2022 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

2022 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
2022 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
	← 2021 →

The 2022 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year is the 97th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.^[1]^[2]

The year started well with Kevin Boothby's Suffolk Downs being granted a licence.^[3] The first trial session took place on 12 January^[4] and the first meeting was held on 8 February 2022, with the primary race distance being 388 metres.^[5]

Roll of honour[]

Major Winners
Award	Name of Winner


Greyhound Trainer of the Year
UK Greyhound of the Year
Irish Greyhound of the Year

Arc/Entain Trainers Championship, Monmore (30 Apr)
Pos	Name of Trainer	Points
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Summary[]

News[]

Ireland[]

Competitions[]

Principal UK finals[]

Premier Greyhound Racing Golden Jacket, Crayford (19 Feb, 714m, £20,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st	Bellmore Sally	4	5/4f	44.81	James Fenwick
2nd	Droopys Senorita	5	18/1	45.23	Claude Gardiner
3rd	Warzone Tom	3	15/8	45.61	Liz McNair
4th	Piercestown Dove	2	6/1	45.67	Derek Knight
5th	Burgess Hannah	6	25/1	45.68	Anthony Gifkins
6th	Antigua Lava	1	6/1	45.74	Mark Wallis

Coral TV Trophy, Brighton (9 April, 955m, £15,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Arena Racing Company Laurels, Perry Barr (28 Apr, 480m, £6,500)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Grand National, Central Park (8 May, 480mH, £7,500)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

East Anglian Derby, Yarmouth (14 Sep, 462m, £15,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

ARC St Leger, Perry Barr (22 Sep, 710m, £10,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

ARC Oaks, Perry Barr (27 Oct, 480m, £15,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Ladbrokes Cesarewitch, Crayford (26 Nov, 874m, £10,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Principal Irish finals[]

Ladbrokes Easter Cup, Shelbourne (13 Mar, 550y, €25,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Con & Annie Kirby Memorial, Limerick (24 Apr, 525y, €80,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Larry O'Rourke National Produce, Clonmel (5 Jun, 525y, €16,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Sporting Press Oaks, Shelbourne (19 Jun, 525y, €25,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Boylesports Champion Stakes, Shelbourne (31 July, 550y, €20,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Bar One Racing Irish Sprint Cup, Dundalk (15 Aug, 400y, €20,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

SIS Juvenile Derby, Shelbourne (16 Oct, 525y, €20,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Irish Laurels, Cork (23 Oct, 525y, €30,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Friends of Limerick Irish St Leger, Limerick (27 Nov, 550y, €30,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

Dundalk International, Dundalk (tba, 550y, €20,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trap	SP	Time	Trainer
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th

UK Category 1 & 2 competitions[]


Competition	Date	Venue	Winning Greyhound
Coral Essex Vase	28 Jan	Romford	Coolavanny Aunty^[6]
Premarket Pets Blue Riband	30 Jan	Towcester	Ivy Hill Skyhigh^[7]
ARC Northern Puppy Derby	15 Feb	Newcastle	Freedom Alibi^[8]
Ladbrokes Winter Derby	26 Feb	Monmore	Burnchurch Mick
Northamptonshire Sprint	27 Feb	Towcester	Crossfield Dusty^[9]
Coral Golden Sprint	18 Mar	Romford
Premier Greyhound Racing Puppy Derby	19 Mar	Monmore
Towcester Marathon	20 Mar	Towcester
BGBF British Breeders Stakes	21 Mar	Nottingham
George Ing St Leger	26 Mar	Yarmouth
Arena Racing Company Northern Flat	30 Mar	Newcastle
Arena Racing Company Springbok	3 Apr	Central Park
Coral Brighton Belle	9 Apr	Hove
Arena Racing Company Grand Prix	21 Apr	Sunderland
KAB Maiden Derby	1 May	Towcester
Ladbrokes Kent St Leger	21 May	Crayford
Ladbrokes Guys and Dolls	26 Jun	Crayford
Ladbrokes Kent Vase	26 Jun	Crayford
Coral Sussex Cup	30 Jul	Hove
Coral Regency	30 Jul	Hove
Champion Hurdle	31 Jul	Central Park
Juvenile	31 Jul	Towcester
Gain Nutrition 3 Steps to Victory	9 Aug	Sheffield
Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic	27 Aug	Monmore
Ladbrokes Gold Cup	27 Aug	Monmore
Towcester Trophy	28 Aug	Towcester
ARC Puppy Classic	29 Aug	Nottingham
ARC Select Stakes	29 Aug	Nottingham
ARC Birmingham Cup	22 Sep	Perry Barr
76th Produce Stakes	25 Sep	Swindon
Stadium Bookmakers Empress Stakes	25 Sep	Towcester
Coral Romford Puppy Cup	30 Sep	Romford
Steel City Cup	15 Oct	Sheffield
Coral Champion Stakes	21 Oct	Romford
BGBF Puppy Cup	23 Oct	Towcester
Scurry Gold Cup	28 Oct	Perry Barr
Kent Derby	30 Oct	Central Park
Towcester Racing Company Hunt Cup	13 Nov	Towcester
ARC Classic	17 Nov	Sunderland
Ladbrokes Gold Collar	22 Nov	Crayford
Ladbrokes Kent Rosebowl	27 Nov	Crayford
Eclipse	28 Nov	Nottingham
Coral Olympic	17 Dec	Hove
ARC National Sprint	20 Dec	Nottingham
The Puppy Derby	26 Dec	Towcester
ARC All England Cup	28 Dec	Newcastle

