New Mills Whippet Racing

[saraquele]

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does any one remember the whippet racing a in new mills ,, many years ago ,,???? looking for information as my dad peter lally was a co . founder member and he would love to get in touch with people who used to attend ,, please get in touch if you have any info ,,, thank you :thumbsup:

 

[syko]

Hi I can remember racing there years ago peoples names I forget but the names of dogs I dont. I was racing my first dog there Viv's Pet all my dogs have Viv's would be nice to to get in touch with some of the members from clubs that used to be Maybe your Dad can recall we had a club intermatch with New Mills

 

[saraquele]

Hi I can remeber racing there years ago peoples names I forget but the names of dogs I dont. I was racing my first dog there Viv's Pet all my dogs have Viv's can rember would be nice to Maybe your Dad can rember be nice to get in touch with some of the members from clubs that used to be

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one of his dogs was chloes kayleigh , think she was a little black bitch ,, will ask him about yours in morning ,, yes it would be nice for you to get in touch ,, my dad still has wippies but not races them now .

 

[dajarra]

I used to race at new mills my dog was called dajarra .my uncle John dolan also ran there.All his dogs had the prefix D Like Mickey D and ROBERTA D.Also Gilly Davis who had DaBell.If your dog ran well there it would run well anywere . It was a tricky track because half way up there was a sudden rise then it levelled out again and a lot of dogs lost there footing. Also at the time it was one of the only clubs to have electronic timing.

 

[JoJess]

Hi Peter and Patricia Baker here, I remember the Dolan brothers because I believe they had the best blood stock in the country at the time, everything they had was good especially Roberta D who threw some brilliant open class racers.

I remember there was a whippet that died and was buried on the winning line of that track, I think it was one of the Dolan brothers whippets but can not for the life of me remember which one ??

We bought a whippet from New Mills out of Gold Link, can not remember the blokes name but he had good dogs and raced at New Mills....

 

[saraquele]

wow , going to relay all this back to my pa !!!

his other dogs that may jog your memory were a blue brindle " the exabitionist "

and one called flying shamrock

so glad people remember the good old days

 

[saraquele]

just spoke to my dad , he remembers the dolan brothers too (w00t)

if any of you want to chat with my dad for old times sake pm me your no and i will pass it on :cheers:

 

[dajarra]

Hi JoJess there was a old bloke in New Mills called Fred Bradley who always had the Good as gold lines could that be the man. Also there was a man who owned a good greyhound bitch called DUSKEY DASHER who churned out good pups to a lot of whipet dogs i think his name was Alan arnfield.

 

[saraquele]

Hi JoJess there was a old bloke in New Mills called Fred Bradley who always had the Good as gold lines could that be the man. Also there was a man who owned a good greyhound bitch called DUSKEY DASHER who churned out good pups to a lot of whipet dogs i think his name was Alan arnfield.

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yes i know alan !!! n

will let my dad come round and view all these when he back from work ,,

 

[Big Dog]

) hi i bought parklands princess of tommy hayto who use to have southern princess who raced at new mills got some stories to tell about this little old gentelman.

 

[saraquele]

) hi i bought parklands princess of tommy hayto who use to have southern princess who raced at new mills got some stories to tell about this little old gentelman.

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oh please .. tell me more (w00t)

 

[brummie nick]

I used to race at new mills my dog was called dajarra .my uncle John dolan also ran there.All his dogs had the prefix D Like Mickey D and ROBERTA D.Also Gilly Davis who had DaBell.If your dog ran well there it would run well anywere . It was a tricky track because half way up there was a sudden rise then it levelled out again and a lot of dogs lost there footing. Also at the time it was one of the only clubs to have electronic timing.

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Hi I've a copy of Whippet News dated September 1979, on the 'stork talk' page is an announcement,

Dajarra has given birth to 4 bitch & 1 dog pups, sired by Rch Micky D

Yours Nick

 

[saraquele]

all this is wonderfull ,,,, my dad also says in them days (w00t)

dogs were more expensive than bitches ?? bet they wasnt the prices they are now (w00t)

 

[dajarra]

Hi Saraqule even back in those days I was offed £500 for Dajarra .I cant remember his name but he came from Stevenage down south. The litter that was advertised all turned out good racer but all very unlucky . mine broke his leg .Dolan Bros broke its hock just as it won the final in a open and the pup that went down south lost a toe and was never the same .By the way Micky D was Dajarras uncle so the pups were very inbred.

 

[saraquele]

must have been a few months wages then (w00t)

my dad and i are taking our pups on the field later and having a mock race lol

i know he will beat me as his little girl is from racing type lines and mine is show bred !! but will let you know how it goes !!

take my camera with me

 

[Vicky]

must have been a few months wages then  (w00t) my dad and i are taking our pups on the field later and having a mock race lol

i know he will beat me as his little girl is from racing type lines and mine is show bred !! but will let you know how it goes !!

take my camera with me

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Seriously you should bring your dad down to the Gin Pit, bet he'd know a few faces!!!! We race saturday afternoons now too, even better why dont you come and have your mock race there?

 

[saraquele]

wher is that ??

he has his own shop so cant get away on a sat afternoon im afraid ! have to get him to retire !!!!