The performances were good enough for many to consider him a leading prospect for the English Greyhound Derby the following year.
[6] As the only wide runner in the final he took a decisive lead on the second bend to win a first Derby for his trainer Charlie Lister.
[9] The dream ended (and a £100,000 bonus was lost) after he was slow away and tangled with Spiral Nikita; his great English rival Toms The Best won the final.
It transpired that his trainer Charlie Lister had battled with his fitness throughout the competition after Some Picture had been off colour during the event.
His connections decided to send him for stud duties, and he retired at a young age.