The Greyhound Derby may have a new home at Towcester but it is still the most eagerly awaited greyhound race of them all.
In 2017 Astute Missile became the biggest priced winner in living memory and, like the 2014 winner, Salad Dodger, he made the final without winning any of the earlier rounds of the competition.
Charlie Lister, awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to greyhound racing, has won the competition an amazing seven times and Nick Savva, famous for breeding dogs with the ‘Westmead’ prefix on four occasions. His 1998 winner, Toms The Best became the first (and only) greyhound to do the ‘Derby double’ by claiming the Irish version nine months beforehand.
Greyhound Derby winners at Towcester
| Year | Winner | Trainer (And home track) | Price | Winning time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Astute Missile | Shamus Cahill (Hove) | 28/1 | 28.92 |
Greyhound Derby winners at Wimbledon
| Year | Winner | Trainer (And home track) | Price | Winning time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jaytee Jet | Paul Hennessy (Ireland) | 15/8F | 28.22 |
| 2015 | Rio Quattro | Danny Riordan (Harlow) | 5/1 | 28.24 |
| 2014 | Salad Dodger | Bruno Berwick (Private) | 16/1 | 28.38 |
| 2013 | Sidaz Jack | Charlie Lister (Private) | 6/1 | 28.38 |
| 2012 | Blondie Snapper | Mark Wallis (Yarmouth) | 8/1 | 28.65 |
| 2011 | Taylors Sky | Charlie Lister (Private) | 7/4F | 28.17 |
| 2010 | Bandicoot Tipoki | Charlie Lister (Private) | 7/2 | 28.65 |
| 2009 | Kinda Ready | Mark Wallis (Yarmouth) | 25/1 | 28.65 |
| 2008 | Loyal Honcho | Seamus Graham (Ireland) | 5/2JF | 28.60 |
| 2007 | Westmead Lord | Nick Savva (Private) | 6/1 | 28.47 |
| 2006 | Westmead Hawk | Nick Savva (Private) | 4/7F | 28.44 |
| 2005 | Westmead Hawk | Nick Savva (Private) | 5/4F | 28.56 |
| 2004 | Droopys Scholes | Ian Reilly (Ireland) | 7/2 | 28.62 |
| 2003 | Farloe Verdict | Charlie Lister (Private) | 12/1 | 28.82 |
| 2002 | Allen Gift | Claude Gardiner (Hove) | 16/1 | 29.06 |
| 2001 | Rapid Ranger | Charlie Lister (Private) | 7/4 | 28.71 |
| 2000 | Rapid Ranger | Charlie Lister (Private) | 7/4F | 28.71 |
| 1999 | Chart King | Karl & Ralph Hewitt (Ireland) | 8/11F | 28.76 |
| 1998 | Toms The Best | Nick Savva (Milton Keynes) | 4/5F | 28.75 |
| 1997 | Some Picture | Charlie Lister (Nottingham) | 8/13F | 28.23 |
| 1996 | Shanless Slippy | Dolores Ruth (Ireland) | 4/9F | 28.23 |
| 1995 | Moaning Lad | Theo Mentzis (Private) | 5/2 | 28.66 |
| 1994 | Moral Standards | Tony Meek (Hall Green) | 9/4F | 28.59 |
| 1993 | Ringa Hustle | Tony Meek (Oxford) | 5/2 | 28.62 |
| 1992 | Farloe Melody | Matt O’Donnell (Ireland) | 6/4F | 28.88 |
| 1991 | Ballinderry Ash | Patsy Byrne (Wimbledon) | 5/1 | 28.78 |
| 1990 | Slippy Blue | Ken Linzell (Walthamstow) | 8/1 | 28.70 |
| 1989 | Lartigue Note | Ger McKenna (Ireland) | 1/1JF | 28.79 |
| 1988 | Hit The Lid | John McGee (Canterbury) | 3/1 | 28.53 |
| 1987 | Signal Spark | Gary Baggs (Walthamstow) | 14/1 | 28.83 |
| 1987 | Pagan Swallow | Phil Rees (Wimbledon) | 9/1 | 29.04 |