Английская Википедия:Crayford Stadium

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Crayford Stadium is a greyhound racing stadium located in the London Borough of Bexley in England. The stadium, which has featured races since 1986, has private suites, a restaurant and a number of bars.

An evening meeting takes place every Tuesday, a matinée race meeting takes place on Thursday and morning meetings are held every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Crayford is owned by Ladbrokes Coral.

History

1980s

In 1984 Ladbrokes announced that racing would cease at the Crayford & Bexleyheath Stadium to allow plans for rebuilding the entire stadium as part of a development project. The twenty-acre site would be redeveloped, with five acres of it being converted into a new greyhound track and sports stadium. Racing ended on 18 May 1985 and work began on the new stadium. Following sixteen months of development and construction, it was ready for action.

The grand opening took place on 1 September 1986, and the new stadium would be called Crayford after the decision was made to drop the Bexleyheath part; the stadium was situated in a different five-acre part of the original twenty acres. The stadium was opened by the mayor of Bexley and Ladbrokes Chairman Cyril Stein.

In 1987 the track took possession of a major competition called the Golden Jacket which had struggled to find a new home since the demise of Harringay. The event had been temporarily held at Hall Green and Monmore and was a popular afternoon competition with television exposure. Crayford also provided a new matinee meeting for their Ladbrokes betting shops and another new competition called the Crayford Rosebowl was inaugurated. In 1988 Dinky Luckhurst trained Breeks Rocket to Grand National success.

The dimensions of the all-sand circuit were a small 334 m circumference with distances of 380, 540, 714 and 874 metres with an outside Sumner hare. Facilities included a restaurant for 138 covers, two bars and a twin-tier glass-fronted covered stand. Also within the stadium was a sports hall complex, a fitness area and a swimming pool. The racing manager was Roy Dwight and general manager Roger Lakey, soon to be replaced by Paul Lawrence and Barry Stanton respectively.

1990s

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Crayford Ladbrokes Greyhound Stadium c.1990

In 1996 Dynamic Display repeated the Grand National achievement for trainer Barry O'Sullivan. The Guys and Dolls competition arrived at the track in 1997. Pure Patches won the 1998 Gold Collar and also made the 1999 English Greyhound Derby final and Bubbly Prince won the 1999 Cesarewitch.

2000s

Lady Jean won the 2000 Cesarewitch, and Haughty Ted won the 2001 Gold Collar for Dinky Luckhurst. Racing manager Paul Lawrence parted company with the track in 2000, replaced by Harry Bull, with Danny Rayment promoted to deputy. Trainer Lorraine Sams introduced a greyhound to the industry in 2006 called Spiridon Louis. The black-and-white dog would become the 2007 Greyhound of the Year after winning the St Leger, TV Trophy and Regency.

2010s

A third Grand National win by the Gemma Davidson-trained Plane Daddy, in 2010, continued Crayford's success with hurdle racing.

In 2015 the track resurrected the original classic Gold Collar competition and the Guys and Dolls. In 2017 Ladbrokes merged with Gala Coral to form Ladbrokes Coral.

In 2018, the stadium signed a deal with SIS to race every Tuesday morning and evening, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning and Saturday morning.

2020s

In 2022, Entain signed a long-term deal with the Arena Racing Company for media rights, starting in January 2024. In 2023, the stadium held the Champion Hurdle for the first time.

