Posts in category Remember When

1947 Newspaper article: “First midweek meeting to be run near London since the ban made hot work for the Excise …

1987 Westhoughton owner Steven Hayes is the toast of the track after Little Orphan – a name given to him …

1975 Yarmouth become the sixth and most significant independent track to join the NGRC permit scheme. The East Anglian circuit, …

1927 June 20 Britain’s second track, White City (London) stage their first greyhound meeting. It was built to stage the …

1981 Francie Murray lands a four-timer in the qualifying round of the Derby: Knockash Rover (29.65), Ders Available (30.24) Calandra …

1997 Night Trooper beats Blue Murlen in the Reading Masters Final. Both dogs finish lame and miss the English Derby. …

1966 George Webster, a trainer at Rayleigh, loses his licence over an incident that occurred 16 years earlier. Webster had …

1947 Walthamstow Borough Council are objecting to the renewal of the Betting Licence for Walthamstow Stadium. The Daily Express reports …

1996 New Catford trainer Atkins has a ‘mixed’ first meeting. Of his first four runners, one wins, one is KO’d, …

1981 Two fund raising meetings, one at White City and one at Perry Barr, staged in memory of recently deceased …