Champion Stakes (English greyhound race)

For other races with similar names, see Champion Stakes (disambiguation).

Champion Stakes

Westmead Suprise, 1993 winner
Class	Category 1
Location	Romford
Inaugurated	1929
Sponsor	Premier Greyhound Racing
Race information
Distance	575 metres
Surface	Sand
Purse	£20,000 (winner)

The Champion Stakes is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Romford Greyhound Stadium in Greater London, England. ^[1]

History

It was inaugurated at Wimbledon Stadium in 1929. ^[2] However, in 1973 the event was discontinued ^[3] until Romford resurrected it as an open event in 1988. ^[4] In 2022, the first prize increased to £20,000 following sponsorship from Premier Greyhound Racing (the collaboration between the Arena Racing Company and Entain. ^[5]

Venues and distances

• 1929–1931 (Wimbledon 550y)
• 1932–1973 (Wimbledon 500y)
• 1988–present (Romford 575m)

Sponsors

• 1997 (Tony Morris – Track bookmaker)
• 2005–2005 (Coral)
• 2006–2007 (Stadium Bookmakers)
• 2008–2021 (Coral)
• 2021–present (Premier Greyhound Racing)

Winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP	Notes/Ref
1929	Buckna Boy	Happy Hal – Lady Lee	W. L. Renwick	32.99	2/1	[6]
1930	Doumergue	Dago – Beaded Jean	H. Farrand (Private)		1/2f	[7]
1931	Toftwood Mystic	Hopeful – Harborina	Sidney Orton (Wimbledon)		2/1	[8]
1932	Goopy Gear	Rattleaway – Feale Wave	Arthur Doc Callanan (Wembley)	28.89	1/2f	[9]
1933	Creamery Border	Border Line – Cook	Arthur Doc Callanan (Wembley)	28.93	4/6f	[10]
1934	Curley's Fancy II	Mutton Cutlet – Delenette	Joe Harmon (Wimbledon)		13/8f	[11]
1935	Curley's Fancy II	Mutton Cutlet – Delenette	Joe Harmon (Wimbledon)	28.81	5/2	[12]
1936	Diamond Glory	Kilnagory – Ten Diamonds	Ronnie Melville (Private)		6/1	[13]
1937	Wily Captain	Lawyers Fee – Whirlwave	Joe Harmon (Wimbledon)		100/8	[14]
1938	Roeside Scottie	Creamery Border – Deemsters Olive	Arthur Doc Callanan (Wembley)	28.63	25/1	[15]
1939	Junior Classic	Beef Cutlet – Lady Eleanor	Joe Harmon (Wimbledon)	28.72	11/10f	[16]
1940	Jungle Conquest	–	Miss B Lark (Walthamstow)	29.25	5/1	[17]
1941	Lights O' London	Creamery Border – Life of Luxury	Joe Harmon (Wimbledon)		2/5f	[18]
1942	Tread Warily	–			1/1f	[19]
1943		–
1944	Rothmans's Arthur	Roving Spring – Eve's Buttonhole			8/13f	[20]
1945	Gala Flash	Tokio – Joyouse Ruth	Charles Lee (Bradford)	28.23	5/4f	[21]
1946	Alvaston Apollo	Junior Classic – Heather Belle	(Wimbledon)			[22]
1947	Brighter Days		Stan Raymond (Gloucester)	29.25	4/9f	[23]
1948	Ala Mein II	Mad Tanist – Fair Madge	(Wembley)			[24] [25]
1949	Good Worker	Tanimon – Dolly Meadway	Jack Daley (Ramsgate)	28.38	8/11f	[26]
1950	Magna Hasty	Model Dasher – Mary Hasty	Stan Martin (Wimbledon)	28.79	10/11f
1951	Theydons Son	Bahs Choice – Richmond Dancer	J Walsh (Walthamstow)	28.72	8/11f
1952	Denver Berwick	Humming Bee – Baytown Fir	Dave Geggus (Walthamstow)	28.67	9/4
1953	Endless Gossip	Priceless Border – Narrogar Ann	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley)	28.09	1/6f
1954	Cree Dusk	Heavy Swell – Gala Beauty	Sidney Orton (Wimbledon)	28.67	6/1
1955	Alta Derrynane	Mad Tanist – Priceless Prize	W Fletcher (Bradford)	28.44	2/9f
1956	Gulf Of Darien	Imperial Dancer – Dorothy Ann	Jack Harvey (Wembley)	28.27	10/11f
1957	Highway Tim	Magourna Reject – Hunston Bell	Mrs Rosealie Beba (Private)	28.06	1/2f
1958	Town Prince	Small Town – Orphan Princess	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley)	28.18
1959	Dunmore Rocco	Hi There – Dunmore Claudia	Dennis Hannafin (Wimbledon)	28.41	8/11f
1960	Varra Black Nose	Glittering Look – Typhoon Jane	Dennis Hannafin (Wimbledon)	28.30	3/1
1961	Avis	Polonius – Twenty Smackers	Jimmy Rimmer (Clapton)	40.05
1962	Old Berry Silver	Ardskeagh Ville – Skylark	Fred Berrow (Private)	40.11
1963	Long Fawn	The Grand Fire – Moyne Rosette	Ted Brennan (Owlerton)	40.64
1964	Tinas Beauty	Varra Black Nose – Janetina	Bill Matthews (Southend)	40.98	7/4f
1965	Julies Surprise	Low Pressure – Rapid Progress	Jack Smith (Catford)	40.71
