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Spaniel Racing at the Lewes Arms today

On 22 May 2011 at 11:17am WilliamDyer wrote:

Anyone out there know more about when this starts?

On 22 May 2011 at 9:28pm Boo Khaki wrote:

did it start?
how many entrants?
who won?

On 23 May 2011 at 5:19pm Spaniel's Ears wrote:

And were there any black eyes?

On 23 May 2011 at 8:25pm Working Cocker wrote:

16 entrants. Won by a black lab called Beefy. Great fun. And the hare was very fit too.

On 23 May 2011 at 8:34pm MC wrote:

Spaniel racing won by a black lab? How does that work? Could I enter a greyhound?

On 23 May 2011 at 11:26pm working Cocker wrote:

As the posters said, it's not just for spaniels. Greyhounds welcome, as far as I know. I reckon a pair of floppy spaniel's ears should be obligatory though...

On 24 May 2011 at 8:05am MC wrote:

No posters here. So next time I could enter my collie cocker cross (a cockie we call her). When is the next one?

On 24 May 2011 at 8:08am Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:

They have an all-comers event for non-spaniels. They also had a dog fashion show one year, with dogs in fancy dress. Bizarre.

On 24 May 2011 at 11:08am working Cocker wrote:

I meant posters in pub / shop windows, not on here.
I think the all-comers event has morphed into the spaniel racing, as last Sunday was this year's solitary racing day. Fancy dress was included this year, but I don't think anyone managed to coerce their pooch to tolerate that degree of public humiliation.