LONGFORD 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. 

The Irish greyhound track at Longford is situated at 7° 47' W 53° 43' N. It operates under rules and first opened in 1935.
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The greyhound track is on Park Road and has as its principal race the Longford Derby.
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Track Records, as of September 2014, 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.
SPRINTS (up to 385m) STANDARD (386-549m) DISTANCE (550-699m) EXTENDED (700-999m)
Longford Track Records at a snapshot in time:-
SPRINT 330 yards Bay Sun 17.33 secs.Rating 89 11th July 2008
STANDARD 525 yards Dustin Fox 28.15 secs Rating 68 14th July 2006
EXTENDED 805 yards Posh Again 44.87 secs Rating 66 11th July 2008
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 Longford racecards, badges, results, information, favourite stories or artefacts then email johnslusar@fsmail.net