Irish feature competitions[]


Competition	Date	Venue	Winning Greyhound
RCETS Gold Cup	5 Feb	Shelbourne	Skywalker Barry
Greyhound & Petworld Juvenile Classic	13 Mar	Tralee
Ballymac Anton at Stud McCalmont Cup	26 Mar	Kilkenny
Waterford Select Stakes	3 Apr	Waterford
Shelbourne 600	17 Apr	Shelbourne
SIS Irish Cesarewitch	15 May	Mullingar
SIS Race of Champions	19 Jun	Tralee
Corn Cuchulainn	17 Jul	Shelbourne
Champion 550	17 Jul	Shelbourne
Centenary Agri Tipperary Cup	31 Jul	Thurles
Irish Grand National	4 Dec	Cork
Kingdom Derby	21 Dec	Tralee

References[]

^ "CAT 1 & CAT 2 EVENTS 2022". Greyhound Star. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "GBGB announces 2022 Category One Schedule". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Suffolk Downs granted GBGB licence". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Suffolk Downs first trial session". Greyhound Star. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "Suffolk Downs is up and running". Greyhound Star. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
^ "Coral Essex Vase Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
^ "THE PREMARKET PETS BLUE RIBAND - FINAL". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "The ARC Northern Puppy Derby Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Northamptonshire Sprint Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

[1] "CAT 1 & CAT 2 EVENTS 2022". Greyhound Star. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[2] "GBGB announces 2022 Category One Schedule". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[3] "Suffolk Downs granted GBGB licence". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[4] "Suffolk Downs first trial session". Greyhound Star. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[5] "Suffolk Downs is up and running". Greyhound Star. Retrieved 13 February 2022.

[6] "Coral Essex Vase Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[7] "THE PREMARKET PETS BLUE RIBAND - FINAL". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 4 February 2022.

[8] "The ARC Northern Puppy Derby Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[9] "Northamptonshire Sprint Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

v t Greyhound stadiums in Ireland
Current (Republic of Ireland)	Clonmel Cork Dundalk Enniscorthy Galway Kilkenny Limerick Longford Mullingar Newbridge Shelbourne Park Thurles Tralee Waterford Youghal
Current (Northern Ireland)	Derry Drumbo Park
Former (Republic of Ireland)	Ardfert Arklow Ballina Ballybunion Blackrock Bray Bundoran Clones Cork (Show Grounds) Cork (Western Road) Dublin (Chapelizod) Dublin (Harold's Cross) Dublin (Santry) Dundalk (Ramparts) Kilkee Kilrush Lifford Limerick (Markets Field) Navan Newbridge (St Conleth's Park) Sligo
Former (Northern Ireland)	Ballyskeagh Celtic Park Dungannon Dunmore Stadium Omagh