# 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 (over 480 metres):
| Position | Name of Greyhound | Breeding | Trap | Sectional | SP | Time | Trainer |
| 1st | Kinda Ready | Just the Best – Kinda Sleepy | 5 | 5.02 | 25-1 | 28.65 | Mark Wallis (Harlow) |
| 2nd | Fear Zafonic | Premier Fantasy – Farloe Oyster | 1 | 4.89 | 3-1 | 28.68 | Charlie Lister OBE (Private) |
| 3rd | Wise Thought | Climate Control – Sierra Mist | 6 | 4.96 | 5-2 | 28.93 | Martin White (Private) |
| 4th | Farloe Reason | Droopys Maldini – Farloe Oyster | 3 | 4.94 | 6-1 | 29.06 | Charlie Lister OBE (Private) |
| 5th | Ballymac Ruso | Ballymac Maeve – Ballymac Lark | 2 | 4.90 | 2-1f | 29.21 | Matt Dartnall (Coventry) |
| 6th | Glenard Sunrise | Hades Rocket – Mossley Jo | 4 | 5.10 | 10-1 | 29.32 | Matt Dartnall (Coventry) |

### Distances

Neck, 3, 1½, 1¾, 1½ (lengths) 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

Heat 1 (19 May) :
| Pos | Name | SP | Time |
| 1st | Wise Thought | 4-5f | 28.69 |
| 2nd | Jogadusc Ace | 20-1 | 28.79 |
| 3rd | Love Mac | 10-1 | 29.13 |
| 4th | Deanridge Fury | 5-1 | 29.28 |
| 5th | Ja Mann | 5-2 | 29.51 |
| 6th | Kylegrove Cougar | 25-1 | 29.54 |
Heat 2 (19 May) :
| Pos | Name | SP | Time |
| 1st | Bubbly Maestro | 7-1 | 28.53 |
| 2nd | Cabra Boss | 7-2 | 28.75 |
| 3rd | Kinda Ready | 2-1f | 29.00 |
| 4th | Kindred Sparky | 6-1 | 29.06 |
| 5th | Cabra Fly | 3-1 | 29.13 |
| 6th | Droopys Quinta | 8-1 | 29.22 |
Heat 3 (19 May) :
| Pos | Name | SP | Time |
| 1st | Ballymac Ruso | 4-1 | 28.51 |
| 2nd | Farloe Reason | 4-1 | 28.57 |
| 3rd | Fear Zafonic | 3-1jf | 28.75 |
| 4th | Shelbourne Aston | 4-1 | 28.79 |
| 5th | Greenwell River | 8-1 | 28.86 |
| 6th | Bandicoot Tipoki | 3-1jf | 28.91 |
Heat 4 (19 May) :
| Pos | Name | SP | Time |
| 1st | Glenard Sunrise | 5-2 | 28.77 |
| 2nd | Shelbourne Denny | 14-1 | 29.12 |
| 3rd | Stop The Show | 16-1 | 29.16 |
| 4th | Marbeck Wonder | 8-1 | 29.32 |
| 5th | Romeo Turbo | 12-1 | 29.40 |
| 6th | Windy Millar | 1-2f | 29.48 |

## Semifinals

First Semifinal (23 May) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | SP | Time | Trainer |
| 1st | Ballymac Ruso | 7-4f | 28.59 | Dartnall |
| 2nd | Wise Thought | 9-4 | 28.60 | Philpott |
| 3rd | Fear Zafonic | 9-4 | 28.66 | Lister |
| 4th | Stop The Show | 25-1 | 28.68 | Simpson |
| 5th | Shelbourne Denny | 25-1 | 28.78 | Curtin |
| 6th | Jogadusc Ace | 12-1 | 28.85 | Wallis |
Second Semifinal (23 May) :
| Pos | Name of Greyhound | SP | Time | Trainer |
| 1st | Glenard Sunrise | 3-1 | 28.77 | Dartnall |
| 2nd | Kinda Ready | 8-1 | 28.90 | Wallis |
| 3rd | Farloe Reason | 5-4f | 28.97 | Lister |
| 4th | Cabra Boss | 5-1 | 28.98 | McNair |
| 5th | Love Mac | 16-1 | 29.08 | Locke |
| 6th | Bubbly Maestro | 3-1 | 29.15 | Young |