| HOVE GREYHOUND STADIUM
This site is not an official website for the track shown here and is neither approved or endorsed by the stadium. I am indebted to Richard English for the scans of badges on this page. |
Brighton Greyhound Stadium, based in Hove, has been at the forefront of greyhound racing since the sports early days, opening in May 1928. It boasts very good amenities and good class racing. The very first race run at the track, over 525 yards, was the Hove Stakes and was won by Costs. In the early days racing was administered by Brighton and Hove Stadium Limited under its Chairman Dr G W Drewett. The track had a circumference of 492.5 yards and raced every evening apart from Sundays. The main distances used at the track are sprints over 285 metres, standard 515 metres, middle distance 695 metres and marathons over 970 metres. In the early 1930s there was a Members Club called the Brighton and Hove Stadium Club with an annual subscription of 10 shillings for Gentlemen and 5 shillings for Ladies. The principal race in 1931 was The South Coast Greyhound Grand National run over 565 yards and 5 hurdles. In 1931 it was run on 29th August and won by Sammy´s Adventure in 32.61 secs. Now the track is famous for a number of principal races it hosts, notably The Regency Stakes contested each March over 740 metres, and the Olympic. In 1948 Bunnys Hoard was successful in The Regency.
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| In 1977 the English Derby winner of that year, Ballinska Band, won over 500 metres im a time of 28.99 secs. |
| The track also hosts the Sussex Cup and Derby winners have been triumphant in this in the past. House Hunter was the winner in 1986 and The Jolly Norman won it in 1983.It was at Brighton and Hove that the famous Ballyregan Bob set his world record of 32 consecutive wins when trained by local trainer George Curtis. |
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Track Records, as of 1947, are shown below together with an indication of how fast the time is in comparison to other tracks, both for currently open and defunct tracks, in the UK. Ratings are between 0 and 100, where 100 is an extremely fast time and reflects the speed of the track, tightness of the circuit and quality of greyhound visiting the tracks. I am grateful to Tony Nash for providing the data. Track Records, as of September 2014, are shown below together with an indication of how fast the time is in comparison to other tracks, both for currently open and defunct tracks, in the UK. Ratings are between 0 and 100, where 100 is an extremely fast time and reflects the speed of the track, tightness of the circuit and quality of greyhound visiting the tracks. |
I am grateful to Jon Seddon for the following link to a map showing the whereabouts of the old track |
| This section gives a comprehensive picture of
the badges produced by the track throughout the ages, but only provides the briefest of
glimpses of its history. For those wishing to undertake further research we can recommend
a visit to http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 where further reading can be undertaken. |
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If you have rare Hove badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net |
