greyhound racing

(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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Noun

greyhound 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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Seriously, the demonstrators are highlighting the festivals' association with greyhound racing and the gross abuses of the unfortunate dogs exposed by RTE Investigates.

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FOLLOWING the withdrawal of sponsorship by Barrys Tea and FBD Insurance from Irish greyhound racing after the RTE Prime Time Investigates programme aired last week, there has been a number of rumours circulating regarding continued backing from other companies, writes Ian Fortune.

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Birmingham City Council's planning committee voted by nine to two against plans to demolish the greyhound racing stadium and build 210 homes on the site.

Greyhound track saved as city backs campaigners

OFTEN attracting regular crowds of more than 1,000, Cleveland Park was a popular venue for greyhound racing.

Night at the dogs drew in crowds

Greyhound racing began in the UK in 1926, since then thousands of greyhounds have been and are still destroyed every year once they are retired from racing, average age three or four years old.

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GREYHOUND racing is set to return to Coventry after an application for a new licence was approved.

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AS SOMEONE whose livelihood depends upon the greyhound racing industry, Stephen Rea, director of the Greyhound Racing Association, could hardly be expected to have a balanced view of Greyhound Action's attempt to cast a more searching light upon the stark realities of greyhound welfare.

Put a stop to a cruel sport; YourSay

THE evidence against the greyhound racing industry is continuing to mount.

Letter: Mailbag - Greyhound cruelty

The most intriguing is what's left unsaid: that greyhound racing has become a financial albatross for the tracks that offer it.

End of the run for greyhound racing

This event is regarded as the most prestigious on the greyhound racing calendar and, with pounds 100,000 of prize money on offer, the owners will be hoping their dogs can stay in contention.