The English Greyhound Derby, also known as the williamhill.com Greyhound Derby for sponsorship purposes, is the most prestigious race on the UK calendar, with a history stretching back to 1927. Along with the Irish Greyhound Derby at Shelbourne Park

Shelbourne Park

Shelbourne Park is a greyhound racing stadium in the south Dublin inner city suburb of Ringsend.The stadium also played host to the home matches of Shelbourne FC, who play in the League of Ireland, from 1913/14 up until 1948/49. The first match was a 1-1 draw against Bohemians and their last match...

, and the Scottish Greyhound Derby at Shawfield, it is arguably the biggest greyhound competition in the world.

Entry Badge won the first ever running at White City, which was built for the 1908 London Olympics. The Derby was run at the Great Stadium until 1984 when closure resulted in the Classic being moved to Wimbledon Stadium

Wimbledon Stadium

Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosts speedway, stock car and other racing events....

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Only four greyhounds have won the title two times. Mick The Miller

Mick the Miller

Mick the Miller was a male brindle Greyhound. He is celebrated as the first great racing greyhound to compete in England. Despite a short three year racing career, his achievements were highly publicised around the world and by the end of his career he had become an icon in the sport...

 (1929-30), Patricias Hope (1972-73), Rapid Ranger (2000-01) and Westmead Hawk (2005-06).

The competition was sponsored from 2007 to 2009 by the bookmakers Blue Square, who had the naming rights to the event "The Blue Square Greyhound Derby". The event was previously sponsored by William Hill who renewed their involvement with greyhounds and the Wimbledon Stadium with a deal for 2010. The deal encompassed all major competitions at the south London track including the re-named "williamhill.com Greyhound Derby".

At Wimbledon from 1985 to present (over 480 metres)

