English Greyhound Derby 2023 dates, schedule, draw and betting

*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change

The English Greyhound Derby is the premier event on the greyhound racing calendar and 185 dogs are set to take their chance this year.

Towcester once again plays host to the six-week competition, which begins with the first round on Thursday, May 25 before the big final on Saturday, July 1 where one dog will earn £175,000 for connections.

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Romeo Magico battled through the rounds to come out on top in 2022. The three-year-old returns for another shot at glory and is bidding to become just the fifth dual winner of the English Greyhound Derby.

You can run the rule over our English Greyhound Derby odds on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise all the key details about this year’s renewal can be found below.

English Greyhound Derby 2023 schedule

Round One: Thursday, May 25 to Saturday, May 27
Round Two: Friday, June 2 to Saturday, June 3
Round Three: Saturday, June 10
Quarter-Finals: Saturday, June 17
Semi-Finals: Saturday, June 24
Final: Saturday, July 1

English Greyhound Derby 2023 draw

The top three in each heat advance to the second round.

ROUND ONE

Thursday, May 25

Heat 1: 1) Drive On Lad 2) Bubbly Star 3) Undulation 4) Droopys By Mile 5) Mustang Sam 6) *Vacant*
Heat 2: 1) Charity Shay 2) White Clover 3) Romeo Magico 4) Bubbly Cooper 5) Wolf Moon 6) *Vacant*
Heat 3: 1) Signet Otis 2) Hopes Rhino 3) Bubbly Cherokee 4) Romeo Hanzo 5) Cuckoo Fund 6) *Vacant*
Heat 4: 1) Boylesports Vic 2) Clone Uriel 3) Maree Champion 4) Deanridge Anton 5) Distant Podge 6) *Vacant*
Heat 5: 1) Links Top Gun 2) Chelms Chris 3) Cryptopunk 4) Chelms Greatest 5) Coppice Elmo 6) *Vacant*
Heat 6: 1) Blackhorse Harry 2) Fridays Eske 3) Antigua Big Syd 4) Mystical Mario 5) Ballyhimikin Mel 6) *Vacant*
Heat 7: 1) As I Say 2) Dapper Rodney 3) Rioja Joey 4) Savana Titan 5) Tommys Boss 6) *Vacant*
Heat 8: 1) Ballymac Finn 2) Jeopardy Dawg 3) Warzone Milo 4) Signet Goofy 5) Warzone Tom 6) Savana Hero
Heat 9: 1) McNeill 2) Bradys Bullet 3) Easy Boss 4) Droopys Optimal 5) Havana Bale Out 6) Mustang Jet
Heat 10: 1) Whitings New Era 2) Swords Rex 3) Romeo Salvo 4) Droopys Mural 5) Ballymac Walt 6) Newinn Touch

Friday, May 26

Heat 11: 1) Waypoint Susie 2) Aero Arran 3) Fabulous Azurra 4) Deanridge Sparky 5) Sporting Montana 6) Box Office Benny
Heat 12: 1) Clone Duke 2) Ballymac Bronze 3) Bubbly Scorcher 4) Bet Shop Boy 5) Knockduff Eske 6) Hurry Up Jordan
Heat 13: 1) Ballymac John 2) Wide Open 3) Selsey Bullet 4) Arkady 5) Chelms Switch 6) Romeo Mission
Heat 14: 1) Springside Bucko 2) Da Bold Freddie 3) Savana Top Cat 4) Jet Stream Wind 5) Dapper Larry 6) Fridays Awesome
Heat 15: 1) Romeo Top Gun 2) Master Ten Ten 3) Mr Incredible 4) Savana Ruinart 5) Bellmore Cricket 6) Famous Eight
Heat 16: 1) Magical Kyle 2) Ballymac Beanie 3) Candolim Monsoon 4) Smokey Frank 5) You Two 6) Sehnsa Judge
Heat 17: 1) Darbys Delight 2) Havana Allablaze 3) Savana Beau 4) Ians Warrior 5) Perfecto String 6) Forest Icon
Heat 18: 1) Brookside Richie 2) La Conquistador 3) Hot Throttle 4) Droopys Gravy 5) Comanche 6) Deanridge Skippy
Heat 19: 1) Jacktavern Bella 2) Brinkleys Magic 3) Barefoot Supremo 4) Thunder Black 5) Distant Brian 6) Jacktavern Super
Heat 20: 1) Bockos Leah 2) Banjo Lad 3) Slick Saratoga 4) Eye 5) Ballymac Marino 6) Ballymac Johnjo
Heat 21: 1) Boylesports Gift 2) Gaytime Demo 3) Ballinulty Fire 4) Bombay The Beast 5) Sogna In Grande 6) Loggies Buddy

Saturday, May 27

Heat 22: 1) Clondeden Flash 2) Ballymac Joey 3) Lautaro 4) Ivanexile 5) Rooftop Ron 6) Hopes Woofwoof
Heat 23: 1) Savana Bailey 2) Droopys Clue 3) Beepers Lariat 4) Fernandes 5) Newton Ranger 6) Fromposttopillar
Heat 24: 1) Droopys Fidget 2) Tullig Raven 3) Cochise 4) Frosties Fella 5) Clongeel Ozzie 6) Burj Khalifa
Heat 25: 1) Who Needs Wings 2) Romeo Command 3) Mr Chelm 4) Milton Noah 5) Miami Patrol 6) Doghouse Dazzler
Heat 26: 1) Bubbly Apache 2) Deelish Frankie 3) Barley Panther 4) Bockos Palace 5) Kaluki 6) Highfield May
Heat 27: 1) Longacres Noah 2) Bombay Zero 3) Freedom Epic 4) Bens Lad 5) Bellmore Lola 6) Supa Nova
Heat 28: 1) Innfield Billy 2) Savana Sugar 3) Salacres Smasher 4) Long Raven 5) Ninja Kerry 6) Untold Zloty
Heat 29: 1) Chelms Paul 2) Vixons Flyer 3) Betsys Bullet 4) Chasing Tommytee 5) Bubbly Gizmo 6) Antigua Bigun
Heat 30: 1) My Girl Mia 2) Whyaye Man 3) Walk On Gaffer 4) Late Bolger 5) Caseys Tommy 6) Antigua Sugar
Heat 31: 1) Coolavanny Fort 2) Broadstand Noah 3) Goldies Perryman 4) Leighas Dream 5) Stevie Knows 6) Bales Legacy
Heat 32: 1) Wrighty 2) Pepinthestep 3) Droopys Google 4) Slick Sakina 5) Ballyhimikin Leo 6) God Bless

English Greyhound Derby 2023 betting

English Greyhound Derby odds are on paddypower.com and prices for the leading contenders can be seen on our snazzy widgets below.

Fromposttopillar is the favourite with Paddy Power for the English Greyhound Derby thanks to a strike rate of 75 per cent from 12 runs including a hat-trick of recent victories at Towcester.

Swords Rex is next in the betting after clocking an impressive time when winning at Towcester in early May.

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