NEW PRESTIGIOUS CAT 1 ANNOUNCED FOR BRITISH BREDS IN THE NORTH!

The BGBF sponsors a variety of competitions for British Breds over the year, including a Cat 3 Marathon, a sprint, a scurry, various four bend competitions and of course the Cat 1 British Bred Derby, the British Breeders’ Stakes at Nottingham, and the BGBF Swindon Produce Stakes.

Up to now however there have been no BGBF events further north than Doncaster and when the Forum

Committee underwent a big change in April, this was one of the areas the incoming committee members wanted to address.   Thanks to the British Greyhound Racing Fund the Forum was able to expand its schedule of competitions into this important area.

BGBF Chair Liz Mort said:   ‘We are delighted to have been able to secure this new event for breeders, trainers and owners of British Bred greyhounds in the North.

 “We sponsor several competitions over the year, but up to now there have been no BGBF races north of

Doncaster! We know that British breeding is especially strong in the North but our schedule of competitions just didn’t reflect that!  We felt a good, prestigious annual competition for Northern breeders was needed. We want it to be as open to entries as possible, so it will be over Standard distance and for all-aged dogs and bitches. Running it as a Cat 1 will I hope emphasise how important we feel this area is to British Breeding.

“We would like to thank the Fund for their support, British Breeding is so important to the future success of the sport as a whole.’

Ian Walton, Operations Manager of Newcastle Stadium, said: “We are very excited about this new competition – Newcastle has a strong connection with British Breeding and I know it will be enormously popular with our local trainers, breeders and owners!  We will work with the BGBF to promote it and we can guarantee that the Final night will see a great evening’s racing!’