Leonard Hatred 12:58 Wed Mar 29
Owning a racing greyhound
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Talk to me.
Thinking of getting one. You can buy them from £300+, £8 a day in kennels/training, earns £40 per race,£120 per win.
Anyone on here with any experience of this?
Furnish me with wisdom.
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MonkeyVulgaris
1:12 Wed Mar 29
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Get a retired one, it will tell you all you need to know.
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Grumpster
1:17 Wed Mar 29
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Used to own a greyhound that ran at Romford in a consortium and he cost us 3k to buy between 6 of us and around £50 each per month for the kennel's etc.
You buy them as a hobby and for a good night out to always go and watch them run, as with the prize money available, it's rare you'll ever make money out of them unless they win a big prize, you win money betting on them or they turn out mustard and you sell them on when the offers come in.
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Hasans Fish Bar RIP
1:31 Wed Mar 29
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Same as grumpster costwise but mine ran out of Wimbledon
Rolled our winnings over annually which paid for cheap flights for a boys weekend normally. If you go to the dogs regularly it can be worth it as you got free entry and a spot in the owners enclosure overlooking the finish line. Bought our dogs through Seamus Cahill who was one of the trainers at Wimbledon
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Leonard Hatred
1:38 Wed Mar 29
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The one I'm looking at is a bloke with kennels in Essex, runs at Romford.
Not expecting to get rich out of it, just thought it'd be a chortle.
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Bozman Ruling
1:53 Wed Mar 29
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Owned many over the years. My advice
Make sure you make plans for what happens when it finishes racing. Will you or one of the other owners take it home as a pet?
Don't expect to make any money out of it. You only receive money when it races and it may not do so every week. Can also be off with injuries/illness etc
If you live near the kennels that's a bonus as you can get over on a sunday and walk the dog
In general Ive loved every minute and its a great buzz when your dog wins a race.
You can pay anything from a few hundred quid to buy a low grade unraced pup to tens of thousands for a proven competition winner. Money paid is also not an absolute guarantee of the dogs ability either...
If its your first purchase Id advise buying through someone you know who is an existing owner or through the kennel.
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Northern Sold
2:25 Wed Mar 29
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Not sure what the answer is but seems like the sport is in terminal decline (especially with all the tracks shutting down) ... which unfortunately only means one thing.... sad times...
http://www.thejournal.ie/greyhounds-put-down-exported-ireland-2783792-May2016/
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The Stoat
2:28 Wed Mar 29
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A mate of mine had two and when they retired they wrecked his house. Used to race them at Wimbledon
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Grumpster
2:37 Wed Mar 29
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Leonard Hatred 1:38 Wed Mar 29
Kennels on the A127 near the A130 turn off, as a few there?
Ours was housed in Bersheda there with Alison Ingram. Wasn't overly keen on her, seemed like a dodgy fucker.
Walking them is great until they see something move. Both powerful and obviously silly quick, so hilarious if you're little weak mate has the lead when they bolt off like we had :o)
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Northern Sold
2:44 Wed Mar 29
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Laziest bastards I have ever known... complete and utter couch potatoes....
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ManorParkHammer
3:28 Wed Mar 29
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Hopefully as a society we are moving forward and away from the routine abuse of animals for our entertainment.
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Far Cough
3:29 Wed Mar 29
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Just finished a nice Greyhound sandwich
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MTC
4:07 Wed Mar 29
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Mate used to have one and said you have it purely as a hobby as there was no money in it.
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Biggie Biggs
5:59 Wed Mar 29
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Unless you have a top top dog , there is absolutely no money to be made
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Hani
6:16 Wed Mar 29
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What name would give the greyhound?
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Irish Hammer
6:37 Wed Mar 29
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My brothers and I had huge money invested in dogs for several years, won the biggest races
Bought and sold multiple dogs for 20k plus each etc etc
Its a cunt of a game, stay away. Also its very negative via the exposure it gives you to gambling etc
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Feed Me Chicken
6:51 Wed Mar 29
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I used to own a racing snail, to make him go faster I took his shell off but all it ended up doing was making him more sluggish......
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Billy Go Wings
8:01 Wed Mar 29
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Depends if you want a hobby or to make money, I'd suggest do it as a hobby!
I've had greyhounds at Harringay, Crayford, Walthamstow, Hackney, Harlow and currently Romford.
Do it as a group, don't spend fortunes, it's a nice hobby.
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Nurse Ratched
8:43 Wed Mar 29
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FMC
Thank you, that rather delighted me.
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Son of Anarchy
9:05 Wed Mar 29
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Greyhounds is an awfull sport as Irish says, had shares in horses before. One we lost on one we broke even on.
Going to get involved again at Santa Anita at some point in the future.
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Lertie Button
11:05 Wed Mar 29
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Remember John Francome saying the cheapest bit of buying a race horse was the day you paid for it.
The ongoing cost of keeping and maintening it and training fees and vet fees ect made it a night mare
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