George Curtis (greyhound trainer)

George Curtis
Occupation	Greyhound Trainer
Born	1923
Major racing wins
Classic/Feature wins: St Leger (1950, 1986) Cesarewitch (1986) Oaks (1985) Grand National (1983, 1984) Grand Prix (1984) Gold Collar (1975) Scurry Gold Cup (1977, 1982, 1983, 1984) Television Trophy (1973, 1983)
Racing awards
Twice Greyhound Trainer of the Year

George Curtis (born 1923) is a former English greyhound trainer. He is a three times UK champion Greyhound Trainer of the Year.

In 1937, aged 14, he started as a kennelhand at Portsmouth Stadium with trainer Bill Peters and received his first National Greyhound Racing Club trainer's licence in 1944. The first classic race success of his career came with Fawn Mack during the 1950 St Leger whilst attached to Park Royal Stadium.

A move to Brighton Stadium in 1967 catapulted George into continued success. He trained a greyhound in two Derby finals, Hard Held in the 1969 English Greyhound Derby and Sirius in the 1970 English Greyhound Derby.

His was propelled to industry fame after training Yankee Express and then national fame as the trainer of world record holder Ballyregan Bob. George retired in 1987 handing the kennels and licence to Bill Masters.

He had the nickname 'Gentleman George' and in 2017 he was given the honour of being named in the Trafalgar Cup title.

He has won the Greyhound Trainer of the Year three times in 1983, 1984 and 1986 and the Trainers Championship in 1984.

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