1940 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year Contents Roll of...
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StakesPrestigeProduce StakesPuppy ClassicPuppy DerbyReading MastersRegencyRomford Puppy CupScottish Greyhound DerbyScurry Gold CupSelect StakesSilver SalverSpringbokSt LegerSt Mungo CupSteel City CupStewards' CupSussex CupTestThree Steps to VictoryTrafalgar CupTrainers ChampionshipTrainer of the YearTV TrophyTwo Year Old Produce StakesWelsh Greyhound DerbyWembley Spring CupWilliam Hill ClassicWilliam Hill Grand PrixWJ & JE Cearns InvitationYorkshire St LegerCallanan CupCesarewitchChampion StakesCorn CuchulainnCox CupDerbyDundalk InternationalEaster CupGrand NationalGreyhound of the YearIrish Sprint CupJuvenile ClassicKirby Memorial StakesLaurelsMcAlevey Gold CupMcAlinden CupMcCalmont CupNational Produce StakesNorthern Irish DerbyOaksPuppy DerbyRace of ChampionsSelect StakesShelbourne 600Shelbourne Gold CupSt LegerTipperary CupTrigo CupBelle VueBrighton & HoveCentral ParkCrayfordDoncasterHarlowHenlowKinsleyMonmore GreenNewcastleNottinghamPelaw GrangePerry BarrPeterboroughPooleRomfordShawfieldSheffieldSunderlandSwindonYarmouthBirmingham (Hall Green)Birmingham (Kings Heath)Birmingham (old Perry Barr)Birmingham (Perry Barr)BlackburnBlackpool (Squires Gate)Blackpool (St Annes)BoltonBournemouthBradford (City Stadium)Bradford (Greenfield)Brighton & HoveBristol (Eastville)Bristol (Knowle)BurnleyCambridgeCanterburyCastleford (Whitwood)ChestertonClactonCoventry (Brandon)Coventry (Lythalls)Cradley HeathCrayfordCrayford and BexleyheathDerbyDoncaster (Sprotbrough)Doncaster (Stainforth)ExeterGatesheadGloucester and CheltenhamHalifaxHarlowHenlowHull (Boulevard)Hull (Old Craven Park)Hull (New Craven Park)HuntingdonIpswichKinsleyLeeds (Elland Road)Leeds (Fullerton Park)Leeds (Parkside)LeicesterLeicester (Aylestone Road)Liverpool (Breck Park)Liverpool (Seaforth)Liverpool (Stanley)Liverpool (White City)London (Brixton)London (Catford)London (Charlton)London (Clapton)London (Dagenham)London (Hackney)London (Harringay)London (Hendon)London (New Cross)London (Park Royal)London (Perry Hill)London (Stamford Bridge)London (Walthamstow)London (Wandsworth)London (Watford)London (Wembley)London (West Ham)London (White City)London (Wimbledon)Long EatonMaidstoneManchester (Audenshaw)Manchester (Belle Vue)Manchester (White City)MansfieldMiddlesbroughMildenhallMilton KeynesNewcastle (Brough Park)Newcastle (Gosforth)Newcastle (White City)Norton CanesNorwich (Boundary Park)Norwich (City Stadium)Nottingham (Colwick)Nottingham (White City)OldhamOxfordPelaw GrangePeterboroughPlymouth (Pennycross)PoolePortsmouth (Copnor)Portsmouth (Tipner)PrestonRamsgateRayleigh WeirReading (Bennet Road)Reading (Oxford Road)RochdaleRochesterRomfordRye HouseSalford (Albion)Sheffield (Darnall)Sheffield (Owlerton)SittingbourneSloughSouthamptonSouthendSouth ShieldsSpennymoorStainesStanleyStockport (Hazel Grove)Stoke (Cobridge)SunderlandSwaffhamSwindonTamworthTowcesterWakefieldWarringtonWillenhallWisbechWolverhampton (Monmore)YarmouthAldershotAshingtonAskernAycliffeBarnsley (Dillington Park)BarnstapleBarrow (Craven Park)Barrow (Park Road)Bedford (Nelson Street)BelmontBideford (Sports Ground)Bideford (Shebbertown Racecourse)Bolton (Westhoughton)Blackpool (Borough Park)Boston (Shodfriars Lane)Boston (Sports Stadium)Bournemouth (Ensbury Park Racecourse)Braintree (Cressing Road)BrownhillsBury St EdmundsCastleford Sports StadiumChelmsford (New Writtle St)ChesterChesterfieldCoalvilleCoundonDoverDurhamEarls BartonEasingtonEllesmere PortExeterGlastonburyGloucester (Horton Road)Great HoughtonHartlepoolGoldthorpe (Highgate)HinckleyHoughton-le-SpringHull (Craven Street)KeighleyKingskerswellKing's LynnLondon (Battersea)London (Crooked Billet)London (Dagenham old)London (Edmonton)London (Greenford)London (Mitcham)London (Southall)London (Temple Mills)London (Welling)LutonMansfield WoodhouseMarchMelton MowbrayMexboroughNewton