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Year	Winner	Trainer	Odds	Time
2011 2011 English Greyhound Derby The 2011 William Hill Greyhound Derby Final took place on 11 June 2011 at Wimbledon Stadium.Legendary trainer Charlie Lister won the greyhound racing premier event yet again...	Taylors Sky	Charlie Lister (Private)	7/4F	28.17 (Track Record)
2010 2010 English Greyhound Derby The 2010 William Hill Greyhound Derby Final took place on 29 May 2010 at Wimbledon Stadium.The event was still over 480 metres but Wimbledon had switched the grandstand to the other side of the track creating a different course...	Bandicoot Tipoki	Charlie Lister (Private)	7/2	28.57
2009 2009 English Greyhound Derby The 2009 Blue Square Greyhound Derby Final took place on 30 May 2009 at the prestigious Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium.-This years Action:It took 5 rounds of action to narrow down the field to the final six greyhounds, that would for the final of the competition race over 480m in a chance to win the...	Kinda Ready	Mark Wallis (Harlow)	25/1	28.65
2008 2008 English Greyhound Derby The 2008 Blue Square Greyhound Derby Final took place on 31 May 2008 at the prestigious Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium.-This years Action:It took 5 rounds of action to narrow down the field to the final six greyhounds, that would for the final of the competition race over 480m in a chance to win the...	Loyal Honcho	Seamus Graham (Ireland)	5/2JF	28.60
2007 2007 English Greyhound Derby The 2007 Blue Square Greyhound Derby Final took place on 7 July 2007 at the prestigious Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium.-This years Action:The English Greyhound Derby 2007 final was won by Westmead Lord in a time of 28.47 seconds. The winner, who is trained by Nick Savva and is a half brother to former...	Westmead Lord	Nick Savva (Private)	6/1	28.47
2006 2006 English Greyhound Derby The 2006 William Hill Greyhound Derby Final took place on 05/06/2006 at the prestigious Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium.-This years Action:The English Greyhound Derby 2006 title was won by Westmead Hawk meaning he was able to retain his title from the year before. It became only the fourth greyhound in...	Westmead Hawk	Nick Savva (Private)	4/7F	28.44
2005 2005 English Greyhound Derby The 2005 William Hill Greyhound Derby Final took place on 02/07/2005 at the prestigious Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium.-This years Action:The English Greyhound Derby 2005 title was won by Westmead Hawk. This was to be the second year in a row that trainer Nick Savva would claim top prize...	Westmead Hawk	Nick Savva (Private)	5/4F	28.56
2004 2004 English Greyhound Derby The 2004 Greyhound Derby Final took place on 5 June 2004 at Wimbledon Stadium.Tims Crow led quickly from the boxes and established a good lead which he maintained until the run in, despite running wide throughout. Droopys Scholes was also quickly away, maintaining a middle course and led on the run...	Droopys Scholes	Ian Reilly (Ireland)	7/2	28.62
2003	Farloe Verdict	Charlie Lister (Private)	12/1	28.82
2002	Allen Gift	Claude Gardiner (Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium is a dog track located in the Hove Park area of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex.It is a greyhound racing stadium for the purposes of entertainment, usually including gambling on the outcome of a race... )	16/1	29.06
2001	Rapid Ranger	Charlie Lister (Private)	7/4	28.71
2000	Rapid Ranger	Charlie Lister (Private)	7/4F	28.71
1999	Chart King	Karl Hewitt (Ireland)	8/11F	28.76
1998	Toms The Best	Nick Savva (Milton Keynes)	4/5F	28.75
1997	Some Picture	Charlie Lister (Nottingham)	8/13F	28.23
1996	Shanless Slippy	Dolores Ruth (Ireland)	4/9F	28.66
1995	Moaning Lad	Theo Mentzis (Private)	5/2	28.66
1994	Moral Standards	Tony Meek (Hall Green Stadium Hall Green Stadium Hall Green Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium located in the Birmingham suburb of Acocks Green, just over the border from Hall Green itself. Opened in August 1927 it was the first greyhound track to be built in the city. It hosted speedway between 1928 and 1938... )	9/4F	28.59
1993	Ringa Hustle	Tony Meek (Oxford Stadium Oxford Stadium Oxford Stadium is the home of greyhound racing and speedway in Oxford, located in Sandy Lane, Cowley.-History:The stadium was built in 1938 on the site of a 'flapping' track where owners could turn up and run their greyhounds around an oval on the days selected for racing... )	5/2	28.62
1992	Farloe Melody	Matt O'Donnell (Ireland)	6/4F	28.88
1991	Ballinderry Ash	Patsy Byrne (Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosts speedway, stock car and other racing events.... )	5/1	28.78
1990	Slippy Blue	Ken Linzell (Walthamstow Stadium Walthamstow Stadium Walthamstow Stadium was a greyhound racing track located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest in east London and was one of a limited number of remaining greyhound race tracks operating in Greater London... )	8/1	28.70
1989	Lartique Note	Ger McKenna (Ireland)	1/1F	28.79
1988	Hit The Lid	John McGee (Canterbury)	3/1	28.53
1987	Signal Spark	Gary Baggs (Walthamstow Stadium Walthamstow Stadium Walthamstow Stadium was a greyhound racing track located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest in east London and was one of a limited number of remaining greyhound race tracks operating in Greater London... )	14/1	28.83
1986	Tico	Arthur Hitch (Slough)	6/4JF	28.69
1985	Pagan Swallow	Phil Rees (Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosts speedway, stock car and other racing events.... )	9/1	29.04

At White City Stadium from 1975 to 1984 (over 500 metres)

