Our bitch got through her heat and then finished last in the final later on that night, we were quiet satisfied with that.
GREYHOUND MANAGER 2 FORUM TRIAL
All of the auction dogs got an entry into a competition a few days later, 5 dog races, all handicaps on the trial times. We fancied a dabble and noted all of the times down to try and work out the best dogs, it's not an exact science as most of these dogs have just been shipped over from Ireland without much rest.Īnyway we went for a big rangy dog that finished second in her trial, the winner went for £700 and we got ours for less than half of that, she was beaten 4 lengths so we thought we were buying something along the A7 class. Whilst I was in Hartlepool I got my first taste of the Greyhound Auction scene, every now and again they held these auctions at a local track, it consisted of about 20 3-dog races over a sprint trip and then all the dogs went under the hammer. I have known good dogs turn up at these meetings under false names and win by half a track. I later moved up to Hartlepool and got in with a bunch of lads who had some dogs on the flapping circuit, these tracks for those that don't know are not regulated by the official NGRC and can be very dodgy indeed. I took her home and she became a very loyal pet for 14 years. The point is it got me into the sport for a very little amount of money and I went on to have dogs at Derby (also now a housing estate) and in later years in the North at several tracks.Ī very good friend of mine used to breed Greyhounds and he talked me into having a pup one Christmas, never buy a pup for Xmas!!!!! The dog never made it to the track, she was scared of the noise the hare made and failed in her initial schooling sessions. She won about three weeks later in a photo finish and I asked the Racing manager if i could keep the photo-finish print which I still have somewhere. One day a shareholder dropped out and I paid a few quid to take his place and became a Greyhound owner for the first time. Anyway Fur Coat was a dinky little thing and always paid rubbish on the Tote because all of the women would back her. Many years ago I got into Greyhound Racing when I lived in Leicester, at that time (late 1970's) it was one of only two grass tracks in the UK, the other one was at Middlesbrough, both now sadly housing estates!!Ī fried of mine that I played football with had a share in a dog that ran at Leicester called Fur Coat would you believe, it was bred by Fionntra Frolic a very good Irish dog.
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