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ANYBODY UP FOR A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
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Mad ghost..Spot on
Before I started racing...Apparently won the TV Trophy at Catford...maybe wrong... But was bought by Savva from George Ripley[who trained my first dogs]for big money then in those days Went on to produce the start of the Westmead dinesty[sorry about spelling] |
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best two tracks to run your dog on was white city and long eaton nice bends long str8 in good order harringay was ok but we had a wide runner who found himself running on the concrete slabs they had for you to parade along
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noflapleft: Yes, Dogs either took to Harringay or didn't. It was the banked bends that threw them out, they would go flying into them, hit the raised ground and could then go all over the place. You dog finished up where did probably, looking for some flat, even ground.
I thought West Ham was a fantastic gallop and, believe it or not, Charlton was a good running track. |
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not that old but my dad mum and both grandads where dog men and woman
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I WAS 16-17 AND I WAS WORKING AS A OFFICE JUNIOR AT LADDYS IN NOTTINGHAM CREDIT OFFICE WE,D GET PAID FRIDAY IN CASH THEM DAYS I WAS DRAWING AROUND £9 A WEEK ...SATURDAY MORNING ID GO ROUND TO KKORALS SAT MORNING ,IN THEM DAYS YOU COULD HAVE TOTE PLACE ONLY ....THE 3 THAT COME TO MIND WAS BA THE ROVER ...OLD BOOT... AND A FANTASTIC LITTLE DOG CALLED RUSSIAN PICKET ,I TRIED TO REMEMBER ITS NAME YESTERDAY AND IT CAME TO ME IN BED LAST NIGHT ....RUSSIAN PICKET WAS EVERYTHING TO ME FOR A TOTE PLACE IN ABOUT 25 RUNS ITS HARD TO BELIEVE BUT ONCE MAYBE TWICE IT FINISHED OUT THE 2 ...ALWAYS SHORT 5-4 EVENS AND IT WOULD ALWAYS RETURN 17P..18P..19P OR A PLACE ....IF I HAD £12 IT WENT ON RETURN 19P THEN ID WAIT FOR ONE OF THE OTHER 2 AND HAVE ABOUT 6-8 NICKER ON AND THEYD PAY THE SAME ...BACK TO WORK WITH ABOUT £25 PLUS IN ME POCKET .....ONE SATURDAY LANZAROTE RAN AT KEMPTON ID DONE THE DOUBLE IN THE MORNING LANZAROTE WENT OFF 11-10 I HAD £15 PLACE HOPING FOR A 13P RETURN AND ID COP A FIVER ...IT WON THE RACE AND PAID 19P .....THAT NIGHT I WENT TO DRAW AND HEADEED TO DERBY DOGS WITH ABOUT 40 QUID IN ME POCKET WASNT BAD THEN IN 1971...CAME HOME WITH 125 QUID AFTER A GOOD NIGHT THERE .I WAS AMILLIONAIRE ........I SWEAR TO GOD THERES NOT A BETTER FEEELING THAN THAT IN WORLD AT TIMES ,AND SOME OF YA CAN SAY IM A SAD FKKER FOR SAYING IT ....THEN AGAIN ALOT OF YA WILL KNOW WOT I MEAN ........IVE WALKED ON DOG TRACKS AND I CAN SMELL A GOOD NIGHT ...KNOW WHAT I MEAN BOYS?........PRICELESSSS DAYS
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THEN AGAIN ALOT OF YA WILL KNOW WOT I MEAN ........IVE WALKED ON DOG TRACKS AND I CAN SMELL A GOOD NIGHT ...KNOW WHAT I MEAN BOYS?........PRICELESSSS DAYS
Oh Yes...know what you mean...hahahaha |
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WHATS FUNNY ABOUT THAT
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You could smell a good night at Reading Dogs!! It was called the Whitley Whiff!!
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cashless do you remember summer story there
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cashless i used to do tote place on the dogs remember manchester white city and kings heath in the shops i used to place 2 or 3 dogs in a race dogs used to pay over £1 a place for 10p
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THEN THEY RESTRICTED IT TO TWICE THE S.P.
