Wembley Spring Cup

The Wembley Spring Cup was a greyhound racing competition held annually at Wembley Stadium. It was inaugurated in 1930, one of the earliest competitions.^[1] The race changed its name to the Blue Riband in 1981.^[2]

Spring Cup

Location	Wembley Stadium
Inaugurated	1930
Final run	1980
Race information
Distance	525 yards/490 metres

Following the end of the Wembley Greyhounds the Blue Riband was transferred to Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) sister track Hall Green in 1999.^[3]

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP	Notes
1930	Mick the Miller	Glorious Event - Na Boc Lei	Sidney Orton (Wimbledon)	30.56	1-1f
1931	Mick the Miller	Glorious Event - Na Boc Lei	Sidney Orton (Wimbledon)	30.04	1-3f	Track record
1932	Future Cutlet	Mutton Cutlet - Wary Guide	Sidney Probert (Wembley)	29.81
1933	Goopy Gear		Arthur Doc Callanan (Wembley)	30.46	4-6f
1934	Black Warrior	Wily Warrior - Cook	Paddy Fortune (Wimbledon)	30.75	7-1
1935	Suil King	Eagles Beak – Cahirvough Lass	Arthur Doc Callanan (Wembley)	30.47	5-4f
1936	Suil King	Eagles Beak – Cahirvough Lass	Arthur Doc Callanan (Wembley)	30.31	7-4
1937	Shandy Gaff	Generous Nobleman – Share Call	Sidney Orton (Wimbledon)	30.15
1938	Sheehan		Joe Harmon (Wimbledon)	30.18	4-1	Dead-heat
1938	Golden Safeguard	Red Robin – Ellen Beaton	Jack Harvey (Wembley)	30.18	10-1	Dead-heat
1939	Gretas Rosary	Mick the Miller - Greta Ranee	Eddie Wright (Harringay)	30.39	5-2
1940	Junior Classic	Beef Cutlet-Lady Eleanor	Joe Harmon (Wimbledon)	29.60
1941	Rochester Clipper		Miss Olive Motchman (Park Royal)	29.92	10-1
1942	Dearlaw	Lovable Outlaw – Sly Coon	Paddy Fortune (Wimbledon)	30.48	33-1
1943	Flying Dart II	Shove Halfpenny – Osborne Peggy	Sid Jennings (Wembley)	29.59	2-1f
1944	Disputed Rattler	Dasher Lad – Cheer The Rattler	Sidney Orton (Wimbledon)	29.58	1-2f
1945	Ballyhennessy Seal	Lone Seal - Canadian Glory	Stan Martin (Wimbledon)	29.45	5-4f
1946	MacRamble		(West Ham)	29.72
1948	Whiterock Abbey	Farloe Cutlet - Acetone	Sidney Orton (Wimbledon)	29.68	10-1	Dead-heat
1948	Don Gipsey	Kusta Bok – Smartly Sally	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley)	29.68	1-1f	Dead-heat
1949	West End Dasher	Smartly Fergus – Second Fiddle	Bob Burls (Wembley)	29.62	13-8f
1950	Greenwood Tanist	Tanner Trial – Manly Marie	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley)	29.44	11-10f
1950	Black Mire	Darkies Gift - Kelton Flash	Jack Toseland (Perry Barr)	29.34	2-1
1952	Jeffs Pal	Ballyguiltenane Tom – Caherlevoy Beauty	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley)	29.26	13-8jf
1953	Bargain Hunter	Burhill Moon – Black Hussy	Fred Lugg (Brighton)	29.01	8-1
1954	Pauls Fun	Sandown Champion - All Fun	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley)	29.23	4-6f
1956	Northern King	Champion Prince – Big Bawn	Jack Harvey (Wembley)	29.40	2-5f
1958	Kilcaskin Kern	Magourna Reject - Pavona	Tony Dennis (Private)	29.39	9-4
1959	Mile Bush Pride	The Grand Champion – Witching Dancer	Jack Harvey (Wembley)	29.07	11-8
1960	Mile Bush Pride[4]	The Grand Champion – Witching Dancer	Jack Harvey (Wembley)	29.14	1-2f
1961	Long Span	Solar Prince – Monas Dancer	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley)	29.41
1965	Cons Duke	Crazy Parachute – Cons Diet	Lionel Maxen (Private)	29.50
1966	Petes Regret	Mad Era - Hapless	Bob Burls (Wembley)	29.87
1967	Dusty Trail	Printers Present - Dolores Daughter	Paddy Milligan (Private)	29.26
1968	Butchers Tec	Booked Out - Technician	Ronnie Melville (Wembley)	29.27
1969	Ballyseedy Star	Shanes Legacy – Ballyseedy Jay	Peter Hawkesley (West Ham)	29.61	11-8f
1970	Hymus Silver	Oregon Prince – Little Scamp	Paddy Milligan (Private)	29.87	7-1
1971	Dolores Rocket	Newdown Heather - Come On Dolores	Herbert White (Private)	29.30
1972	Proud Gamble	Silver Hope – Big Gamble	Bob Burls (Wembley)	29.56	3-1
1973	Shara Dee	Silver Hope – Silver Minnie	Noreen Collin (White City, London)	29.25	9-2
1974	Mountleader Gold	The Grand Silver – Perfect Anna	(Wembley)	29.31
1975	Pineapple Grand [5]	The Grand Silver – Pineapple Baby	Frank Baldwin (Perry Barr)	29.78
1976	Knockrour Bank	Clomoney Jet – Damsels Lass	John Coleman (Wembley)	29.01	7-4
1977	Linacre	Lively Band - Certral	Ted Dickson (Slough)	29.20	10-3
1978	Law Lad	Toms Pal -Alas	Paddy Milligan (Private)	29.02
1980	Linkside Champ			29.62

Venues & Distances

• 1930-1980 (Wembley 525y/490m)