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DOG TRACKS LONG GONE
DOG TRACKS LONG GONE
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Mad Ghost,As far as I knowFakenham was never really what I would call a flap.They ran dogs up a straight a couple of times a year.I dont even know if there were any bookmakers their.I never was at the place but what I heard was that it wasnt much more than giving a dog a gallop up a straight.The same could be said about Thirsk where dogs raced up a straight.They had a bookie there when I went old Tubby who sold the roots and bulbs in Doncaster market priced up.It was the back of Thirsk racecourse but you wouldnt call that a flapping track.
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only track as far as i know that used to have a flap inside was newton abbot
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Whitmarsh
Nevr been to Fakenham so am quite happy to take your word for it. |
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I WAS IN THE MIDDLE AT FAKENHAM ON TUESDAY NO SIGN OF IT STILL EXISTING ,BUT I WILL ASK COLIN ARMES A NORWICH BOOKIE WHO MORE THAN LIKELY COULD HAVE BET THERE
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Whitmarsh
I have some information that they used to "race" over 220 yards at Fakenham. |
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Mad Ghost,You may be right but they kept it a secret.I spoke to a couple of friends last night and they didnt know about it.Certainly not as recently as stated in the post,but Im never too old to learn.
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Whitmarsh:
Yes, the only other pieces of information I have is that they raced on Sunday and used a drag hare. This suggests that it wouldn't take long to set-up a meeting especially as they would know the horse racing schedule, and, as the racing distance is 220 yards, I presume that they, like Cheltenham, would use part of the horse racetrack. Only conjecture, I'm afraid. |
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I think that there must have been several 'occasional' tracks that operated for relatively short time periods. In the early 70's there was one in Lower Feltham, not far from the Job's Dairy building with the 'cows' on the roof. In the mid 80's Staines Football Club hosted 2 bend whippet racing for a while, the bookmakers were I believe: Steve Wilkinson, Frank Morrad and 'Eddie' Cantor, whose Board name escapes me now, but for many years bet in the cheap ring at Sloough before, I think, transferring to the main one in the track's latter days.
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Expat,Cantor made a book at Southend,he used to go to the horses as well as a punter.He only backed 2y.o. odds on chances on time figures.He was a big player 40 odd years ago,would bet a 2000 to 1000 on without batting an eyelid.
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White City,Govan.Glasgow.
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Bit late with that one wood lane was on the thread ages ago
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Sorry mate must have missed it.
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Some of the venues referred to were "flips" not licenced by local authorities as the flapping tracks were. They were allowed up to six meetings a year with betting. Very often having used up the six meetings would move to the next field for a further6.
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monmore man
Date Joined: 15 May 03 Add contact | Send message When: 01 Aug 10 18:35 Poor old Geoff Kenney is very ill at the moment. It was in the paper last week. Does not sound good at all. I often see him on Saturdays after he has wasted his afternoons watching the Blue Army. Hope he pulls through Monmore man. You posted the above in this thread on 1 August. Any more news on this please? |
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Another golden oldie from our forum.
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Marsh Barton, Exeter now an industrial estate.
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White City (Manchester) now a retail park
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Incredible what has and is still happening to our Sport ,both sides of the water now
 Never mind Lets all get Behind Towc that should sort everything out .. HOBB will be sitting in the Restaurant saying how great and Fantastic it all is and Chapman Roaring Like a Lunatic on the Gobi Desert Derby .... Absolutely beyond fckin Belief . |
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Marsh Barton, Exeter now an industrial estate.
IRISH, i took a dog to exeter back in 1989, ran second in a sprint open ( 250 mts ) btn 1 lenghth. 15.85. wasnt working at the time and called the dog " giro ".  still got the old programme , stadium was at county ground, st thomas. happy days... copped £50 for coming second.  |
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marsh Barton was closed in the 1950s mate
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.. maybe IRISH, before my time, this stadium was called the exeter county ground, also advertising for dog racing at newton abbot
racecourse. both gone now i imagine ? |
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lot of people get that mixed up and used to when they went there to run dogs
the county ground at Taunton in Somerset was the same built for cricket the dogs raced around the boundary bit like towcester no straights |
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How many flapping tracks are left now?
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Thornton in scotland,just outside kirkaldy. Only 1 left. If u nip in2 thornton b4 racing
Tobys fish n chip resturant. 8 tables fish chips bread n butter pot o tea. Different class. Sadly toby has passed his son anthony runs shop now. Both great dog men. Fearless punters. |
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May be wrong, Thornton, Wheatley Hills, Easington, Highgate, Askern & The Valley. I stand correcting, 6 Flapping tracks left in the U/K.
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Maggie thatcher a lot to answer for. When all the pits closed in scotland within 2 yrs flapping scene was all but done. Lots of miners had greyhounds. Untold amounts of flapping tracks up here at 1 time. Some of the coldest tracks on the planet. The 2 coldest were carfin. Sprint trip 330yrds an 350 yrds 4 bends 540 yrds. Put towcester to shame. What a gallop. An corbiewood was baltic in winter. Just by stirling. Great track.
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Think Easington Closed earlier this year
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Just had there derby few weeks ago. Watched heats on greyhound racers facebook. Final on youtube as well.
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Of the flaps, think Ellesmere Port and Westhoughton recently gone?
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Thought was gone Few months back Private ,Appoligies
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No worries case. May have closed for a while. Watched heats n final. Believe scottish dog won final.
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The GeeKay dogs that ran at Derby were owned by Nigel Flowers father,who ran a Snooker Club at Northampton.
Probably the best he had was GeeKay Hercules, who won many marathons at both Derby and Milton Keynes. Nigel used to run a book at MK and Coventry,and now stands at Towcester with Tony Johnson. |