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1971 Sheffield have called in police after eight greyhounds from three different kennels were found to have been doped. 2017 …
1971 Sheffield have called in police after eight greyhounds from three different kennels were found to have been doped. 2017 …
2006 Romford’s Peter Rich hands in his notice to join Walthamstow. Wimbledon’s Ray Peacock announces plans to join Romford – …
2000 The NGRC announce that Deerfield Sunset failed a drugs test on the night of his participation in the English …
1993 Oxford ban their top bookie Gary Wiltshire from BAGS meetings. He questions whether it is a ploy by the …
2006 Irish Greyhound Board chairman Paschal Taggart resigns after 11 years in office. The man considered to the architect of …
1983 Hay Maker Mack, the dog whose record for the Derby distance would never be broken, retires to stud after …
2006 Greyhound racing is hit by ‘Seaham’ as the Sunday Times exposes the practices of local builder David Smith who …
2002 Wimbledon general manager Mike Raper comes under fire from trainers and the Greyhound Writers Association when he cancels the …
1972 Bertie Hatton, breeder of the “Monolee” prefix dies at his home in Enniscorthy. 1968 Romford celebrate one of its …
1974 The Animal Welfare Trust boast that nationally, they homed 60 greyhounds during a two week spell in January. 1985 …