Ladbrokes Gold Cup

English greyhound racing competition

Horse race

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

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]

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)

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

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