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03 Jul 13
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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
1 Westmead
2 Droopys
3 Tyrur
Fearless
Ballymac
Farloe
Razldazl
Mill
Bubbly
Blonde
Mountjoy
Castlelyons
Coolavanny
Slick
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Keep 'em coming. I'll announce the winner when youve all chipped in
What happened to the EL dogs as in El Tenor and the Lenson prefix
Must be a space for Deerfield, Rhincrew, Countrywide, Reactabond and Rio
The "specials" deserve a mention,mob handed in this years produce also
Eye Onthe,Barnfield,Iceman,Greenwell 
,Baran,Greenacre,Ninja,Shelbourne ,Blue,Mildean ,Rhincrew.
And for the winner Knockeevan.
Could sit and go through them all night lol.
,Baran,Greenacre,Ninja,Shelbourne ,Blue,Mildean ,Rhincrew.And for the winner Knockeevan.
Could sit and go through them all night lol.
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
Poor prefix
poor sue
think I ask on here can you bring a perfix back from the dead ?
say 10-20 years ago
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!’"
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!’"
...and i sang Pavarotti on karoake for the first time tonght! 
I still follow (loosely) the Ardera dogs, even a10 Monmore, just because I had Knight.
wondersobright • July 3, 2013 7:18 PM BST
salacres
salacres
Monlee champion should have had ten prefix name after him
Think Droopys just edged it. 14-way dead-heat for second most popular!
Curryhills Sailor was my favourite when first started going Vue 
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.
1 and 2 reverse forecast merchants cleared a few shops out that day as there were 3 or more that morning I think.
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
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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