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Mark Bird, Managing Director of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain

British Greyhound Racing with Mark Bird

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:April 17, 2021
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"Over the last 5 years, I've learned an awful lot ... and really come to appreciate the passion that people have around the sport and the love of Greyhounds." Mark…

Sir Mark Prescott (left) and Charlie Blanning (right)

The Greatest of Coursing

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:March 19, 2021
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"I hope you children you all enjoy today, and I hope you will get as much fun from coursing and coursing people as I have done."Charlie Wilby, at a Newmarket…

Kiaran O'Brien with his first book, "Edge Your Bets"

Interview with Author Kiaran O’Brien

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:January 13, 2021
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"It's very difficult to describe the euphoria of what it's like when the first Greyhound you own wins [a race]..."Kiaran O'Brien describes his first Greyhound's (Pole Rating) first win Show…

Author and Greyhound historian, Charlie Blanning shares the cover of "Please Mister: The Golden Age of Greyhound Racing"

Charlie Blanning and His Lastest Greyhound Book

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:November 17, 2020
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"A good Greyhound will chase anything..."Charlie Blanning Show Notes It’s the early 1920’s. Owen Patrick (O.P.) Smith, inventor of the artificial lure, accepts the challenge of some doubters at his…

Left to right: Viara Gentchev, Joanna Murray and Barry Coleman

Rehoming Irish Greyhounds

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:October 15, 2020
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Episode 6 - Recorded September 24, 2020 "It's kind of in between a kennel and a home...so you really have a feel that they're at home...it's not your typical kennel."Viara…