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greyhound racing

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greyhound racing
n
(Individual Sports, other than specified) a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
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Noun1.greyhound racing - the sport of racing greyhoundsgreyhound racing - the sport of racing greyhounds      
racing - the sport of engaging in contests of speed
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greyhound racing
n → Windhundrennen nt
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Whilst the bookmakers come in for a fair bit of criticism from some quarters within greyhound racing, we must acknowledge that without Hills's sponsorship - I believe they are the biggest sponsor of greyhound racing in the UK - many competitions would not be run as sponsors are thin on the ground in current times.
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Byline: SUSAN DAWSON JULY 26-27 is Greyhound Remembrance Weekend, when events are held across the UK in memory of the hundreds of thousands of greyhounds that have suffered and been put to death in the 82 years since commercial greyhound racing began in this country, on July 24, 1926, at Belle Vue Stadium in Manchester.
Letter: Mailbag - Please help greyhounds by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Byline: Stephen Rea NEWS emerged from Coventry this week that stadium owner Avtar Sandhu had passed on the greyhound racing side of the business to a consortium headed by Malcolm Francis, operations manager at Brandon.
Dog Racing: Brandon boss's group take over at Coventry; GOING TO DOGS by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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