From the Vault: Yes, Virginia, Dallas Had a Greyhound Track (Briefly)

oak-downs_hurst_bwOak Downs (photo courtesy Robert Hurst)

by Paula Bosse

Thanks to the great photographs shared with me by reader Robert Hurst, I learned about a long-forgotten bit of Dallas’ sporting history: the very, very brief time when greyhound racing was a thing in Big D. I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy looking into this, but it was incredibly interesting. And I sort of understood parimutuel betting for a tiny sliver of time. I really loved writing this! Check out the Flashback Dallas post from 2015, “Oak Downs: Dallas’ Brief Flirtation with Greyhound Racing.”

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