Ladbrokes Gold Cup

The Ladbrokes Gold Cup is a greyhound competition held at Monmore Green Stadium. It was revived in 1994 and was originally known as the Midland Gold Cup. ^[1]

Ladbrokes Gold Cup

Category 1 race
Black Buster, 1998 winner
Location	Monmore Green Stadium
Inaugurated	1994
Sponsor	Ladbrokes
Race information
Distance	480 metres
Surface	Sand
Purse	£10,000 (winner)

Winners have included the 1998 English Greyhound Derby champion Toms The Best and the 2011 English Greyhound Derby winner Taylors Sky.^[2]

Venues

• 1994–present (Monmore 480m)

Sponsors

• 2014–present Ladbrokes

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP	notes/ref
1994	Droopys Craig	Moral Support – Droopys Aliysa	Henry Tasker (Private)	29.31	5/2	[3]
1995	Westmead Chick	Im Slippy – Westmead Move	Nick Savva (Walthamstow)	29.09	4/6f	[4]
1996	Chairman	Live Contender – Little Witch	Jimmy Gibson Belle Vue	29.22	6/4f
1997	Toms The Best	Frightful Flash – Ladys Guest	Nick Savva (Walthamstow)	28.21	2/1	[5]
1998	Black Buster	Joyful Tidings – Little Champagne	Ivan Williams (Perry Barr)	28.13	9/2
1999	Crack Off	Mountleader Peer – Highsted Rose	Brian Clemenson (Hove)	28.13	2/1f
2000	Fervent Flash	Frightful Flash – Murtys Fancy	Tony Meek (Monmore Green)	28.59	4/1
2001	Potto Knows	He Knows – Pottos Way	David Mullins (Romford)	28.51	4/1
2002	Lodgeview Chance	Top Honcho – Fees Chance	Danny Talbot (Kinsley)	28.29	10/1
2003	Farloe Brazil	Mr Bozz – Farloe Dingle	Charlie Lister (Private)	28.12	9/2
2004	Elderberry Veron	Top Honcho – Elderberry Flyer	Patricia Cowdrill (Monmore)	28.21	5/2
2005	Loughteen Bandit	Larkhill Jo – Loughteen Velvet	Michael Harris (Monmore)	27.92	6/1
2006	Westmead Joe	Larkhill Jo – Mega Delight	Nick Savva (Private)	27.89	6/4
2007	Boherna On Air	Kiowa Sweet Trey – Free To Air	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)	28.10	4/7f
2008	Boherna Best	Pacific Mile – Always On Air	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)	28.45	3/1
2009	Barbies Man	Yeah Man – Barbies Bluebird	Julie Bateson (Private)	27.95	12/1
2010	Bucks Yahoo	Ballymac Maeve – Mottos Dawn	Chris Lund (Doncaster)	28.04	7/2
2011	Taylors Sky	Westmead Hawk – Rising Angel	Charlie Lister OBE (Private)	27.80	4/6f
2012	Mags Gamble	Crash – Movealong Rose	Harry Williams (Newcastle)	28.34	7/1
2013	Shaneboy Spencer	Droopys Scolari – Shaneboy Maria	Liz McNair (Private)	28.37	6/4jf
2014	Viking Jack	Vans Escalade – Heroes Last lass	Jim Hayton (Private)	27.94	6/4
2015	Swift Hoffman	Makeshift – Swift Erin	Pat Rosney (Private)	27.70	4/7f	[6]
2016	Jaytee Spartacus	Scolari Me Daddy – Sizzling Gina	Paul Young (Romford)	27.83	5/2	[7]
2017	Droopys Buick	Yeah Man – Droopys Hilda	Angela Harrison (Newcastle)	27.63	5/4f	[8]
2018	King Turbo	Leamaneigh Turbo – Wee Tiger Tots	Liz McNair (Private)	28.30	5/4f	[9]
2019	Seaglass Tiger	Drumcrow Obama – Abrakebabra Bee	Patrick Janssens (Central Park)	28.28	4/1	[10]
2020	Gonzo	Laughil Blake – Rushmoorbeatrice	Julie Bateson (Private)	28.31	9/2	[11]
2021	Minglers Popeye	Sparta Maestro – Minglers Suarez	Stuart Tighe (Newcastle)	28.45	11/2	[12]
2022	Move Over Cha	Gaytime Hawk – Move Over Eliza	Angela Harrison (Newcastle)	28.59	6/4f	[13]
2023	Links Maverick	Grangeview Ten – Havana Lottie	Tom Heilbron (Newcastle)	27.70	4/6f	[14]
2024	Churchfield Syd	Droopys Sydney – Millbank Jade	Richard Rees (Hove)	28.00	8/13f	[15]

References

1. Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008, page 140. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
2. "News-Monday 29th August 2011". Mark Wallis Greyhounds.
3. "Greyhonud results". Daily Mirror. 9 July 1994. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Chick flies to Gold Cup". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 8 July 1995. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Only the best good enough". Birmingham Mail. 4 July 1997. Retrieved 19 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Results". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
7. "2016 Result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
8. "2017 result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
9. "2018 Ladbrokes Gold Cup". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
10. "Final night meeting". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
11. "2020 Gold Cup & Stayers Classic". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
12. "Saturday 21 August Monmore Green". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
13. "LADBROKES GOLD CUP FINAL 2022". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
14. "Ladbrokes Monmore meeting". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
15. "2024 Ladbrokes Gold Cup final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 25 August 2024.