Year	Winner	Trainer	Odds	Time
1984	Whisper Wishes	Charlie Coyle (Maidstone)	7/4F	29.43
1983	Im Slippy	Barbara Tompkins (Coventry)	6/1	29.40
1982	Lauries Panther	Terry Duggan (Romford Stadium)	6/4F	29.60
1981	Parkdown Jet	Ger McKenna (Ireland)	4/5F	29.57
1980	Indian Joe	John Hayes (Ireland)	13/8JF	29.68
1979	Sarahs Bunny	Geoff De Mulder (Hall Green Stadium Hall Green Stadium Hall Green Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium located in the Birmingham suburb of Acocks Green, just over the border from Hall Green itself. Opened in August 1927 it was the first greyhound track to be built in the city. It hosted speedway between 1928 and 1938... )	3/1	29.53
1978	Lacca Champion	Pat Mullins (Private)	6/4F	29.42
1977	Ballinska Band	Eddie Moore (Belle Vue Stadium Belle Vue Stadium Belle Vue Stadium is a greyhound racing track in Belle Vue, Manchester where the very first race around an oval track in Britain was held on 24 July 1926. It is also used for speedway as the home ground of Elite League team Belle Vue Aces since 1988 and since 1999 has British Stock Car Association... )	1/1F	29.16
1976	Mutts Silver	Phil Rees (Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosts speedway, stock car and other racing events.... )	6/1	29.38
1975	Tartan Khan	Gwen Lynds (Bletchley)	25/1	29.57

At White City from 1928 to 1974 (over 480 metres)

