Ladbrokes Gold Cup Explained

Surface:Sand
Class:Category 1
Horse Race:Ladbrokes Gold Cup
Location:Monmore Green Stadium
Inaugurated:1994
Sponsor:Ladbrokes
Distance:480 metres
Purse:£10,000 (winner)

The Ladbrokes Gold Cup is a greyhound competition held at Monmore Green Stadium. It was revived in 1994 and was originally known as the Midland Gold Cup. [1]

Winners have included the 1998 English Greyhound Derby champion Toms The Best and the 2011 English Greyhound Derby winner Taylors Sky.[2]

Venues

Sponsors

Past winners

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1994Droopys Craig Moral Support – Droopys Aliysa Henry Tasker (Private) 29.31 5/2[3]
Westmead Chick Im Slippy – Westmead Move 29.09 4/6f[4]
Chairman Live Contender – Little Witch 29.22 6/4f
Frightful Flash – Ladys Guest Nick Savva (Walthamstow) 28.21 2/1[5]
Black Buster Joyful Tidings – Little Champagne 28.13 9/2
Crack Off Mountleader Peer – Highsted Rose 28.13 2/1f
Fervent Flash Frightful Flash – Murtys Fancy 28.59 4/1
Potto Knows He Knows – Pottos Way 28.51 4/1
Lodgeview Chance Top Honcho – Fees Chance 28.29 10/1
Farloe Brazil Mr Bozz – Farloe Dingle Charlie Lister (Private) 28.12 9/2
Elderberry Veron Top Honcho – Elderberry Flyer 28.21 5/2
2005Loughteen Bandit Larkhill Jo – Loughteen Velvet 27.92 6/1
Westmead Joe Larkhill Jo – Mega Delight Nick Savva (Private) 27.89 6/4
2007Boherna On Air Kiowa Sweet Trey – Free To Air 28.10 4/7f
Boherna Best Pacific Mile – Always On Air 28.45 3/1
Barbies Man Yeah Man – Barbies Bluebird Julie Bateson (Private) 27.95 12/1
Bucks Yahoo Ballymac Maeve – Mottos Dawn 28.04 7/2
2011Westmead Hawk – Rising Angel Charlie Lister OBE (Private) 27.80 4/6f
Mags Gamble Crash – Movealong Rose 28.34 7/1
Shaneboy Spencer Droopys Scolari – Shaneboy Maria Liz McNair (Private) 28.37 6/4jf
Viking Jack Vans Escalade – Heroes Last lass Jim Hayton (Private) 27.94 6/4
2015Swift Hoffman Makeshift – Swift Erin Pat Rosney (Private) 27.70 4/7f[6]
Jaytee Spartacus Scolari Me Daddy – Sizzling Gina 27.83 5/2[7]
Droopys BuickYeah Man – Droopys Hilda27.635/4f[8]
King TurboLeamaneigh Turbo – Wee Tiger TotsLiz McNair (Private) 28.305/4f[9]
Seaglass TigerDrumcrow Obama – Abrakebabra BeePatrick Janssens (Central Park) 28.28 4/1[10]
Gonzo Laughil Blake – Rushmoorbeatrice Julie Bateson (Private) 28.31 9/2 [11]
Minglers Popeye Sparta Maestro – Minglers Suarez 28.45 11/2[12]
2022Move Over Cha Gaytime Hawk – Move Over Eliza Angela Harrison (Newcastle) 28.59 6/4f[13]
2023Links MaverickGrangeview Ten – Havana LottieTom Heilbron (Newcastle) 27.70 4/6f[14]
2024

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hobbs, Jonathan. Greyhound Annual 2008, page 140. 2007. Raceform. 978-1-905153-53-4.
  2. Web site: News-Monday 29th August 2011. Mark Wallis Greyhounds.
  3. News: Greyhonud results . Daily Mirror . 9 July 1994 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2024.
  4. News: Chick flies to Gold Cup . Wolverhampton Express and Star . 8 July 1995 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2024.
  5. News: Only the best good enough . Birmingham Mail . 4 July 1997 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2024.
  6. Web site: Results. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  7. Web site: 2016 Result. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 18 August 2016. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918073227/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsRace.aspx?id=1903048. dead.
  8. Web site: 2017 result. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 19 August 2017. 18 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170818010510/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsRace.aspx?id=2010767. dead.
  9. Web site: 2018 Ladbrokes Gold Cup. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  10. Web site: Final night meeting. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  11. Web site: 2020 Gold Cup & Stayers Classic. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
  12. Web site: Saturday 21 August Monmore Green. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 22 August 2021.
  13. Web site: LADBROKES GOLD CUP FINAL 2022 . Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 28 August 2022.
  14. Web site: Ladbrokes Monmore meeting . Greyhound Board of Great Britain . 29 August 2023.