Kinsley Greyhound Stadium is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing stadium situated on Wakefield Road in Kinsley, West Yorkshire, England.

Racing Racing takes place four times a week with ARC meetings on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and also on Sunday evenings.http://www.thedogs.co.uk/trap2/pcf_trackinfo.php?trackid=32 The circumference of the track at Kinsley is 385 metres. The facilities include a restaurant with seating for 150 people.

History The Kinsley greyhound track is situated between Leeds and Doncaster and was built and opened in 1939. The track was independent (also known as a flapping track) and served the local mining village. After the war the track could accommodate a maximum of 3,500 spectators.

In 1985 John Curran and Keith Murrell took over the running of the track and invested into the stadium by improving the facilities. Distances were changed to 100, 260, 330, 460 & 630 metres, an 'Inside Sumner' hare was put in and a competition was introduced called the Kinsley Greyhound Derby. The race offered £20,000 eclipsing many of the top National Greyhound Racing Club events at the time. A computer totalisator was added and twelve bookmakers stood on course. There were 48 kennels on site and the Jubilee restaurant offered room for 160 covers. The track was beginning to show all the hallmarks of a regulated circuit and even had a thriving social club open all week.

Despite the significant stature of the track it was not until 2000 that the decision was finally taken to apply for an NGRC licence which was granted. The new distances were 275, 450, 485 and 656 metres. Keith Murrell acted as Racing Manager until Craig Hunt was brought in to take up the role. The first meeting was on 15 January 2000 and racing was on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Distances have since changed on two more occasions and a Swaffham hare has been introduced.

In 2008, it was voted "Best National Greyhound Racing Club greyhound stadium in the north" by the British Greyhound Racing Board.

In 2010, the track was rewarded by being allocated the 2010 Television Trophy, an event won by Midway Skipper and in 2011 the Gymcrack was introduced after it switched from Hall Green Stadium. The first winner was Nick Colton's Taranis Rex, a black and white dog that also broke the track record in the process. In 2018 Brinkleys Poet won the event and set a new track record time by beating the previous best time of 27.02 by Droopys Trapeze.

In 2018, the stadium signed a deal with ARC to race a Tuesday and Friday matinée meeting and a Sunday afternoon meeting every week and a new five-year contract extension was agreed to run from January 2025.

Competitions Gymcrack

Track records

Current Metres Greyhound Time (sec) Date Notes268 Roxholme Hat 15.7922 April 2018 462 Brinkleys Poet 26.9522 April 2018Gymcrack final650 Geelo Bullet 39.6816 May 2017844 Roxholme Magic 51.9520 April 2016

Former

Metres Greyhound Time (sec) Date Notes268 Precious Moments 16.22 15 June 2010268Johnnys Way 16.02 19 July 2011 268 Roxholme Hat 15.83 15 April 2018270 Pearses Skip 16.61 20 December 2003270 Troy Bustino 16.39 17 January 2004270 Lundhill Dan 16.33 13 March 2004270 Larkhill Castle 16.2211 April 2004 270 Droopys Ernest 16.20 5 October 2004 270 Farloe Kinrush 16.08 12 October 2004270 Farloe Kinrush 16.0516 July 2005270 Ballyneale Cash16.05 8 July 2006 270 Russanda Droopy 16.3220 April 2010275 Niamh Knows 16.64 3 August 2002450 Farloe Careless 27.80 21 March 2000 450 Frankie My Son 27.2322 March 2003462 Molly Marina 27.77 15 May 2010 462 Taranis Rex 27.45 3 July 2011 Gymcrack heats462 Taranis Rex 27.21 19 July 2011Gymcrack final462 Freds Champ 27.36 19 July 2011 462 Fionn 27.37 19 July 2011 462 Jaytee Youngy 27.10 10 June 2012 465 Frankie My Son 28.33 27 December 2003465 Ballyveelish Ace 28.11 10 January 2004465 Combridge Snowy 28.04 24 January 2004465 Goreport Bay 27.71 11 April 2004465 Drumwood Rebel 27.66 14 May 2005 465 Drumwood Rebel 27.6126 November 2005485 Ten Simple Minds 28.85 27 July 2002650 Patterdale Rafa 40.782 May 2010650 Nifty Crash 40.39 27 June 2010 650 Nyla Fantasy 39.7226 June 2012655 Honchos Cleo 40.99 24 January 2004 655 Star Model 40.39 11 April 2004 655 Weeton Warrior40.3712 October 2004655 Lundhill Flash 40.3219 March 2005 655 Welers Pet 40.266 September 2005656 Frisby Fassan 41.33 25 September 2001 656 Marthas Pipe 40.683 September 2002844 Killishin Masai 53.46 15 May 2010844 Midway Skipper 52.91 15 June 2010 TV Trophy final844 Bubbly Capel 52.54 26 June 2012844 King Kane 52.44 22 April 2015850 Baliff Queen 53.6311 April 2004 850 Top Plan 53.187 November 2004866 Spenwood Wizard 53.32 28 May 000

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