2009 English Greyhound Derby


The 2009 Blue Square Greyhound Derby took place during May with the final being held on 30 May 2009 at Wimbledon Stadium. The winner Kinda Ready received £100,000.

Final result

At Wimbledon :
PositionName of GreyhoundBreedingTrapSectionalSPTimeTrainer
1stKinda ReadyJust the Best - Kinda Sleepy55.0225-128.65Mark Wallis
2ndFear ZafonicPremier Fantasy - Farloe Oyster14.893-128.68Charlie Lister OBE
3rdWise ThoughtClimate Control - Sierra Mist64.965-228.93Martin White
4thFarloe ReasonDroopys Maldini - Farloe Oyster34.946-129.06Charlie Lister OBE
5thBallymac RusoBallymac Maeve - Ballymac Lark24.902-1f29.21Matt Dartnall
6thGlenard SunriseHades Rocket - Mossley Jo45.1010-129.32Matt Dartnall

Distances

Neck, 3, 1½, 1¾, 1½
The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.

Race report

It took five rounds of action to narrow down the field to the final six greyhounds. Kinda Ready was the eventual winner, after picking up Fear Zafonic near the line. The rest of the field encountered crowding leaving the front two to battle it out. An April 2007 whelp, Kinda Ready was the youngest in the final, and was also the biggest price winner in the history of the Derby at Wimbledon. And biggest since 1975 at White City the previous home of the derby. This year also saw no Irish trained greyhounds in the final with last year's Irish Greyhound Derby winner Shelbourne Aston bowing out in the quarter-finals.

Quarter-finals

Semifinals