Midland Flat

The Midland Flat was a major greyhound racing competition held at Hall Green Stadium.^[1][2]

Midland Flat

Class	Category 2
Location	Hall Green Stadium
Inaugurated	1946
Final run	2006
Race information
Distance	474 metres
Surface	Sand

The race was inaugurated during the early 1930s and was seen as one of the principal events in the Midlands.^[3][4][5]

Post War winners

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Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP	SP
1946	Negros Lad		Jack Toseland (Perry Barr)	28.75	4-7f
1947	Just Killeedy		Mayor Baker (Wolverhampton)	28.83	2-1f
1948	Circular Flex		William Mills (Private)	29.00	7-2
1949	Behattan Marquis [7]	Countryman - Behattan	Bob Burls (Wembley)	28.50	5-4f
1950	Perfect Peter II		Mayor Baker (Wolverhampton)	28.58	5-4f
1951	Rushton Smutty	Mad Tanist - Summer Frock	Frank Johnson (Private)	28.04	4-7f	Track record
1952	Drumman Rambler	Selyom – Shaggy Miss	Olly Chetland (Coventry)	28.51	8-11f
1953	Marsh Harrier	Mad Tanist – Misty	Paddy McEvoy (Private)	28.24	4-9f
1954	Demon King	Imperial Dancer – Pretty Waltzer	Jack Harvey (Wembley)	28.18	100-8
1955	Baytown Dagger	Bahs Choice – Baytown Iris	Austin Hiscock (Belle Vue)	28.44	1-1f
1956	Silver Chief	The Grand Champion – Never Fallen	Joe Booth (Private)	28.22	4-1
1957	Ballypatrick	The Grand Champion – D West	Cyril Beaumont (Belle Vue)	28.28	11-10f
1958	Colonel Perry	Olly's Square Rebel – Ashgrove Breeze	John Bassett (Private)	28.28	2-1
1959	Killahalla	Ballymac Ball – Killahalla Grace	Len Bane (Kings Heath)	28.44	10-11f
1960	Coradun	Solar Prince – Lemon Spot	W Holland (White City, Manchester)	28.78	5-1
1961	Faithful Charlie	Glittering Look – Lady Artic	Jim Irving (Private)	27.88	10-11f
1962	Happy Sailor	Knockrour Again – Peaceful Dancer	Norman Oliver (Brough Park)	28.07	6-1
1963	Home Soon	The Grand Fire – Loughlass Maid	Norman Oliver (Brough Park)	28.23	10-1
1964	Im Crazy	Crazy Parachute – Misfortune	Jim Irving (Private)	28.13	5-1
1965	Kilbeg Kuda	Knockrour Again - Bermudas Glory	John Bassett (Private)	28.30	4-7f
1966	Hammondstown Pat		Cliff Ogden (Hall Green)	28.15	5-1
1967	Greenane Token	Prairie Flash – Olives Bonny	George Gooch (Preston)	28.40	7-1
1968	Malaria	Greenane Wonder - Brisla	Pat Murphy (Derby)	28.21	1-1f
1969	That Cailin	Dromin Glory – That Lady	Ray Wilkes (Hall Green)	28.24	7-4
1970	Kilronane Jet	Tonrine – Jet Hostess	Tom Johnston Jr. (Wembley)	28.00	2-1
1971	Cash For Gary	Movelaong Santa – Cash For Carrick	Ben Parsons (Kings Heath)	27.93	3-1c/f
1972	Short Cake	The Grand Silver – She Is Landing	Sid Ryall (Private)	27.50	1-1f
1973	Casa Miel	Kilbelin Style – Ballygill Piper	Joe Pickering (White City)	27.76	6-1
