Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic Explained

Surface:	Sand
Class:	Category 1
Horse Race:	Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic
Location:	Monmore Green Stadium
Inaugurated:	2002
Sponsor:	Ladbrokes
Distance:	630 metres
Purse:	£10,000 (winner)

The Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Monmore Green Stadium.^[1]

It was inaugurated in 2002.^[2]

Venues & Distances

• 2003–2003 (Monmore 684m)
• 2002–present (Monmore 630m)

Sponsors

• 2002–present Ladbrokes

Past winners

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2002	Glencoes Tom	Toms The Best – Glencoe Star		37.59	9/4cf	^[3]
	Centour Corker	Smooth Rumble – Sylvies Rantogue		40.60	4/5f	Track record^[4]
	Marmions	Droopys Kewell – Droopys Gaf		37.93	5/4f
		Sonic Flight – Mega Delight	Nick Savva (Private)	37.08	10/11f
	Westmead Aoifa	Larkhill Jo – Mega Delight	Nick Savva (Private)	37.92	1/1f
	Datona Dandy	Top Honcho – Datona Destiny		38.57	20/1
	Elderberry Azel	Honcho Classic – Elderberry Vixen		38.43	6/1
	Droopys Zach	Knockabout Wok – Droopys Darlene		37.37	5/1
	Ten Dollars More	Hondo Black – Mallogs Penny		38.01	9/2	^[5]
	Head Iton Jason	Westmead Hawk – Droopys Grisham		37.85	9/4	^[6]
	Mark My Words	Westmead Hawk – Jazz Hurricane		37.50	5/2	^[7]
	Afew Dollarsmore	Droopys Scolari – Flying Winner		37.74	4/1	^[8]
	Airport Captain	Big Daddy Cool – Airport Boss		37.55	7/2	^[9]
	Millwards Teddy	Westmead Hawk – Droopys Solange		37.63	11/10f	^[10]
2016	Ferryforth Fran	College Causeway – Diegos Lady		37.86	14/1	^[11]
2017	Buckos Lass	Kinloch Brae – Paradise Siesta		38.00	16/1	^[12]
2018	Ela Juliet	Romeo Recruit – Killinan Baby		37.77	7/4jf	^[13]
2019	Sheldan	Top Savings – Body Clock		37.45	9/2	^[14]
2020	Kingsbrook Glyn	Droopys Sydney – Ballymac Razl	Kevin Hutton (Monmore)	37.66	5/1	^[15]
2021	Coolavanny Bani	Droopys Sydney – Toms Delight		37.87	4/1	^[16]
2022	Warzone Tom	Good News – Bogger Bonnie	Liz McNair (Private)	37.86	5/4f	^[17]
2023	Fromposttopillar	Droopys Sydney – Rafa Babys Baby	Liz McNair (Private)	37.37	7/4	^[18]
2024	Droopys Clue	Out Of Range ASB – Droopys Natalia	Seamus Cahill (Hove)	37.54	7/4f	^[19]

Notes and References

1. Book: Hobbs, Jonathan. Greyhound Annual 2008, page 161. 2007. Raceform. 978-1-905153-53-4.
2. Book: British Greyhound Racing Board Greyhound Annual 2005. 2004. Raceform. 1-904317-58-8.
3. News: Glencoes Tom times move to win a Classic . Wolverhampton Express and Star . 31 May 2002 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 11 July 2024.
4. News: Last night's returns . Wolverhampton Express and Star . 30 May 2003 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 11 July 2024.
5. Web site: 2010 Summer Stayers Classic final. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
6. Web site: 2011 Summer Stayers Classic final. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
7. Web site: 2012 Summer Stayers Classic final. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
8. Web site: 2013 final. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
9. Web site: 2014 final. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
10. Web site: 2015 Result. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
11. Web site: 2016 Result. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 18 August 2016. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918073038/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsRace.aspx?id=1903047. dead.
12. Web site: 2017 result. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 19 August 2017. 18 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170818005533/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsRace.aspx?id=2010765. dead.
13. Web site: 2018 Summer Stayers Classic. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 10 August 2018. 10 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180810205329/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=161488. dead.
14. Web site: Final night meeting. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
15. Web site: 2020 Gold Cup & Stayers Classic. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
16. Web site: Saturday 21 August Monmore Green. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 22 August 2021.
17. Web site: LADBROKES SUMMER STAYERS CLASSIC FINAL 2022 . Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 28 August 2022.
18. Web site: Ladbrokes Monmore meeting . Greyhound Board of Great Britain . 29 August 2023.
19. Web site: 2024 Ladbrokes Summer Stayers Classic . Greyhound Board of Great Britain . 25 August 2024.