Just after 3pm on a Wednesday covered in spring sunshine and the hare is running at Wales’ last greyhound track.
Nestled between the Rhymney River and the A469 at Ystrad Mynach, four miles from the historic town of Caerphilly, a small but loyal band of followers have made their way to the Valley Greyhound Stadium for racing woven into Wales’ sporting fabric.
Greyhound racing made its debut in Wales on April 7, 1928 – two years after the first recorded UK race at Belle Vue in Manchester – and 25,000 were soon watching dogs run at the Welsh White City Stadium in Cardiff.
