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In the final the first to show was Land of Song but he was soon caught at the first bend by Ford
Spartan, who then showed good early pace to take a clear lead. From the fourth bend Highway Tim put in a burst of speed that forced the stewards to call for a photo finish but Ford Spartan had held on to
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Before the first nights heats got underway Silent
Worship was found to be lame which led to his owners selling him shortly afterwards. The first round provided another surprise when Moyne Rosette beat Northern King in a slow time of 29.45 sec. Ford Spartan impressed recording 28.74 to become the new
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In the semi-finals Quare Fool claimed the first heat leading all the way, Highwood
Sovereign and Land of Song also progressed to make the final, leaving strong favourite Northern King fading into last place after encountering a bump at the start. The second heat saw Ford Spartan backed to 2-7f
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Champion Ford
Spartan third. Jack McAllister the owner of 1956 champion Dunmore King, sent over Irish entry Scoutbush. A second entry from McAllister was a greyhound called Ricardus and he was put with trainer Paddy McEvoy.
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favourite. Scoutbush who had been purchased by new owners after the first round went out during the next stage but
Northern King returned to form with a win and there were successes for First But Last and Ford Spartan.
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Northern King trained by Jack Harvey was installed as ante-post favourite for the 1957 Derby after enjoying a good season previously. The
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The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. From 1950 one length was equal to 0.08 of one second.
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88:. The winner was Ford Spartan and the winning owners Frank Hill and Sid Frost received £1,500. Ford Spartan was reared by Robert Bolt.
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champion Land of Song were two more leading entries. Kilcaskin Kern a recent track record holder at
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leading throughout and holding off the strong finishing
Highway Tim.
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took place during June with the final being held on 29 June 1957 at
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champion Silent
Worship was second on the ante-post list with
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436:NGRC book of Greyhound Racing (Timekeeper) p310
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397:The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing page 110
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352:1957 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
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206:Westbourne - Pretty Miss Amber
180:Fire Prince - Old Blarney Gift
157:Magourna Reject - Hunston Bell
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372:Greyhound Annual 2008 page 90
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234:Champion Prince - Consequence
1035:1957 sports events in London
331:decided to stay in Ireland.
323:champion First But Last and
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260:Quare Customer - Racing Fool
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169:Mrs Rosalie Beba (Private)
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533:English Greyhound Derby
23:English Greyhound Derby
329:Cork Greyhound Stadium
1030:1957 in English sport
480:Dack, Barrie (1990).
434:Genders, Roy (1990).
395:Genders, Roy (1981).
274:(White City - London)
248:(White City - London)
438:. Pelham Books Ltd.
399:. Pelham Books Ltd.
82:1957 Greyhound Derby
484:. Ringpress Books.
310:and newly crowned
302:Competition Report
203:Highwood Sovereign
105:Name of Greyhound
86:White City Stadium
33:White City Stadium
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462:. Greyhound Star.
423:. Greyhound Data.
381:978-1-905153-53-4
343:claim the title.
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374:. Raceform.
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177:Land of Song
128:Ford Spartan
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92:Final result
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316:Puppy Derby
312:Gold Collar
272:Harry Buck
154:Highway Tim
145:(Wimbledon)
1024:Categories
357:References
325:Grand Prix
257:Quare Fool
192:Bob Burls
39:Start date
282:Distances
222:(Wembley)
194:(Wembley)
108:Breeding
102:Position
347:See also
120:Trainer
47:End date
29:Location
291:⁄
50:29 June
42:15 June
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421:"1957"
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269:29.53
243:29.29
215:29.19
189:28.95
186:100-8
166:28.87
140:28.84
117:Time
111:Trap
21:1957
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486:ISBN
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376:ISBN
321:Oaks
254:6th
240:33-1
228:5th
200:4th
174:3rd
163:11-2
151:2nd
137:1-1f
125:1st
80:The
71:1958
66:1956
266:3-1
212:9-2
114:SP
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