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woodmanchester
03 Jul 13 18:20
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Here are some to be thinking about:

1 Westmead
2 Droopys
3 Tyrur
Fearless
Ballymac
Farloe
Razldazl
Mill
Bubbly
Blonde
Mountjoy
Castlelyons
Coolavanny
Slick

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By:
Swayne
When: 03 Jul 13 18:29
I loved the Redwood dogs at the Stow in late 90's
By:
billybongo
When: 03 Jul 13 18:30
roxholme
By:
wondersobright
When: 03 Jul 13 19:18
salacres Laugh
By:
woodmanchester
When: 03 Jul 13 19:21
Keep 'em coming. I'll announce the winner when youve all chipped in
By:
SlippyBlue
When: 03 Jul 13 19:32
Slippy !
By:
BETTY
When: 03 Jul 13 20:04
What happened to the EL dogs as in El Tenor and the Lenson prefix
By:
BETTY
When: 03 Jul 13 20:06
Must be a space for Deerfield, Rhincrew, Countrywide, Reactabond and Rio
By:
patrick starr
When: 03 Jul 13 20:21
The "specials" deserve a mention,mob handed in this years produce also
By:
EDDIE RABBIT
When: 03 Jul 13 21:22
butts
By:
EDDIE RABBIT
When: 03 Jul 13 21:30
ardera....theres plenty of them about now
By:
middleman
When: 03 Jul 13 21:40
Lemons a shocking omission Surprised
By:
middleman
When: 03 Jul 13 21:42
Hanover,Top,El
By:
middleman
When: 03 Jul 13 21:43
Sry Betty just noticed your EL post.
By:
middleman
When: 03 Jul 13 21:53
Eye Onthe,Barnfield,Iceman,Greenwell Surprised,Baran,Greenacre,Ninja,Shelbourne Surprised,Blue,Mildean Surprised,Rhincrew.

And for the winner Knockeevan.

Could sit and go through them all night lol.
By:
FATTIEWHITEYSLOVEADRINK
When: 03 Jul 13 21:54
first race I saw was Pepsi marathon London itv think it was Catford

Poor prefix 

poor sue

think I ask on here can you bring a perfix back from the dead ?
say 10-20 years ago
By:
patrick starr
When: 03 Jul 13 21:57
odell must be one of the most historical...
By:
middleman
When: 03 Jul 13 21:57
Killieford after reading the other thread Laugh
By:
Swayne
When: 03 Jul 13 22:35
Re "El" I was talking to one his trainers about him film/theatre director Mario Lanfranchi a few months ago, and asked what happened to him, said he moved back to Italy...

Born in 1927, apparently still alive, living in Italy, according to his translated into English wiki page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Lanfranchi

Here is greyhound excerpt from above, for those interested:

"Horses and greyhounds other myths. The latest but hardly the last.
Since his years in Milan Lanfranchi owned race-horses with which he harvested the most important prizes in Italy and abroad in the trotting and galopping categories. A name to be remembered by everyone is Fury Hanover, the trotter so often at the top in the list of world winners during the 1960s. Even today, on web forums, enthusiasts of this sport remember “During the times of Fury Hanover…”
The kennel of greyhounds came out of another casual event. During his residence in England, the director had been taken unwillingly to a greyhound track from where also he emerged crazed by an excess of adrenaline and started to buy greyhounds, one of which in particular turned into a champion racing dog. He tried to shoot down the very high price but didn’t succeed because the breeder preferred instead to give him as a gift a puppy which Lanfranchi named “El Tenor”. It was this very dog, the one given to him as a gift, that came out top winner of all time in flat and obstacle courses (102 wins, a record still unbeaten in the history of the sport.) In 1999 it was El Tenor that was named outright "Sportsman of the year” in England, one that left its trophy cups to its owner but demanded at the end of each race a reward of ten hamburgers with a side of French fries while commentators turned to Lanfranchi calling him the “Sheik Mohammad of greyhounds” (referring to the biggest horse owner in the world). The Romford Greyhound Stadium erected a bronze monument to the dog and even the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera dedicated a front-page article complete with photos. Granted stud status in 2000 after a final inevitable victory, the dog ferociously refused to mate at all; it died two years later from a heart attack, at only six years of age, perhaps from sorrow, asserts the director, showing his usual ironic smile to tell the story:
“For the first time ever, I had succeeded
in making the front page of Corriere,
though not for my film work,
but instead because of my dog.
And when I met in a restaurant
my publisher friend Franco Maria Ricci,
he introduced me to the woman by his side
saying: ‘this is the only case
of a man supported by a dog!’"
By:
woodmanchester
When: 03 Jul 13 23:56
...and i sang Pavarotti on karoake for the first time tonght! Laugh
By:
DONEMYLOT
When: 04 Jul 13 08:01
I still follow (loosely) the Ardera dogs, even a10 Monmore, just because I had Knight.
By:
irishone
When: 04 Jul 13 08:48
graigues
murlins
farloes
razydazyls

for me
By:
pocket pairs
When: 04 Jul 13 10:18
droopys
ballymac
westmead
By:
[x] These checkboxes suck
When: 04 Jul 13 11:09
wondersobright • July 3, 2013 7:18 PM BST
salacres

Laugh
By:
wedge1
When: 04 Jul 13 11:27
spanish
westmead
By:
noflapleft
When: 04 Jul 13 16:22
Decoy
By:
noflapleft
When: 05 Jul 13 10:43
Monlee champion should have had ten prefix name after him
By:
woodmanchester
When: 05 Jul 13 13:25
Think Droopys just edged it. 14-way dead-heat for second most popular! Laugh
By:
wondersobright
When: 05 Jul 13 13:33
woody you have too much time on your hands Laugh
By:
woodmanchester
When: 05 Jul 13 13:39
Only been on here an hour or so! Laugh
By:
Winja
When: 06 Jul 13 10:53
curryhills......
By:
woodmanchester
When: 06 Jul 13 16:02
Curryhills Sailor was my favourite when first started going Vue Happy
By:
SlippyBlue
When: 06 Jul 13 16:11
Curryhills Gara was a very good greyhound. Famous for getting chinned by Mossy Moore at 2/5 in a heat of the Guineas at Hackney who won at 150/1.
1 and 2 reverse forecast merchants cleared a few shops out that day as there were 3 or more that morning I think.
By:
woodmanchester
When: 06 Jul 13 19:13
Pretty sure Gara was a Derby finalist, also
By:
Ron-Russian
When: 06 Jul 13 20:33
he was!
had trap 1 from start to finish, would have been a worthy winner imo

dogs like him don't come along too often, a proper dog to get the crowds in
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