Kevin Richard Hutton (born 1981) is an English
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 is a four times United Kingdom champion
Champion Trainer and 2018 Derby winning trainer.
Profile
He currently runs out of
Towcester Greyhound Stadium
Towcester Greyhound Stadium is a greyhound racing track located within Towcester Racecourse at Towcester in Northamptonshire, England. It has been the home of the English Greyhound Derby since 2021, having previously hosted the event from 2017 ...
(which he rejoined in May 2021) and his kennels are based at
Burford
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. Previously he was attached to
Swindon Stadium
Swindon Stadium, also known as the Abbey Stadium, is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing track and former speedway track in Blunsdon, Swindon, England. Greyhound racing currently takes place every Monday, Wednesday, F ...
then Towcester, the latter from when it opened in 2014 until 2018. Following the closure of Towcester he joined Monmore and was there from August 2018 until May 2021. His biggest individual race successes include the
Oaks,
Puppy Derby and the
Select Stakes. He reached the final of the
2013 English Greyhound Derby
The 2013 William Hill Greyhound Derby took place during May and June with the final being held on 29 June 2013 at Wimbledon Stadium.
Sidaz Jack rewarded trainer Charlie Lister OBE with an incredible seventh Derby title. The ante-post favorite Bal ...
with Screen Critic.
The greatest achievement of his career arrived in June 2018 when he won the
2018 English Greyhound Derby with Dorotas Wildcat.
He continued to impress throughout 2018 and his victories included the
Golden Sprint
The Golden Sprint is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Romford Greyhound Stadium. It was inaugurated in 1987.
Venues & Distances
*1987–present (Romford 400m)
Past winners
Sponsors
*1994–1994 (Bailey Racing)
*2002–2006 (Co ...
,
Golden Crest
The Golden Crest was a greyhound racing competition held annually at Poole Stadium.
It was inaugurated in 1937 at Eastville Stadium in Bristol. Eastville closed in 1997 and the event was suspended until Poole resurrected it in 2000.
With the clos ...
,
Eclipse
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and Puppy Derby. He ended the year by securing his second Oaks winner, five years after his first, when
Ravenswood Flo won the
2018 Oaks.
Hutton won his third Oaks title in 2019. In May 2021 Hutton returned to train out of Towcester following its reopening and later in September 2021, won his fourth trainers championship (the first as the rebranded Judgement Night).
In 2022, he won the
Laurels
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and the
British Bred Produce Stakes
The British Bred Produce Stakes is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Swindon Stadium.
History
It was inaugurated in 1946 at Eastville Stadium in Bristol
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in Engl ...
for the first time.
Awards
*
Trainers Championship four times in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021.
*
English Greyhound Derby
The English Greyhound Derby is the most prestigious race on the British Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom, greyhound racing calendar, with a history stretching back to 1927.
It was first held at White City Stadium, but moved to Wimbledon ...
2018
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hutton, Kevin
1981 births
Living people
British greyhound racing trainers