Golden Jacket

The Golden Jacket was a greyhound racing competition. It was inaugurated in 1975 at Harringay Stadium^[1] but following the closure of the track switched to Hall Green Stadium and then Monmore Green Stadium before finding a home at Crayford Stadium from 1987 until 2024.^[2][3] With the closure of Crayford in 2024, the event ended.^[4]

Golden Jacket

2006 champion Greenacre Lin (white jacket)
Class	Category 1
Location	Harringay (1975–1984) Hall Green (1985) Monmore (1986) Crayford (1987–2024)
Inaugurated	1975
Final run	2024
Race information
Surface	Sand

Venues & Distances

• 1975–1984 (Harringay, 660m)
• 1985–1985 (Hall Green, 663m)
• 1986–1986 (Monmore, 647m)
• 1987–2024 (Crayford, 714m)

Discontinued

Sponsors

• 1987–2021 (Ladbrokes)
• 2022–2024 (Premier Greyhound Racing)

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time (sec)	SP	Notes/ref
1975	Nice One Cyril	Newdown Heather - Itsabet	Charlie Coyle (Private)	40.86	11/4jf	[5]
1976	Glin Bridge	Spectre - Shore Sussie	George Curtis (Brighton)	40.59	9/4
1977	Sindys Flame	Monalee Champion - Dolores Rocket	John Honeysett (Private)	40.99	11/10f
1978	Black Legend	Spectre - Nora Again	Ted Dickson (Slough)	41.09	7/4f
1979	Westmead Bound	Westmead County - Affoulia Girl	Natalie Savva (Wembley)	41.02	2/1
1980	Brainy Prince	Mortor Light - Move First	Rita Hayward (Coventry)	40.63	2/1jf
1981	Just It	Itsachampion - Salubrious Lady	Terry Duggan (Romford)	40.67	7/2
1982	Try Travelscene	Ballybeg Prim - My Dowry	Alan Mobley (Private)	40.61	7/2
1983	Minnies Matador	Sand Man - Virginia Chat	Paddy Milligan (Private)	40.69	4/1
1984	Amazing Man	Glen Rock - Orchard Robin	Derek Knight (Brighton)	40.88	5/2
1985	Keem Rocket	Decoy Sovereign - Keem Princess	Tony Meek (Swindon)	41.67	8/11f
1986	Glenowen Queen	Yellow Ese - Rikasso Monica	Dick Hawkes (Walthamstow)	40.92	5/2
1987	Clover Park	Westpark Clover - Mullinakill	John Gibbons (Crayford)	35.40	10/1
1988	Decoy Princess	Glatton Grange - Decoy Lassie	Mrs D T Lucas (Swaffham)	46.30	7/2
1989	Time Lord	Manorville Sand - Scintillas Tina	Hazel Dickson (Wembley)	46.03	10/1
1990	Chicita Banana	Sail On II - Bonita Banana	John McGee Sr. (Hackney)	45.75	9/4
1991	Bobs Regan	Ballyregan Bob - Sandy Gem	Brian Timcke (Private)	47.00	6/1
1992	Bobs Regan	Ballyregan Bob - Sandy Gem	Brian Timcke (Private)	46.10	5/1
1993	Heavenly Lady	Manorville Sand - Black Sancisco	Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)	45.33	2/5f	[6]
1994	Wexford Minx [6]	Manorville Major - Ballarue Suzy	Derek Knight (Hove)	45.83	11/4jf
1995	Wexford Minx	Manorville Major - Ballarue Suzy	Derek Knight (Hove)	45.67	13/8f
1996	Coolmona Road	Ardfert Sean - Westpark Tee Off	Derek Knight (Hove)	45.75	5/4f
1997	Broadacres Lad	Murlens Slippy - Game Misty	Terry Dartnall (Wimbledon)	46.08	7/1
1998	El Onda	Droopys Sandy - Lady Cutie	Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)	46.36	22/1	[7]
1999	Gottabegood	Phantom Flash - Oh So Nice	Paul Garland (Sittingbourne)	46.09	11/2
2000	Knappogue Oak	Frightful Flash - Dartfield Lass	Ken Bebbington (Monmore)	45.77	3/1
2001	Blues Best Tayla	Top Honcho - Micks Best Girl	Paul Young (Romford)	45.19	7/4	Track record
2002	Sundar Storm	Toms The Best - Westmead Lynx	Kim Marlow (Romford)	47.07	14/1
2003	Centour Corker	Smooth Rumble - Sylvies Rantogue	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	44.74	11/8f	Track record[8]
2004	Midway Tomsscout	Toms The Best - Midway Tina	Henry Chalkley (Peterborough)	44.72	12/1
2005	Milldean Clarky	Frisby Flashing - Creamery Profit	Barry O'Sullivan (Crayford)	45.98	7/1	[9]
2006	Greenacre Lin	Top Honcho - First to Return	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	45.53	4/1	[10]
2007	Walk the Line	Droopys Vieri - Ballycahane Zoie	Patsy Cusack (Crayford)	46.00	8/1	[11]
2008	Shelbourne Merc	Just the Best - Queen Survivor	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	45.61	3/1	[12]
2009	Lorrys Options	Westmead Hawk - Droopys Seville	Dean Childs (Private)	45.92	2/1f	[13]
2010	Group Skater	Top Honcho - Group Special	Paul Hennessey (Ireland)	44.79	2/1	[14]
2011	Bush Paddy	Westmead Hawk - Droopys Rena	Kelly Findlay (Private)	47.39	9/2	[15]
2012	Blue Bee	Hondo Black – Blue Honey	Matt Dartnall (Swindon)	45.95	7/2	[16]
2013	White Soks Roks	Royal Impact – Lemon Rita	Daniel Riordan (Henlow)	45.48	4/5f	[17]
2014	Hometown Honey	Hometown Boy Nga – Swift Blitz	Mark Wallis (Yarmouth)	45.45	4/6f	[18]
2015	Wiki Waki Woo	Premier Fantasy – Final Oyster	Angie Kibble (Hall Green)	44.99	6/1	[19]
2016	Patchys Kerry	Blackstone Gene – Droopys Stosur	Mark Wallis (Towcester)	44.94	2/5f	[20]
2017	Boylesports Star	Razldazl Billy - Razldazl Marilyn	Dolores Ruth (Ireland)	45.18	2/1jf	[21]
2018	Shotgun Bullet	Kinloch Brae - Winning Impact	Derek Knight (Hove)	44.95	5/4f	[22]
2019	Stardom	Ballymac Eske - Old Refrain	Heather Dimmock (Henlow)	45.27	6/4f	[23]
2020	Skilful Sandie	Kinloch Brae - Global Liberty	Patrick Janssens (Central Park)	44.87	7/2	[24]
2021	Punk Rock Mutley	Farloe Blitz – Highview Dreamer	Stuart Maplesden (Hove)	45.78	33/1	Biggest SP winner in history of event[25]
2022	Bellmore Sally	Droopy Sydney – Bellmore Lucy	James Fenwick (Newcastle)	44.81	5/4f	[26]
2023	Bellmore Sally	Droopy Sydney – Bellmore Lucy	James Fenwick (Newcastle)	44.77	9/4jf	[27]
2024	Dazl Rolex	Superior Panama – Razldazl Mya	Ricky Holloway (Crayford)	45.03	5/1	[28]