1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
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The 1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 41st year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ^[1]

Roll of honour

Major Winners
Award	Name of Winner
1967 English Greyhound Derby	Tric Trac [2] [3]
1967 Irish Greyhound Derby	Russian Gun [4] [5]
1967 Scottish Greyhound Derby	Hi Ho Silver [6]
1967 Welsh Greyhound Derby	Not held [7]
Greyhound Trainer of the Year	Jim Hookway
Greyhound of the Year	Carry on Oregon
Irish Greyhound of the Year	Yanka 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. ^{[7] [8]}

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. ^[9]

Tracks

The expected sale of West Ham Stadium to the Greyhound Racing Association went ahead ^[10] 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. ^[11]

Three new tracks opened, Blackpool (Borough Park), Clacton and Braintree (Cressing Road). ^[12]

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. ^[11] 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. ^[12] Foot and mouth broke out towards the later part of the year causing major problems on the open race scene in England and Ireland. ^[11]

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. ^[13] 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. ^{[12] [14] [15]}

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. ^{[12] [11] [15]}

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. ^[16]

Principal UK races

Grand National, White City (April 22 525y h, £500) Pos Name of Greyhound Trainer SP Time Trap 1st The Grange Santa Nora Gleeson 9-4f 29.72 1 2nd Corville Cadet John Shevlin 4-1 29.94 3 3rd Officer Skite 4-1 30.08 6 4th Minnies Rover 11-2 30.48 2 5th 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) Pos Name of Greyhound Trainer SP Time Trap 1st Spectre II Jim Hookway 1-1f 50.09+ 4 2nd Miss Taft Bob Burls 4-1 50.47 6 3rd K P Yew Kenric Appleton 14-1 50.91 5 4th Jerpoint Button 5-1 51.25 1 5th Husky Crazy Pat Butler 9-2 51.51 2 6th Sonora 33-1 51.69 3 +Track Record

Gold Collar, Catford (May 13, 570y, £1,500) Pos Name of Greyhound Trainer SP Time Trap 1st Stylish Lad Jack Smith 5-2 33.75 5 2nd Monalee Champion Frank Conlon 2-1f 34.03 4 3rd Cons Duke Dave Barker 6-1 34.27 2 4th Coolkill Wonder Geoff De Mulder 5-1 34.47 1 5th Jerpoint Peric 12-1 34.53 6 6th Roamin Beauty Paddy Keane 9-2 34.65 5

Oaks, Harringay (Jul 3, 525y, £1,000) Pos Name of Greyhound Trainer SP Time Trap 1st Solerina Janice Thistleton 12-1 29.50 3 2nd Kit Blakeney Paddy Keane 4-5f 29.56 1 3rd Westland Lucy 7-1 29.62 6 4th Bregorteen Lass Stan Gudgin 16-1 29.86 2 5th Roamin Beauty Paddy Keane 4-1 30.02 5 6th Ciarraidhe John Bassett 6-1 30.34 4

Scurry Gold Cup, Clapton (Jul 15, 400y £1,000) Pos Name of Greyhound Trainer SP Time Trap 1st Carry On Oregon Clare Orton 1-2f 22.62 6 2nd Glittering Image Stan Gudgin 10-1 23.00 3 3rd Merry Rambler 40-1 23.22 4 4th Roamin Beauty Paddy Keane 7-2 23.30 1 5th The Golfer 16-1 23.31 2 6th Fawn Duke Phil Rees Sr. 10-1 23.77 5

Laurels, Wimbledon (Aug 11, 500y, £1,500) Pos Name of Greyhound Trainer SP Time Trap 1st Carry On Oregon Clare Orton 8-13f 27.89 6 2nd The Higgler Bob Burls 5-1 28.37 5 3rd Special Prairie 25-1 28.41 4 4th Joans Lion 4-1 28.49 1 5th Any Half Jimmy Rimmer 16-1 28.67 3 6th Barna 50-1 28.87 2