Competitions

Crayford/Kent Vase

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP
1967	Millies Valley	Pigalle Wonder – Racing Millie	Gordon Hodson (White City)	29.17
1968	Ambiguous	Crazy Parachute – The Mistress	Paddy McEvoy (Wimbledon)	29.10	5/2
1969	Quarrymount Bill	Boro Parachute – Ballinasloe Judy	Frank Melville Harringay)	28.69	10/1
1970	Lord Phil	Lucky Wonder – Lachienne	Dennis Mansfield (Southend)	29.21	7/2
1971	Mad Risk	Carry On Oregon – Mad Girl	Charlie Coyle (Private)	28.77	4/1
1972	Fragrant Flyer	Prince of Roses – Forest Brown	Bill Westcott (Crayford & Bexleyheath)	28.41	11/10f
1973	Kilmac Chieftan	Own Pride – Stolen Tilly	Vernon Ford (Private)	28.58	5/4
1974	Money Again	Clomoney Jet – Leades Again	John Coleman (Wembley)	28.92	16/1
1975	London Spec	Spectre II – Hi Lasinagh	Pat Mullins (Ipswich)	28.41	5/4
1976	Gin And Jass	Kilbeg Kuda – Liberty Bell	Dave Drinkwater (Rye House)	28.54	9/4
1977	Colonel Pearloma	Lively Band – Certral	John Coleman (Wembley)	28.70	1/1f
1978	Proud Time	Time Up Please – Girvin Kate	John Gibbons (Private)	28.40	7/2
1979	Fearna Cobbler	Cobbler – Aidans Lady	John Sherry (Walthamstow)	28.38	5/2
1980	Johns Luck	Westmead Bounty – Kiltean Fawn	John Coleman (Wembley)	28.47	4/1
1981	Deel Joker	Free Speech – Leaping Lady	John Gibbons (Crayford & Bexleyheath)	28.11	4/6f
1982	General Fun	Laurdella Fun – Satin Sash	Terry Duggan (Romford)	29.02	7/1
1983	Sammy Bear (dead-heat)	Mexican Chief – Lady Laurdella	George Curtis (Brighton)	28.53	5/2jf
1983	Cashen Son (dead-heat)	Jimsun – Minty Lady	George Curtis (Brighton)	28.53	5/1
1984	Gortatlea Brigg	Noble Brigg – Lartigue Rose	Michael Gallagher (Rye House)	28.17	10/1
1985-1986, not held
1987	Sand Streak	Sand Man – Rapid Lady	David Ingram-Seal (Ramsgate)	34.68	8/1
1988	Foretop	Blue Train – Green Slieve	Kenny Linzell (Walthamstow)	34.59	4/6f
1989	Fennessys Gold	Soda Fountain – Fast Mission	Ray Peacock (Catford)	34.33	4/5f
1990	Hello Blackie	Daleys Gold – Ashcarne Chips	Roger York (Hackney)	34.12	1/4f
1991	Appleby Lisa	Whisper Wishes – Moon Bran	Harry Dodds (Norton Canes)	34.87	8/1
1992	Ballarue Hove	Curryhills Fox – Ballarue Suzy	Derek Knight (Hove)	33.98	7/2
1993	Ardcollum Hilda	Druids Johno – Seventh Dynamic	Patsy Byrne (Wimbledon)	33.87	2/5f
1994	Ashfield Arrow	Slippys Quest – Alf Arrow	Bill Masters (Hove)
1995	Heaven Sent	Lodge Prince – Murlens Mandy	Peter Rich (Romford)	34.05	4/1
1996	El Tenor	Ratify – Ballygar Rose	Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)	33.81	7/4f
1997	El Tenor	Ratify – Ballygar Rose	Linda Mullins (Walthamstow)	33.83	10/11f
1998	Rio Shadow	Adraville Bridge – Droopys Aliysa	Daniel Riordan (Harlow)	34.45	5/4f
1999	Lake Shadow	Come on Ranger – Lake Tricks	Dinky Luckhurst (Crayford)	34.64	7/4f
2000	Baby Courtney	Slipaway Jaydee – Lady Little	Les Lawrence (Harlow)	34.47	5/4f
2001	Little Vintage	Vintage Prince – Treasure Beo	Linda Jones (Walthamstow)	33.77	11/4
2002	Top Power	Top Honcho – Able Ivy	Linda Jones (Walthamstow)	33.93	5/4f
2003	Droopys Regina	Top Honcho – Doopys Kylie	Gary Sallis (Private)	33.63	6/1
2004	Topmeup	Carlton Bale – Metric Flower	Paul Garland (Wimbledon)	33.89	3/1jf
2005	Merton Flower	Top Honcho – Metric Flower	Paul Garland (Wimbledon)	33.68	4/5f
2006	Xamax Johndee	Droopys Kewell – Xamax Xylograph	John Davidson (Crayford)	33.87	6/1
2007	Fear Martina	Never Give Up – Expert View	Steve Willey (Sittingbourne)	33.75	2/1jf
2008	Barnfield Slippy	Crash – Blues Best Buzz	Sam Poots (Private)	33.25	1/2f
2010	Freedom Cody	Pacific Mile – Synone Starlight	Matt Dartnall (Private)	33.66	6/4f
2019	Crossfield Vince	Kinloch Brae – Crossfield Alba	Julie Luckhurst (Crayford)	33.81	3/1
2020	cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Ballynabee Jet	Sh Avatar – Monleek Dawn	Samantha West (Hove)	34.03	100/30
2022	Bandicoot Sammy	Droopys Sydney – Samiya	Ron Grey (Private)	33.90	5/1
2023	Beebee Bianco	Droopys Sydney – Clounamon Diva	Julie Luckhurst (Crayford)	34.22	8/1

