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Brilliant Proper Heiress crowned Greyhound of the Year for 2025

Mar 5, 2026 • 3 min read

Proper Heiress and Sid Huett after landing the Time Juvenile Championship at Towcester last year

PROPER HEIRESS is the 2025 Greyhound of the Year after a stunning campaign which saw him land an unprecedented five Category One titles plus the prestigious one-off Juvenile Championship as well as reaching the Irish Derby final.

Trained by multiple champion Mark Wallis and owned by the MWD Partnership comprising Wallis and Towcester promoter Mike Davis - who were also crowned champion owners - Proper Heiress landed Monmore's Winter Derby, the Kent Plate at Central Park, both the Sussex Cup and Olympic at Hove and Nottingham's Eclipse.

It was a stellar night for Wallis and the MWD Partnership as they also saw their Mongys Wild triupmh in both the Stayer and Marathon categories while New Destiny was Bitch of the Year.

Mark Moisley, GBGB commercial director, said: "Congratulations to the connections of all this year's GBGB Award-winning greyhounds.

"It was a brilliant year of racing with outstanding winners and some categories that were very close, and it was fantastic to be able to celebrate both the winners and other nominees at the Awards ceremony.

"We were also delighted to be able to recognise the people who make our sport so great - from owners and trainers to kennelhands and track staff - who all work tirelessly each day to keep our sport running at the very highest standard.

"We look forward to seeing all that they and their greyhounds continue to achieve over the coming year!"

All the greyhound award winners

Greyhound of the Year: Proper Heiress - owner MWD Partnership, trainer Mark Wallis

Sprinter of the Year: Shadow Storm - owner Marc White, trainer Richard Rees

Standard Distance Greyhound of the Year: Proper Heiress - owner MWD Partnership, trainer Mark Wallis

Stayer of the Year: Mongys Wild - owner MWD Partnership, trainer Mark Wallis

Marathon Performer of the Year: Mongys Wild - owner MWD Partnership, trainer Mark Wallis

Bitch of the Year: New Destiny - owner MWD Partnership, trainer Mark Wallis

British Bred Greyhound of the Year: Romeo Steel - owner David Firmager, trainer Patrick Janssens

Newcomer of the Year: Tie between Romeo Tomcat and Santas Amigo - owner of Romeo Tomcat David Firmager, trainer Patrick Janssens. Owners of Santas Amigo Nadeem Raja, Greg White and Michael Young, trainer of Santas Amigo David Mullins

GBGB Track of the Year: Romford