Golden Crest

Golden Crest

1988 winner Peasedown Slippy
Class	Defunct - Category 2
Location	Eastville Stadium /Poole Stadium
Inaugurated	1937
Final run	2019
Race information
Distance	various
Surface	Sand

The Golden Crest was a greyhound racing competition held annually at Poole Stadium. ^[1]

It was inaugurated in 1937 at Eastville Stadium in Bristol. ^{[2] [3] [4]} Eastville closed in 1997 and the event was suspended until Poole resurrected it in 2000. ^{[5] [6]}

With the closure of the track on 22 September 2020 the competition was discontinued. ^[7]

Venues & Distances

• 1937–1939 (Eastville, Bristol, 525 yards)
• 1941–1957 (Eastville, Bristol, 500 yards)
• 1958–1997 (Eastville, Bristol, 525 yards)
• 2014–2014 (Poole, 640 metres)
• 2000–2019 (Poole, 450 metres)

Sponsors

• 2011–2013 (Dave Lawrance)
• 2019–2019 (Racing Post TV)

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP	Notes/ref
1937	Wily Captain	Lawyers Fee – Whirlwave	Joe Harmon (Wimbledon)	30.48	9/2	[8]
1938	Glen Ranger	Mick the Miller – Great Ranee	Les Parry (White City - London)	30.02	1/2f	[9]
1939	Saucy Moon		Tal Parker (Hall Green)	30.77	7/4f	[10]
1940	not held due to World War II
1941	Prince Norroy	Castledown Lad – Ruddy Mutton	Paddy Fortune (Wimbledon)	29.11	3/1	[11]
1942	Irish Choice		Tal Parker (Bristol)	29.31	1/1f	[12]
1943	Wireless Delight	Wireless Rally – Erin Green	Sidney Orton (Wimbledon)	29.01	3/1	[13]
1944	Fair and Handsome	Cremeary Border – Gows Pride	Mrs Renie McKay (Coventry)	28.96	1/2f
1945	Shannon Shore	Well Squared - Second Row	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley)	28.76	13/8	Track record
1946	Rimmells Black	Manhattan Midnight - Drishogue	Stanley Biss (Clapton)	28.69	5/2jf
1947	Funny Mick	Ruby Border – Olives Idol	Bob Burls (Wembley)	28.81	11/4
1948	Freckled Major	Fair Major – White Tempest	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley)	29.34	4/1
1949	Flintfield Grosvenor	Grosvenor Flexion - Blue Fire	D Hayes (Coventry)	28.83	11/8jf
1950	Behattans Choice	Bahs Choice - Behattan	Bob Burls (Wembley)	28.58	15/8f
1951	Palm Beach	The Grand Fire – Don't Bet	Stan Martin (Wimbledon)	29.02	7/2
1952	Rushton Smutty	Mad Tanist - Summer Frock	Frank Johnson (Private)	28.52	7/2
1953	Parkroe Bob	Disputed Dick – Beechwood	Jack Young (Oxford)	28.68	10/11f
1954	Wayside Abbey	Bellas Prince – Wayside Peg	Joe Farrand (Reading)	28.79	10/11f	[14]
1955	Kensington Bramble	Black Invasion – Lambourn Firefly	Marjorie Phipps (Oxford)	28.76	6/1
1956	Darkies Son	Slaney Record – C.Last	F McCarthy (Arms Park, Cardiff)	28.03	20/1
1957	Brooklands Hunter	Fly Prince – Brooklands Rose	H Harding (Private)	28.50	5/2
1958	Lovely Cobh	Fire Prince - Inlo	F McCarthy (Arms Park, Cardiff)	29.89	5/2
1959	Monnow Wizzard	Endless Gossip – Monnow Vee	Stan Raymond (Bristol)	30.23	7/1
1960	Hack Up Friend	The Grand Fire – Hack Up Nell	Mrs E.Eade (Private)	29.81	4/1
1961	Yes Man	Officer Pete – Fast Enough	Brian Jay (Perry Barr)	29.79	11/4
1962	Fealeside Bridge	Broadway Darkie II – Fealeside Hill	Brian Jay (Perry Barr)	29.39	4/6f
1963	Collateral	Hi Con – Maries Slipper	John Drown (Private)	29.46	1/1f
1964	Rattle The Man	Jungle Man – Red Hot	Ronnie Mills (Gloucester)	29.81	2/1jf
1965	Tony's Blaze	Hop It Rory – Tony's Flame	Frank White (Private)	29.78	7/2
1966	Clahane Mick	Knock Hill Chieftain – Clahane Girl	Brian Jay (Perry Barr)	29.54	5/1
1967	Mystic Prairie	Prairie Flash – Real Whitesocks	Jim Todd (Kings Heath)	29.40	7/4f
1968	Discretions	Prairie Flash – Sheila At Last	Dave Geggus (Walthamstow)	27.90	4/7f
1969	Brookfield Earl	Greenane Flash – Lady Earl	Ron Chamberlain (Private)	28.63	8-1
1970	Moordyke Spot	Newdown Heather – Nelsons Farewell	Stan Martin (Wimbledon)	28.74	9/4
