# 1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

The 1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 41st year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

## Roll of honour

Major Winners :
| Award | Name of Winner |
| 1967 English Greyhound Derby | Tric Trac |
| 1967 Irish Greyhound Derby | Russian Gun |
| 1967 Scottish Greyhound Derby | Hi Ho Silver |
| 1967 Welsh Greyhound Derby | Not held |
| Greyhound Trainer of the Year | Jim Hookway |
| Greyhound of the Year | Carry on Oregon |
| Irish Greyhound of the Year | Yanka Boy |

## Summary

The Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service (BAGS) was formed to alleviate some of the ongoing problems of afternoon racing. The leading bookmaking firms funded BAGS who would pay the National Greyhound Racing Society (NGRS) a set fee for the off course rights. The NGRS would then distribute the money between all NGRC affiliated tracks. This system would continue until 1978. The first tracks selected to host the race meetings were Park Royal, Kings Heath, Stamford Bridge and Oxford.
Government tote tax was reduced from 5% to 2.5%. The annual totalisator turnover was £66,216,938 but attendances dipped below 10 million for the first time since 1927. There were 6009 meetings.

## Tracks

The expected sale of West Ham Stadium to the Greyhound Racing Association went ahead followed by the GRA purchase of Charlton Stadium. The GRA property trust then sold both within six years as they were redeveloped for housing and a shopping centre respectively.
Three new tracks opened, Blackpool (Borough Park), Clacton and Braintree (Cressing Road).

## News

Clapton Stadium installed a closed-circuit television race patrol camera that was able to replay the races to the public. Although very expensive the equipment was a hit and would set the scene for the future. Former track owner John Bilsland died in June leaving legacies to three universities and their electrical engineers departments. Geoff De Mulder took over the kennels from his father Joe De Mulder. Foot and mouth broke out towards the later part of the year causing major problems on the open race scene in England and Ireland.

## Competitions

The Crazy Parachute - Supreme Witch litter began to come to prominence, Forward Flash had won the Juvenile in 1966 and his brother Spectre II won the BBC Sportsview Television Trophy in April, with a track record in the final. Tric Trac and Spectre II then famously finished first and second in the 1967 English Greyhound Derby. After the final Tric-Trac was put to stud. The litter continued their good form when Forward Flash won the Manchester Cup and appeared in the Scottish Greyhound Derby final, while Forward King became Stewards' Cup champion as well as making the St Leger final along with litter sister Gezira at Wembley. Spectre II also won the Midlands St Leger at Wolverhampton.
Monalee Champion trained by Frank Conlon broke Fearless Mac's White City track record when winning the Longcross Cup, winning his semi-final by 16 lengths and defeating Tric-Trac in the final. After running up in the Gold Collar final his preparations for the English Derby were hit when Conlon lost his licence and the dog was transferred to Vicky Holloway. Carry on Oregon, a brindle dog, came to prominence by lifting the Scurry Gold Cup in July and within a month the Laurels at Wimbledon Stadium was won. Carry on Oregon would be voted as Greyhound of the year.

## Ireland

For the second successive year a greyhound won the double of the Easter Cup and Callanan Cup. The greyhound this time was Tinys Tidy Town who emulated Clomoney Grand's 1966 achievement. Tinys Tidy Town then joined Gay McKenna for a tilt at the English Derby.

