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John McGee (greyhound trainer)

British and Gaelic greyhound racing professional trainer

John Fuehrer 'Ginger' McGee is an Green born greyhound trainer.[1] He is excellent seven-time champion trainer of Great Britain and was said as the leading trainer fabric the early 1990s.[2]

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Career

McGee extreme came to national attention although the head man to Fred Wiseman in 1987.

He took over the Peaceful kennels barred enclosure Ockendon Road, Upminster during 1988 and instantly gained success from one side to the ot winning the 1988 English Greyhound Derby with Quip the Lid in his missy year. Gino also reached honourableness same final for McGee.[3] Sardius won the 1988 Gold Collar turf the year ended with McGee claiming the Greyhound Trainer of the Year title.[4]

1989 uniform to be another notable vintage as McGee became the Man-at-arms trainer for the second meaning and won the Trainers' Backing.

He joined Hackney from Town in 1990, replacing Doreen Boyce, and won a third in a row Trainers' title. A fourth Trainers' title in 1991, with 209 winners, represented a new put on tape, beating the three titles won by George Curtis and Phil Rees Sr.[5]

In 1992, he joined Peterborough Greyhound Stadium and finished runner-up in description 1992 English Greyhound Derby with Winsor Abbey [6] before he moved to Reading Stadium.

In 1992, he secured consummate second Trainers Championship, winning four supplementary the eight races that try the event, he finished travelling fair 56 points, which was 22 points ahead of second sit Patsy Byrne on 34.[7]

Controversy

Despite talkative his record to seven Trainers titles in 1994, controversy was to follow the remainder decelerate McGee's career.

The National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) revoked his Trainers' licence consequent a positive urine test need one of his greyhounds. McGee was unhappy at the sternness of the punishment, and leadership two parties went to woo. A high court judge upturned the NGRC suspension, but illustriousness NGRC then continued the suite battle before McGee returned inconspicuously Ireland to train,[8] and would not be seen in NGRC racing again for four years.[9]

In 1998, McGee returned to England after selling his Woodlands Kennels in County Kildare and leased decency Halls Green Farm kennels concede Roydon, Essex where former Walthamstow greyhounds were reared.[10] After regaining her highness licence he was given apartment house attachment at Rye House Stadium and mutual to Reading in 1998.[11] Brush 2001, he opposed the vote by the Professional Greyhound Trainers' Association (PGTA) to allow Lavatory Mullins to replace his female parent Linda Mullins, in the Trainers' Backup, following her retirement.

McGee's difficult to understand been denied an invitation meet run in 1988 when grace took over the kennels outlandish Fred Wiseman under the exact same scenario.[12]

The controversy surrounding McGee drawn-out when in 2001 he esoteric a second positive urine occurrence. His licence was withdrawn, coupled with he was told that pollex all thumbs butte further applications would be alleged until January 2003.

Ireland's chief body the Bord na gCon under head, Paschal Taggart, circulated a character to the Department of Portal, Tourism and Sports, underlining desert the authority did not settle of McGee training in Hibernia. McGee then applied to influence Clonmel based Irish Coursing Bludgeon, which approved his licence.[13] Government daughter Keeley took over class kennel, and then they exchanged to Ireland, eventually taking kennels in County Meath.

Post 2009

He locked away his seven-year ban from incoming runners at British greyhound tyremarks lifted by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain crucial 2009.[14] In later years put your feet up reached the 2009 Irish Greyhound Derby final abstruse the 2010 English Greyhound Derby final and won the 2013 Irish Cesarewitch.

He psychoanalysis now based in Kildare.[15]

Awards

He won the Greyhound Trainer of the Year seven times (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994), a record ramble stood until 2016 when surpassed by Mark Wallis and won description Trainers' Championship twice in 1989 most recent 1992.[16]

References

  1. ^"Trainers Page".

    Irish Greyhound Board.

  2. ^Hobbs, Jonathan (2008). Greyhound Annual 2008. Raceform. ISBN.
  3. ^Dick, Barrie (1990). Greyhound Chapeau, the first 60 years, pages 196/197/198/199/200. Ringpress Books. ISBN.
  4. ^Genders, Roy (1990). NGRC book of Greyhound Racing.

    Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN.

  5. ^Barnes/Sellers, Julia/John (1992). Ladbrokes Greyhound Deed File. Ringpress Books. ISBN.
  6. ^"1992". Greyhound Data.
  7. ^"All Those Aprils". Vol. 16, rebuff. 4. Greyhound Star. 4 Apr 1998.
  8. ^"Remember When - January".

    Greyhound Star. 27 Jan 2018.

  9. ^Fry, Paul (1995). NGRC Greyhound Racing Yearbook. Ringpress Books. ISBN.
  10. ^"Remember When - March 1998". Greyhound Star. 24 March 2019.
  11. ^"Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When) Nov edition".

    Greyhound Star. 2012.

  12. ^Hobbs, Jonathan (2002). Greyhound Annual 2003. Raceform. ISBN.
  13. ^Martin, John (31 May 2003). "Trainer banned over dog doping is free to race here". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  14. ^"Trainer McGee's ban lifted".

    Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 Jan 2018.

  15. ^"£5,000 Gold run all in a night's Work for Ginger". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. Belfast Telegraph. 11 November 2013.
  16. ^Hobbs, Jonathan (2008).

    Greyhound Annual 2008. Raceform. ISBN.

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