LET ME TELL YOU completed an unbeaten run through the event with an all-the-way, albeit hard fought, victory in the 2018 Nottingham British Breeders Stakes Final.

Trained by Angie Kibble for Jonathan Miles, Let Me Tell You was pressed most of the way by the John Mullins-trained Carn Brea, who had brushed aside his fast-starting kennelmate Romeo Mandate at the bend to lead the chase behind the eventual winner.

To his credit, the Sheffield 3 Steps runner-up kept on well to get within a neck of the 29.96sec victor, who landed connections £7,500, with an additional £500 heading the way of the near-senior’s breeder Craig Dawson.

“It’s fantastic, and I really still can’t believe it,” said winning owner Miles of the November 2014 son of Kinloch Brae and Coolavanny Cushy, who turns four years of age on Thursday. “He’d not had a great year generally, but thrives at Nottingham.”

He explained: “He’d won just once this year before Notts, but seems to love it here. The switch has massively helped him, and he has a really good strike-rate there – something like eight from 15. I’m just glad I didn’t retire him beforehand! Now we can look forward to Sheffield.”

Miles, whose other Category One success was landed by the Kibble-trained Wiki Waki Woo in the 2015 Ladbrokes Golden Jacket at Crayford, added: “He’s run some great races over the years, and got to finals, too. But he wasn’t quite at his best – he’d been going through the motions for the last 10 months – until here.

“He’s run three great races here, although of course our sympathies were with Rab and Liz (McNair) after King Sheeran’s injury in the semis, but now we’ll look at the British Bred Derby at Sheffield. He made the final two years ago when it was at Towcester.”

Miles thanked Monmore trainer Pat Curtin for his help in getting Let Me Tell You at ten months old. “He’s been a great dog. He started out in A5 at Hall Green – in fact turned in the traps in his very first race! – but progressed to win Bags Track Championship heats, too.

“It really is testament to what Angie Kibble does, and I thank her and her team, with Luke Morrison overseeing things brilliantly at Nottingham through the competition. They’ve done a great job to get him to win such a major race at this stage of his career.”

John Marriott, trainer and chairman of the British Greyhound Breeders Forum, congratulated the winners, commenting: “Angie, Luke, Jonathan and Let Me Tell You are all worthy winners. It’s been a great competition and Let Me Tell You had to produce his best on the night to keep John’s runner at bay.

“I thought the final was full of quality, as was the whole event itself,” he added. “It’s proved again that British breeding is strong, and getting stronger. This was as good a competition as most major comps out there.

“We have another big prize up for grabs at Sheffield next month with the BGBF British Bred Derby, and hopefully in 2019 we’ll have some new events. Of course, most of it is only possible by backing from the British Greyhound Racing Fund – via the bookmakers.

“I’m looking at a Scurry-type event at Henlow, through some backing for us from SIS, and a British-bred event in the north east – Newcastle is looking favourite – so in the short term there’s plenty to look forward.

“Longer term requires continued support, which we’re more than hopeful of getting.”

On behalf of the host track, Nottingham director Rachel Corden said: “We would like to thank John Marriott and Bob Gilling for choosing Nottingham to host the event again.

“There was a tremendous entry which is testament to the hard work of the BGBF in promoting British Bred events. We would also like to thank the BGRF for supporting British Bred competitions in general.”