"Chris is a fine trainer, one of the best feeders of a dog I have ever seen in 50 years of greyhound racing. He has it all."  Geoffrey De-Mulder.

Chris Allsopp only took out his license in October of 2003 and is without doubt, the new kid on the block. After only 6 weeks in training he sent out Miss Longford to contest the Coventry Summer Derby and she was beaten only a length by the Charlie Lister trained Cocks Hero.

Since the age of 4 Chris has always been around greyhounds. His father was a trainer at Norton Canes and Perry Barr. At the age of 14 Chris started working part-time for Bertie Gaynor who was attached to Hall Green. When he left school he joined Bertie full-time until the age of eighteen when Bertie retired and returned to Ireland.

After a spell with Bruce Jennings at Nottingham Chris was asked to work for Paddy Hancox who had a very large Open race kennel. There he helped Paddy win the Grand National with Kildare Slippy.

After a short spell away from the game where Chris played semi-professional Rugby Union he was persuaded by many of his Coventry friends and locals to get back into greyhound racing. After initially taking out his license with just 4 dogs as a hobby, just a year and a half later he had a full kennel with in excess of 60 greyhounds - 40 on the racing strength and a selection of high class Open dogs. There is a waiting list for new greyhounds and prospective owners.

Chris is now a regular on the Open scene and figures prominently in the Trainers Championship Table. He was already well established as the top trainer at Coventry prior to being offered the lucrative contract to train at current track Monmore in October 2005. Rosshill View gave him his biggest win to-date when landing the £5,000 Midland Flat. He also sent out She Said No to reach the William Hill Northern Puppy Derby in 2006. Mango Tango took the £3,000 Maiden Derby Final at Sheffield in 2007. Rev Counter gave Allsopp his biggest win to date when landing the Betfred Eclipse later the same year. Chris is a young trainer with a young kennel and young staff who are eager to win and will travel everywhere with the right dog.

Having started from scratch, his West View Farm establishment consisted of just two empty units, Chris has invested heavily in two new kennel blocks and paddocks. He has use of a swimming pool and gallops within the complex and with 7 concrete paddocks and a 3 acre field, the greyhounds in his care have excellent facilities in which to prosper.