MONMORE GREEN 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 first took place at Monmore Green, Wolverhampton on 10th August 1932. It has hosted many famous races in its long history, including the Midland St Leger over 484 metres and the BBC TV Trophy in 1975 when the race was won by Lizzies Girl.

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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)
Monmore Green Track Records at a snapshot in time:-
SPRINT 300 yards Hurry Kitty 17.17 secs Rating 7
STANDARD 475 yards Coynes Castle 27.14 secs Rating 7
STANDARD 525 yards Kilpeacon Bride 30.09 secs Rating 6
DISTANCE 700 yards Half Term 40.79 secs Rating 10
Track Records as of 1988:-
SPRINT 277 metres Fearless Champ 16.34 secs Rating 53
STANDARD 462 metres Fearless Champ 28.12 secs Rating 24
STANDARD 484 metres Darragh Comet 29.08 secs Rating 36
DISTANCE 647 metres Telecomm Tiger 40.42 secs Rating 20

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)
Monmore Green Track Records at a snapshot in time:-
SPRINT 210 metres Andlyns Asabat 12.45 secs. Rating 48 8th May 2014
STANDARD 480 metres Ballymac Eske 27.48 secs Rating 82 28th June 2012
DISTANCE 684 metres Centaur Corker 40.60 secs Rating 67 29th May 2003
EXTENDED 880 metres Thornfield Pride 54.79 secs Rating 38 19th July 1997
MARATHON 1104 metres Travel Now 72.66 secs Rating 52 25th March 2000
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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=393261&txtYCoord=297723
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.

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If you have rare Monmore Green badges and artefacts for sale then email johnslusar@fsmail.net