Kinsley Greyhound Stadium

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. 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 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

Former

Metres	Greyhound	Time	Date	Notes
268	Precious Moments	16.22	15 June 2010
268	Johnnys Way	16.02	19 July 2011
268	Roxholme Hat	15.83	15 April 2018
270	Pearses Skip	16.61	20 December 2003
270	Troy Bustino	16.39	17 January 2004
270	Lundhill Dan	16.33	13 March 2004
270	Larkhill Castle	16.22	11 April 2004
270	Droopys Ernest	16.20	5 October 2004
270	Farloe Kinrush	16.08	12 October 2004
270	Farloe Kinrush	16.05	16 July 2005
270	Ballyneale Cash	16.05	8 July 2006
270	Russanda Droopy	16.32	20 April 2010
275	Niamh Knows	16.64	3 August 2002
450	Farloe Careless	27.80	21 March 2000
450	Frankie My Son	27.23	22 March 2003
462	Molly Marina	27.77	15 May 2010
462	Taranis Rex	27.45	3 July 2011	Gymcrack heats
462	Taranis Rex	27.21	19 July 2011	Gymcrack final
462	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 2003
465	Ballyveelish Ace	28.11	10 January 2004
465	Combridge Snowy	28.04	24 January 2004
465	Goreport Bay	27.71	11 April 2004
465	Drumwood Rebel	27.66	14 May 2005
465	Drumwood Rebel	27.61	26 November 2005
485	Ten Simple Minds	28.85	27 July 2002
650	Patterdale Rafa	40.78	2 May 2010
650	Nifty Crash	40.39	27 June 2010
650	Nyla Fantasy	39.72	26 June 2012
655	Honchos Cleo	40.99	24 January 2004
655	Star Model	40.39	11 April 2004
655	Weeton Warrior	40.37	12 October 2004
655	Lundhill Flash	40.32	19 March 2005
655	Welers Pet	40.26	6 September 2005
656	Frisby Fassan	41.33	25 September 2001
656	Marthas Pipe	40.68	3 September 2002
844	Killishin Masai	53.46	15 May 2010
844	Midway Skipper	52.91	15 June 2010	TV Trophy final
844	Bubbly Capel	52.54	26 June 2012
844	King Kane	52.44	22 April 2015
850	Baliff Queen	53.63	11 April 2004
850	Top Plan	53.18	7 November 2004
866	Spenwood Wizard	53.32	28 May 000