Kenneth W Linzell also known as Kenny or Ken, (born 1937), is a former British

greyhound trainer A greyhound trainer is a person who trains greyhounds for racing. This involves exercising, feeding, and grooming them in addition to keeping the greyhound in race condition to enable the greyhound to race to the best of its ability. History Befo ...

. He was UK Champion trainer in 1985 and twice winner of the Trainers Championship.

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Linzell started training on the independent circuit taking runners regularly to

Rayleigh Weir Stadium Rayleigh Weir Stadium was a speedway, greyhound racing and stock car stadium in Weir between Rayleigh and Thundersley in England. It is not to be confused with the Rayleigh Greyhound Sports Stadium that existed in O’Tooles Meadow on Down Ha ...

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and the West Suffolk Greyhound Stadium. After gaining a

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licence he had attachments at

Ipswich Stadium Ipswich Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium situated in Ipswich, Suffolk. Origins and Opening In the early 1930s the site chosen for a new stadium was directly north east of where the River Orwell and River Gipping meet and north of the Lon ...

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and

Hackney Wick Stadium Hackney Wick Stadium was a greyhound racing and speedway stadium located at Waterden Road in the London Borough of Hackney. Origins The site chosen for the stadium was on land known as Hackney Marshes west of the River Lea and on the west sid ...

. Linzell's Burton Lodge kennels were based in

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and he secured a leading position within the industry when contracted at

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in 1983. In 1983 he trained Glatton Grange who won over £23,000 in prize money winning the Greyhound Breeders Forum Stakes, the British Breeders Forum Stakes and the International. The following year the brindle dog finished runner-up in the

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and reached the

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final. Linzell was

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in 1985 and also won the

Scottish Greyhound Derby The Scottish Greyhound Derby was an original classic greyhound competition held at Shawfield Stadium. Held at Carntyne Stadium from 1928 to 1968, after the closure of Carntyne the race appeared at Shawfield from 1970 until 1985. In 1988 the Gre ...

and reached the

1985 English Greyhound Derby The 1985 Daily Mirror Greyhound Derby took place during May and June with the final being held on 22 June 1985 at Wimbledon Stadium. It was the first time that Wimbledon hosted the event following the closure of the White City Stadium. The winn ...

final with Smokey Pete. He later won two Trainers Championship in 1985 and 1986 before winning the 1989

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with Minnies Siren. One year later he won the

1990 English Greyhound Derby Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the ...

with Slippy Blue. Also during 1990 he was represented in the

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final by Rosden Speedy. Linzell made the decision to leave Walthamstow in 1991, due to the track's trainer policy and he joined

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. Romford's racing schedule became too demanding and Linzell retired from the sport in 1999. He sold his Burton Lodge kennels to the Miles family, who then leased them to Linzell's former head man Paul Young.

Brian Clemenson Brian Adrian Clemenson (born 1963) is a retired English greyhound trainer. He is a three times United Kingdom champion Champion Trainer. Profile Clemenson was a head man for Kenny Linzell before taking out a trainer's licence. He raced out of ...

was also a former head man for Linzell.

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