Post by BVADMIN on Jun 27, 2013 20:18:22 GMT
Hills boost 2014 Derby first prize to £200k
WILLIAM HILL this evening produced an amazing eve-of-Derby final surprise for greyhound racing by revealing that the 2014 Greyhound Derby at Wimbledon is to be the world’s richest race, worth a stunning £200,000 to the winner.
Announcing the £50,000 hike from this year’s record £150,000 first prize on Racing Post Greyhound TV, Hills PR director Kate Miller also added that concerns about the level of reward for other finalists have been addressed, with a further £20,000 allocated for the beaten greyhounds compared to 2013.
As a result, next year’s runner-up will pick up £15,000 compared to £8,000 in 2013, third place receives £10,000 (£4,000) and others £5,000 (fourth tomorrow gets £3,000, fifth and sixth £2,500 apiece).
Ralph Topping, William Hill’s chief executive, has been a real force behind the stratospheric increase in prize-money, which has more than doubled from £75,000 when the firm picked the sponsorship back up after a three-year hiatus in 2010.
He said: “For the third consecutive year we’re delighted to be raising the prize again for the William Hill Greyhound Derby.
“Every single greyhound in next year’s final will now be racing for more money than ever before, elevating the event beyond the current moniker of the ‘World’s Greatest Greyhound race’, but now the undisputed, world’s greatest AND richest greyhound race.”
The title of world’s richest race had belonged to the Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg at Wentworth Park in Sydney, Australia, where winner Grigorieva Bale picked up Aus$250,000 in March, which at the time equated to something around £175,500.
Full story in Friday's Racing Post....
WILLIAM HILL this evening produced an amazing eve-of-Derby final surprise for greyhound racing by revealing that the 2014 Greyhound Derby at Wimbledon is to be the world’s richest race, worth a stunning £200,000 to the winner.
Announcing the £50,000 hike from this year’s record £150,000 first prize on Racing Post Greyhound TV, Hills PR director Kate Miller also added that concerns about the level of reward for other finalists have been addressed, with a further £20,000 allocated for the beaten greyhounds compared to 2013.
As a result, next year’s runner-up will pick up £15,000 compared to £8,000 in 2013, third place receives £10,000 (£4,000) and others £5,000 (fourth tomorrow gets £3,000, fifth and sixth £2,500 apiece).
Ralph Topping, William Hill’s chief executive, has been a real force behind the stratospheric increase in prize-money, which has more than doubled from £75,000 when the firm picked the sponsorship back up after a three-year hiatus in 2010.
He said: “For the third consecutive year we’re delighted to be raising the prize again for the William Hill Greyhound Derby.
“Every single greyhound in next year’s final will now be racing for more money than ever before, elevating the event beyond the current moniker of the ‘World’s Greatest Greyhound race’, but now the undisputed, world’s greatest AND richest greyhound race.”
The title of world’s richest race had belonged to the Macro Meats Golden Easter Egg at Wentworth Park in Sydney, Australia, where winner Grigorieva Bale picked up Aus$250,000 in March, which at the time equated to something around £175,500.
Full story in Friday's Racing Post....
