lurche 48 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 any one been to any of these meetings or know out about it ? age they should start etc any info ? thanks Quote Link to post
lurche 48 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 no one ever heard of it then Quote Link to post
chartpolski 28,628 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 If you are talking about Flapping TRACKS; then, yes there are pleanty about. They are simply Greyhound racing tracks that are NOT affiliated to the NGRC. Very easy to look up on the 'net Cheers. Quote Link to post
tote 870 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 If you are talking about Flapping TRACKS; then, yes there are pleanty about. They are simply Greyhound racing tracks that are NOT affiliated to the NGRC. Very easy to look up on the 'net Cheers. Wouldn't say there are plenty about charts, certainly nowhere near as many as there used to be. I think there's ten flaps still on the go in the whole of Britain yet a few years back we had more than that in Scotland. 1 Quote Link to post
lurche 48 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 yes have googled them but dont know if they have to be ped,my nearest one is askern but thats all i found out so far just somert to keep missus happy and thought it might do dog some good away from the field so to speak Quote Link to post
gnasher16 31,602 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 (edited) Depends what part of the country you live....theres none in or around London that i do know.....plenty of registered dogs run at flapping tracks and prize money has gone up over the years i know they never used to have vets at trackside but i think they have to now,i suppose like most things money is an issue even having a vet in attendance for 3 or 4 hours twice a week is not cheap im not sure who foots the bill for that either. Heres a website that may be of interest....if its still up and running,if not my apologies. http://flappersdream.ERFujikolp;'/index.cgi Edited March 10, 2012 by gnasher16 Quote Link to post
lurche 48 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Depends what part of the country you live....theres none in or around London that i do know.....plenty of registered dogs run at flapping tracks and prize money has gone up over the years i know they never used to have vets at trackside but i think they have to now,i suppose like most things money is an issue even having a vet in attendance for 3 or 4 hours twice a week is not cheap im not sure who foots the bill for that either. Heres a website that may be of interest....if its still up and running,if not my apologies. http://flappersdream.ERFujikolp;'/index.cgi? cheers have been on this website main thing im tryin to find is if a cross can run there than ks Quote Link to post
chartpolski 28,628 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 If you are talking about Flapping TRACKS; then, yes there are pleanty about. They are simply Greyhound racing tracks that are NOT affiliated to the NGRC. Very easy to look up on the 'net Cheers. Wouldn't say there are plenty about charts, certainly nowhere near as many as there used to be. I think there's ten flaps still on the go in the whole of Britain yet a few years back we had more than that in Scotland. Of course there isn't as many as there used to be, but we still have a few up here, Cambois, Easington, etc. If you want to flap a Greyhound, there is still the tracks to do it ! Cheers. Quote Link to post
gnasher16 31,602 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 cheers have been on this website main thing im tryin to find is if a cross can run there than ks Im not 100% but i dont think you can.....i know most of them used to do a " lurcher night " or even a " terrier night " on the odd occcasion....say first Monday of the month or something similar.......id guess its still the same. Quote Link to post
lurche 48 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 nice one cheers, so i need to look at lurcher racing thanks Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 Just a little note on this type of track, Westaughton is due to open again soon. These tracks are getting few an far between, give 'em your support and get down there every so often. Quote Link to post
tote 870 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 If you are talking about Flapping TRACKS; then, yes there are pleanty about. They are simply Greyhound racing tracks that are NOT affiliated to the NGRC. Very easy to look up on the 'net Cheers. Wouldn't say there are plenty about charts, certainly nowhere near as many as there used to be. I think there's ten flaps still on the go in the whole of Britain yet a few years back we had more than that in Scotland. Of course there isn't as many as there used to be, but we still have a few up here, Cambois, Easington, etc. If you want to flap a Greyhound, there is still the tracks to do it ! Cheers. As I said Charts there are still some tracks about but there's not plenty of them. I ran dogs on the flaps for over 20 years and enjoyed it but as the number of tracks decreased the game got harder and certainly wasn't as enjoyable. The number of bookies standing at tracks decreased as did the prices they were offering yet the price of a decent dog went up as did feeding costs, travelling costs and entry money etc. To be honest the best years of flapping are long gone, the last dog I ran was over three years ago and everyone said I'd miss it and be back but no, I've never thought about starting up again. Quote Link to post
sowhat 1,572 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 nice one cheers, so i need to look at lurcher racing thanks They do lurcher racing at Highgate Quote Link to post
lurche 48 Posted March 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 any ideas in yorkshire ? Quote Link to post
morton 5,369 Posted March 10, 2012 Report Share Posted March 10, 2012 any ideas in yorkshire ? There used to be a few round S.Yorks,im sure a couple of them are still on the go. Quote Link to post
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