Star Sports have been unveiled as the new sponsors of the English Greyhound Derby, which moves for the first time to Towcester this year.
The race will be run at Towcester, the UK’s newest greyhound track, for the first time on Saturday July 1.
With a winner’s purse of £175,000 and total prize-money of over £350,000, it is the richest greyhound competition in the world.
It will take the winner around 29 seconds to complete the 500-metre course for this historic prize that dates all the way back to 1927.
Towcester’s Chief Executive Kevin Ackerman, said: "We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Star Sports as sponsors of the English Greyhound Derby.
"It was extremely important for us to find the right partner who share our ambitions for greyhound racing. Ben Keith and his enthusiastic team at Star Sports are hugely passionate about the sport and together we will put on the greatest greyhound show in the world."
