When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Greyhound racing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_racing

    Greyhound on a gallop Greyhound race in 1939. Modern greyhound racing has its origins in coursing. [7] The first recorded attempt at racing greyhounds on a straight track was made beside the Welsh Harp reservoir, Hendon, England, in 1876, but this experiment did not develop.

  3. Greyhound racing in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_racing_in_the...

    Start date: May 29, 1920, at Blue Star Amusement Park, Emeryville: Greyhound racing in the United States is a sport [1] and parimutuel gambling activity.

  4. Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_racing_in_the...

    GBGB Logo. Registered racing in Great Britain is regulated by the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB), formerly the NGRC, and has been UKAS accredited since 2010. [12] All in the registered sector are subject to the GBGB Rules of Racing [13] and the Directions of the Stewards, who set the standards for greyhound welfare and racing integrity, from racecourse facilities and trainers' kennels ...

  5. Greyhound Racing Association - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyhound_Racing_Association

    The Greyhound Racing Association was a UK-based private company founded in 1925 and existed until 2019. It was involved in the management of sports venues, notably ...

  6. Knowle Stadium - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowle_Stadium

    Racing started on 23 July 1927 and gave the city its first taste of greyhound racing, (Eastville Stadium did not start racing until June 1928).The grand opening attracted 8,000 people who saw a greyhound called Plunger win the first race.

  7. Mick the Miller - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_the_Miller

    Mick the Miller (29 June 1926 – 6 May 1939) was a male brindle greyhound. He is celebrated as the first great racing greyhound to compete in England (although he was born in Ireland). Despite a short three-year racing career, his achievements were highly publicised around the world and by the end of his career he had become an icon in the sport.

  8. Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.

  9. White City Greyhounds - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_City_Greyhounds

    During the Februarys of 1926 and 1927 the stadium was used for the British Industries Fair before the public announcement that the Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) had purchased the stadium following on from the success experienced by the company at the nation's first greyhound meetings in Manchester at Belle Vue Stadium. [1] [2]