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are there any flappers on here games dead now but every one but every one flap there dogs .now no one dare talk about there flapping days chaz lister was a die in the woods flapper .one off races 1k each was a hows how and the best fun
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Won Carfin track championship years ago with McCabe(aka Lemon Master) and had plenty other open winners back in the days.
Flapping will be a huge loss to greyhound racing but i fear an inevitable one. Ps also bookied at a couple and not too proud to say i couldnt make it pay. |
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Yes the great days are only a memory would be racing every night bar Sunday Betting Trials Open races graded you could get fortunes on huge money paid for flappers
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USED TO LOVE GOING TO ALDERSHOT TRACK ( NOW CLOSED), THE LICENSED TRACKS DONT HAVE THE SAME BUZZ FOR ME.
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in my day it was race where you wanted when you wanted,
nothing better than putting dog on back seat of car, with a wad in your pocket,and bookies who would lay a bet, only memories now |
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Never owned flapping dogs,but used to love going flapping up in the mids,chasewater,and norton canes were great fun i got to know a few of the owners and at chasewater you could wittle a 5 dog race down to 2 maybe 3 that could win,the others would have had a nice bit of hovis.Putting a bet on would be done after the people who gave you the info had put their bet on so it would open @2/1 the owner would put £50 on and the odds would change to 4/6 id have £30 on and 1/3 would be the next price and if it was a ringer you would be screaming slow down if they did 3 seconds better than their trial time a red light would appear and the race void a green light was met with a loud cheer
 .At Norton canes some serious money would change hands with the bookies they were fearless,more money was accepted in the ring than i see the bags tracks bookies accept now,im sure the story was the same country wide.Happy days and lots more fun than the sterile betting and racing we are offered now i think..... |
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the owner has a bullseye on @ 2s you have 30 quid on @ 4/6 . some serious moneygoing on ? wtf year we talking about here ffs 19 poxy 12 , jeeez i despair at some of these posts i really do
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alansure1
if they did 3 seconds better than their trial time a red light would appear more like 1 sec as it = 13 lths |
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Unfortunately,we got 3 red lights in one night at Long Eaton.
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alansure 100% right apart from the 3 seconds...micheal59 stick to your local amusement arcade..sorry i meant betting shop. !! |
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michael I know you're just a troll but do us all a favour and F*CK OFF
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check
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silly user name , stfu . if i see someone has typed cobblers i will comment and 50 quid at 2s and 30 at 4/6 is not bookies taking big money , so a massive contradiction i feel and im certainly not a troll im a man that likes to show up idiots and theres certainly a few on this thread
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michael59 • May 7, 2012 8:44 PM BST
The contents of this post have been hidden for this blocked user. [Manage blocked users] Once again I would like to thank the genius at Betfair who came up with the "block user" concept |
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micheal59, just because they dont want you on the " loose women " thread ...no need to disturb ours !!
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oh please please shut up sweaty you are embarassing yourself go av a bottle or 3 of buckfast ffs
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the thread is about the joy of flapping, if this is too much for you to comprehend i genuinely feel sorry for you.
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Glasgow no doubt you have had a load of abuse again from michael59 . This fellah goes round every B F forum insulting people and trying to wind them up. I checked him out once by putting Michael59 on the search forums at the top of the page, so revealing. There must be about six other forums he uses that have the same opinion of michael as we have. Shame really , I think he needs help !
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thanks irish, your not a bad judge...i like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but as you say this fellas beyond help. !!
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I always think it's a shame that there's so little about dogs history online. I guess we were too busy punting to take photographs. Flicking around Google the main historical photos of tracks seem to be on Speedway websites. Love threads like this.
Only flap I have ever been to was Ellesmere Port for a trial, though not on a race night. |
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The best days racing the big derby s where brill every one was on tender hooks when got to the final in case you got bubble . One sat night in the Bolton derby run are dog on the monday he was in the select stakes at wembley so funny 3 of us in the select stakes where all in the same heat on the sat at Bolton . One was nickos best dogs east mead milos
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Michael read my post again at chasewater was were the bookies would price up like i said,Norton canes was were the big money was bet £1,000 to £2,000 bets were struck on every race,a lot of gypsies bet at the track.Obviously youve never been flapping, and think glancing at a post then trying to be clever will adhere you to people it wont coz your not popular and certaintly not clever so either find a thread you know something about,or start 1 up and we can all read it wrong and call you a ****......
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here here !!!!
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about right there alan
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you could get a bet on at warwick no probs you might get 500 on at 3s 500 on at 2s 500 4/6 500 1/3 but when you knew the dog would be close to the clock it didnt matter we put 2500 on one once and a mate was to slow getting on by the time i realised he hadnt got on it was 1/3 and i sent him back in
he was moaning saying there was no value and no point backing a dog at 1/3 it won by 10 lengths a very well known trainer had backed his dog in the race and said we had cheated and woudnt be laughing when we got the red light i pointed out it was a very good plot which had gone to plan and the man mountain stood in the racing office doorway had only come along to make sure that didnt happen  |
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i never went to hinkley but got told you could get more on there but you would only get to do it once
also got told of 2-5k match bets on boxing day over the years wish id of seen them |
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hinkley was a great place to get money on,and was never a problem as long as tommy was in on it
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Big fat Garry w use to make a book there would bait you to take the odds on when you was put in grant y new every time we switch ringers never gave a ****
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bolton, before it went permit was the best track in the country ngrc included
after it going permit that was the slow death of the flaps sadly |
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No flap Sound won on the Saturday Milos broke his hock on the Monday
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Tom long time ago but good times how good was the blue wonder springwood micky one of the best flappers ever him and lacca champ
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I always wonder what made the bookies stand at flaps - I guess they were hoping that 2 or 3 plots would go against each other and cut each others throats?
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Flap Mickey was a black dog super hound held Bolton Sprint and 4bend clock no other dog ever done that great blue dog was Blue Max thot Max was faster than Mickey but only my opinion
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catford never seen anybody cut each others throat at warwick but i got a shot gun shoved in the back of my knee by another punters family/mates for cheating better than them
 decided to give it miss after that was only given two legs at birth and had grown quite fond of them over the years |
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Tom springwood Micky blue dog came off second best on many a time some races on you tube
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Crack up Tom springwood Micky fair boot was a handsome black and I think blue max was the faster we came second to him at long eaton 1k winner take all races beat us 2L Both done clock
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When they are too big they get in your teeth.
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Thats what i said if u read my post mickey was a black dog thot u said he was a blue dog reading ure post if im wrong i apoligise flap great thread u started
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I agree with u flap as i said in my post "thot blue max was faster"
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One of Harry Thorpes tricks(bolton handicapper)was to put adog he new to be a job dog in to win only to bring in a reserve to beat it remember this happening to a great private trainer the bitch he put in was Stay in Business later the mother of the great Game Ball
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