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unusual facts about Greyhound Racing



Kingswood Country

He lives for three things: his beloved chair in front of the TV, his unsuccessful racing greyhounds Repco Lad & Gae Akubra and his worshipped Holden Kingswood car (late in the show's run Ted traded-in the Kingswood, which had gone out of production around the time the series began, for Holden's replacement mid-range family car, the Commodore).

Limitations of animal running speed

Some terrestrial animals are built for achieving extremely high speeds, such as the cheetah, race horse and greyhound, while humans can train to achieve high sprint speeds.

Royal Hobart Showground

A $4 million redevelopment of the Showgrounds took place in 1980 and provided Pacing and Greyhound Racing facilities, an upgraded arena suitable for a variety of events, and the enclosed Grandstand and Amenities building which includes bars, restaurants, betting hall, meeting rooms and offices.

Tattersalls Park

The redevelopment involved the construction of a new 970 metre long, 19 metre wide harness track and a 700 metre long and 6 and a half metre wide track for greyhounds, as well as a redevelopment of the heritage listed grandstand, new bookmakers area.

Terence Reese

After World War II he made a book on greyhound racing; later he became an avid football fan, reputedly supporting Queen's Park Rangers, whose ground was next door to the White City Stadium, a home of greyhound racing.


see also

Auckland Cup Week

Held in Auckland in the first week of March, the carnival includes Thoroughbred, Harness, and Greyhound racing.

Canidrome

Canidrome (Shanghai) - a former grand-scale greyhound racing stadium in Shanghai, now the Shanghai Cultural Plaza.

Eastville Stadium

The stadium still held greyhound racing up until 1997, before being demolished in 1998 to make way for an IKEA superstore.

Greenfield Stadium

Greenfield Stadium, Bradford, a former rugby league, greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Bradford, England.

Roy Dwight

Later in life during the 1980s he taught Physical Education at Forest Hill Boys Secondary School and took up a position of Assistant Racing Manager in the greyhound racing industry at Catford Stadium.

Stamshaw

The area includes a greyhound racing stadium (closed 2010 April), Alexandra Park, with the Mountbatten Sports Centre, and Portsmouth Ferry Terminal.