Greyhound St Leger Betting Guide and Preview

Darren Brett Tipster Competition Manager

Horse Racing, greyhounds and snooker specialist with thirty years experience of writing about sport across multiple platforms. A QPR and Snooker fan

Greyhound St Leger: Prices for the Final and Semi-Final results

The St Leger final was due to be run on Saturday 21st September but due to adverse weather conditions the meeting was abandoned after only two races. The St Leger final will now be run on Saturday 28th September.

Droopy's Clue is a short price to retain the St Leger - something that has never been achieved before!

1st Semi-Final - qualifiers and times:

Hurry Up Jordan 43.12
Coonough Crow 43.18

2nd Semi-Final:

Droopys Clue 42.74
Trickyscinderella 42.82

3rd Semi-Final:

Clona Curly 42.92
Tuono Belle 42.94

The above six dogs have qualified for the Final on Saturday 21st September

2024 St Leger: 1st Round Heat Winners and Winning Times

The first round of the 2024 St Leger took place on Saturday 7th September. The first three from each heat advanced into the draw for the three semi-finals on Saturday 14th September. Below are the details of each heat winner and their winning times:

Heat Number	Winner and Trap	Trap Number	SP	Winning Time and Going Allowance
Heat One	Greenwell Ange	Trap 4	5/1	43.29 (-45)
Heat Two	Toddys Thunder	Trap 6	6/4F	43.39 (-45)
Heat Three	Tuono Bella	Trap 2	10/11F	43.79 (-45)
Heat Four	Savana Jackpot	Trap 4	5/2	43.39 (-45)
Heat Five	Droopys Clue	Trap 3	2/11F	42.76 (-30)
Heat Six	Hurry Up Jordan	Trap 6	9/2	44.22 (-45)

Where can I watch the Greyhound St Leger?

The St Leger is part of the BAGS service in betting shops and can also be watched via bookmaker sites such as Betfair or William Hill.

Live coverage can also be found on the greyhound section of the Attheraces website.

If you are new to betting on greyhound racing or if you just want to check up on greyhound racing knowledege, OLBG has provided a Greyhounds Betting Advice page which outlines the different types of bets available and important considerations to remember when betting on greyhounds.

2024 Greyhound St Leger: Preview

The £20,000 St Leger will take place at Perry Barr in September with six first round heats over 710m.

Take note of any dogs from Ireland that are entered. Only three Irish dogs took part in 2023 and one finished second and one other won it's semi-final only to be withdrawn off colour before the Final

Droopys Clue was an outstanding St Leger winner in 2023, breaking the track record in the Final but no dog has ever retained the St Leger so take that into consideration if thinking of backing Droopys Clue to follow-up in 2024.

Bitches have won three of the last four runnings from a very small entry. The winners were : Havana Lover (2022), Space Jet (2021) and Smallmead (2020).

Mark Wallis is the trainer to follow in the Greyhound St Leger

Suffolk Downs based trainer Mark Wallis is definitely the trainer to follow in the Greyhound St Leger with five previous wins of this big event.

Wallis won the St Leger in the following years:

2017 Rubys Rascal
2016 Ferryforth Fran
2012 Blonde Reagan
2011 Aero Majestic
2009 Kinda Easy

We will flag up which dogs Mark Wallis has entered for the 2024 St Leger on this page.

Why not head over to the Best Greyhound Tipsters page to see the top greyhound OLBG tipsters. The higlighted tipsters have shown a profit over the past twelve months for their greyhound tips.

Greyhound St Leger - Last Twenty Winners

The Greyhound St Leger has been run at Perry Barr in Birmingham since 2017. Prior to 2017 the St Leger was run at Wimbledon and Wembley stadiums.

Since the St. Leger has been run at Perry Barr there have been winners from all trap numbers bar Trap 4.

In the last twenty runnings of the St. Leger the final has been won nine times by the favourite. The St. Leger is a great race for fancied runners with seventeen of the last twenty winners returning an SP of 9/2 or shorter.

