Romford Greyhound Stadium is a dog track located in Romford

Romford

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 in the London Borough of Havering

London Borough of Havering

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 in east London which is owned by the Gala Coral Group. The stadium has a capacity for over 4,300 people.

It is a greyhound racing

Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing is the sport of racing greyhounds. The dogs chase a lure on a track until they arrive at the finish line. The one that arrives first is the winner....

 stadium

Stadium

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 for the purposes of entertainment, usually including gambling

Gambling

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 on the outcome of a race. Romford Greyhound Stadium is one of the remaining dog tracks in London, along with Wimbledon

Wimbledon Stadium

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 and Crayford Stadiums, after Catford Stadium

Catford Stadium

Catford Stadium was a historic greyhound track in Catford, a suburb of London. It was open between 1932 and 2003, when it was closed by its commercial operator Wembley . The local amateur side, Catford Wanderers, were mooted to move into the stadium, though this dream was never realised...

 closed in 2003 and Walthamstow Stadium

Walthamstow Stadium

Walthamstow Stadium was a greyhound racing track located in the London Borough of Waltham Forest in east London and was one of a limited number of remaining greyhound race tracks operating in Greater London...

 closed in 2008.

The stadium has won several awards including Winner of the British Greyhound Racing Board's 'Racecourse of the Year' award in 1998 and again in 2003.

Several Underworld

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 tracks are named after greyhounds that ran at the stadium, including Born Slippy

Born Slippy

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, Sappy's Curry, and Pearl's Girl

Pearl's Girl

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The track is 350 metres in circumference, and the distances raced are 225, 400, 575, 750 and 925 metres.

There are five race meetings each week, on Saturday mornings and Thursday afternoons and during the evening on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.