HEIRESS NAMED GREYHOUND OF THE YEAR AT BRITISH AWARDS

Ian Fortune

Just a few days shy of the National Greyhound Awards at Shelbourne Park, the UK’s equivalent were held on Thursday evening and Proper Heiress was named Greyhound of the Year on a wonderful night for both his handler Mark Wallis and owners, the MWD Partnership.

Proper Heiress saw off the challenge of his kennel companion Mongys Wild to earn the award but the latter was also a big winner, being named both the Stayer of the Year and Marathon Greyhound of the year. Incredibly, Bitch of the Year was another MWD owned performer New Destiny.

Shadow Storm was named Sprinter of the Year for owner Marc White and trained Richard Rees, while Newcomer of the Year was shared by Dave Firmager’s Romeo Tomcat and the David Mullins trained Santas Amigo.

Firmager and trained Patrick Janssens had further reason to smile as Romeo Steel was named British Bred Greyhound of the Year.

AWARD WINNERS ON THE NIGHT

Sprinter of the Year: Shadow Storm

Standard Distance Greyhound of the Year: Proper Heiress 

Stayer of the Year: Mongys Wild 

Marathon Performer of the Year: Mongys Wild

Bitch of the Year: New Destiny 

British Bred Greyhound of the Year: Romeo Steel

Newcomer of the Year:  Romeo Tomcat and Santas Amigo

Greyhound of the Year: Proper Heiress

WINNERS ANOUNCED AHEAD OF THE CEREMONY

Best Dam of British Bred: Fabulous Mila

Kennelhand of the Year: Shannon Brown (Who works for trainer Paul Rutherford)

Graded Greyhound of the Year: Bacon Burger

Owner of the Year: MWD Partnership

Trainer of the Year: Mark Wallis