Hove Greyhound Stadium

	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 its early days. 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. The main distances used at the track are sprints over 285 metres, standard 515 metres, middle distance 695 metres and marathons over 970 metres. The track is famous for a number of principal races it hosts, notably The Regency Stakes contested each March over 740 metres. In 1948 Bunnys Hoard was successful.

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.

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.







	If you have rare Hove badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net