The final of the Premier Greyhound Racing All England Cup marked the end of major open race competitions for 2023. So how did it compare with the previous year?

Overall, it has been a good year with with *56 Category One events staged.

(*The GBGB Calendar suggests there were 57 but includes the £5K RPGTV Juvenile – yet excludes the £10K Jenningsbet Select Stakes. Technically, both are invitation races.)

The additional events include the return of the £9,000 Bresbet Gymcrack at Kinsley, Sheffield’s inaugural £15,000 Steel City Puppy Cup plus four events at Oxford, the £10,000 WKH Development Diamond Stakes, the £10,000 Star Sports Galazy Marathon, the £10,000 BGBF Puppy Cup and the £20,000 Stadium Bookmakers Pall Mall. The George Ing Leger wasn’t staged but the ARC Silver Salver was upgraded from a Cat 2.

The bulk of the ‘Cat Ones’ were worth £10,000 to the winner. Exceptions included the races mentioned above plus the £15K East Anglian Derby and TV Trophy and the £175K Star Sports/TRC English Derby. There were also nine £20K-to-winner Premier Greyhound Racing events, the same as the previous year.

In addition, ALL the ARC sponsored Cat 1 races had an additional £2,500 added to the winners prize and their Cat 2 winner’s prizes doubled to £6,000 – the exception being the Scurry which was already £5K to the winner.

There are 57 Cat One events scheduled for 2024.


Emily Wallis

Emily Wallis kennel hand to father Mark is an integral part of the team at Imperial kennels. Emily kindly provides some excellent insight in the latest segment of our greyhounds to follow for 2024 feature. 

 

Remembering 2023 –  October