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2013 Coventry announce they are to cease Sunday racing after September 8 and switch to a Tuesday-Wednesday-Saturday format. Promoter Harry …
2013 Coventry announce they are to cease Sunday racing after September 8 and switch to a Tuesday-Wednesday-Saturday format. Promoter Harry …
1963 A major fire sees Monmore Stadium virtually burnt to the ground. The fire, which appears to have started in …
2001 Kinsley welcome the Australian cricket team midway through the Ashes campaign. A good night is had by all with …
2012 Galliard Homes submit plans for 150 houses and 75 flats on the site of Oxford Stadium. 1996 Sittingbourne is …
2000 Westhoughton is put on the market for £100,000 by owner Arthur Brightcliffe. 1947 Wandsworth announce the launch of a …
1969 Representatives from Dundalk are speaking to the British racing press attempting to drum up support for a new event, …
1971 A ground breaking month for racecourse promoters as the Betting Gaming & Lotteries Amendment Act comes into force. From …
1961 June 18 The owner of English Derby semi-finalist Winter Bell (Champion Prince-Spanish Gardenia, Nov 58). 58 year old J …
1993 The British Greyhound Racing Trust Fund (late the BGRF) unveil their first ever budget. Of the £830,000 collected in …
1955 June For the first time the English Derby will be contested by 48 all male greyhounds. 1978 British breeding …