Ending the greyhound races "was mostly a financial decision," said Birmingham Racing Commission Executive Director Kip Keefer, AL.com reports Birmingham Greyhound Racing is ending its live events ...

The 99-year-old American sport of greyhound racing had been fading away, anyway, but Florida residents all but guaranteed its demise last month by voting overwhelmingly to end greyhound racing in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dogs race at Romford in 2014 - Jamie McDonald/Getty Images In the end, almost a century of history was over in the blink of an eye ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Florida voters stopped greyhound racing with Amendment 13 back in 2018. It passed 69% to 30%. The remaining 18 tracks are still open after the vote shut down all, as of last year, ...

Figures from various sources suggest anywhere from 8,000 to 15,000 greyhounds currently racing or in training for Florida's final racing seasons will need new homes over the next two years In a sweep ...

EBRO — Mark Hess is staring at the end of a family tradition. When Florida voters decided in November to end greyhound racing by Jan. 1, 2021, they set in motion a fundamental change in the business ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — Florida voters decided to phase out greyhound racing in the state by 2021, meaning thousands of dogs will soon need new homes. The state voted 69 to 31 percent Tuesday to pass ...

Seven horses will compete in a £60,000 event, followed by a 12-race greyhound card in the evening.

In this age of political polarization, it seems one issue can still bring a conservative Republican like Pensacola's Mike Hill and a liberal Democrat like Orlando's Carlos Guillermo Smith together: a ...

Florida’s greyhound racing era is ending, and the Naples-Fort Myers Greyhound Track is going down with the sport. Plans are in the works for a new 30,000-square-foot poker room and restaurant to ...

Greyhounds are the fastest dogs on the planet. With a small head and a lithe, aerodynamically shaped body as well as strong paws and a proportionately bigger heart than that of any other dog breed, ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An east Arkansas track agreed Thursday to phase out greyhound racing over the next three years, citing a decline in dog racing nationally and fears that the state’s voters ...