Scottish Greyhound Derby, Carntyne (Sep 2, 525y, £1,000) Pos Name of Greyhound Trainer SP Time Trap 1st Hi Ho Silver Norman Oliver 5-2 28.90 1 2nd Any M's Bill 'Willie' Weir 9-4jf 29.06 6 3rd Super Kid Joe Pickering 12-1 29.18 4 4th Forward Flash Jack Brennan 9-4jf 29.82 5 5th Castle Fame Joe Pickering 7-1 29.84 3 6th King Flash 8-1 30.14 2

St Leger, Wembley (Sep 4, 700y, £1,500) Pos Name of Greyhound Trainer SP Time Trap 1st O'Haras Rebel Bob Burls 6-1 39.54 3 2nd Big Steve Wilf France 7-4f 39.92 1 3rd High St Boy Colin McNally 12-1 40.04 4 4th Sock Tray Dromin Jack Harvey 5-2 40.16 2 5th Gezira John Brown 12-1 40.34 5 6th Forward King Ted Brennan 7-2 40.46 6

Cesarewitch, West Ham (Oct 6, 600y, £1,500) Pos Name of Greyhound Trainer SP Time Trap 1st Silver Hope Paddy Keane 2-1f 32.99 5 2nd Cheek to Cheek Paddy Keane 9-4 33.15 2 3rd Cullen Era Clare Orton 11-2 33.37 1 4th Corville Gallant John Bassett 5-1 33.41 4 5th Lambeth Walk John Bassett 5-1 33.51 3 6th Kilrea Power Les Parry 25-1 33.99 6

Totalisator returns

Extended content

The totalisator returns declared to the licensing authorities for the year 1967 are listed below. [17] Stadium Turnover £ London (White City) 6,496,117 London (Wimbledon) 4,181,060 London (Harringay) 3,912,082 London (Walthamstow) 3,409,092 London (Wembley) 2,715,432 London (Catford) 2,257,763 London (Clapton) 2,209,495 Manchester (Belle Vue) 2,031,408 London (West Ham) 1,998,003 London (Hendon) 1,580,493 Romford 1,489,670 Edinburgh (Powderhall) 1,468,453 London (New Cross) 1,462,718 Birmingham (Perry Barr, old) 1,394,941 London (Stamford Bridge) 1,383,794 London (Charlton) 1,312,037 Manchester (White City) 1,241,441 London (Hackney) 1,220,070 Brighton & Hove 1,213,400 Stadium Turnover £ Birmingham (Hall Green) 1,189,816 Newcastle (Brough Park) 1,092,931 London (Park Royal) 1,062,006 Glasgow (Shawfield) 1,036,705 Slough 924,780 Glasgow (White City) 921,383 Wolverhampton (Monmore) 920,735 Crayford & Bexleyheath 874,413 Leeds (Elland Road) 845,570 Sheffield (Owlerton) 840,143 Manchester (Salford) 803,470 Bristol (Eastville) 758,536 Southend-on-Sea 716,234 Birmingham (Kings Heath) 703,273 Willenhall 680,646 Gloucester & Cheltenham 662,667 Newcastle (Gosforth) 645,751 Cardiff (Arms Park) 618,901 Liverpool (White City) 575,558 Stadium Turnover £ Reading (Oxford Road) 571,035 Bradford (Greenfield) 569,377 Ramsgate (Dumpton Park) 562,006 Derby 508,614 Poole 502,555 Glasgow (Carntyne) 475,066 Cradley Heath 467,572 Rochester & Chatham 465,577 Oxford 424,069 Portsmouth 405,027 Middlesbrough 352,286 Leicester (Blackbird Rd) 331,339 Hull (Old Craven Park) 329,344 Preston 329,344 Nottingham (White City) 320,564 Aberdeen 272,181 Rayleigh (Essex) 226,821 Norwich (City) 225,514

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