1962 Sir Alan Herbert, greyhound owner, former MP, diplomat, author and playwright, uses his invite as guest speaker at the Gimcrack Lunch to launch an attack on the Conservative Government. He says: “There is one law for the horse, and another for the dog. This means in practice, one law for the rich and another law for the poor.”

2003 The BGRF faces its biggest crisis to date when the bookmaker directors refuse to approve the BGRB’s proposed budget for 2004.

1956 Two former employees at Nottingham White City, the tote manager and a tote mechanic, are committed for trial for “conspiring to defraud people placing bets with the tote.”

1996 The NGRC announce that they are to increase their drugs testing by 66% in 1997.

1962 A new record is set for the industry’s first ‘jackpot’ pool introduced at Catford. RAF serviceman Richard Youles collects £1,726. (Equivalent today of around £35,400). He had purchased 81 tickets at two shillings each (£8.10) London White City soon adopt an ‘exotic’ pool with the ‘treble chance quinella’

2003 Attempting to follow up on their enormous success with Late Late Show, the Irish Greyhound Board present a sapling to film director Jim Sheridan. Unfortunately, the son of Late Late Show never makes it to the track.

1992 Portsmouth GM Bill Francis announces that the track’s ground breaking ‘Five Good Things For A Fiver’ deal has attracted its 5000th customer (at an average of 500 customers per week). The deal is the basis of the future ‘Six Pack’ deal.

2000 Former Wembley general manager David Turner goes on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and wins £125,000.

1956 Patrick Barry of Dunboyne County Meath and famous for dogs with the ‘Baytown’ prefix is one of four men warned off by the Irish Coursing Club. Mr Barry is given four weeks to dispose of his stud dogs and brood bitches prior to all his dogs being disqualified. They include his recent £2,500 purchase of stud dog Ballinclea Dancer.

1962 Mrs CH Chandler’s Cloudbank w bd b (Knockhill Chieftain-Direct Lead, Mar 61) looks a certainty to add the Puppy Derby to her recent Puppy Oaks success. However,she is badly baulked at the first and third bends and is beaten a short head by Bill Westcott’s 66-1 chance Fresh Paddles. The pair meet again a week later in the Juvenile of the Year Stake at Wembley. Cloudbank (4-11f) wins with ease with Fresh Paddles beaten six lengths into fourth.

1960 Mundesley bred Crazy Paving’s status as one of the most popular greyhounds seen in Britain in the previous three years is acknowledged with a special presentation ceremony following his final race in the Olympic Final at Wandsworth. Billed as ‘Crazy Paving finally gets the hare’, owner, trainer, breeder Charlie Payne is presented with a trophy of a hare on a plinth. In fact, Paving’s final race turned out to true drama. Contesting his third Olympic final having been beaten in the previous two, the fawn took an early lead. But as he raced clear off the second bend, the unfortunate Lemon Field broke a stifle and stood motionless. Fortunately a young Wembley kennel man, (later to become a Harringay trainer and Harlow racing manager – Stan Gudgin – left) had the presence of mind to leap the inside fence and quickly lift the stricken hound to safety, thus avoiding a no-race. The 6-4fav duly extended his lead to over lengths and received a tremendous ovation on his lap of honour.

He finished his career with 54 wins from 128 starts, over 12 different distances from 440-880 yards. He won £4,741 pounds (approx £75K by today’s figures) and finished as the second highest prize money winner in 1960 behind Dunstown Paddy.

1976 November 3. Miss Deirdre Hynes’s Peruvian Style (b d Kilbelin Style-Russian Boots, Feb 73) equals Westpark Mustard’s record of 20 wins to a row when he wins his beat of the Federation Stakes And McWilliam Trophy over 525 yards at Galway. But in the final on November 10, going for the record 21 wins, the 1-6 favourite misses his break and cannot catch fast-starting Pet Ace at 16-1. Ace leads throughout and wins by a length in30.40. Trainer Tony Fahy reported Peruvian Style lame after his heat win, but feels he was fit enough after a week’s rest. He is retired to stud after this race after winning 25 races from his last 27 starts. Pic Peruvian Style & Lexie Marmions