BRADFORD (GREENFIELD) GREYHOUND STADIUM

This site is not an official website for the track shown here and is neither approved or endorsed by the stadium. I am indebted to Richard English for helping to construct this page. 

Greyhound racing took place in the Greenfield area of the city of Bradford as early as October 1927 when the track operated under rules. It was situated at 1° 43' W 53° 46' N and continued at this venue until closing on 5th March 1969.
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Track Records, as of 1947, are shown below together with an indication of how fast the time is in comparison to other tracks, both for currently open and defunct tracks, in the UK. Ratings are between 0 and 100, where 100 is an extremely fast time and reflects the speed of the track, tightness of the circuit and quality of greyhound visiting the tracks. I am grateful to Tony Nash for providing the data.
SPRINTS (up to 385m) STANDARD (386-549m) DISTANCE (550-699m) EXTENDED (700-999m)
Bradford (Greenfield) Track Records at a snapshot in time:-
SPRINT 310 yards Oola Ratler 17.20 secs Rating 35
STANDARD 500 yards Fine Parade 28.34 secs Rating 17
DISTANCE 650 yards Well-Schooled 37.40 secs Rating 22
DISTANCE 700 yards Peartree Man 40.90 secs Rating 8

I am grateful to Jon Seddon for the following link to a map showing the whereabouts of the old track
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?txtXCoord=418371&txtYCoord=431124
This section gives a comprehensive picture of the badges produced by the track throughout the ages, but only provides the briefest of glimpses of its history. For those wishing to undertake further research we can recommend a visit to

http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21 where further reading can be undertaken.

If you have rare Bradford Greenfield racecards, badges, results, information, favourite stories or artefacts then email johnslusar@fsmail.net