The Laurels or Betfred Laurels as it is also know, is a greyhound competition which takes place around September each year. The competition is run at Belle Vue Greyhound Stadium over a trip of 470m. From 1998 to 2005 the trip was 465m. The Laurels were originally held at Wimbledon from 1930 until 1977. From 1975 until 1997 the Laurels were run over 460m and from 1930 until 1974 the trip was 500yds. Bookmaker Betfred are the current sponsor of the Laurels and the prize money on offer to the … [Read more...]
Betfred Laurels Semi Final Draw
The Betfred Laurels got underway at Belle Vue last night and it was Keith Allsop’s Slick Ace in Heat 1 who put up the best performance of the evening. Winning at odds of 3/1 in an impressive time of 27.50sec, Slick Ace beat the well backed 11/8 favourite Target Classic by half a length, with Farloe Titan a length further back in third. Heat 2 was a sad affair, with odds on favourite Cabra Boss coming to grief early on before passing away on the journey back to his kennels. The race was won by … [Read more...]