Greyhounds: Joy for Jo and 'Minnies' matriarchy.(Sports) From: The Racing Post (London, England) | Date: September 2, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

INAUGURATED in 2003 as an 18-runner event, Peterborough's Veterans' Derby was expanded to 36 contestants this year and attracted a good turn-out of old-timers, among whom seniority was claimed by the December 1997 whelp Calypso Cole.

Of the stud dogs represented, Staplers Jo took the honours for providing durables with six runners, and although Woodcroft Jo was the sole member of the sextet to reach the final, he ran out an easy winner by over six lengths, posting 26.31s...