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| Low attendances forces Brighton and Hove to drop their midweek meeting from www.greytexploitations.com 25.08.09 |
Brighton and Hove stadium have announced tonight’s Tuesday meeting will be the last, leaving the number of evening meetings held to just two nights a week. The dog track is one of two owned by Corals bookmakers and on this occasion, the lucrative daytime BAGS races, which are held purely for gambling purposes, could not justify subsidising the loss making evening meeting. Newly appointed head of stadia David Macdonald, said it was purely a commercial decision. “Tuesday racing has not been popular for a while. I spoke to bookmakers, owners, trainers and there’s no appetite for the Tuesday meeting. It was time to pull the plug. It will affect some of the staff but we’re in consultation with them and trying to make up their hours.” The Argus newspaper article makes no mention of what measures are being taken to re-home any surplus dogs but it does serve to remind us there are many greyhounds nationwide, needing loving homes. Please contact your nearest re-homing centre if you can offer a temporary or permanent sofa to one of these gentle and graceful creatures – they make wonderful companions! Please click here if you would like to leave an online comment with The Argus http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4562791.No_more_Tuesday_greyhound_racing_at_Hove_s_Coral_Stadium/ |
| From Hove Owners Forum (pro-racing), October 2003 |
"........Are we forgetting some little old place called Deneholme here? For the poor old mutt that needs retiring? ........ What we should be encouraging is the chasing up of £3,000 that is outstanding to Deneholme in unpaid kennels bills from loving owners! We have been lucky enough to home around 150 dogs in a year through this service that is available and some ar**holes don't pay the bills........Sorry but when people who know the score about the game cr*p on a fantastic service that is offered to them it really gets my back up!" Greyhound Action comment: Deneholme is a retirement kennels set up to try to find homes for ex-racing greyhounds from the Brighton & Hove track. This shows the lack of care that some greyhound "owners" have for their dogs, in that they are not prepared to pay Deneholme the costs of looking after their dogs when their racing days are over. |
| From Global Greyhounds (pro-racing forum) Sept 2002 (Greyhound Action comments in italics) |
"There have been several incidents at Sunderland with this large box they trip the hare into at the knock off. Last night's was the most serious. A small bitch dived in after the rabbit and it took twenty minutes to free it from this box and hare rail. As it was the last race only the staff and trainers witnessed it, but said they have complained to Mr Wild (Kevin Wilde, director of greyhound stadia for the track's owners William Hill) on numerous occasions about this device, but they will not listen.............." ".............it happened at Hove recently. One of Brian Clemenson's dogs was the victim............." "I can
confirm this box is still in use at Hove, after Brian's bitch
was caught in this contraption........" |
| From
Global Greyhounds (pro-racing forum), March 2003 |
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"Went
to the racing tonight and had a nice night although packed. Everything
swell until the last race! WHAT A DEBACLE! with the money corals make on the night why cant they employ 3 more track staff instead of 3 more fkin waitresses! Baby quest broke down badly at the first bend of a six bend race,but she continued with a bad injury in tortoise like fashion for 4 bends until she was rescued. Now i dont know about anyone else but the sight of that dog in agony and trying to run when it cant is too much. All the six packers wouldnt give a shit and also obviously corals brighton and hove stadium,because,their morals and beliefs are alike. So im confused as whether the dogs welfare outnumbers our six pack friends. Obviously it does not,and i feel that tonight is true proof of the priorities in our sport.Truth is corals cannot be bothered to have track staff on any bend trained enough to deal with an injured dog,but soon got 5 waitresses there to take back cold custard! I for one thought hove was probably the best track at dealing with instances like this, but i am afraid its just as bad as the rest. i would even say that if a dog is running around with a busted leg they should stop the hare but money is obviously bigger than life for these dirty gangsters."
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