1966	Precious Nance	Mile Bush Pride – Precious Princess	Nora Gleeson (Wimbledon)	40.39
1967	Welcome Work	Welcome Home – Nifty Lady	Nora Gleeson (Wimbledon)	40.56
1968	TricTrac	Crazy Parachute – Supreme Witch	Jim Hookway (Owlerton)	39.66
1969	Hiver Tatty	Crazy Society – Hiver Swanky	Jim Morgan (Private)	40.08	3/1
1970	Little Tiddler	Faithful Hope – Printing Rosedale	Clare Orton (Wimbledon)	40.17	4/9f
1972	Sandy Desert	Ambiguous – Tinkers Pencil	Paddy McEvoy (Wimbledon)	40.31	1/2f
1973	Forest Noble	Prince of Roses – Forest Brown	Paddy McEvoy (Wimbledon)
1974 to 1987 not held
1988	Dads Flier	Dads Bank – Mams Bank	John Sherry (Walthamstow)	35.79	5/1
1989	Sard	Manorville Sand – Knockroe Elm	John McGee Sr. (Canterbury)	35.47	10/11f
1990	Sail Over	Ballygarvan What – Touch The Sail	Sam Sykes (Wimbledon)	36.06	7/2
1991	Sail Over	Ballygarvan What – Touch The Sail	Sam Sykes (Wimbledon)	35.28	10/1
1992	Chic Mona	Gastrognome – Sirius Mona	Ernie Gaskin Sr. (Walthamstow)	35.58	11/4
1993	Westmead Suprise	Daleys Gold – Westmead Move	Nick Savva (Private)	36.05	3/1
1994	Heres Seanie	Ardfert Sean – Mindys Miracle	Pat Ryan (Perry Barr)	35.22	6/4f	[27]
1995	Westmead Merlin	Murlens Slippy – Westmead Hannah	Nick Savva (Walthamstow)	35.20	4/9f
1996	Lady Ellie	Hypnotic Stag – Satharn Lady	John Coleman (Walthamstow)	35.19	3/1
1997	Elderberry Chick	Adraville Bridge – Mindys Miracle	Pat Ryan (Private)	34.86	2/5f	Track record
1998	Pottos Storm	Droopys Fintan – Certain Way	David Mullins (Romford)	35.12	11/1
1999	Touchwood Gent	Tip Top – Brave Heart	John Quinn (Romford)	35.81	6/1
2000	Palace Issue	Deerpark Jim – Clear Issue	Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)	35.44	5/4f
2001	El Othello	Top Honcho – Oakfront Star	John McGee Sr. (Private)	35.51	7/1
2002	Cooly Cougar	Top Honcho – Droopys Kylie	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	35.22	3/1
2003	Clover Top	Top Honcho – Dons Pride	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	35.34	11/8f
2004	Centour Para	Judicial Pride – Clover Cailin	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	35.69	5/1
2005	Denmarknick	Droopys Vieri – Dower Beauty	Peter Rich (Romford)	35.93	9/4jf	[28]
2006	Son of Phoebe	Droopys Vieri – Killeacle Phoebe	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	35.49	6/4f	[29]
2007	Eye onthe Veto	Kiowa Sweet Trey – Pennys Cloud	Mark Wallis (Walthamstow)	35.54	4/5f	[30]
2008	Lenson Joker	Kiowa Sweet Trey – Free To Air	Tony Collett (Sittingbourne)	35.22	4/11f	[31]
2009	Go Big Hitter	Big Daddy Cool – Droopys Kara	Dean Childs (Private)	35.64	5/4f	[32]
2010	Raving Black	Westmead Hawk – Droopys Britney	Seamus Cahill (Hove)	35.10	7/2	[33]
2011	Droopys Hester	Droopys Vieri – Droopys Maddy	Jimmy Wright (Newcastle)	35.59	11/8f	[34]
2012	Smiler Jack	Hondo Black – Precious Beauty	Chris Mosdall (Wimbledon)	35.28	6/4f	[35]
2013	Airport Captain	Big Daddy Cool – Airport Boss	Kevin Hutton (Swindon)	34.67	7/2	Track record [36]
2014	Millwards Master	Hondo Black – Spioraid Cath	Paul Young (Romford)	35.02	14/1	[37]
2015	Patchys Kerry	Blackstone Gene – Droopys Stosur	Mark Wallis (Towcester)	35.58	7/1	[38]
2016	Ascot Woodie	Droopys Scolari – Ascot Megan	John Mullins (Yarmouth)	35.40	8/1	[39]
2017	Murrys Act	Tullymurry Act – Brave Meave	Kevin Boon (Yarmouth)	35.15	5/2jf	[40]
2018	Bombers Bullet	Droopys Cain – Headford Hoe	Mark Wallis (Henlow)	34.97	5/2f	[41]
2019	Aayamza Express	Skywalker Puma – Kilcotton Kate	Mark Wallis (Henlow)	34.90	6/4f	[42]
2020	Desperado Dan	Iso Octane – Slaneyside Mandy	Patrick Janssens (Central Park)	34.93	10/3	[note 1] [43] [44]
2021	Night Time Danny	Sh Avatar – Nom De Plume	Steve Rayner (Henlow)	34.94	3/1	[45]
2022	Warzone Tom	Good News – Bogger Bonnie	Liz McNair (Private)	34.89	8/15f	[46]
2023	Hollow Man	Pat C Sabbath – Leezie Lindsay	Derek Knight (Hove)	34.96	8/13f	[47]
2024	New Destiny	Grangeview Ten – Coonough Dolly	Mark Wallis (Private)	34.63	10/11f	[48]

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Notes

1. Smallmead stripped of title following a positive drugs test.