1947 Clapton trainer Stan Biss is fined £5,000 for injuries incurred by Mr James Brandle in a road accident. No other details are available but the figure is roughly equivalent to £200K today.
1986 Canine superstar Ballyregan Bob clocked 29.28 in the 484 metre trial at Hackney on Sunday morning and later in the same day appeared at the Hilton Hotel to receive his Greyhound of the Year award.
1986 Talks between greyhound enthusiast group New Era and Chelsea chairman Ken Bates about re-introducing greyhound racing to Stamford Bridge, break up with no agreement.
1997 A fight between two dogs at the Hinckley pick-up ends with their owners joining in. One needs eight stitches, the other is barred for a year.
1986 Bookmaker Tony Morris has three 12-1 ante post joint favourites for the English Derby, Fearless Action, Fearless Champ and Murlens Slippy. The latter is one of eight Irish entries among the 163 for Wimbledon’s second Derby – seven more than its first.
1970 A brindle sprinter is backed to even money favourite on his debut and duly lands a Shawfield 300 open. His name is Bright Lad.
1958 Catford have a rare chance of having six local runners in the Gold Collar Final when their sextet are evenly drawn in the two semis. Things don’t go quite to plan when all six fail to qualify.
1986 Reading trainer Rory Smyth has his licence suspended for six months after being caught with a syringe in the Wimbledon paddock. He claims he was using the device to administer olive oil to his greyhound which had a sore throat.
1966 Clomoney Grand completes the Dublin spring double when landing the Easter Cup Final at Shelbourne Park in 29.50 for 525 yards. The tiny blue had previously set a new Harolds Cross record of 29.03 in the final of the Callanan Cup.
1947 Young greyhound vet ‘Mr Ridley’ (it wouldn’t have been seemly to mention a chap’s first name) reveals he is experimenting on a new treatment for dogs with toe ligament injuries. Instead of the standard toe amputation procedure, Ridley has been ‘wiring’ toes together and achieving some success.
1986 The Romford Super Jackpot record is smashed when a single winning ticket pays out £22,607-43 – which index linked works out to around £64K.
1973 Catsrock Daisy is voted Ireland’s Greyhound of the Year for 1972 following her victories in the Easter Cup and Irish Derby for trainer Gem McKenna.
1947 Romford enhance their reputation for paying good prize money for staying opens when increasing the winner’s prize of the Stayers Plate is increased to £250 (£10K in modern terms). The track’s top event, the Essex Vase, pays £500 to the winner, the same prize as the St Leger.
1993 Matt O’Donnell is forced to withdraw his four runners from the Scottish Derby. The quartet have trialled at Shawfield, but it is only when their form is updated, that they are all found to have weight variations from their Irish form and there is insufficient time to retrial them.
