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14 months called it Kopa hopefully qualify at Newcastle,get me back on the scene. cheers.
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The very best of luck the bairn, hope you have great times ahead with your new charge.
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That's good to hear, the bairn. Please keep us updated on the dogs progress.
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Yes , and full information of when we should lump on TYIA
G luck mate  |
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thanks guys, it'll be 15 months on friday so a wee while before she runs. cheers.
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should get her first trial this week, she is only 15 months, myself and 2 mates can only be hopeful from now on. cheers.
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Early days bairn but hope she shows you all some promise for the future.
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ballymac bolger -murlens maura jan 22, seem like it is hardly worth investing in a greyhound nowadays going by some of the other threads on here,this will probably be our last one, no tracks to run them on up here Newcastle the closest, the golden years are sadly gone. just fodder now. cheers.
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Good luck with it and I hope you get enjoyment and satisfaction as she progresses.
I still look back fondly on my first and it's first win - in four inches of snow! They left it as it was because they thought it safer for the dogs! And so it ptoved. Best wishes. |
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Yes similar here L.H. I used to take time off work just to go and see the trials in the morning let alone getting psyched up watching an actual race!
We all, to a man, have those golden memories. There was a piece on Twitter recently and someone posted a photo of the lit up entrance to Walthamstow when the track was in its absolute pomp. I thought wow, I vividly remember queueing up outside there at 18.00 to get a plot for the night. It was always worth the effort for sure. Hope everything goes well t.b. |
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thanks guys, it feels like you are willing it to be good, probably from your own experiencies, don't forget to watch series 3 of the best drama for years tonight 10-00 bbc scotland ch, cheers.
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I've set It to record t.b. I never even knew I had BBC Scotland
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slippy your namesake brought me to tears when it beat Druids Johno to the bend, I bet Johno from the start, 1/3 in the final, I was distraught for weeks, a long journey home on the sunday. am I right in thinking Slippy couuld'nt even qualify in a 4 dog heat the year before, how it trapped like that in the final i'll never know. cheers.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7UGMb3f9zSw
It was an amazing night, I get goosebumps ever time I watch it, such as just now! It's well documented that S.B. on the night was punted from 16/1 down to 8/1/. I was plotted up on the terraces in front of Tony Morris's pitch, as I always was @ Wimbledon. He got filled in non stop in the build up. Druids Johno was shaking in the preliminaries, you could visibly see that. On the other hand, Paul Young was handling Slippy Blue who was calm as you like, as you would have expected from a very experienced competition dog. So when Fair Hill Boy led and somehow S.B. followed him around well, the shout went up and as loud as I've ever heard at any race meeting before as we all knew what was going to happen. It was a memory that will stay with me forever most definitely. |
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definitely stay with me too.
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Ur right Bairn was knocked out came 4th in a 4 dog heat ,Blonde snapper another to get Knocked out 1st round and win Following year
I was going to Bet Druids I missed 16s and Left it was not a Happy Chappy , Strangely I bet Slippy at 25s EW for an interest 1/4 finals stage Getting druids beat and Slippy to win was some result |
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I remember back in the early days of the greyhound forum, a regular poster called "Canny Man" was offered Slippy Blue for £6K after winning an A5 graded @ Brough Park. He said he was tempted but it was just a bit more than his budget could stretch to.
S.B. returned to the track in the same year ,1989, and went on to win the £5,000 All England Cup for trainer Kenny Linzell. |
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Loyal Honcho was my big punting winner. I remember saying how much he had impressed me in his second round and several people thought I was nuts!
 Seamus Graham - what a man and trainer! A top midlands trainer saying how Seamus had told him the golden rule about winning finals - if they;re right leave them alone. The biggest sin is to do too much and put them over. He couldn;t understand it at the time but came to!I vaguely remember getting into a bookie;s in Newcastle and getting more on Some Picture. Bright sunny night as I recall? Football weekend away. I bought a whole load of drink for the boys that night - at least so I am told. And Tartan Khan is just a legend for me and a very young mate.  |
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tartan khan
ye gods thought that was a masterstroke taking him to the railway crossing when he won the final i was deep on myrtown that night but bless khan had him ante post for the leger at wembley some hound he turned out to be |
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Was actually Graded at the City at one Stage Wedge Ran a couple of races , Cracking dog he turned out
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Yah. The were advised to take him away by the RM - who was a legend at the time - can't remember his name, who reckoned he would never be good enough to grade in. He did the same as Astute Missile - never won a heat, scraped through by a sh in one of them, trapped a length faster than normal in the final, made the bend in second and ran on. The "bet all week", Sallys Cobbler in red, came off the rails into the back straight and Khan said thank you very much as he went by!
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First of Four parts on Tonight BBC1 9-0pm, I will have a look the bairn.
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.... OOPS ..... BBC2.
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https://greyhoundracingtimes.co.uk/2020/06/22/1975-tartan-khan/
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He qualified in 5 dog Trial then Ran in an open Perry Barry
Before 1st round Proper |
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Good site that Sparrow
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It's an excellent site case. One of the best Greyhound sites of them all.
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https://greyhoundracingtimes.co.uk/
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Picture of Watford on there Sparrow Foook knows how the Hare got round the so called Bends Never mind the Dogs , I went one after noon for a Bags meeting
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I remember Watford on the BAGS service in the betting shops but can't just recall whether it was the 60s or 70s. Memory not what he was.
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https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/19494826.memories-greyhound-racing-watfords-vicarage-road-ground/
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Glasgow, to enjoy this last series of Guilt, you best start from series 1 this really is brilliant, the predicament these guys get caught up in are hilarious and sad. cheers.
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first trial tomorrow, Newcastle.cheers.
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Best of luck today t.b. Let us know how she gets on.
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thanks slippy, she won against 2 other pups 5 lengths but very slow time, 30-34 ,still,1si run. cheers.
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Onwards and upwards, bairn.
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thanks sparrow,will be patient.cheers.
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Be prepared
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think it will need to improve 30 yards. cheers.
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good luck with pup bairn, i just got back into game too, after a good while out, our girl a bit younger than you're lady, i'm hopeful she will win races, no matter grade, she is getting well reared, but never confident, it's great to see lads back in game
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