remember when.....

1927 dec 10th

wembley hold their first meeting before a crowd of 70,000 people.With no tote in the early days there were 300 bookmakers in attendance.

The first race the empire stakes over 525 was won by mrs l allcott's "spin" the 5/4 jolly

1997 stud dog dempsey duke breaks a leg and is put down after chasing a cat that had come onto trainer bert hills property

1976 when four races are televised live from harringay on a Saturday afternoon the tv audience is estimated to be over 5 million

1989 Ireland's national newspapers carried front page stories about a race fixing device discovered at harolds cross situated in the sprint starting traps the device was capable of inflicting an electric shock on dogs placed in traps 2,3,4,5,6 the device was activated by remote control

Nobody was ever apprehended or charged over the incident