Posts in category Remember When

1972 The NGRC is born – technically it is NGRC Ltd – an amalgamation of the National Greyhound Racing Club …

1949 Clapton shareholder have to make do with a 33% dividend return for 1948 having earned 50% the previous year. …

1994 Lacken Prince is top lot at Shelbourne Sales at 3,000gns. Within three months he has landed the Mistley Trojan …

1949 Frank Davis – who is on remand for £100 bail with his two brothers Sidney and Aaron for conspiring …

1985 Clive Feltham is appointed as the new General Manager at Hall Green. 1973 Irish training legend Dick Ryan, three …

2009 Ladbrokes ‘volunteer’ Crayford to undergo GBGB trials into micro-chipping. The first runner chipped is Tiger Bay, owned by the …

2015 The Totepool Jackpot goes ‘unwon’ when 6-1 chance Soviet Kenny was one of two runners not backed in the …

1981 It is a bad month for puppy thefts with eleven pups stolen from five different locations within the space …

1987 Independent racing legend Joe Booth dies in hospital on New Years Eve aged 81. 1977 Glenroe Hiker who changed …

2011 December 9 The Racing Post TV Channel is launched. 1994 Chairman Paddy Milligan informs the NGRC/BGRB that the GTA …