Three Steps to Victory

Three Steps to Victory
Class	Category 1
Location	Sheffield
Inaugurated	2003
Sponsor	Time Greyhound Nutrition
Race information
Distance	three distances
Surface	Sand
Purse	£10,000 (winner)

The Three Steps to Victory is a greyhound racing competition held annually at Owlerton Stadium in Sheffield.^[1]

It was inaugurated in 2003 and is unique in the racing calendar because it consists of different race distances. In 2019, Gain Nutrition took over the sponsorship of the event.^[2] Gain Nutrition became Time Greyhound Nutrition in 2023.^[3]

Venues and distances

2003–2004 (Sheffield 280, 480, 500m)
2010–2025 (Sheffield 480, 500, 660m)

Past winners

Year	Winner	Breeding	Trainer	Time (sec)	SP	Ref/notes
2003	Tucks Mein	Top Honcho – Borna Best	Elaine Parker (Sheffield)	29.12	11/4f	^[4]
2004	Farloe Hack	Staplers Jo – Farloe Dingle	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)	29.61	7/2	^[5]
2010	Head Iton Jason	Westmead Hawk – Droopys Grisham	Chris Allsopp (Monmore)	39.25	7/2	^[6]
2011	Kilmore Say Go	Brett Lee – Coolavanny Kate	Matt Dartnall (Swindon)	39.49	7/2	^[7]
2012	Clerihan Gold	Goldmine Ramble – Goldmine Sally	John Sharp (Private)	40.16	25/1	^[8]
2013	Hather George	Hondo Black – Culmore Gift	Charlie Lister OBE (Private)	38.95	9/2	^[9]
2014	Ballymac Eske	Burnpark Champ – Ballymac Penske	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)	38.61	8/11f	Track record^[10]
2015	Farneys Cookie	Tullymurry Act – Tullymurry Mona	Kevin Boon (Private)	39.29	3/1	^[11]
2016	Patchys Kerry	Blackstone Gene – Droopys Stosur	Mark Wallis (Towcester)	38.77	2/5f
2017	Geelo Sapphire	Ace Hi Rumble – Droopys Raeh	Carl Perry (Sheffield)	38.86	7/1	^[13]
2018	Swift Hansel	Godsend – Swift Approach	Anna Thompson (Nottingham)	39.42	9/4	^[14]
2019	Bull Run Button	Ballymac Eske – Tullowmac Java	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)	39.09	11/8f	^[15]
2020	Roxholme Kristof	Ballymac Eske – Badminton Baby	Hayley Keightley (Private)	38.57	4/9f	^[16]
2021	Savana Eruption	Droopys Jet – Volcano	Diane Henry (Towcester)	39.14	15/8f	^[17]
2022	Coolavanny Aunty	Droopys Sydney – Yahoo Katie	Angela Harrison (Newcastle)	38.78	13/8f	^[18]
2023	Distant Emma	Droopys Sydney – Distant Lucy	Barrie Draper (Sheffield)	38.95	11/10f	^[19]
2024	Queen Georgia	Droopys Sydney – Queen Jessiej	Liz McNair (Central Park)	38.88	5/4f	^[20]
2025	Wicky Ned	Droopys Sydney – Ballycowen Lucy	Jimmy Fenwick (Newcastle)	38.98	7/4	^[21]

References

^ Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.
^ "GAIN TO SPONSOR 'THREE STEPS'". Greyhound Star. 29 May 2019.
^ "Time Greyhound Nutirion 3 Steps to Victory Full draw & form". Greyhound Star. 12 May 2023.
^ "2003 Three Steps to Victory final". Greyhound Data.
^ "2004 Three Steps to Victory final". Greyhound Data.
^ "2010 Three Steps result". Greyhound Data.
^ "2011 Three Steps result". Greyhound Data.
^ "2012 Three Steps result". Greyhound Data.
^ "2013 Three Steps result". Greyhound Data.
^ "2014 Three Steps result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
^ "2015 Result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
^ "2016 Result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
^ "Three Steps to Victory result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
^ "2018 Three Steps to Victory result". Racing Post Greyhound Bet.
^ "2019 3 Steps final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
^ "Three Steps final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.
^ "Tough Way to gain victory". Greyhound Star. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
^ "Gain Greyhound Nutrition 3 Steps To Victory Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
^ "Time Greyhound Nutrition 3 Steps To Victory Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Time Greyhound Nutrition 3 Steps To Victory Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "2025 Time Greyhound Nutrition 3 Steps To Victory Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 11 July 2025.

[1] Hobbs, Jonathan (2007). Greyhound Annual 2008. Raceform. ISBN 978-1-905153-53-4.

[2] "GAIN TO SPONSOR 'THREE STEPS'". Greyhound Star. 29 May 2019.

[3] "Time Greyhound Nutirion 3 Steps to Victory Full draw & form". Greyhound Star. 12 May 2023.

[4] "2003 Three Steps to Victory final". Greyhound Data.

[5] "2004 Three Steps to Victory final". Greyhound Data.

[6] "2010 Three Steps result". Greyhound Data.

[7] "2011 Three Steps result". Greyhound Data.

[8] "2012 Three Steps result". Greyhound Data.

[9] "2013 Three Steps result". Greyhound Data.

[10] "2014 Three Steps result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.

[11] "2015 Result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.

[12] "2016 Result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.

[13] "Three Steps to Victory result". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.

[14] "2018 Three Steps to Victory result". Racing Post Greyhound Bet.

[15] "2019 3 Steps final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.

[16] "Three Steps final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain.

[17] "Tough Way to gain victory". Greyhound Star. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.

[18] "Gain Greyhound Nutrition 3 Steps To Victory Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 5 November 2022.

[19] "Time Greyhound Nutrition 3 Steps To Victory Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[20] "Time Greyhound Nutrition 3 Steps To Victory Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

[21] "2025 Time Greyhound Nutrition 3 Steps To Victory Final". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 11 July 2025.

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