(1967–1984 held at Crayford & Bexleyheath over 490 yards/462 metres), (1987–2010 held at Crayford over 540 metres)

Crayford/Kent Rosebowl

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time	SP
1987	Lisnakill Ruby	I'm Slippy – Midland Mist		25.46
1990	Clonlusk Villa	Strom Villa – Clonlusk Dell	Hazel Dickson (Wembley)	23.93	2-1
1993	Loch Bo Lucky	I'm Slippy – Loch Bo Goldie	John Coleman (Walthamstow)	23.78	4-1
1994	Lemon Raider	I'm Slippy – Lemon Miss	John McGee Sr. (Hackney)	23.33	6-4jf
1995	Dongadong	Deenside Spark – Keltic Cracker		24.18
1997	Kiel Casino	Daleys Gold – Kiel Glory	Roy Towner (Crayford)	23.70	14-1
1998	Curryhills Steve	Cool Prince – Iona Lass	Linda Jones (Romford)	24.28	10-1
1999	Dower Diamond	Highway Leader – Dower Celt	Roy Towner (Crayford)	24.05	5-2
2000	Respect	New Level – Hello Gorgeous		23.91	8-1
2001	Marinas Pride	Thorgil Tex – Marinas Machine	Pat Thompson (Crayford)	23.86	7-4jf
2002	Silver Tail	Roanokee – Ardera Melody	Diane Platts (Rye House)	23.22	5-1
2003	Patchit	Cool Performance – Chartwell Flyer	Patsy Cusack (Crayford)	23.30	11-4jf
2004	Rockmount Gael	Prince of Tinrah – Slaney Lady	Dinky Luckhurst (Crayford)	23.47	11-4
2005	Lenson Ace	Judicial Pride – Any Time Soon	Seamus Cahill (Wimbledon)	23.83	2-1f
2006	Lenson Ace	Judicial Pride – Any Time Soon	Seamus Cahill (Wimbledon)	23.68	2-1f
2007	Xamax Johndee	Droopys Kewell – Xamax Xylograph	John Davidson (Crayford)	23.95	5-4f
2008	Farloe Nipper	Droopys Kewell – Farloe Edge	Arun Green (Crayford)	23.54	6-1
2009	Ardbeg Kate	Daves Mentor – Farantane Sinead	Michael Fawsitt (Private)	23.10	4-5f
2010	Me Buddy	Ballymac Maeve – Ballymac Peg	Matt Dartnall (Private)	23.64	2-1
2011	Ministry Mayhem	Ballymac Maeve – Lady Freckles	Kelly Findlay (Private)	23.63	4-5f
2012	Selkirk Souter	Boherduff Light – Memphis May	Julie Luckhurst (Crayford)	23.35	6-1
2013	Murlens Crash	Crash – Murlens Snowdrop	Mark Wallis (Yarmouth)	23.33	7/2
2019	Sleepy Genie	Laughil Blake – Whiteys Buddelia	David Puddy (Harlow)	23.29	4/9f
2020	Signature Callum	Tullymurry Act – Franks Dream	Michelle Brown (Henlow)	23.43	6/4f
2021	Icaals Rocco	Pat C Sabbath – Quivers Duchess	John Mullins (Towcester)	23.38	8/1
2022	Adeles Duke	Good News – Tullovin Fire	Diane Henry (Towcester)	23.27	6/4f
2023	Oh Cosmopolitan	Laughil Blake – Ballykett Beauty	John Mullins (Towcester)	23.28	9/2

