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Mine was Tyler's Treasure at Clapton 1964. 5/2 chance.
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Hot Whiskey..Slough I think 1964 as well, first time I was ever at a greyhound track
He did not actually win..someone said to me, put him 2nd in a forecast, he runs on but is a complete dodge Like SEX amazing how we remember the first time.... |
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It certainly is, ebulgery. I even remember that my one ran from trap 5.
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Pluckanes Champ, Cardiff Arms Park, maybe '76 or '77
"three halves Pluckanes, with the late John Lovell" 50p was about a quarter what I had in my pocket No ticket issued 'down to boy' Hooked for life |
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was it me that advised the forecast saver bg!
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or did you mean owning a winner . . .lol
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intheknow, just your first winning bet on a greyhound.
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Ron-Russian • January 16, 2016 10:25 PM GMT
was it me that advised the forecast saver bg! Cool  |
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You telling me some of you old boys can remember backing
Your first winner back in 60 70 80 Most of you be hard pressed what you backed last week !! |
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You never forget the first time, fattie.
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as a punter no....
as an owner....this bad boy winning. first dog owned, first race, goes and wins an open....hooked after that and that was when breaking 28 seconds around there meant something. http://www.gbgb.org.uk/resultsRace.aspx?id=351262 |
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13-14 years old Asking people to put 50p bets on , trying not to be seen by manger
O yes let me think ! Lol |
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All you did as a kid
Look at how many winning lines it had ( horses and dogs ) Mostly favs too !! But like woody  |
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Still struggle to get 50p on these days Riddler - Phone a friend...
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FATTIEWHITEYSLOVEADRINK • January 17, 2016 11:21 AM GMT
You telling me some of you old boys can remember backing Your first winner back in 60 70 80 Most of you be hard pressed what you backed last week !! You are quite right there Fattie...I have forgotten what I backed yesterday But I can remember things vividly from the past First time at greyhound track, Slough, and first winning bet, I was hooked for life early Alzheimer's I suspect |
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In fact I was betting at Hove this morning, I have forgotten them, even the one winner I had
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lizzie do it and tug bill in a forcast at rommers
probably around 1975 some on here have never had sex so wont be able to compare memory spans suppose they could use their first j Arthur as a guide |
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50 p tote win RED ALERT trap 6 10-1 Whitecity 1974 was in last race of the night as well
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A very belated well done case and tr
Those were the best days I am sure I can remember sex tr, but it has been a long time |
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Remember my first or second visit to Belle Vue and a dog called Park Block. Other early winners Westfield Hi Q, Lady Luck, Curryhills Sailor and Ventry Elm. Belle Vue's top dog was Killinane Slave, who ran in Derby year Tico won, 1986 if memory serves
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1968 Yellow Printer
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That was a great dog, RothmanMike.
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Yes but cost me that night at the never forgotten White City
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Yellow Printer
Many experienced racegoers consider Yellow Printer the fastest dog ever to race and he won the Irish Derby in 1968 which is sufficient to give him immortality but, like Ataxy, Quare Times and Tanist, he was almost too fast for most greyhound tracks with their sharp turns. A fawn dog whelped in march 1966, he obtained his tremendous speed from his grand sire, Hi There, and his great grandsire through his grand dam, Sally's Gossip, whose sire was the great Endless Gossip. Owned by Sir Robert Adeane and Pauline Wallis, the dog hit the headlines when making an early exit from the 1968 English Derby yet bouncing back incredibly well to win the Irish Derby at Shelbourne Park in 29.11sec. The time had never been bettered before for this event and was not equalled or beaten until Lively Band six years later. Yellow Printer won the final when beating Russian Gun, an equally fine greyhound, who had won the event the previous year. He was trained during much of his career by John Bassett at Clapton, who said of him: "Placid types are best. They take nothing out of themselves and Yellow Printer was the perfect example. He was quiet, placid, nothing ever disturbed him. He was the perfect gentleman at all times – an aristocrat of the canine world." No words summed up this great champion better. |
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His greatest offspring was Super Rory, who was beaten @ 1/3 in the final a few years later.
Patricias Hope won that year, completing a famous Derby double. |
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Patricias Hope another Clapton dog who won it in 1972 and again in 1973 when trained in Ireland.
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Do not remember my first winning greyhound bet but remember every dog winning that I owned ,suggest poster who backed a 10/1 in the last at white city ,
could have been a six bender graded over 680M ,I loved those races and the H1 for the dodges of course . |
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Would it not have still been 725 yards in 1974 at White City?
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"Patricias Hope another Clapton dog who won it in 1972 and again in 1973 when trained in Ireland."
One of the best dogs I've ever seen, and in-between that famous Derby double he was retired to stud in Ireland and was responsible for a few hundred pups running around the Irish countryside. Served over 60 bitches then came back and won the Derby again in '73. |
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there is some kind of aftertiming going on here
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Does that include your post, track record?
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**** Laude used to win the last @ White City regularly I recall.
Black bitch out of Trap1 over 725 yards |
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C u m L a u d e
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Back in the late 70's my grandad took me to The Stow for the 1st time and my first ever bet was on a dog called BLACK EARL over 640m, i think it was in a 1st round heat of the Grand Prix. It absolutely hosed up and I was immediately addicted to the sport, so much so that I would bunk off school every Tuesday to go trials.
I will never forget Ormalu Boy (a regular open race winner at Romford over 750m) winning the (S2)last by 5 lengths and winning me and my pool mates £18,000 on the jackpot Or Scurlogue Champ coming from another county after practically stopping to get beat around 4 lengths in the 4 dog race with Ballyregan Bob, Glenowen Queen and I think Track Man. And of course winning my 1st Open race as an owner at the track, with Devils Mojo (actually won twice in a week over the 640m (which was a sighter at 9/1) and an 830m maiden at 3/1, both by her customary short head. How I miss the Stow |
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As an owner, She Looks Fine with Alf Ellis at Catford, joint owned with Efdal the legend. She won her first race after we smashed her behind the boards.
Cracking bitch who ran sprints, standard and 6 bends and she won an open at 33s. |
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STAY AHEAD HARRIGAY TRAP 1 IT WON LOTS OF RACES IN FRONT LATE 70S
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i struggle to remember my first winner but remember the best dog at the time at shawfield,aglish mandy scratch runner in 730m handicaps and won more or less every saturday night ,unbelievable dog it ran in the tv trophy.
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Park Block at Vue, I must have been about 14 years old and still learnt nothing!
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Hikers Pint, Harringay, around 1980
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