Puppy Classic Explained

Surface:	Sand
Horse Race:	Puppy Classic
Location:	Nottingham Greyhound Stadium
Inaugurated:	1995
Sponsor:	JenningsBet
Distance:	500 metres
Qualification:	Puppies only (15-24 months old)
Purse:	£12,500 (winner)

The Puppy Classic is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Nottingham Greyhound Stadium.^[1]

It was inaugurated in 1995.^[2] The competition is only open to puppies, aged under two years of age.^[3] In 2022, new sponsors JenningsBet increased the winner's prize to £10,000.^[4]

Venues & distances

• 1995–present (Nottingham 500m)

Past winners

width=50	Year	width=200	Winner	width=300	Breeding	width=250	Trainer	width=80	Time	width=50	SP	width=100	Notes/ref
	Elliots Gem	Castlelyons Gem – First Mission		30.09	7/1	^[5]
	Buchari	Ballyoughter Lad – Guess Twice		30.29	14/1	^[6]
	Jaspers Boy	Castlelyons Gem - Polnoon Lane		30.17	11/10f
	Sarah Dee	Arrigle Buddy – Castlegannon Pop		30.58	4/5f
	Kit Kat Kid	Some Picture – With A Vengeance	Charlie Lister (Private)	30.56	10/11f
	Westmead Woofa	Toms The Best – Celtic Lady	Nick Savva (Private)	29.87	4/5f	Track record
	Top Savings	Top Honcho – Too Breezy		29.67	2/1	Track record
	Jurassic Jack	Lassa Java – Suirside Lass		30.24	7/4f
	Droopys Shearer	Droopys Woods - High Knight	Ted Soppitt (Private)	29.47	2/9f
	Ballymac Niloc	True Honcho – Ballymac Pepes		30.37	6/4f
	Ronnies Champion	Top Honcho – Not So Dark		30.01	9/4
	Fear Robben	Toms The Best – Westmead Wise		30.19	6/4f
	Sibsey Showtime	Hotshot Ben – Locnamon Mist		29.96	7/2
	Farloe Merlin	Premier Fantasy – Farloe Oyster	Charlie Lister OBE (Private)	30.19	6/4f
	Eye Onthe Storm	Droopys Vieri – Bower Louise		30.00	6/1
	Droopys Oscar	Ace Hi Rumble – Droopys Bolero		30.18	1/1f
	Farloe Iceman	Premier Fantasy – Farloe Reserve		30.09	9/4
	Ballymac Eske	Burnpark Champ – Ballymac Penske		29.83	1/6f
	Droopys Odell	Blackstone Gene – Droopys Quinta		29.68	6/4f
	NewinnYolo	Crash – Little Flutter		29.71	5/4f
	Crossfield Cesar	Ace Hi Rumble – Cooltraw Mist		29.87	9/4	^[7]
2016	Bubbly Bluebird	Droopys Sydney – Broadstrand Xola		29.75	4/5f	^[8]
2017	Wildfire Lord	Tullymurry Act – Droopys Blossom		29.66	12/1	^[9]
2018	Blue Trooper	Taylors Sky – Posh Pawn		30.29	4/1	^[10]
2019	Ice on Fire	Crash – Bigmans Grainne	James Fenwick (Newcastle)	29.39	4/5f	^[11]
2020	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Bubbly Apache	Loughteen Blanco – Droopys Berry	Paul Young (Romford)	29.53	^[12] 2/1
2022	Distant Podge	Droopys Sydney – Distant Lucy	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)	30.09	5/6f	^[13]
2023	Glenvale Bill	Dorotas Wildcat – Droopys Kit	Graham Rankin (Monmore)	29.49	6/4f	^[14]
2024	March On Freddie	Dorotas Wildcat – Seaglass Shadow	David Mullins (Romford)	29.28	1/5f	^[15]

Notes and References

1. Book: Hobbs, Jonathan. Greyhound Annual 2008, page 148. 2007. Raceform. 978-1-905153-53-4.
2. Book: Hobbs, Jonathan. Greyhound Annual 2003. 2002. Raceform. 1-904317-07-3.
3. Web site: The Puppy Classic. Nottingham Stadium.
4. Web site: JenningsBet to sponsor the Select Stakes and Puppy Classic. 29 July 2022 . Greyhound Star. 29 July 2022.
5. News: Droopys Aldo set for good New Year . Birmingham Weekly Mercury . 31 December 1995 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 19 August 2024.
6. News: Andy looks so handy . Birmingham Weekly Mercury . 1 September 1996 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription . 28 September 2024.
7. Web site: 2015 Result. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
8. Web site: 2016 Result. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 1 September 2016. 19 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919173911/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsRace.aspx?id=1906053. dead.
9. Web site: 2017 Result. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 31 August 2017. 31 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170831174839/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsRace.aspx?id=2013933. dead.
10. Web site: 2018 GMG Puppy final. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 29 August 2018. 29 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180829175236/http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsMeeting.aspx?id=161967. dead.
11. Web site: Puppy Classic. Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
12. Web site: ARC Puppy Classic - Final. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 6 September 2021.
13. Web site: 2022 JenningsBet Puppy Classic Final. Greyhound Board of Great Britain. 8 September 2022.
14. Web site: Nott meeting Aug 28 . Greyhound Board of Great Britain . 29 August 2023.
15. Web site: [hhttps://www.gbgb.org.uk/meeting/?meetingId=416224&raceId=1064719 2024 JenningsBet Puppy Classic final]. Greyhound Board of Great Britain . 28 September 2024.