi Final (Jun 20) Pos Name of Greyhound SP Time Trainer 1st Farloe Blitz 11-8f 28.24 McKenna 2nd Rio Quattro 7-2 28.36 Riordan 3rd Eden The Kid 3-1 28.39 McNair 4th Diego Flight 8-1 28.62 McNair 5th Geelo Vegas 10-1 28.73 Perry 6th Roxholme Ted 10-1 28.76 Keightley

Second Semi Final (Jun 20) Pos Name of Greyhound SP Time Trainer 1st Making Paper 12-1 28.33 Henry 2nd Millwards Davy 6-1 28.60 Young 3rd Tynwald Bish 8-1 28.61 Cronin 4th Paradise Maverik 15-8f 28.63 Buckley 5th Lenson Sanchez 5-2 28.67 Buckley 6th Viking Jack 4-1 28.78 Hayton

See also

• 2015 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year