in your opinion where should the greyhound derby be held

On similar lines, Belle Vue

THE RUNNING TRACK AT WIMBO THE BEST
AND FOR SPEED ! give it cov there go in  wrong traps
Where have a some boat winning it!!! it is fair track thou! so is HOVE cov not not better than hove !

As long as u can take a piss buy a beer wimbo for me !
till or if it goes than we have to find a track!

Its been in deep south for long enough so i hope they bring it to Newcastle.

Monmore would be the obvious choice for me but it is Sadcrooks owned.Coventry would have to be opened for at least another 2 years imo to be considered because last i heard it was running at a loss?

If you asked me where i think it will go then the answer would be Hall Green.

for me wimbledon, but that said, the facilities are a disgrace and simply nowhere near good enough. the "new side" is just a full blown horrible experience with nothing to like about it, viewing, decor, toilets, cleanliness, atmosphere, all really grim. If the facilities were top notch and it was back around the other side I don't think this should even be a debate to be honest.

the fairest and best running track is cov

don't think wides are given enough of a chance at BV/monners, as for wimble its a sh1thole and thats being kind to it

Wimbledon


if not then Newcastle, what a session that would be

coventry

Doncaster has one of the best running tracks in the country imo. I presume the facilities aren't up to it though? Not been there.

Wimbledon....in hope that Pascal Taggart gets it and turns it into a super stadium

I have always made it pay at Yarmouth so it gets my vote am I on my own with this!

portman park

Flappy you cant be serious. I know Charlie likes the place but surely too far for most, though i do like to be beside the seaside, oh i do like to be beside the sea. Same with Hove and 515m too far for many Derby dogs. Newcastle, too, a long way to go for those south of Watford.

Stow, Donny has a cramped feel to it, dont think it would be suitable. Sheffield have issues with the running surface and like Notts, 500m not ideal for speedy entries.

Midland tracks Perry Barr, Hall Green, Monmore possible and sure they would throw their hat in the ring if opportunity arises.

So all in all, think Coventry would get my vote, although from a biased point of view it would be Belle Vue.

Oh, re-Coventry. They do have to start putting the dogs in the right traps though!

Where is Coventry? where is it close too?

It's alright googled it, not that far from Birmingham by the looks of things

Close to the M1 and M6, too

Just a shame that Hove is so far away. Proper gaff

To far never . Wimbledon if it was over the road would be to far hole of chit

Should never have left White City

But my vote goes to Hove, a true and fair test of 4 benders, giving greyhounds of various styles a chance, unlike most other gaffes.

Obviously the big negative is it's location.

A small price to pay.

Wimbledon is a thoroughly souless dump, completely devoid of any character and is basically an unpleasant track to visit now. I absolutely loathe what it has become given the glory years that I had going there watching the greats and mixing with the characters.

The obvious track to hold the English Derby is without question Monmore.

I'd think it should stay at Wimbledon. Yes it's a hole now, but it still has some tradition. If not there then Hove as good track, facilities and atmos. and night out location accepting it's many miles to get to for many.

Wimbledon is a good fair track. As is Coventry, Wimbledon has poor facilities, but so has Coventry. And it's not really Coventry anyway is it, it's on the miles and miles out of town fringes of Coventry where nothing is happening.

Yeah, Brandon is in the sticks a bit but within easy reach for people coming from north or south, with close location to motorways. Would still only be a taxi to an hotel, like it would for Wimbledon?

Also, think it as central as you're likely to get for trainers

Should just run all 3 Derbies around Shelbourne really

Shelbourne does well with all its competitions. We need a flagship too and with investment, could be Coventry or Belle Vue

Belle Vue is the home to the first ever dog track in England, so would be appropriate

Shelbourne is a quality setup, but it greatly lacks the atmosphere of old Wimbledon and the Stow imo

the derby would be good at Coventry, it has the space, location, and proper dog people involved in the place

i haven't been to the English derby final since the track has been changed round i find going there upsetting to an extent

Shelbourne is a quality setup, but it greatly lacks the atmosphere of old Wimbledon

I agree, remember my first trip over and when the jolly went around in front the place erupted place has no athmosphere anymore now on the wrong side

we just need somewhere to have it for a couple of years while pascal rescues the disgrace of what Wimbledon has become.......the vision, if fulfilled would prove a very suitable home for our premier classic....

I think unfair comparison cos' SPK is single side (stand) compared to Stow two sides and old side Wimbledon - which was 360 deg full in old days

because nobody can see anything anymore PF lol

i feel at Shelbourne you have limited choices where to stand etc just in 5th gear the whole time

old wimbledon, you could go round cheap side for couple of races that you were not interested in and get a beer sit in terracing with your mates etc, now just like being in a pen of sorts... and a pen you cannot get good viewing out of

thats my point single side tracks do lack the atmos, but they are a necessity these days to enable the places to run economically imo

ok czech was being a bit slow I guess. agree re economics about the best you'll get now is Romf on a big final night

monmore boys would travel to hove... brighton just up the road

White city was the bllx  coventry not sure hand starts still has no soul place feels empty bit like notts  .
Romford  feels like a dog track