Questhouse man Wood to sponsor Juvenile 480
17/02/09 22:25
Taken from the Racing Post Website 17/02/09
DAVE WOOD, best known in the sport as breeder of greyhounds with the Questhouse prefix, will sponsor a 480-metre invitation race on Racing Post Juvenile Championship night at Wimbledon next month.
The race - which could include Irish star College Causeway, Bubbly Totti and Lenson Joker - is to be called the Emily Wood Memorial Invitation Race, in memory of Wood's mother, who died of cancer.
Worth £600 to the winner, additional prize-money of £100 will be paid to the runner-up, and the other contestants will each receive £75, making up a total of £1,000.
Wood said yesterday: "I'd like to put something back into the sport, and this represents a good opportunity. It's a fitting race for my mother's name as well."
Stan Wolfe, Wimbledon's general manager, said: "I'm absolutely delighted that with the publicity we got through the Racing Post we've managed to find a sponsor. It's doubly satisfying that the person involved is so interested in greyhounds.
"Dave has also expressed an interest in staging a charity meeting at Wimbledon in April which is further good news."
Wood held a very successful charity meeting at Hove last year which raised over £25,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
DAVE WOOD, best known in the sport as breeder of greyhounds with the Questhouse prefix, will sponsor a 480-metre invitation race on Racing Post Juvenile Championship night at Wimbledon next month.
The race - which could include Irish star College Causeway, Bubbly Totti and Lenson Joker - is to be called the Emily Wood Memorial Invitation Race, in memory of Wood's mother, who died of cancer.
Worth £600 to the winner, additional prize-money of £100 will be paid to the runner-up, and the other contestants will each receive £75, making up a total of £1,000.
Wood said yesterday: "I'd like to put something back into the sport, and this represents a good opportunity. It's a fitting race for my mother's name as well."
Stan Wolfe, Wimbledon's general manager, said: "I'm absolutely delighted that with the publicity we got through the Racing Post we've managed to find a sponsor. It's doubly satisfying that the person involved is so interested in greyhounds.
"Dave has also expressed an interest in staging a charity meeting at Wimbledon in April which is further good news."
Wood held a very successful charity meeting at Hove last year which raised over £25,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
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