Year	Winner	Trainer	Odds	Time
1974	Jimsun	Geoff De Mulder (Hall Green Stadium Hall Green Stadium Hall Green Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium located in the Birmingham suburb of Acocks Green, just over the border from Hall Green itself. Opened in August 1927 it was the first greyhound track to be built in the city. It hosted speedway between 1928 and 1938... )	5/2	28.76
1973	Patricias Hope	Johnny O'Connor (hurler) Johnny O'Connor (hurler) Johnny O'Connor was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local clubs Abbeyside, Clonea, UCD, Castletownroche and Avondhu, and was a member of the Waterford senior inter-county team from 1947 until 1958. He also won a Railway Cup medal with Munster in 1955...  (Ireland)	7/2	28.68
1972	Patricias Hope	Adam Jackson (Clapton)	7/1	28.55
1971	Doloreas Rocket	Herbert White (Private)	11/4	28.74
1970	John Silver	Barbara Tompkins (Private)	11/4	29.01
1969	Sand Star	Hamilton Orr (Ireland)	5/4F	28.78
1968	Camira Flash	Randolph Singleton (White City Stadium White City Stadium White City Stadium was built in White City, London, for the 1908 Summer Olympics, often seen as the precursor to the modern seater stadium and noted for hosting the finish of the first modern distance marathon. It also hosted speedway and a match at the 1966 World Cup, before the stadium was... )	100/8	28.78
1967	Tric Trac	Ron Hookway (Owlerton Stadium Owlerton Stadium Owlerton Stadium, sometimes referred to as Sheffield Sports Stadium, is a greyhound racing track in Owlerton near Hillsborough in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The stadium is also home to the Sheffield Tigers Speedway team and hosts BriSCA Formula One stock car racing events. It is operated... )	9/2	29.00
1966	Faithful Hope	Paddy Keane (Clapton)	8/1	28.52
1965	Chittering Clapton	Adam Jackson (Clapton)	5/2	28.82
1964	Hack Up Chieftain	Percy Stagg (Belle Vue Stadium Belle Vue Stadium Belle Vue Stadium is a greyhound racing track in Belle Vue, Manchester where the very first race around an oval track in Britain was held on 24 July 1926. It is also used for speedway as the home ground of Elite League team Belle Vue Aces since 1988 and since 1999 has British Stock Car Association... )	20/1	28.82
1963	Lucky Boy Boy	Johnny Bassett (Clapton)	1/1F	29.00
1962	The Grand Canal	Paddy Dunphy (Ireland)	2/1F	29.09
1961	Palms Printer	Paddy McEvoy (Clapton)	2/1	28.84
1960	Duleek Dandy	Bill Dash (Private)	25/1	29.15
1959	Mile Bush Pride	Jack Harvey (Wembley Stadium (1923))	1/1F	28.76
1958	Pigalle Wonder	Jim Syder Jnr. (Wembley Stadium (1923))	4/5F	28.65
1957	Ford Spartan	Dennis Hannafin (Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosts speedway, stock car and other racing events.... )	1/1F	28.84
1956	Dunmore King	Paddy McEvoy (Clapton)	7/2	29.22
1955	Rushton Mac	Frank Johnson (Private)	5/2	28.97
1954	Pauls Fun	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley Stadium (1923))	8/15F	28.84
1953	Daws Dancer	Paddy McEvoy (Private)	10/1	29.20
1952	Endless Gossip	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley Stadium (1923))	1/1F	28.50
1951	Ballylanigan Tanist	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley Stadium (1923))	11/4	28.62
1950	Ballymac Ball	Stan Martin (Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosts speedway, stock car and other racing events.... )	7/2	28.72
1949	Narrogar Ann	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley Stadium (1923))	5/1	28.95
1948	Priceless Border	Leslie Reynolds (Wembley Stadium (1923))	1/2F	28.78
1947	Trevs Perfection	Fred Trevillion (Private)	4/1	28.95
1946	Mondays News	Fred Farey (Private)	5/1	29.24
1945	Ballyhennesy Seal	Stan Martin (Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosts speedway, stock car and other racing events.... )	1/1F	29.56
1944	Not Run
1943	Not Run
1942	Not Run
1941	Not Run
1940	GR Archduke	Charlie Ashley (Harringay Stadium Harringay Stadium Harringay Stadium was a major greyhound racing and speedway venue in Harringay, North London. It was built and opened in 1927 and closed in 1987.-Construction:... )	100/7	29.66
1939	Highland Rum	Paddy Fortune (Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosts speedway, stock car and other racing events.... )	2/1JF	29.35
1938	Lone Keel	S.Wright (Private)	9/4	29.62
1937	Wattle Bark	Jim Syder Snr. (Wembley Stadium (1923))	5/2	29.26
1936	Fine Jubilee	Mrs Marjorie Yate (Private)	10/11F	29.48
1935	Greta Ranee	Arthur Jonas (White City White City Stadium White City Stadium was built in White City, London, for the 1908 Summer Olympics, often seen as the precursor to the modern seater stadium and noted for hosting the finish of the first modern distance marathon. It also hosted speedway and a match at the 1966 World Cup, before the stadium was... )	4/1	30.18
1934	Daves Land	Jack Harvey (Harringay Stadium Harringay Stadium Harringay Stadium was a major greyhound racing and speedway venue in Harringay, North London. It was built and opened in 1927 and closed in 1987.-Construction:... )	3/1	29.81
1933	Future Cutlet	Sidney Probert (Wembley Stadium (1923))	6/1	29.80
1932	Wild Woolley	Jack Rimmer (White City White City Stadium White City Stadium was built in White City, London, for the 1908 Summer Olympics, often seen as the precursor to the modern seater stadium and noted for hosting the finish of the first modern distance marathon. It also hosted speedway and a match at the 1966 World Cup, before the stadium was... )	5/2	29.72
1931	Seldom Led	Wally Green (West Ham Stadium West Ham Stadium West Ham Stadium was a stadium that existed between 1928 and 1972 in Custom House, in east London... )	7/2	30.04
1930	Mick The Miller Mick the Miller Mick the Miller was a male brindle Greyhound. He is celebrated as the first great racing greyhound to compete in England. Despite a short three year racing career, his achievements were highly publicised around the world and by the end of his career he had become an icon in the sport...	Sidney Orton (Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Stadium Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located in Wimbledon in southwest London, England. It also hosts speedway, stock car and other racing events.... )	4/9F	30.24
1929	Mick The Miller	Paddy Horan (Dublin)	4/7F	29.96
1928	Boher Ash	Tommy Johnston Snr. (Edinburgh)	5/1	30.48

At White City in 1927 only (over 457 metres)

Year	Winner	Trainer	Odds	Time
1927	Entry Badge	Joe Harmon (White City Stadium White City Stadium White City Stadium was built in White City, London, for the 1908 Summer Olympics, often seen as the precursor to the modern seater stadium and noted for hosting the finish of the first modern distance marathon. It also hosted speedway and a match at the 1966 World Cup, before the stadium was... )	1/4F	29.01