| Horse Race: | Spring Cup |
| Location: | Wembley Stadium |
| Inaugurated: | 1930 |
| Last Run: | 1980 |
| Distance: | 525 yards/490 metres |
The Wembley Spring Cup was a greyhound racing competition held annually at Wembley Stadium. It was inaugurated in 1930, one of the earliest competitions.[1] The race changed its name to the Blue Riband in 1981.[2]
Following the end of the Wembley Greyhounds the Blue Riband was transferred to Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) sister track Hall Green in 1999.[3]
| width=50 | Year | width=200 | Winner | width=300 | Breeding | width=250 | Trainer | width=80 | Time | width=70 | SP | width=100 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Glorious Event - Na Boc Lei | Sidney Orton (Wimbledon) | 30.56 | 1-1f | |||||||||
| 1931 | Glorious Event - Na Boc Lei | Sidney Orton (Wimbledon) | 30.04 | 1-3f | Track record | ||||||||
| Future Cutlet | Mutton Cutlet - Wary Guide | 29.81 | |||||||||||
| Goopy Gear | 30.46 | 4-6f | |||||||||||
| Black Warrior | Wily Warrior - Cook | Paddy Fortune (Wimbledon) | 30.75 | 7-1 | |||||||||
| Suil King | Eagles Beak – Cahirvough Lass | 30.47 | 5-4f | ||||||||||
| Suil King | Eagles Beak – Cahirvough Lass | 30.31 | 7-4 | ||||||||||
| Shandy Gaff | Generous Nobleman – Share Call | Sidney Orton (Wimbledon) | 30.15 | ||||||||||
| Sheehan | Joe Harmon (Wimbledon) | 30.18 | 4-1 | Dead-heat | |||||||||
| Golden Safeguard | Red Robin – Ellen Beaton | 30.18 | 10-1 | Dead-heat | |||||||||
| Gretas Rosary | Mick the Miller - Greta Ranee | 30.39 | 5-2 | ||||||||||
| Junior Classic | Beef Cutlet-Lady Eleanor | Joe Harmon (Wimbledon) | 29.60 | ||||||||||
| Rochester Clipper | 29.92 | 10-1 | |||||||||||
| Dearlaw | Lovable Outlaw – Sly Coon | Paddy Fortune (Wimbledon) | 30.48 | 33-1 | |||||||||
| Flying Dart II | Shove Halfpenny – Osborne Peggy | 29.59 | 2-1f | ||||||||||
| Disputed Rattler | Dasher Lad – Cheer The Rattler | Sidney Orton (Wimbledon) | 29.58 | 1-2f | |||||||||
| Lone Seal - Canadian Glory | Stan Martin (Wimbledon) | 29.45 | 5-4f | ||||||||||
| MacRamble | (West Ham) | 29.72 | |||||||||||
| Whiterock Abbey | Farloe Cutlet - Acetone | Sidney Orton (Wimbledon) | 29.68 | 10-1 | Dead-heat | ||||||||
| Don Gipsey | Kusta Bok – Smartly Sally | 29.68 | 1-1f | Dead-heat | |||||||||
| West End Dasher | Smartly Fergus – Second Fiddle | 29.62 | 13-8f | ||||||||||
| Greenwood Tanist | Tanner Trial – Manly Marie | 29.44 | 11-10f | ||||||||||
| Black Mire | Darkies Gift - Kelton Flash | 29.34 | 2-1 | ||||||||||
| Jeffs Pal | Ballyguiltenane Tom – Caherlevoy Beauty | 29.26 | 13-8jf | ||||||||||
| Bargain Hunter | Burhill Moon – Black Hussy | 29.01 | 8-1 | ||||||||||
| Pauls Fun | Sandown Champion - All Fun | 29.23 | 4-6f | ||||||||||
| Northern King | Champion Prince – Big Bawn | 29.40 | 2-5f | ||||||||||
| Kilcaskin Kern | Magourna Reject - Pavona | Tony Dennis (Private) | 29.39 | 9-4 | |||||||||
| The Grand Champion – Witching Dancer | 29.07 | 11-8 | |||||||||||
| Mile Bush Pride[4] | The Grand Champion – Witching Dancer | 29.14 | 1-2f | ||||||||||
| Long Span | Solar Prince – Monas Dancer | 29.41 | |||||||||||
| Cons Duke | Crazy Parachute – Cons Diet | Lionel Maxen (Private) | 29.50 | ||||||||||
| Petes Regret | Mad Era - Hapless | 29.87 | |||||||||||
| Dusty Trail | Printers Present - Dolores Daughter | Paddy Milligan (Private) | 29.26 | ||||||||||
| Butchers Tec | Booked Out - Technician | 29.27 | |||||||||||
| Ballyseedy Star | Shanes Legacy – Ballyseedy Jay | 29.61 | 11-8f | ||||||||||
| Hymus Silver | Oregon Prince – Little Scamp | Paddy Milligan (Private) | 29.87 | 7-1 | |||||||||
| 1971 | Newdown Heather - Come On Dolores | Herbert White (Private) | 29.30 | ||||||||||
| 1972 | Proud Gamble | Silver Hope – Big Gamble | 29.56 | 3-1 | |||||||||
| 1973 | Shara Dee | Silver Hope – Silver Minnie | 29.25 | 9-2 | |||||||||
| Mountleader Gold | The Grand Silver – Perfect Anna | 29.31 | |||||||||||
| Pineapple Grand [5] | The Grand Silver – Pineapple Baby | 29.78 | |||||||||||
| 1976 | Knockrour Bank | Clomoney Jet – Damsels Lass | 29.01 | 7-4 | |||||||||
| Linacre | Lively Band - Certral | 29.20 | 10-3 | ||||||||||
| 1978 | Law Lad | Toms Pal -Alas | Paddy Milligan (Private) | 29.02 | |||||||||
| 1980 | Linkside Champ | 29.62 |