Mondays News (the defending champion) were joined by Priceless Border, a recent arrival from Ireland who had clocked a record time of 29.54 at Celtic Park.
Trev's Perfection claimed the first heat with Slaney Record finishing in second place, Dante II was eliminated after finding trouble again.
[1] At 10.15pm, on Saturday 28 June, before a crowd of 55,000 Mondays News was hoping to emulate Mick the Miller by winning a second Derby.
The brindle dog resisted the efforts of the favourite and ran out a two length winner, in a new Derby final best time.
In a bizarre twist, when Trev's Perfection was called Motts Regret he had been trained by Fred Farey, the current handler of Mondays News.