1971	Clonarrow Piper	Stoneview Jet – Lovely Present	Hazel Walden (Private)	28.83	10/1
1972	Royal Spitfire	Newdown Heather – Ardine Guest	Mick Hawkins (Private)	28.86	2/1
1973	Maureen's Ben	Yanka Boy – Susie Dean	Janet Tite (Private)	28.61	11/2
1974	Last Rocket	Monalee Champion – Rylane Glory	Ray Burton (Arms Park, Cardiff)	28.75	3/1
1975	Daemonic Gambol	Don't Gambol – Dusk Gambol	Paddy McEvoy (Wimbledon)	28.74	1/3f
1976	Country Man	Kilbelin Style – More Knocks	John Coleman (Wembley)	28.78	6/4f
1977	Rathduff Spring	Quiet Spring – Tudor Reflection	Geoff De Mulder (Hall Green)	28.58	9/2
1978	DollaArkle	Monalee Arkle – Lively Air	John Coleman (Wembley)	28.62	1/2f
1979	Our Rufus	Rail Ship – Geraldine Gold	John Coleman (Wembley)	28.39	4/5f
1980	Jack's Asleep	Fast Asleep – Herons Highlight	Paul Garland (Bristol)	28.25	5/2f
1981	Astral Cloud	Ceili Band – Cherry Band	Jerry Fisher (Private)	28.34	5/2jf
1984	Too Ton Tony	Pecos Jerry – Feet First	Mervyn Osborne (Bristol)	28.65	7/4f
1985	Go Eddie Flat Cap	Sams Effort – Dark Bird	P Stanley (Norton Canes)	28.57	5/4f
1986	Slim Figure	Key Figure – Blonde Peruvian	Geoff De Mulder (Oxford)	28.77	7/1
1987	Woodman	Badge of Hickory – Fancy Slipper	Fred Wiseman (Milton Keynes)	28.48	4/5f
1988	Peasedown Slippy	Im Slippy – Lannon Lass	Tony Mann (Swindon)	28.49	7/4f
1989	Handsome Dan	Manorville Sand – Scarriff Slave	Geoff De Mulder (Norton Canes)	28.84	4/7f
1990	Plough Jack	Kyle Jack – Caherlean Rose	Tony Meek (Oxford)	29.11	11/10f
1991	Bangor Reel	Curryhills Fox – Bangor Bran	Terry Kibble (Bristol)	28.71	11/4
1992	Pitter Patter	Shanagarry Duke – Smokey Snowdrop	Vernon Clapp (Bristol)	28.04	7/1
1993	Ginger Jenny	Lodge Prince – Garryduff Lassie	Peter Swadden (Bristol)	28.19	6/4f
1994	Gunsmoke	Druids Johno- Kalamity Kelly	Tony Meek (Hall Green)	28.11	13/8	[15]
2000	Arleswood Spirit	Shanless Slippy – Midas Blue	Owen McKenna (Wimbledon)	27.30	9/4
2001	Docs Arizona	Trade Official – Lisnak Slippy	Owen McKenna (Wimbledon)	27.24	13/8jf
2002	Blue Gooner	Staplers Jo - Code Dancer	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	26.90	6/4
2003	Palacemews Lad	Roanokee - Lisnak Slippy	John Mullins (Walthamstow)	27.03	8/1
2004	Foxcover Jed	Come On Ranger - Covert Blossom	Daphne Mann (Poole)	27.39	9/4Jf
2005	Pennys Cadet	Top Honcho - Droopys Valencia	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	27.12	7/2
2006	Farloe Stormy	Top Honcho - Flashing Storm	Paul Foster (Swindon)	27.27	6/4f	[16]
2007	Rhyzome Wizard	Toms The Best - Shanroe Jewel	Graham Cleverley (Swindon)	26.71	3/1	[17]
2008	Black Taxi	Larkhill Jo - Lagile Ash	John Mullins (Yarmouth)	26.96	7/4f	[18]
2009	Outandgoodnight	Honcho Classic – Droopys Perlena	Mark Grady (Poole)	26.56	11/10f	[19]
2010	Lynnwood Bolt	Razldazl Billy-Darkeyed Girl	Graham Cleverley (Poole)	26.53	5/4f	[20]
2011	Fifis Rocket	Brett Lee-Droopys Ruby	Chris Allsopp (Monmore)	26.46	4/5f	[21]
2012	Out In Chil	Bit Chilli – Miss Shauna	Phil Chatfield (Poole)	26.99	9/4	[22]
2013	Daddy Knowsbest	Big Daddy Cool – Bridie Knowsbet	Chris Allsopp (Monmore)	26.20	5/2f	Track record [23]
2014	Romantic Rambo	Crash – Moment of Time	Kevin Cobbold (Henlow)	38.79	11/8f	[24]
2015	Aimnfire	Central City – Droopys Solange	June Harvey (Poole)	26.57	2/1	[25]
2016	Castlehyde King	Hondo Black – Goosabyrnes Solange	Bill Black (Poole)	26.36	9/2	[26]
2017	Crossfield Giles	Sparta Maestro - Crossfield Betty	Seamus Cahill (Hove)	26.27	9/2	[27]
2018	Headford Kev	Iso Octane - Tyrur Tulisa	Kevin Hutton (Towcester)	26.81	5/2	[28]
2019	King Elvis	Tullymurry Act - Skate On	Liz McNair (Private)	26.70	4/6f	[29]

Discontinued

References

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