Coronation Cup (greyhounds)

The Coronation Cup is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Romford Greyhound Stadium.^[1]

Coronation Cup

Category 2 race
Location	Romford Greyhound Stadium
Inaugurated	1981
Sponsor	Coral
Race information
Distance	575 metres
Surface	Sand
Purse	£10,000 (winner)

Race history

It was inaugurated in 1981 at Southend Stadium.^[2] However, in 1985 Southend closed and the event switched to Romford. ^[3] It is not to be confused with the Coronation Stakes that was held at Wembley.

Venues & Distances

• 1981-1985 (Southend, 647 metres)
• 1986–present (Romford, 575 metres)

Sponsors

• 1994-2010 (Tony Williams)
• 2011-present (Coral)

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP	Notes
1981	Dark Omar	Mountleader Omar – Minnie O	Allen Briggs (Private)	40.78	4/6f
1982	Sundridge Racing	Ivy Hall Solo – Rathduff Gazelle	Tony Dennis (Southend)	41.23	11/8f
1983	Kylnoe Bob	Sandman – Virginia Chat	Bill Foley (Private)	40.61	6/4f
1984	Shelton Song	Echo Spark – Candlemaid	George Curtis (Brighton)	40.58	11/4
1985	Blue Shirt	Shady Monkey – Tour Tralee	George Curtis (Brighton)	41.02	11/8f
1986	Hannas Champion	Lacca Champion – Raffles Bridge	Kenny Linzell (Walthamstow)	36.41	7/1
1987	Copper King	I'm Slippy - Cleona	Ken Reynolds (Monmore)	35.50	4/5f
1988	Ferrybank Lad	Debbycot Lad – Shes A Thief	Geoff Goodwin (Milton Keynes)	36.09	3/1
1989	Terminator	Moral Support – Tiny Tolcas	Linda Mullins (Romford)	35.43	8/1
1990	Stoney Stroney	Minestrone – One Sixty	Paddy Hancox (Hall Green)	36.07	8/1
1991	Prince Charming	Mathews World – Jackswood Girl	Tony Tugwell (Reading)	36.04	4/1
1992	Linakill Papa	Apapa Champion – Lisnakill Ruby	Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)	37.31	10/1
1993	First Name Bart	Westmead Wish – Saga Miss	John Wileman (Nottingham)	36.46	3/1
1994	Smile Rose[4]	Kyle Jack – Feedwell Rose	John Coleman (Walthamstow)	36.26	8/1
1995	Heres Seanie	Ardfert Sean – Mindys Miracle	Pat Ryan (Perry Barr)	13 Jan	2/1
1996	Delta Duchess	Zanzibar – Bangor Style	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	36.24	4/5f
1997	Clodeen Magic	Polnoon Chief – Lovely Lucinda	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	35.78	9/2
1998	Killourney Ace	Lodge Prince – Killourney Amie	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	35.53	11/4f
1999	El Loco	Slaneyside Hare – Moral Park	Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)	36.68	5/2
2000	Nearly An Angel	Deenside Joker – Sallagh Sixty	Linda Jones (Walthamstow)	35.00	6/1
2001	Seobie Girl	Deenside Spark – Hot Alert	Peter Payne (Romford)	35.70	6/1
2002	Ballyhaden Lad	Some Picture - Ballyhaden Girl	John McGee Sr. (Private)	36.57	9/4
2003	Gullivers Travels	Vintage Prince - Free Dreams	Linda Jones (Walthamstow)	35.89	25/1
2004	Orient Ron	Judicial Pride - Oriel Girl	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	36.17	5/4f
2005	Sportmans Prince [5]	Vintage Prince - Killua Swallow	Tom Foster (Wimbledon)	35.73	4/1
2006	Tinopener [6]	Larkhill Jo - Sinners Envy	Patsy Cusack (Crayford)	35.36	3/1
2007	In The Woods [7]	Droopys Woods - No More Corner	Peter Payne (Romford)	36.80	10/1
2008	Ronaldos Merit [8]	Droopys Vieri - Lego Lady	Seamus Cahill (Wimbledon)	35.83	3/1
2009	Droopys Carvalho [9]	Droopys Maldini – Droopys Beauty	John Mullins (Yarmouth)	35.39	11/10f
2010	Fatboyz Zorro [10]	Yeah Man - Figlash	Derek Knight (Hove)	35.82	5/2f
2011	Honey Trampas [11]	Royal Impact – Honey Princess	Diane Henry (Private)	35.00	1/2f
2012	Rathglass Hero [12]	Brett Lee – Bluebell Fantasy	Norah McEllistrim (Wimbledon)	35.23	16/1
2013	Rockview Sail [13]	Hondo Black – Babyshan	Gerry Ballentine (Hall Green)	35.74	1/1f
2014	Reel Trickyone [14]	Ninja Jamie – Lively Jubbley	Mark Wallis (Yarmouth)	35.41	7/2
2015	Soviet Kenny [15]	Droopys Vieri – Invincible Diva	John Mullins (Yarmouth)	34.90	6/1
2016	Millwards Master [16]	Hondo Black Gene – Spioraid Cath	Paul Young (Romford)	34.81	10/1
2017	Roswell Romanov [17]	Quail Hollow – Kranky Leona	Mark Wallis (Towcester)	35.10	4/5f
2018	Shotgun Bullet [18]	Kinloch Brae – Winning Impact	Derek Knight (Hove)	35.25	10/11f
2019	Desperado Dan[19]	Iso Octane – Slaneyside Mandy	Patrick Janssens (Central Park)	35.27	2/1
2020	Antigua Rum[20]	Droopys Jet – Basket Of Trumps	Mark Wallis (Henlow)	35.06	8/1
2021	No race due to (COVID-19 pandemic)
2022	Baby Bullet[21]	Jaytee Jet – Highview Picture	Jason Gornall (Henlow)	35.24	2/1f
2023	Antigua Sugar[22]	Ballymac Bolger – Dolce Vita	Mark Wallis (Suffolk Downs)	34.80	1/1f
2024	New Destiny[23]	Grangeview Ten – Coonough Dolly	Mark Wallis (Suffolk Downs)	34.53	5/6f	Track record

References

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