Mick`s Race Wins
In Red
= Irish wins ;
In Blue = UK wins
1928
The Punchestown Stakes at Shelbourne Park.
1929
The Shelbourne Stakes at Shelbourne Park.
The Leinster Plate at Harold`s cross.
The Spring Cup at Harold`s Cross.
The National Cup at Shelbourne Park.
The English Greyhound Derby
at White City.
*
The International Sweepstakes at West Ham.
The First International Derby Sweepstakes at
Wimbledon.
1930
The Wembley Spring Cup at Wembley.
The Loafer Trophy at Wimbledon.
The Farndon Cup at White City.
The English Greyhound Derby at White
City.
*
The Cesarewitch at West Ham.
*
The Welsh Greyhound Derby at Welsh White City.
1931
The Wembley Spring Cup at Wembley.
The GRA Sweepstakes No.3 at White city.
The Greyhound St Leger at Wembley.
*
* These races were regarded as the Classics. ( Mick won four Classics )
Though the Welsh Derby win of 1930 would nowadays also be considered a
Classic.
Mick also won 10 Matches (one-on-ones) against other
leading greyhounds of the day for which he won substantial rewards. For
eg the Match on 14th Nov 1930 against Bishops Dream earned Mick £1,100
and a gold cup.
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Mick is one of only four dogs to have won the English
Greyhound Derby twice (1929,1930).
He was the first to do so - a feat that wasn`t equalled until 1972/73.
He was also the first dog to win 19 consecutive races - a
feat that wasn`t equalled until 1974.
He was the first dog to win the
English Greyhound Derby and the Greyhound St Leger.
This feat wasn`t equalled until 1971.
His record of winning the English Greyhound Derby, the St
Leger and the Cesarewitch
is still unequalled.
Mick ran 68 track races (20 in Ireland and 48 in UK).
He won 51 of those races (15 in Ireland and 36 in UK).
He was the first greyhound to run 525 yards in under 30
seconds.
Mick set six World Records (525 yards three times, 550
yards once and 600 yards twice).
He also equalled or set several Track Records.
In total he won 24 racing trophies.
18 were silver and 6 were gold.
And over £9,000 in prize money, a fortune at the time.
Out of his 68 track races Mick finished 63 times in the
top two,
a truly remarkable level of consistency.
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