## Principal UK races

Grand National, White City (April 22 525y h, £500) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | Trainer | SP | Time | Trap |
| 1st | The Grange Santa | Nora Gleeson | 9-4f | 29.72 | 1 |
| 2nd | Corville Cadet | John Shevlin | 4-1 | 29.94 | 3 |
| 3rd | Officer Skite | | 4-1 | 30.08 | 6 |
| 4th | Minnies Rover | | 11-2 | 30.48 | 2 |
| 5th | Innsbruck | Clare Orton | 3-1 | 30.51 | 4 |
| N/R | I'm Out | John Bassett | | | 5 |
BBC Sportsview TV Trophy Brighton (Apr 25, 880y, £1,000) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | Trainer | SP | Time | Trap |
| 1st | Spectre II | Jim Hookway | 1-1f | 50.09+ | 4 |
| 2nd | Miss Taft | Bob Burls | 4-1 | 50.47 | 6 |
| 3rd | K P Yew | Kenric Appleton | 14-1 | 50.91 | 5 |
| 4th | Jerpoint Button | | 5-1 | 51.25 | 1 |
| 5th | Husky Crazy | Pat Butler | 9-2 | 51.51 | 2 |
| 6th | Sonora | | 33-1 | 51.69 | 3 |
Gold Collar, Catford (May 13, 570y, £1,500) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | Trainer | SP | Time | Trap |
| 1st | Stylish Lad | Jack Smith | 5-2 | 33.75 | 5 |
| 2nd | Monalee Champion | Frank Conlon | 2-1f | 34.03 | 4 |
| 3rd | Cons Duke | Dave Barker | 6-1 | 34.27 | 2 |
| 4th | Coolkill Wonder | Geoff De Mulder | 5-1 | 34.47 | 1 |
| 5th | Jerpoint Peric | | 12-1 | 34.53 | 6 |
| 6th | Roamin Beauty | Paddy Keane | 9-2 | 34.65 | 5 |
Oaks, Harringay (Jul 3, 525y, £1,000) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | Trainer | SP | Time | Trap |
| 1st | Solerina | Janice Thistleton | 12-1 | 29.50 | 3 |
| 2nd | Kit Blakeney | Paddy Keane | 4-5f | 29.56 | 1 |
| 3rd | Westland Lucy | | 7-1 | 29.62 | 6 |
| 4th | Bregorteen Lass | Stan Gudgin | 16-1 | 29.86 | 2 |
| 5th | Roamin Beauty | Paddy Keane | 4-1 | 30.02 | 5 |
| 6th | Ciarraidhe | John Bassett | 6-1 | 30.34 | 4 |
Scurry Gold Cup, Clapton (Jul 15, 400y £1,000) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | Trainer | SP | Time | Trap |
| 1st | Carry On Oregon | Clare Orton | 1-2f | 22.62 | 6 |
| 2nd | Glittering Image | Stan Gudgin | 10-1 | 23.00 | 3 |
| 3rd | Merry Rambler | | 40-1 | 23.22 | 4 |
| 4th | Roamin Beauty | Paddy Keane | 7-2 | 23.30 | 1 |
| 5th | The Golfer | | 16-1 | 23.31 | 2 |
| 6th | Fawn Duke | Phil Rees Sr. | 10-1 | 23.77 | 5 |
Laurels, Wimbledon (Aug 11, 500y, £1,500) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | Trainer | SP | Time | Trap |
| 1st | Carry On Oregon | Clare Orton | 8-13f | 27.89 | 6 |
| 2nd | The Higgler | Bob Burls | 5-1 | 28.37 | 5 |
| 3rd | Special Prairie | | 25-1 | 28.41 | 4 |
| 4th | Joans Lion | | 4-1 | 28.49 | 1 |
| 5th | Any Half | Jimmy Rimmer | 16-1 | 28.67 | 3 |
| 6th | Barna | | 50-1 | 28.87 | 2 |
Scottish Greyhound Derby, Carntyne (Sep 2, 525y, £1,000) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | Trainer | SP | Time | Trap |
| 1st | Hi Ho Silver | Norman Oliver | 5-2 | 28.90 | 1 |
| 2nd | Any M's | Bill 'Willie' Weir | 9-4jf | 29.06 | 6 |
| 3rd | Super Kid | Joe Pickering | 12-1 | 29.18 | 4 |
| 4th | Forward Flash | Jack Brennan | 9-4jf | 29.82 | 5 |
| 5th | Castle Fame | Joe Pickering | 7-1 | 29.84 | 3 |
| 6th | King Flash | | 8-1 | 30.14 | 2 |
St Leger, Wembley (Sep 4, 700y, £1,500) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | Trainer | SP | Time | Trap |
| 1st | O'Haras Rebel | Bob Burls | 6-1 | 39.54 | 3 |
| 2nd | Big Steve | Wilf France | 7-4f | 39.92 | 1 |
| 3rd | High St Boy | Colin McNally | 12-1 | 40.04 | 4 |
| 4th | Sock Tray Dromin | Jack Harvey | 5-2 | 40.16 | 2 |
| 5th | Gezira | John Brown | 12-1 | 40.34 | 5 |
| 6th | Forward King | Ted Brennan | 7-2 | 40.46 | 6 |
Cesarewitch, West Ham (Oct 6, 600y, £1,500) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | Trainer | SP | Time | Trap |
| 1st | Silver Hope | Paddy Keane | 2-1f | 32.99 | 5 |
| 2nd | Cheek to Cheek | Paddy Keane | 9-4 | 33.15 | 2 |
| 3rd | Cullen Era | Clare Orton | 11-2 | 33.37 | 1 |
| 4th | Corville Gallant | John Bassett | 5-1 | 33.41 | 4 |
| 5th | Lambeth Walk | John Bassett | 5-1 | 33.51 | 3 |
| 6th | Kilrea Power | Les Parry | 25-1 | 33.99 | 6 |

## Totalisator returns

Extended content :
The totalisator returns declared to the licensing authorities for the year 1967 are listed below.
Stadium
Turnover £
London (White City)6,496,117
London (Wimbledon)4,181,060
London (Harringay)3,912,082
London (Walthamstow)3,409,092
London (Wembley)2,715,432
London (Catford)2,257,763
London (Clapton)2,209,495
Manchester (Belle Vue)2,031,408
London (West Ham)1,998,003
London (Hendon)1,580,493
Romford1,489,670
Edinburgh (Powderhall)1,468,453
London (New Cross)1,462,718
Birmingham (Perry Barr, old)1,394,941
London (Stamford Bridge)1,383,794
London (Charlton)1,312,037
Manchester (White City)1,241,441
London (Hackney)1,220,070
Brighton & Hove1,213,400
Stadium
Turnover £
Birmingham (Hall Green)1,189,816
Newcastle (Brough Park)1,092,931
London (Park Royal)1,062,006
Glasgow (Shawfield)1,036,705
Slough924,780
Glasgow (White City)921,383
Wolverhampton (Monmore)920,735
Crayford & Bexleyheath874,413
Leeds (Elland Road)845,570
Sheffield (Owlerton)840,143
Manchester (Salford)803,470
Bristol (Eastville)758,536
Southend-on-Sea716,234
Birmingham (Kings Heath)703,273
Willenhall680,646
Gloucester & Cheltenham662,667
Newcastle (Gosforth)645,751
Cardiff (Arms Park)618,901
Liverpool (White City)575,558
Stadium
Turnover £
Reading (Oxford Road)571,035
Bradford (Greenfield)569,377
Ramsgate (Dumpton Park)562,006
Derby508,614
Poole502,555
Glasgow (Carntyne)475,066
Cradley Heath467,572
Rochester & Chatham465,577
Oxford424,069
Portsmouth405,027
Middlesbrough352,286
Leicester (Blackbird Rd)331,339
Hull (Old Craven Park)329,344
Preston329,344
Nottingham (White City)320,564
Aberdeen272,181
Rayleigh (Essex)226,821
Norwich (City)225,514 :