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1993 Mildenhall promoter Denis Diffley is given permission by the NGRC to continue to grade the card “until the end …
1993 Mildenhall promoter Denis Diffley is given permission by the NGRC to continue to grade the card “until the end …
1768 Captain Cook sets sail for Australia with two thoroughbred greyhounds on board. It is not known whether they were …
2010 Arsonists wipe out the derelict VIP Bar at Portsmouth which closed earlier in the year. 1992 Popular Scottish agent …
1965 Vivid Fire, a bitch who was so badly injured in a kennel fight that her owners were advised to …
2002 GRA do not share racing manager Tony Killingbeck’s sense of humour after he gives unusual titles to a series …
1988 Double English Derby finalist Stouke Whisper has joined Boston (USA) based Dan Ryan. 1979 Local trainer Peter Payne wins …
1947 Newspaper article: “First midweek meeting to be run near London since the ban made hot work for the Excise …
1946 Brood bitch Gainswell Cut produces a litter of 14 pups, just seven months after producing a litter of 13 …
1950 Following a change in the rules which allow more privately trained dogs to contest opens, a number of former …
1975 Yarmouth become the sixth and most significant independent track to join the NGRC permit scheme. The East Anglian circuit, …