GBGB AWARDS NIGHT.... [SUN 27-1-13]

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CURTOSY OF THE B.V.O.F. MEMBER 'nowso'


best newcomer Ballymac Eske

Lil Risky is Best British-Bred dog

Risk the Town is Dam of the year

Droopys Hope voted Bitch of the Year

Mark Currell Owner Of the Year

Mark Wallis Trainer Of the year

Blonde Reagan is Best Marathon Performer of 2012

Top Sprinter award goes to Jumeirah Dubai

Blonde Reagan picks up a second award - Best Stayer as well as Marathon

Best Hurdler is Baran Bally Hi

Blonde Snapper is Top Standard performer.

The 2012 Greyhound of the Year is BLONDE SNAPPER, owned by Mark Currell and trained by Mark Wallis. Congratulations to all

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TAKEN FROM THE RACING POST WEBSITE.

Blonde Snapper is the Greyhound of the Year

 

Blonde Snapper: has been voted 2012 Greyhound of the
Year

  

BLONDE SNAPPER was last night revealed as the 2012 Greyhound of the Year at
the GBGB Awards held in the Lancaster hotel in London. The now-retired October
2008 dog’s exploits in the first five months of the campaign were enough to see
off numerous challengers after what was a stunning year on the track.

It was an amazing night for his connections, owner Mark Currell and trainer
Mark Wallis, who were constantly called to the stage to pick up trophy after
trophy. Indeed, the biggest threat to Blonde Snapper came from their own Blonde
Reagan, who pushed him all the way in Greyhound of the Year voting having
himself won the Stayer and Marathon categories.
However, Blonde Snapper’s
hard-earned success in the Standard division, where he shaded fellow dual
Category One winners Loughteen Blanco and Mags Gamble, ultimately saw him home
after what was widely considered a vintage year for four-bend racing.
Blonde
Snapper came into 2012 on the back of a successful campaign the previous year,
highlighted by victory in the williamhill.com Classic at Sunderland despite
connections handling him with care after long-standing injury problems which at
one stage threatened his career.

His first appearance of the year came in the
heats of a minor 400m competition at Romford on February 22 where he just held
off Droopys Bach. The benefit of that outing became apparent four days later
when he beat the same rival with a lot more to spare.
Two further appearances
at Romford yielded another victory and a somewhat unfortunate defeat before he
scored comfortably at Henlow.

Representing Wallis at the Betfair Trainers’
Championship in March, he could only manage fifth – his only finish out of the
first three in his 16 races in 2012 – behind his Greyhound of the Year
predecessor Taylors Sky, although that formline would be clearly reversed later
in the year when it mattered most at Wimbledon.

Returning to Romford, he was
short-headed by 2011 Sprinter of the Year Drumcove Lad, but then enjoyed a
successful campaign in the Category One Millennium Stand Bookmakers Golden
Sprint as he won his heat and then reversed a semi-final defeat at the hands of
Fancy Socks, catching her at the third bend in the final.

The glorious
swansong to his career was to come at Wimbledon in the £125,000 williamhill.com
Derby, An impressive first round victory over Farloe Iceman was followed by safe
qualification behind Boher Paddy, Coolavanny Bert and Droopys Jet to take him
into the semi-final, where he gamely collared trailblazing Droopys Loner and
then just held off reigning champion Taylors Sky for victory.
In the final on
May 26 he was sent off an 8-1 chance, but was always prominent and gamely rode
first bend crowding to take command, going on to beat heavily supported
favourite Farloe Ironman by just under two lengths in 28.65sec.

Currell then
took time to deliberate whether to continue racing Blonde Snapper, but decided
the best way to end his career was at the very top.

GBGB
GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR
1 Blonde Snapper
2 Blonde Reagan
3
Jumeirah Dubai
Winning owner: Mark Currell
Winning trainer: Mark
Wallis

RACING POST SPRINTER OF THE YEAR
1 Jumeirah
Dubai
2 Fernhill Jess
3 Dynamo Joe
Winning owner: James
Docherty
Winning trainer: Julie Calvert

WILLIAM HILL STANDARD
PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
1 Blonde Snapper
2 Loughteen Blanco
3
Mags Gamble
Winning owner: Mark Currell
Winning trainer: Mark
Wallis

PRESS ASSOCIATION STAYER OF THE YEAR
1 Blonde
Reagan
2 Ballyard Buddy
3 Smiler Jack
Winning owner: Mark
Currell
Winning trainer: Mark Wallis

CORAL MARATHON PERFORMER
OF THE YEAR
1 Blonde Reagan
2 Aero Gaga
3 Blue Bee
Winning
owner: Mark Currell
Winning trainer: Mark Wallis

BAGS HURDLER
OF THE YEAR
1 Baran Bally Hi
2 Olivers Twist
3 Westmead
Melanie
Winning owner: Barans Removals
Winning trainer: Derek
Knight

RACING POST NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
1 Ballymac
Eske
2 Farloe Warhawk
3 Droopys Hope
Winning owner: Wendy
Prince
Winning trainer: Barrie Draper

PRESS ASSOCIATION BITCH
OF THE YEAR
1 Droopys Hope
2 Droopys Loner
3 Fernhill
Jess
Winning owner: Sharon Hardy
Winning trainers: George Oswald/Liz
McNair

GBGB BRITISH BRED GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR
1 Lil
Risky
2 Romeo Recruit
3 Westmead Maldini
Winning owners: Jimmy Fenwick,
Scott Fraser and Brian Usher
Winning trainer: Mark Wallis

GBGB
DAM OF THE YEAR
Risk The Town
CORAL TRAINER OF THE
YEAR
Mark Wallis
WILLIAM HILL OWNER OF THE
YEAR
Mark Currell
BAGS KENNELHANDS OF THE
YEAR
Madeleine Harnden & Mark Perry
GWA SERVICES TO
GREYHOUND RACING
Harry Williams
SERVICES FOR RETIRED
GREYHOUNDS
Kevin & Sally Baalham
BAGS TRACK
CHAMPIONS
Newcastle

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*****MORE TO FOLLOW*****

[SALFORD GIRL]

I am absolutely delighted for the connections of Jumeirah Dubai

His performances during last years National Sprint competition at Nottingham
were top draw any day of the week.

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A big thank you to B.V.O.F. member 'nowso'
for all of the above video clips..

NR

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lol i posted the topic in the wrong board last night .

i thought the videos would add a little to the results.

im still adjusting settings trying to the get the videos set up right.

imperial domination last night .

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Jan 28, 2013 10:56:20 GMT SALFORD GIRL said:

I am absolutely delighted for the connections of Jumeirah Dubai

His performances during last years National Sprint competition at Nottingham
were top draw any day of the week.

THE £3,000 Stadium Bookmakers National Sprint final was the highlight at Nottingham on Monday night and the two-bend classic was won by Jumeirah Dubai (4-6F).

Beaten out of the boxes by Comeragh King, Julie Calvert's black showed serious pace up and drove the first bend far better and opened up a winning lead before turning for home.
June McCombe's Kilmalady Fox ran another gallant race in defeat to chase home the winner who scored by one length in 17.71sec.