Abbot RacecourseNorthamptonNorwich (The Firs)Norwich (Thorpe)Nottingham (Olympic)Plymouth (Beacon Park)PontefractRamsgate (Newington)Romford (old)Rotherham (Holmes)Rotherham (Millmoor)St Helens (Park Road)Sheffield (Hyde Park)ShirebrookSkegness StadiumSomercotesSouthend (Kursaal)Stockton-on-Tees (Belle Vue Park)Stockton-on-Tees (Victoria Ground)Stoke-on-Trent (Hanley)Swindon (Common Platt)SystonTaunton (County Ground)Taunton (Priory Park)ThurnscoeWansbeckWarwickWeymouthWheatley HillWigan (Poolstock)Wigan (Woodhouse Lane)Wombwell (Hough Lane)Wombwell (Station Road)WorkingtonWorksopYarmouth (old)Yeovil (Huish)Yeovil (Larkhill)Yeovil (West Hendford)ClonmelCorkDundalkEnniscorthyGalwayKilkennyLiffordLimerickLongfordMullingarNewbridgeShelbourne ParkThurlesTraleeWaterfordYoughalArdfertArklowBallinaBallybunionBlackrockBrayBundoranCork (Show Grounds)Cork (Western Road)Dublin (Chapelizod)Dublin (Harold's Cross)Dublin (Santry)Dundalk (Ramparts)KilkeeKilrushLimerick (Markets Field)NavanNewbridge (St Conleth's Park)SligoAberdeen (Holburn)Dundee (Dens Park)Edinburgh (Marine Gardens)Edinburgh (Powderhall)Edinburgh (Stenhouse)Falkirk (Brockville Park)Falkirk (Diamond)Glasgow (Albion)Glasgow (Carntyne)Glasgow (Firhill)Glasgow (Shawfield)Glasgow (White City)Aberdeen (Regent Park)AllantonArmadale (Bathgate Road)Armadale (Volunteer Park)AuchinleckAyr (Voluntary Park)Ayr (Tams Brig)BarrheadBerwickBlantyreCarfinCorbiewoodCowdenbeath (Central Park)Cowdenbeath (North End Park)CrossgatesDennyDumbartonDumfriesDundee (Tannadice Park)Dunfermline (East End Park)Dunfermline (Milesmark)Edinburgh (Royal Gymnasium)Falkirk (Firs Park)GalstonGlasgow (Ashfield)Glasgow (Clydeholm)Glasgow (Coatbridge)Glasgow (Mount Vernon)Glasgow (Nelson)Greenock (Cappielow)Gretna (Halcrow)Gretna (Raydale Park)Hawick (Albert Park)Hawick (Target Hill)Irvine (Caledonian)Irvine (Townhead)KilmarnockKincardineKirkcaldyLarkhallLinlithgowMethilMotherwell (Clyde Valley)Motherwell (Milton Street)PaisleyShotts (Gasworks)Shotts (Stadium)StevenstonStirling (Forthbank Park)ThorntonTranentWallyfordWishawCaerphilly (Virginia Park)Cardiff Arms ParkCardiff (White City)NewportSwansea (White City)AberdareBarryBedwelltyBridgendGlaisHaverfordwestMaestegMerthyr TydfilMilford HavenPembroke (White City)Pontypool RoadPontypridd (Hawthorn)Pontypridd (Taff Vale Park)PorthSkewenSwansea (Fforestfach)Taff's WellTredegar (Jesmond Dene)Tredegar (Recreation Ground)Ystrad Mynach (Valley)
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The 1940 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 15th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.[1]
Contents
1 Roll of honour
2 Summary
3 Tracks
3.1 Tracks opened
4 Competitions
5 News
6 Ireland
7 Principal UK races
8 References
Roll of honour
| Major Winners | |
|---|---|
| Award | Name of Winner |
1940 English Greyhound Derby [2] | G.R.Archduke |
1940 Irish Greyhound Derby [3] | Tanist |
| 1940 Scottish Greyhound Derby [4] | Ballycurren Soldier |
Summary
The government were reportedly on the verge of calling a ban on racing and tracks that remained open were beset with problems with many of their staff being called up to fight in the war. In addition many of the greyhound owners were unable to pay the kennel fees to their respective trainers for the same reason. The Greyhound Express even ran an article about their own dwindling staff at the newspaper.[5] The anti–betting lobby led by the Labour Party wanted a total ban to racing, quoting that the public transport was being used by racegoers and as a result munitions factory workers were having to walk home. The nation was divided in regards to allowing racing to continue.[6]
Despite the problems the industry continued to record remarkable results, in terms of attendances and totalisator turnover. The leading greyhound company, the Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) saw reduced profits as expected but still made a net profit of £74,988. The figure was made all the more surprising because from 24 June until 31 December the company had only staged 23 meetings across its race tracks. GRA attendances for the year dropped but remained healthy at 2,516,816.[7]
