Brampton View Care Home welcome special guests Pablo The Pup and Marco for the day!
Residents at Brampton View Care Home were treated to a special visit from two racing greyhounds to mark the StarSports English Greyhound Derby at Towcester Racecourse. Two-year-old greyhound Pablo The Pup and retired racer Marco – aka Blackstone Marco – joined trainer Heather Dimmock and Shaun Reynolds of Fortitude Communications in delivering a special meet […]
Star Sports English Greyhound Derby 2023: Team Holland advance three to Saturday’s £175,000 Grand Final
Riverside Kennels will be represented by an extraordinary three greyhounds in Saturday’s Star Sports Bet English Greyhound Derby Final at Towcester Racecourse. Ireland-based Graham Holland advanced Swords Rex, Clona Duke and Gaytime Nemo to the 93rd running of the world’s most prestigious race where the winner will scoop £175,000. Clona Duke and Gaytime Nemo got […]
Star Sports English Greyhound Derby: Fast-starting Mystical Mario has connections dreaming of final appearance
The Star Sports English Greyhound Derby reaches its penultimate round on Saturday night at Towcester Racecourse where trainer John Lambe is hoping to reach his first ever Grand Final. The Perry Barr handler runs Mystical Mario in Semi Final One at 8.05pm where he’ll be joined by railers Gaytime Nemo, Clona Duke, Ballymac Finn and […]
Win a Golden Ticket! Towcester Racecourse to hand out five Golden Tickets for the Derby final!
A one-off competition for Towcester residents has been launched by the town’s racecourse ahead of the 93rd running of the Star Sports English Greyhound Derby Final on Saturday, July 1. Five Golden Tickets have been printed off by the much-loved Northamptonshire venue and will be available for locals to win in the build-up to the […]
Star Sports English Greyhound Derby: Swords Rex steals the show on Quarter Finals night
Swords Rex – favourite to win the Star Sports English Greyhound Derby outright – stole the show on Quarter Finals night in front of a packed grandstand at Towcester Racecourse. The talented two-year-old clocked 28.93 seconds when winning the fourth and final quarter final from Romeo Top Gun and Ballymac Finn to book his spot […]
Towcester primary school welcome special four-legged visitors on the eve of the English Greyhound Derby
Pupils at Nicholas Hawksmoor Primary School in Towcester were treated to a special visit ahead of this year’s English Greyhound Derby Final by two locally trained racing greyhounds. The school welcomed Pablo, aka Pablo The Pup, and Marco, Blackstone Marco, plus professional trainer Heather Dimmock and Shaun Reynolds of Towcester Racecourse who hosted an assembly […]
StarSports English Greyhound Derby: Patrick’s hat-trick advance to Quarter Finals
Patrick Janssens had a night to remember when all three of his remaining greyhounds in the Star Sports English Greyhound Derby qualified for Saturday’s quarter finals at Towcester. The local handler entered Round Three with Romeo Top Gun, Romeo Command and Fabulous Azurra all still in with a chance of landing the competition’s £175,000 first […]
English Greyhound Derby: Savana Beau camp thrilled with progress entering Round Three
The StarSports English Greyhound Derby reaches the halfway stage at Towcester Racecourse on Saturday, and dreams of being represented in the final are rife among connections. A 192-strong field has been cut to just 48 greyhounds following Rounds One and Two, and now just one race stands between trainers, owners and their four-legged stars and […]
Towcester volunteers organise Derby fundraiser in support of retired greyhounds
Volunteers at Towcester Racecourse will be raising funds for three Greyhound Board of Great Britain homing centres when the StarSports English Greyhound Derby resumes on Saturday. The world’s most prestigious greyhound racing competition enters its third round at the Northamptonshire venue with an initial 192-strong entry now reduced to just 48 with three weeks remaining […]
ROUND TWO: Swords Rex breaks the 29-second barrier again to conclude Round Two
Irish trained Swords Rex stole the show in Round Two of the Star Sports English Greyhound Derby on Saturday night at Towcester Racecourse when winning his second qualifying heat. The Graham Holland trained two-year-old remains favourite to win greyhound racing’s most prestigious prize at the Northamptonshire venue on Saturday, July 1, after winning his first […]