The last twenty winners of the St Leger are listed below:

Year	Winner	Trap	SP	Trainer + Home Country or Track
2023	Droopys Clue	2	4/9f	Seamus Cahill (Hove)
2022	Havana Lover	5	11/10f	Liz McNair (Private)
2021	Space Jet	3	10/3	Matt Dartnall (Central Park)
2020	Smallmead	2	10/1	John Mullins (Yarmouth)
2019	Redzer Ardfert	1	5/4F	Brendan Maunsell (Ireland)
2018	Calico Ranger	6	9/4	Carol Weatherall (Henlow)
2017	Rubys Rascal	1	3/1	Mark Wallis (Towcester)
2016	Ferryforth Fran		20/1	Mark Wallis (Towcester)
2015	Fizzypop Buddy		9/2	June Harvey (Wimbledon)
2014	Roxholme Dream		7/4F	Hayley Keightley (Swindon)
2013	Farloe Tango		5/4F	Charlie Lister (Private)
2012	Blonde Reagan		5/2F	Mark Wallis (Yarmouth)
2011	Aero Majestic		11/4	Mark Wallis (Yarmouth
2010	Droopys Bradley		1/2F	Paul Donovan (Wimbledon)
2009	Kinda Easy		2/1JF	Mark Wallis (Yarmouth)
2008	Bubbly Totti		1/4F	Ted Soppit (Private)
2007	Spiridon Louis		4/1	Lorraine Sams (Crayford)
2006	Ninja Blue		11/4	Charlie Lister (Private)
2005	Greenacre Lin		7/4F	Brian Clemenson (Hove)
2004	Roxholme Girl		3/1	Hayley Keightley (Private)

2023 Greyhound St Leger Final Result

Finishing order	Dog	Trap Number	SP	Time
1st	Droopys Clue	2	4/9F	42.33 Track Record
2nd	Jacktavern Bella	5	5/2	42.81
3rd	Millridge Tanic	6	8/1	43.51
4th	Lightfoot Clark	1	25/1	43.79
5th	Coonough Crow	3	16/1	43.89

Not sure which dog to back in the Greyhound St Leger? Before placing your bet remember to check out which runners today are being selected on OLBG's Greyhound Tips pages.

Greyhound St Leger 2023: Other Results

There were six first round heats of the St Leger Saturday 9th September and three semi-finals on Saturday 16th September. Below is a table with details for each heat and semi-final winner with their respective winning times:

Semi-FInal number	Name of winner and trap number	Starting Price	Winning trainer	Winning time (going allowance
One	Jacktavern Bella (Trap 4)	3/1	Graham Holland (Ireland)	43.40 (-20)
Two	Garfiney Blaze (Trap 1)	4/9F	Graham Holland (Ireland	43.74 (-40)
Three	Droopys Clue (Trap 4)	4/11F	Seamus Cahill (Hove)	43.03 (-20_

Heat number	Name of winner and trap number	Starting Price	Winning trainer	Winning time (going allowance)
One	Ballymac Katie (Trap 3)	11/8f	Liam Dowling (Ireland	43.46 (-15)
Two	Jacktavern Bella(Trap 1)	7/4	Graham Holland (Ireland)	43.22 (0)
Three	Ballymac Taylor (Trap 2)	4/7f	Mark Wallis (Suffolk Downs)	43.65 (0)
Four	Garfiney Blaze (Trap 3)	13/8	Graham Holland (Ireland)	42.98 (0)
Five	Millridge Tanic (Trap 5)	22/1	Patrick Curtin (Monmore)	43.05 (0)
Six	Droopys Clue (Trap 3)	8/13f	Seamus Cahill (Hove)	42.76 (0)

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Article Author

We are blessed with an excellent team of specialists and experts at OLBG. Contributing to create and maintain this Greyhound St Leger Betting Guide and Preview is Darren Brett our tipster competition manager who has previously worked in the greyhound industry and still watches the form and regularly bets on Greyhound Racing as well as settling our greyhound tips section.

Darren manages the Greyhound racing content on site including updating the results and preparing for the next iteration of the dog racing betting previews and provides essential insight and knowledge in helping us outline the best greyhound betting sites.

Darren Brett

Tipster competition manager

Darren Brett is a regualr punter on greyhound racing and has formerly worked at various greyhound track in the betting ring. With decades of sports betting experience and a passion for greyhound racing, he is our touch-point for all of our greyhound racing content.

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