After receiving instruction from the government, all tracks were ordered by the sports administrative body (the National Greyhound Racing Society) to reduce racing to one meeting per week.[8]
G.R.Archduke won the 1940 English Greyhound Derby,[9] which became known as the 'Silent Derby' due to the fact that it started at White City but ended at Harringay Stadium, after White City closed for the rest if the war.[10]
Tracks
Sunderland Greyhound Stadium held its inaugural race meeting on 23 March and Yarmouth Stadium opened on 11 May but would close soon after.[11] The Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium kennels moved from on site to Albourne.[12]
Tracks opened
| Date | Stadium/Track | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 23 March | Sunderland Greyhound Stadium | Sunderland |
| 1 April | Mains Park | Linlithgow |
| 11 May | Yarmouth Stadium | Yarmouth |
Competitions
Many of the major competitions were postponed until 1945, classic races the Scurry Gold Cup, Cesarewitch and St Leger were some of the biggest casualties.[6] The Joe Harmon trained brindle, Juvenile Classic, completed a second successful campaign in the Grand National. He had finished runner up the previous year and had won it during 1938. The Gold Collar followed the Grand National as usual and the Wembley trained Cash Balance stopped Grosvenor Ferdinand, now trained by Jack Harvey, from becoming the first greyhound to defend the title successfully.[6]
The Scottish Greyhound Derby in July, was won by local greyhound Ballycurreen Soldier, who would justify favouritism as he defeated Grosvenor Ferdinand, Junior Classic and defending champion Misty Law II. In the Laurels, Derby finalists Rock Callan and Keel Creamery failed to overcome April Burglar.[13]
News
Regular fund raising for the war effort from the greyhound racing public raised significant amounts throughout the year.[12]
Ireland
In Ireland the 1940 Irish Greyhound Derby would not take place until October and a superstar would emerge, without fully being recognised during his racing career. Tanist was a brindle dog whelped in March 1938 by Inler out of the dam Tranquilia and would later become arguably the most significant breeding sire in Irish history.[14][15] Owned Mr W.Twyford (real name Father F.Browne) and trained by Billy Quinn he reached the final of the Easter Cup at Shelbourne Park, won by Shy Sandy in April and broke the track record, recording 29.66 seconds and was also the first to break 30 seconds barrier at Clonmel Greyhound Stadium, setting a new record in his only race there. He finished runner up to great rival Another Dancing Willie in the McAlinden Cup final before being bought by Londoner Arthur Probert for £200. He was sent to Paddy McEllistrim at Wimbledon Stadium before returning to Ireland, he set a new Irish national record for 525 yards and was entered for the 1940 Irish Derby. In every heat of the Derby he set a new track record and, by the time of the final, was a popular favourite. He beat the field including Another Dancing Willie in the final; the first time 30 seconds had been broken in a final.[16][17]
Billy Quinn owned and trained another greyhound called Ballynennan Moon who was born in April 1939, five months before the war. In August he was to make his first appearance in public winning the North Kilkenny Stakes. In his first twenty races he won eight times but, in the last of those, he broke 30 seconds to defeat Roeside Liene and Quinn then negotiated a sale to Mrs Jessie Cearns, wife of the managing director of Wimbledon Stadium.[14]
Principal UK races
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References
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