Posts in category Remember When

1962 Corsican Reward, bred by the GRA at their Irish kennels in Naas and trained by Gordon Hodson at White …

1983 The National Coursing Club are so concerned about the increasing number of sabotage by ‘antis’ that they will only …

1971 Crayford become the first NGRC track to operate with no resident trainers. Two of the four current trainers, Bill …

Stan Kennett has been in touch regarding a recent Remember When story about a ‘doping’ fine from his training days …

1991 A ‘Droopys’ runner is top lot at the sales for the first time. Droopys Prince changed hands for 3,000gns …

2001 Martin Wiley takes over father Ernie’s Romford contract. Ernie decides to step down following the death of wife Jean …

1980 The industry’s most crooked  track, Southend, are ordered, by the NGRC, to hold a stewards enquiry into a graded …

1962 An Oxford punter landed the biggest ever forecast dividend ever on a British track when a 4-1 chance beat …

1991 A 58 year old accountant received a three year jail sentence for driving through the main gates at Catford …

1951 Colonel General Critchley reveals that the majority of greyhounds entering the GRA’s nine tracks are now bred by the …