(held over 380 metres)

Track records

Current

Metres	Greyhound	Time	Date	Notes
380	Brinkleys Poet	22.85	29.05.2018
540	Mayshighlandreel	33.09	26 September 2017	Gold Collar final
714	Stardom	44.52	24 August 2019
874	Burgess Borna	55.89	26 December 2014
1048	Roxholme Magic	67.83	21 February 2017
380 H	Lenson Doolin	23.10	15 April 2023	Champion Hurdle final
540 H	Razldazl Raidio	33.57	21 February 2017

Former

Metres	Greyhound	Time	Date	Notes
380	Justa Mo	23.66	9 May 1987
380	Sail on Delaney	23.53	28 January 1989
380	Clonlusk Villa	23.46	26 January 1991
380	Genotin Laura	23.31	17 May 1993
380	Lots of Jolly	23.31	16 July 1994
380	Rossa Ranger	23.36	15 April 2002
380	Chasing A Dream	23.18	5 May 2002
380	Skibbs Flyer	23.06	14 October 2002
380	Kingdom Club	23.01	27 September 2003	Guys and Dolls Final
380	Tictac Tyson	22.97	7 May 2011
380	You Never Listen	22.97	19 February 2015	=equalled
380	Target Harris	22.88	18 July 2015
540	Baby Pol	34.01	4 August 1987
540	Hello Blackie	33.93	11 August 1990
540	Side Wink	33.46	9 January 1992
540	Break On Thru	33.43	14 October 2002
540	Sportsman	33.26	3 February 2003
540	Sunshine Sophie	33.13	28 February 2004
714	Favourite Return	46.86	22 May 1987
714	Harry Lime	46.17	31 August 1987
714	Fort Leader	45.61	16 February 1989
714	Heavenly Lady	45.25	8 February 1993
714	Blues Best Tayla	45.19	24 February 2001
714	Rosden Image	45.07	14 October 2002
714	Foreign Chick	45.13	14 October 2002
714	Centour Corker	45.02	3 February 2003
714	Centour Corker	44.74	3 March 2003	Golden Jacket Final
714	Double Take	44.57	21 February 2004	Golden Jacket semi-final
874	Astrosyn Trace	57.21	26 October 1987
874	Clonbrin Black	56.15	15 October 1993
1048	Stansted Flyer	69.81	7 September 1996
1048	Musical Fawn	68.80	22 February 2014
1048	Roxholme Magic	68.59	23 February 2016
380 H	Off You Sail	24.29	15 June 1987
380 H	Parktown Ranger	23.96	21 January 1989
380 H	Ladys Champion	23.86	24 September 1994
380 H	Dynamic Display	23.70	1996
380 H	Razldazl Raidio	23.28	26 March 2016
380 H	Razldazl Raidio	23.18	8 October 2016
380 H	Droopys Cruiser	23.18	28 September 2019
540 H	Breeks Rocket	35.30	1988
540 H	Cahara Gamble	35.08	17 June 1991
540 H	Cahara Gamble	35.01	3 August 1991
540 H	Rainys Pet	34.85	10 August 1991
540 H	Rainys Pet	34.67	17 August 1991
540 H	Sunshine Sandy	34.32	11 March 1993
540 H	El Tenor	34.16	13 April 1998
540 H	Selby Ben	33.68	26 May 2003

External links

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