The 1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 42nd year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and the 41st year of greyhound racing in Ireland.

Roll of honour Major Winners Award Name of Winner1967 English Greyhound Derby Tric Trac 1967 Irish Greyhound Derby Russian Gun 1967 Scottish Greyhound Derby Hi Ho Silver 1967 Welsh Greyhound Derby Not held Greyhound Trainer of the Year Jim Hookway Greyhound of the Year Carry on OregonIrish Greyhound of the YearYanka Boy

Summary The Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service (BAGS) was formed to alleviate some of the ongoing problems of afternoon racing. The leading bookmaking firms funded BAGS who would pay the National Greyhound Racing Society (NGRS) a set fee for the off course rights. The NGRS would then distribute the money between all NGRC affiliated tracks. This system would continue until 1978. The first tracks selected to host the race meetings were Park Royal, Kings Heath, Stamford Bridge and Oxford.

Government tote tax was reduced from 5% to 2.5%. The annual totalisator turnover was £66,216,938 but attendances dipped below 10 million for the first time since 1927. There were 6009 meetings.

Tracks The expected sale of West Ham Stadium to the Greyhound Racing Association went ahead followed by the GRA purchase of Charlton Stadium. The GRA property trust then sold both within six years as they were redeveloped for housing and a shopping centre respectively.

Three new tracks opened, Blackpool (Borough Park), Clacton and Braintree (Cressing Road).

News Clapton Stadium installed a closed-circuit television race patrol camera that was able to replay the races to the public. Although very expensive the equipment was a hit and would set the scene for the future. Former track owner John Bilsland died in June leaving legacies to three universities and their electrical engineers departments. Geoff De Mulder took over the kennels from his father Joe De Mulder. Foot and mouth broke out towards the later part of the year causing major problems on the open race scene in England and Ireland.

Competitions The Crazy Parachute - Supreme Witch litter began to come to prominence, Forward Flash had won the Juvenile in 1966 and his brother Spectre II won the BBC Sportsview Television Trophy in April, with a track record in the final. Tric Trac and Spectre II then famously finished first and second in the 1967 English Greyhound Derby. After the final Tric-Trac was put to stud. The litter continued their good form when Forward Flash won the Manchester Cup and appeared in the Scottish Greyhound Derby final, while Forward King became Stewards' Cup champion as well as making the St Leger final along with litter sister Gezira at Wembley. Spectre II also won the Midlands St Leger at Wolverhampton.

Monalee Champion trained by Frank Conlon broke Fearless Mac's White City track record when winning the Longcross Cup, winning his semi-final by 16 lengths and defeating Tric-Trac in the final. After running up in the Gold Collar final his preparations for the English Derby were hit when Conlon lost his licence and the dog was transferred to Vicky Holloway. Carry on Oregon, a brindle dog, came to prominence by lifting the Scurry Gold Cup in July and within a month the Laurels at Wimbledon Stadium was won. Carry on Oregon would be voted as Greyhound of the year.

Ireland For the second successive year a greyhound won the double of the Easter Cup and Callanan Cup. The greyhound this time was Tinys Tidy Town who emulated Clomoney Grand's 1966 achievement. Tinys Tidy Town then joined Gay McKenna for a tilt at the English Derby.

Principal UK races

Grand National, White City (April 22 525y h, £500) PosName of GreyhoundTrainerSP TimeTrap 1st The Grange Santa Nora Gleeson 9-4f 29.72 1 2nd Corville Cadet John Shevlin 4-1 29.94 33rd Officer Skite 4-1 30.08 64th Minnies Rover 11-2 30.48 25th Innsbruck Clare Orton 3-1 30.51 4 N/R I'm Out John Bassett 5

BBC Sportsview TV Trophy Brighton (Apr 25, 880y, £1,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Spectre II Jim Hookway 1-1f 50.09+ 42nd Miss Taft Bob Burls 4-1 50.47 63rd K P Yew Kenric Appleton 14-1 50.91 54th Jerpoint Button 5-1 51.25 15th Husky Crazy Pat Butler9-2 51.51 26th Sonora 33-1 51.693 +Track Record

Gold Collar, Catford (May 13, 570y, £1,500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Stylish Lad Jack Smith 5-2 33.75 5 2nd Monalee Champion Frank Conlon 2-1f 34.03 43rd Cons Duke Dave Barker 6-1 34.27 24th Coolkill Wonder Geoff De Mulder 5-1 34.47 15th Jerpoint Peric 12-1 34.53 6 6th Roamin Beauty Paddy Keane 9-2 34.65 5