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WASNT KINGS HEATH JUST 5 DOGS SAT AFTERNOON MICK
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MEMEORYS NOT WHAT IT WAS MICK BUT SOME OF THEM DOGS AT HACKNEY WERE LIKE OLD FREINDS
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your right 5 dogs only
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i used to go up the betting shop on saturday morning 11.00 only the blower then
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tracton charm
hot work mossy moore  |
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I USED SIT BY THE BOARD JACKSON AND LOWE MARKER WAITING FOR THE FIRST SHOW TO COME THROUGH AND ID PRICE UP LOVED IT
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masked i remember all 3 good times
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I remember being in a Mecca shop in East Ham and backing a dog on the tote at Hackney called Brown Hill.
I got lucky, it paid £2-10 for a 10p stake, but the SP was only 3/1. I got limited to 3 times the S.P. I argued about it, but the rules were up on the wall.  |
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At King's Heath they used to were adamant that they would have worked out every tote win, place & forecast dividend BEFORE the dogs got to the second bend and these were the days before computers and calculators were even thought of. Remarkable but they proved it race after race.
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Actually CASHLESS.....Your story reminded me of when I was out racing 3/4 nights a week...I had terrible nights or I had the ones where...As you put it,you could smell a good one....It made me chuckle at the one ,two or three outstanding night I had...and how it made me smile for months...You were right...they were Priceless..!!
EN AGAIN ALOT OF YA WILL KNOW WOT I MEAN ........IVE WALKED ON DOG TRACKS AND I CAN SMELL A GOOD NIGHT ...KNOW WHAT I MEAN BOYS?........PRICELESSSS DAYS Oh Yes...know what you mean...hahahaha |
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My first viewing of live greyhound racing was at White City in the mid 60´s and I was hooked from then on. The atmosphere on Derby night was amazing, God knows what the attendance figures were. Packed stands on both straights and even parts of the bends had punters screaming their heads off. I saw many of the greats there, Dolores Rocket, Yellow Printer, Mutts Silver, Shamrock Point, Sarah's Bunny, Patricia's Hope and Jimsun to name a few. I even saw Stan Bowles a few times ;-). I remember trying to convince the world and his brother that Mutts Silver would win the Derby (before the quarters) although I was not so lucky when I waded in to back Sallys Cobbler the year before. He was one of the tightest railers i've ever seen (almost scraping paint off the rail) and had the race in safe keeping but for whatever reason came off the rail and let Tartan Khan through to win. I don't go greyhound racing so often when i'm in England these days, but I was at Wimbledon last year (may have been the quarters) and even though a few good things won, I thought the stadium was depressing, a handful of bookmakers, the opposing stand looked like a building site and the atmosphere was cold to say the least. What I would give to be able to back in time to the night 'Muttsy' won at White city, the Mecca of greyhound racing ...... and always will be ...... at least for many of us oldies ;-)
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Betfair has a part to play in killing off dog track attendances for proper punters.
If you went to the Stow no a Saturday night, over 60% of the crowd on the winning line side of the track were young people there for a night out. They used to bet, but in reality, with a bird on their arm, and a wallet full of wonga, they had no clue what percentages book they were betting on. On here it's close to 100% book in most races, while at the track they're betting at 130% and worse. I recall backing a 6/1 winner at Romford on here, where I got 20s for it. You never see a dog over 8s in graded racing, unless it can't win. |
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Yesterday, on a rare visit after horse racing had finished for the afternoon.
Two dogs in one race, one 4/1, the other 9/2. I got 7/1 and 10/1 on here, and one of them won. That's why BAGS tracks are virtually empty of punters. |
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when and if you ever get a moment have a read of this thread , the good old days
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Good to read this again, thank you irishone.
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Sorry to nit-pick winkle but it was 1,118 yards at Catford the maximum allowed at the time under NGRC rules was 1,120 yards!
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How did the office let hackney close
It was a schooling ground for young punters on a Saturday |
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Heartbreaking To Read.. Great Memories Though.
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No contribution from Whitmarsh on this thread but a few posts from Mr Memory.
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whitmarsh last posted may 2012
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