1974	Lady Devine	Supreme Fun - Funny Flash	Sid Ryall (Wembley)	28.76	4-5f
1975	Sun Chariot	Kilbeg Kuda – Rock’s Violet	Frank Melville (Harringay)	28.87	25-1
1976	Westmead Border	Always Proud – Cricket Dance	Natalie Savva (Private)	29.22	8-1
1977	Shiloh Jenny	Sole Aim – Shiloh Hope	Ray Wilkes (Hall Green)	28.64	8-1
1978	Shiloh Jenny	Sole Aim – Shiloh Hope	Ray Wilkes (Hall Green)	28.83	2-1f
1979	Loughlass Champ	Itsachampion – Final Score	Emil Kovac (Private)	29.04	6-1
1980	Creamery Pat	Monalee Hiker – Young Speech	Ron Chamberlain (Private)	28.97	7-2
1981	Houghton Sinbad	Shamrock Sailor – Thankyou Ken	Barbara Tompkins (Coventry)	29.05	5-2
1982	Rikasso Hiker	Glenore Hiker – Lady Myrtown	Theo Mentzis (Milton Keynes)	28.97	10-1
1983	Beau Geste	Desert Pilot – Faypoint Flyer	Leo Pugh (Hall Green)	29.02	5-1
1984	Golden Sand	Desert Pilot – Sarahs Bunny	Geoff De Mulder (Private)	28.91	4-1
1985	Hi There Linda	Lindas Champion – Lead More	Edna Wearing (Harringay)	29.08	1-1f
1986	Leading Part	Rhincrew Rover – Leading Blonde	Paddy Hancox (Hall Green)	29.00	5-2
1987	Ramtogue Dasher	Lauragh Six – Ramtogue Witch	Geoff De Mulder (Oxford)	28.80	13-8f
1988	Parkers Brocade	Brief Candle – Parkers Morning	Bertie Gaynor (Hall Green)	29.28	4-1
1989	Claddagh Heights	Rushwee Heights – Eightys Lady	Paddy Hancox (Hall Green)	30.31	2-1
1990	Slaneyside Holly	Lodge Prince – Prince of Rocks	Trevor Cobbold (Private)	29.21	7-2
1991	Awbeg Ball	Game Ball - Teeavan	Norah McEllistrim (Wimbledon)	29.47	8-11f
1992	Winsor Vic	Dukes Lodge – Winsor Aird	John McGee Sr. (Private)	28.61	9-2
1993	Just Right Kyle	Kyle Jack – Im A Duchess	Charlie Lister (Peterborough)	29.04	3-1
1994	Westmead Chick[8]	Im Slippy – Westmead Move	Nick Savva (Walthamstow)	28.56	4-5f
1997	Saradeb	Slaneyside Hare – Genotin Laura	Jimmy Gibson (Private)	28.62	1-1f
1999	Westmead Striker	Daleys Denis – Westmead Chick	Charlie Lister (Private)	28.46	5-1
2000	Wise Emerald	Trade Official – Try A Minnie	Charlie Lister (Private)	28.31	4-1
2001	Ballydaly Score [9]	Top Honcho – Ballydaly Gem	John Mullins (Walthamstow)	28.54	9-4
2002	Aranock Lance [10]	Trade Official – Aranock Girl	Paul Young (Romford)	28.69	10-1
2003	Lodgeview Flash [11]	Top Honcho – Egmont Hazel	Danny Talbot (Private)	28.91	11-4
2005	Lig Do Scith [12]	Matric Tiger - Aqueduct Tune	John Kavanagh (Ireland)	55.98	5-4
2006	Rosshill View [13]	Smooth Rumble – Pleasant Memory	Chris Allsopp (Monmore)	55.72	4-5f

Discontinued

Venues & Distances

• 1945–2006 (Hall Green, 474 metres)

Sponsors

• 1994-1994 (Foster)
• 1998-1998 (Carling Black Label)
• 2001-2001 (William Hill)
• 2002-2002 (Ian Foster)
• 2003-2003 (Stadium Bookmakers)
• 2005-2005 (Ladbrokes)
• 2006-2006 (Net McAuleys in Spain)