Posts in category Remember When

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, …

1971 Despite a visit from NGRC Secretary Fred Underhill and steward Ken Guy, Yarmouth promoter Len Franklin has turned down …

1947 Manchester White City racing manager Mr E Dickinson is so confident in the ability of his local tracker Lacken …