Golden Sprint

The Golden Sprint is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Romford Greyhound Stadium. It was inaugurated in 1987.^[1]

Golden Sprint

Category 1 race
Kinda Magic winner in 2001 & 2002
Location	Romford Stadium
Inaugurated	1987
Sponsor	Coral
Race information
Distance	400 metres
Surface	Sand
Purse	£10,000 (winner)

Venues & distances

• 1987–present (Romford 400m)

Sponsors

• 1988–1993 (Coral)
• 1994–1994 (Bailey Racing)
• 2002–2006 (Coral)
• 2007–2013 (The Millennium Stand Bookmakers)
• 2014–2024 (Coral)

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP	Notes
1987	Aulton Henri	Aulton Villa – Handsome Miss	Norah McEllistrim (Wimbledon)	24.27	6-1
1988	Minor Misfit	Lindas Champion – Minor Coddle	Gary Baggs (Walthamstow)	24.20	7-2
1989	River Loch	Roisins Boy – Welcome Lady	Linda Mullins (Romford)	24.23	3-1
1990	Demesne Chance	Kyle Jack – Anti Everything	Gunner Smith (Hove)	24.56	9-4f
1991	Murlens Lord	Manorville Magic – Murlens Peach	Kenny Linzell (Romford)	24.99	3-1
1992	Dealing Screen	Moral Support – Barbary Doll	Kenny Linzell (Romford)	24.90	9-4jf
1993	Fast Copper	Ballyard Hoffman – Parkswood Magpie	John Copplestone (Reading)	24.43	5-4f
1994	Witches Dean^[2]	Lyons Dean – Witches Betty	Peter Rich (Romford)	24.28	4-1
1995	Countrywide Cub	Satharn Beo – Free Fancy	John Coleman (Walthamstow)	24.44	2-1f
1996	Boys Dream	Skelligs Tiger – Carrowkeal Tracy	Terry Kibble (Bristol)	24.39	8-1
1997	King Oscar	Polnoon Chief – Keston Queen	Charlie Lister (Private)	24.33	4-5f
1998	Glenquin Blackie^[3]	Some Whisper – Hillan Blue	Geoff De Mulder (Private)	24.09	7-4f
1999	Spring Raider^[4]	Slaneyside Hare – Spring Season	James Brennan (Private)	24.28	5-2
2000	El Boss^[5]	Pepes Dilemma – Bid You Joy	Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)	24.28	11-4f
2001	Kinda Magic^[6]	Deep Decision - Enchantment	Linda Jones (Walthamstow)	24.18	2-1
2002	Kinda Magic^[7]	Deep Decision - Enchantment	Linda Jones (Walthamstow)	24.29	11-10f
2003	Tims Crow^[8]	Lenson Lad – Churchtown Spice	Peter Rich (Romford)	24.29	2-1
2004	Shes Our Star^[9]	Knockeevan Star – Shadow Flash	Paul Young (Romford)	24.34	10-1
2005	Droopys Sammer^[10]	Droopys Vieri – Droopys Nellie	Paul Young (Romford)	24.46	4-1
2006	Driving Up Henry^[11]	Petes Boss – Ferrypoint Flame	Paul Sallis (Hall Green)	24.99	20-1
2007	Black Taxi^[12]	Larkhill Jo – Lagile Ash	John Mullins (Walthamstow)	24.91	5-1
2008	Blindin Bell^[13]	Droopys Vieri – Going Native	David Mullins (Romford)	24.22	6-4jf
2009	Glenroe Ginger^[14]	Crash – Farloe Charity	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)	23.59	6-4f
2010	Ardbeg Mentor^[15]	Daves Mentor – Farantane Sinead	Ken Tester (Hove)	23.56	4-1	Track record
2011	Step On Brett^[16]	Brett Lee – Step Lightly	Elaine Parker (Sheffield)	24.40	6-1
2012	Blonde Snapper^[17]	Droopys Kewell – Rough Charley	Mark Wallis (Yarmouth)	23.89	3-1
2013	Farloe Barracuda^[18]	Droopys Scolari - Youraisemeup	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)	23.83	9-4f
2014	Lough Messi^[19]	Droopys Vieri – Lough Carra	Maxine Locke (Romford)	23.95	11-8f
2015	You Never Listen^[20]	Makeshift - Swift Erin	Jim Reynolds (Romford)	23.61	7-4f
2016	Droopys Story^[21]	Central City – Droopys Solange	Paul Young (Romford)	24.13	5-2f
2017	Clondoty Alex^[22]	Razldazl Jayfkay – Castlehill Alex	Mark Wallis (Towcester)	24.09	6/4f
2018	Forest Chunk^[23]	Tullymurry Act – Forest May	Kevin Hutton (Towcester)	24.03	11/10f
2019	Union Jack^[24]	Droopys Scolari – Ilikeyou	Jean Liles (Central Park)	24.04	4/1
2020	Goldies Hoddle^[25]	Droopys Sydney – Silver Dollar	Patrick Janssens (Central Park)	23.86	3/1
2021	Bockos Jon Jo^[26]^[27]	Droopys Jet – Moanteen Beauty	Patrick Janssens (Towcester)	23.77	10/11f
2022	Rail Mccoy^[28]	Ballymac Best – Swift Vicki	Mark Wallis (Henlow)	24.13	5/1
2023	Droopys Good^[29]	Ballybough Mike – Droopys Cuckoo	Patrick Janssens (Towcester)	23.92	11/2
2024	Front Alice^[30]	Droopys Sydney – Droopys Alice	Kevin Proctor (Harlow)	23.86	14/1

References

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