Arena Racing Company Grand Prix
- This page is about the Sunderland Greyhound Race. For the former Walthamstow race, see The Grand Prix.
Category 2 race | |
Location | Sunderland |
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Inaugurated | 2007 |
Sponsor | William Hill |
Race information | |
Distance | 640 metres |
Surface | Sand |
Purse | £3,000 (winner) |
The Arena Racing Company Grand Prix (formerly the William Hill Grand Prix) is a greyhound racing competition inaugurated in 2007. It was held at Sunderland over 640 metres and formed part of a festival of racing at the track which also included the Classic.[1]
The race is not to be confused with the defunct classic race The Grand Prix formerly held at Walthamstow before its closure.[2]
Prize money levels were significant which propelled the race to Category One status but the new stadium owners Arena Racing Company (who bought the stadium in 2017) did not run the event during 2019 and 2020.[3]
In 2021, the competition was renamed from the William Hill Grand Prix to the Arena Racing Company Grand Prix and it was downgraded to a Category 2 event with £3,000 being presented to the winner.[4]
Past winners[]
Year | Winner | Breeding | Trainer | Time | SP | Notes |
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2007 | Go Edie Honda | Hondo Black – Mind The Way | Graham Hutt (Private) | 39.24 sec | 2–1f | |
2008 | Lenson Joker | Kiowa Sweet Trey - Free To Air | Tony Collett (Sittingbourne) | 39.29 sec | 4–6f | |
2009 | Crown Rover | Hallucinate - Saleen Chloe | Jimmy Wright (Newcastle) | 40.27 sec | 2–1 | |
2010 | England Expects | Westmead Hawk - Move Over Marie | Jimmy Wright (Newcastle) | 39.50 sec | 6–1 | |
2011 | Blonde Fletch | Black Shaw - Glebe Stapler | Mark Wallis (Yarmouth) | 39.45 sec | 7–4f | |
2012 | Swabys Princess | Westmead Hawk – Droopys Rena | Paul Young (Romford) | 40.49 sec | 6-1 | |
2013 | Hometown Honey [6] Calzaghe Lilly |
Hometown Boy Nga – Swift Blitz Droopys Scolari – Flying Winner |
Mark Wallis (Yarmouth) Ted Soppitt (Private) |
39.95 sec 39.95 sec |
5-1 1-1f |
dead heat for first place |
2014 | Farley Rio | Head Bound – Yellow Submarine | Kevin Boon (Yarmouth) | 39.40 sec | 4-1 | |
2015 | Bubbly Gold [7] | Hondo Black – Spioraid Cath | Paul Young (Romford) | 39.79 sec | 4-1 | |
2016 | Pinpoint Boom [8] | Shaneboy Lee – Newmarket Way | Kelly Macari (Sunderland) | 39.27 sec | 2-5f | |
2017 | Cloran Paddy [9] | Kinloch Brae - Russelena Barbie | Charlie Lister OBE (Private) | 39.72 sec | 2-1 | |
2018 | Bombers Bullet[10] | Droopys Cain - Headford Hoe | Mark Wallis (Towcester) | 39.10 sec | 9-4 | |
2019 | Not held | |||||
2020 | Not held | |||||
2021 | Coolavanny Bani[11] | Droopys Sydney - Toms Delight | Angela Harrison (Newcastle) | 39.21 sec | 7-2 |
Distances & Venue[]
- 2007–present (Sunderland 640 metres)
References[]
- ^ http://www.thedogs.co.uk
- ^ "Walthamstow Grand Prix". Greyhound Data. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Sunderland Classic Set to go Ahead/". Greyhound Star. 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Category 2 events". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Past Winners - William Hill Grand Prix". UKdogracing.net.
- ^ "2013 Grand Prix final". Greyhound Data. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "2015 Result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
- ^ "2016 Result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
- ^ "2017 Grand Prix". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
- ^ "Grand Prix 20.37 Race". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2018-07-19.
- ^ "THE ARC GRAND PRIX FINAL". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- Greyhound racing competitions in the United Kingdom
- Recurring sporting events established in 2007
- Sport in the City of Sunderland