The 2007 Blue Square Greyhound Derby took place during June & July with the final being held on 7 July 2007 at Wimbledon Stadium . The winner Westmead Lord received £100,000.[ 1]
At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):[ 2]
Position
Name of Greyhound
Breeding
Trap
Sectional
SP
Time
Trainer
1st
Westmead Lord
Droopys Kewell – Mega Delight
6
4.79
6-1
28.47
Nick Savva (Henlow)
2nd
Loyal Honcho
Top Honcho – Midway Crystal
5
4.91
6-4f
28.51
Seamus Graham (Ireland)
3rd
Forest Scholes
Droopys Scholes – Colorado Tina
1
5.00
8-1
28.54
Fraser Black (Ireland)
4th
Dilemmas Flight
Droopys Vieri – Early Flight
3
5.03
2-1
28.62
Nick Savva (Henlow)
5th
Ullid Connor
Late Late Show – Tyrur Gillian
2
4.90
5-1
28.63
Paul Hennessy (Ireland)
6th
Caulry Fast Trap
Spiral Nikita – Queen Survivor
4
5.05
33-1
28.77
Liz McNair (Private)
½, neck, 1, short head, 1¾ (lengths)
The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.[ 3]
The final was won by Westmead Lord in a time of 28.47 seconds. The winner, who was trained by Nick Savva and was a half brother to former two-time winner Westmead Hawk , dominated the race from the very start. 6–4 favourite Loyal Honcho improved as the race progressed, but just missed out on the ultimate prize by half a length. It was the second time that a Seamus Graham trained runner had finished second in as many years.
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Heat 1 (26 Jun)
Pos
Name
SP
Time
1st
Dilemmas Flight
5-2
28.68
2nd
Directors Chair
12-1
29.00
3rd
Ballymac Charley
16-1
29.18
4th
Blonde Dino
5-1
29.19
5th
Full Bloom
25-1
29.29
6th
Droopys Robinho
4-6f
29.41
Heat 2 (26 Jun)
Pos
Name
SP
Time
1st
Farloe Premier
5-1
28.52
2nd
Forest Scholes
5-1
28.82
3rd
Greenwell Storm
5-2f
28.86
4th
Zigzag Dutchy
7-2
28.89
5th
Bens Court
3-1
28.90
6th
Lenson Express
7-1
28.98
Heat 3 (26 Jun)
Pos
Name
SP
Time
1st
Kanes Blue
10-1
28.83
2nd
Ullid Conor
8-1
28.99
3rd
Blakes World
50-1
29.02
4th
Fear Me
9-2
29.16
5th
Blonde Jeannie
8-1
29.24
6th
Phoenix Paddy
1-2f
00.00
Heat 4 (26 Jun)
Pos
Name
SP
Time
1st
Loyal Honcho
9-4
28.46
2nd
Westmead Lord
9-4
28.76
3rd
Caulry Fast Trap
25-1
28.88
4th
Calzaghe Boyo
50-1
29.08
5th
Express Ego
2-1f
29.18
6th
Nervous Woody
5-1
29.62
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First Semi Final (30 Jun)
Pos
Name of Greyhound
SP
Time
Trainer
1st
Ullid Conor
2-1
28.90
Hennessy
2nd
Forest Scholes
5-1
28.93
McKenna
3rd
Westmead Lord
4-5f
29.15
Savva
4th
Ballymac Charley
10-1
29.41
Lister
5th
Blakes World
16-1
29.65
Burridge
N/R
Farloe Premier
Lister
Second Semi Final (30 Jun)
Pos
Name of Greyhound
SP
Time
Trainer
1st
Dilemmas Flight
7-2
28.74
Savva
2nd
Loyal Honcho
10-11f
28.94
Graham
3rd
Caulry Fast Trap
25-1
29.02
McNair
4th
Greenwell Storm
6-1
29.20
Flaherty
5th
Kanes Blue
14-1
29.26
Allsopp
6th
Directors Chair
4-1
29.32
Wallis
2007 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
^ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 91 . Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4 .
^ "2007" . Greyhound Data.
^ Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) p. 310 . Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 0-7207-1804-X .
^ a b The British Greyhound Racing Board Greyhound Annual 2008, pages 74-88 . Raceform, Compton. 2008. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4 .
^ "Quarter Final results" . British Greyhound Racing Board. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018 .
^ "Semi Final results" . British Greyhound Racing Board. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018 .