Oaks, Harringay (Jul 3, 525y, £1,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Solerina Janice Thistleton 12-1 29.50 32nd Kit Blakeney Paddy Keane 4-5f 29.56 13rd Westland Lucy 7-1 29.62 64th Bregorteen Lass Stan Gudgin 16-1 29.86 25th Roamin Beauty Paddy Keane 4-1 30.02 56th Ciarraidhe John Bassett 6-1 30.34 4

Scurry Gold Cup, Clapton (Jul 15, 400y £1,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Carry On Oregon Clare Orton 1-2f 22.62 62nd Glittering Image Stan Gudgin 10-1 23.00 33rd Merry Rambler 40-123.22 44th Roamin Beauty Paddy Keane 7-2 23.30 15th The Golfer 16-1 23.31 26th Fawn Duke Phil Rees Sr. 10-1 23.77 5

Laurels, Wimbledon (Aug 11, 500y, £1,500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Carry On Oregon Clare Orton 8-13f 27.89 62nd The Higgler Bob Burls 5-1 28.37 53rd Special Prairie 25-1 28.41 44th Joans Lion 4-1 28.49 15th Any Half Jimmy Rimmer 16-1 28.67 36th Barna 50-1 28.87 2

Scottish Greyhound Derby, Carntyne (Sep 2, 525y, £1,000)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Hi Ho Silver Norman Oliver 5-2 28.90 12nd Any M's Bill 'Willie' Weir 9-4jf 29.06 63rd Super Kid Joe Pickering 12-1 29.18 44th Forward Flash Jack Brennan 9-4jf 29.82 55th Castle Fame Joe Pickering 7-1 29.84 36th King Flash 8-1 30.14 2

St Leger, Wembley (Sep 4, 700y, £1,500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st O'Haras Rebel Bob Burls 6-1 39.54 32nd Big Steve Wilf France 7-4f 39.92 13rd High St Boy Colin McNally 12-1 40.04 44th Sock Tray Dromin Jack Harvey 5-2 40.16 25th Gezira John Brown 12-1 40.34 56th Forward King Ted Brennan 7-2 40.46 6

Cesarewitch, West Ham (Oct 6, 600y, £1,500)PosName of Greyhound TrainerSP Time Trap 1st Silver Hope Paddy Keane 2-1f 32.99 52nd Cheek to Cheek Paddy Keane 9-4 33.15 23rd Cullen Era Clare Orton 11-2 33.37 14th Corville Gallant John Bassett 5-1 33.41 45th Lambeth Walk John Bassett 5-1 33.51 36th Kilrea Power Les Parry 25-1 33.99 6

Totalisator returns

The totalisator returns declared to the licensing authorities for the year 1967 are listed below.

StadiumTurnover £London (White City) 6,496,117London (Wimbledon) 4,181,060London (Harringay) 3,912,082London (Walthamstow) 3,409,092London (Wembley) 2,715,432London (Catford) 2,257,763London (Clapton) 2,209,495Manchester (Belle Vue) 2,031,408London (West Ham) 1,998,003London (Hendon) 1,580,493Romford 1,489,670Edinburgh (Powderhall) 1,468,453London (New Cross) 1,462,718Birmingham (Perry Barr, old)1,394,941London (Stamford Bridge) 1,383,794London (Charlton) 1,312,037Manchester (White City) 1,241,441London (Hackney) 1,220,070Brighton & Hove 1,213,400

StadiumTurnover £Birmingham (Hall Green) 1,189,816Newcastle (Brough Park) 1,092,931London (Park Royal) 1,062,006Glasgow (Shawfield) 1,036,705Slough 924,780Glasgow (White City) 921,383Wolverhampton (Monmore)920,735Crayford & Bexleyheath 874,413Leeds (Elland Road) 845,570Sheffield (Owlerton) 840,143Manchester (Salford) 803,470Bristol (Eastville) 758,536Southend-on-Sea 716,234Birmingham (Kings Heath) 703,273Willenhall 680,646Gloucester & Cheltenham 662,667Newcastle (Gosforth)645,751Cardiff (Arms Park) 618,901Liverpool (White City) 575,558

StadiumTurnover £Reading (Oxford Road)571,035Bradford (Greenfield) 569,377Ramsgate (Dumpton Park) 562,006Derby508,614Poole502,555Glasgow (Carntyne) 475,066Cradley Heath 467,572Rochester & Chatham 465,577Oxford424,069Portsmouth 405,027Middlesbrough 352,286Leicester (Blackbird Rd) 331,339Hull (Old Craven Park) 329,344Preston 329,344Nottingham (White City)320,564Aberdeen 272,181Rayleigh (Essex) 226,821Norwich (City) 225,514

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