All this talk of Towcester, Newcastle and Hove. What's wrong with Sheffield or Belle Vue, tbh?

Newcastle wont get it max capacity now under 2000,Towcester will get it.

Sheffield has very short straits I  hold no opinion on Vue whats their capacity ?

You can't possibly consider giving it to a GRA track. We need to know that there's half a chance of the stadium being there in a year or two.

BV...oaks/laurels last year ground was an utter disgrace, wide runners forget it, decent run to the bend a massive +ve but many many better tracks about imo

pretty irrelevant though as GRA tracks have already been ruled out by the GRA and in any case it would be morally sickening to hold the derby at another track in which those lowlife counts are involved

Dont know why so much doom and gloom on here. Greyhound racing has surely seen the biggest decline of any sport in the UK over the last 30 years but the Derby switch offers some hope.

I think a Derby at a `new' track will be a big boost for the sport. Wimbledon has been a complete and utter ****e since moved to the other side. The sport had little chance to progress whilst its flagship competition was held there.

There is now a chance for the sports showpiece to be at a track with up-to-date facilities, new sponsors, better marketing, innovations, bigger crowds etc Something on and off the sand the sport can be proud of.

I believe the Derby should be run over 500m at Hove or Towcester.

I have no doubt whatsoever that for the good of the sport Towcester should get the Derby. Their business
plan is based on freeing themselves from bookie control; They are completely open with their trainers; gambles are not looked upon as the plague; everything about the place shouts class; they invest in their product; they attract exellence in trainers; viewing and facilities are excellent; the setting beautiful but still atmospheric and the lighting outstanding. The only negative is the shape of the track but their has been no decernable bias over the last 2/3 months with regards to traps and they will continue to tinker.

From a personal point of view I would love it to go to Hove. I can walk their from my pit! Move the winning line back 15 metres and happy days. It is a very similar distance to travel from the north as Wimbledon. It is the best place in the UK for a weekend/night out. The weather is generally decent in the summer. The facilities are decent and would be upgraded if it got the Derby.

I think Monmore is is just too small to accommodate big crowds and their track bias' are an embarrassment.

I would love the derby at Hove but I am convinced for the good of the sport it must go to Towcester. However, the GBGB/greyhound racing is funded almost exclusively through the big bookmaker chains and I cant see them giving Towcester the chance to show what could be done with the sport.

Hove 500 m with line moved back 15 m would work

Though I am rubbish at picking winners at hove for some reason

You post on Towcestor though misses the massive problems with the track

Far toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo wide

And straights far tooooooooooooooooooooooooo short

Dig the track up and start again

Not sure if corals that bothered about having the derby though too must hassle

Just prefer to stage A10 hangers and plodders races for BAGS cannon fodder racing

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