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Article: Why we're glad to be going to the dogs; ECHO writer MIKE HORNBY looks at the revival of greyhound racing on Merseyside.(News)
- Article from:
- Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2002
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Byline: MIKE HORNBY
IT MAY not have the class of Monte Carlo, nor the cash of the Grand National, but for a new breed of punters, all bets have gone to the dogs.
Greyhound racing is coming back to Merseyside with a new image for the 21st century.
A new track is being built at Fazakerley and a derelict track in Ellesmere Port, Wirral, is getting a pounds 90,000 revamp.
In the last decade the sport has become a fashionable alternative to a night at the theatre or club, with famous faces like millionaire DJ Chris Evans and ...