Reading Masters

Reading Masters
Category 1 race (discontinued)
	Dempsey Duke
Location	Reading Stadium
Inaugurated	1992
Last run	2007
Race information
Distance	465 metres
Surface	Sand

The Reading Masters was a greyhound competition held at Reading Stadium.

History

The race was held from 1992 until 2007 and the prize money was second only to the English Greyhound Derby.^[1]^[2] The large prize money fund came virtue of sponsorship by the track bookmakers.^[3]

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP
1992	Dempsey Duke	Shanagarry Duke - Willowbrook Peg	Terry Kibble (Bristol)	28.09 sec	9-4
1993	I'm His	Daleys Gold - Lisnakill Flyer	Eric Jordan (Hove)	28.09 sec	5-4f
1994	Druids Elprado ^[3]	I'm Slippy - Druids Dalroy	John McGee Sr. (Reading)	27.99 sec	11-8f
1995	Longvalley Manor	I'm Slippy - Long Valley Lady	John Coleman (Walthamstow)	28.35 sec	9-2
1996	Doyougetit	Manx Treasure - Lisnakill Lass	Tony Meek (Hall Green)	27.99 sec	2-5f
1997	Night Trooper	Portrun Flier - Suir Orla	Nikki Adams (Rye House)	27.86 sec	6-1
1998	You Will Call	Super Hoffman - Autumn Lauragh	Jo Burridge (Poole)	27.90 sec	5-1
1999	Torbal Piper	Slaneyside Hare - Debs Tic	Tony Meek (Hall Green)	28.15 sec	14-1
2000	Jicky	Mountleader Peer - Firhouse Lady	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	28.16 sec	11-2
2001	Marshals June	Saradeb - Marshals Rose	Richard Stiles (Reading)	27.99 sec	11-4
2002	Aranock Lance	Trade Official - Aranock Girl	Paul Young (Romford)	27.95 sec	7-1
2003	Blonde Ranger	Come On Ranger - Covert Blossom	John Mullins (Walthamstow)	28.00 sec	6-1
2004	Droopys Chester	Jamella Prince - Droopys Cheryl	Carly Philpott (Private)	27.92 sec	7-1
2005	Killeigh Grand	Top Honcho - Magpie Miss	Charlie Lister OBE (Private)	28.09 sec	1-1f
2006	Farloe Rio	Honcho Classic - Cathy Ann	Paul Hennessy (Ireland)	28.13 sec	5-2
2007	Blitz ^[4]	Larkhill Jo - Castleboro Katie	Denis Stevenson (Private)	28.03 sec	4-1

Discontinued

References

^ "Home". thedogs.co.uk.
^ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 139. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
^ ^a ^b Fry, Paul (1995). The Official NGRC Greyhound Racing Yearbook. Ringpress Books. ISBN 186054-010-4.
^ "2007 Reading Masters". Greyhound Data.

[1] "Home". thedogs.co.uk.

[2] Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 139. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.

[PF-3] Fry, Paul (1995). The Official NGRC Greyhound Racing Yearbook. Ringpress Books. ISBN 186054-010-4.

[4] "2007 Reading Masters". Greyhound Data.

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