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 MARSH BARTON 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.

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The original greyhound track in the Exeter area was at Marsh Barton, although the track closed in November 1957. A track opened at the County Ground in the St Thomas area of Exeterand traditionally raced on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. The track held sprint races over 250 metres and a variety of distances up to marathons over 810 metres.
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The principal races at the track were the Exeter Derby held each July, the Exeter Spring Cup held in May and the Exeter St Leger held in early October each year.
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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 Marsh Barton badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net