The 2009 Blue Square Greyhound Derby took place during May with the final being held on 30 May 2009 at Wimbledon Stadium. The winner Kinda Ready received £100,000.
Final result At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):
PositionName of GreyhoundBreedingTrapSectionalSPTimeTrainer1stKinda ReadyJust the Best – Kinda Sleepy55.0225-128.65Mark Wallis (Harlow)2ndFear ZafonicPremier Fantasy – Farloe Oyster14.893-128.68Charlie Lister OBE (Private)3rdWise ThoughtClimate Control – Sierra Mist64.965-228.93Martin White (Private)4thFarloe ReasonDroopys Maldini – Farloe Oyster34.946-129.06Charlie Lister OBE (Private)5thBallymac RusoBallymac Maeve – Ballymac Lark24.902-1f29.21Matt Dartnall (Coventry)6thGlenard SunriseHades Rocket – Mossley Jo45.1010-129.32Matt Dartnall (Coventry)
Distances Neck, 3, 1½, 1¾, 1½ (lengths) The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.
Race report It took five rounds of action to narrow down the field to the final six greyhounds. Kinda Ready was the eventual winner, after picking up Fear Zafonic near the line. The rest of the field encountered crowding leaving the front two to battle it out. An April 2007 whelp, Kinda Ready was the youngest in the final, and was also the biggest price winner in the history of the Derby at Wimbledon. And biggest since 1975 at White City the previous home of the derby. This year also saw no Irish trained greyhounds in the final with last year's Irish Greyhound Derby winner Shelbourne Aston bowing out in the quarter-finals.
Quarter-finals
Heat 1 (19 May)PosName SP Time 1st Wise Thought 4-5f 28.692nd Jogadusc Ace 20-1 28.793rd Love Mac 10-1 29.134th Deanridge Fury 5-1 29.285th Ja Mann 5-2 29.516th Kylegrove Cougar 25-1 29.54
Heat 2 (19 May)PosName SP Time 1st Bubbly Maestro 7-1 28.532nd Cabra Boss 7-2 28.753rd Kinda Ready 2-1f 29.004th Kindred Sparky 6-1 29.065th Cabra Fly 3-1 29.136th Droopys Quinta 8-1 29.22
Heat 3 (19 May)PosName SP Time 1st Ballymac Ruso 4-1 28.512nd Farloe Reason 4-1 28.573rd Fear Zafonic 3-1jf 28.754th Shelbourne Aston 4-1 28.795th Greenwell River 8-1 28.866th Bandicoot Tipoki 3-1jf 28.91
Heat 4 (19 May)PosName SP Time 1st Glenard Sunrise 5-2 28.772nd Shelbourne Denny 14-1 29.123rd Stop The Show 16-1 29.164th Marbeck Wonder 8-1 29.325th Romeo Turbo 12-1 29.406th Windy Millar 1-2f 29.48
Semifinals
First Semifinal (23 May)PosName of Greyhound SP Time Trainer1st Ballymac Ruso 7-4f 28.59 Dartnall2nd Wise Thought 9-4 28.60 Philpott3rd Fear Zafonic 9-4 28.66 Lister4th Stop The Show 25-1 28.68 Simpson5th Shelbourne Denny 25-1 28.78 Curtin6th Jogadusc Ace 12-1 28.85 Wallis
Second Semifinal (23 May)PosName of Greyhound SP Time Trainer1st Glenard Sunrise 3-1 28.77 Dartnall2nd Kinda Ready 8-1 28.90 Wallis3rd Farloe Reason 5-4f 28.97 Lister4th Cabra Boss 5-1 28.98 McNair5th Love Mac 16-1 29.08 Locke6th Bubbly Maestro 3-1 29.15 Young
See also 2009 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
References
Results
External links Greyhound Board of Great Britain Greyhound Data