Mile Bush Pride
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| Sire | The Grand Champion |
|---|---|
| Dam | Witching Dancer |
| Sex | Dog |
| Whelped | August 1956 |
| Color | Brindle |
| Owner | Noel Purvis |
| Trainer | Jack Harvey |
| Record | |
| English Greyhound Derby Scottish Greyhound Derby Welsh Greyhound Derby Cesarewitch Pall Mall Select Stakes x 2 Wembley Spring Cup x 2 | |
| Awards | |
| Triple Crown winner | |
Mile Bush Pride was a racing greyhound of the late 1950s and 1960.[1] He is one of three greyhounds along with Patricias Hope and Trev's Perfection to win the Triple Crown which consisted of the English Greyhound Derby, Scottish Greyhound Derby and Welsh Greyhound Derby.[2]
He was bred by Nora Johnston in Campile, County Wexford, and reared by Hannah Malone.[3]
Racing
1958
Mile Bush Pride had been bought for £2,500 for the 1958 English Greyhound Derby by Wembley trainer Jack Harvey for owner Noel Purvis, a shipping magnate.[4] The brindle greyhound reached the final but finished in third place from a bad trap draw in a race considered to be one of the strongest in the history of the competition.[5]
1959
In 1959 Mile Bush Pride won the triple crown, he was aimed at the 1959 English Greyhound Derby as the ante post favourite and duly won the event.[6] He then secured the Scottish Greyhound Derby and Welsh Greyhound Derby.[3]
In addition to the triple crown he won the Pall Mall and Select Stakes and Cesarewitch in 1959.[3][4]
1960
In 1960 he qualified for a third successive Derby final during the 1960 English Greyhound Derby.[7]