Catford Stadium
][3] Early trainers at the track were Jock Hutchinson, H Hammond, Claude Champion, Albert Bedford, Harry Woolner, Dal Hawkesley and Ernie Pratt and a major event 'The Gold Collar' was introduced in 1933 which would gain classic status.[4] Tote turnover after the war was extremely healthy and the seventh best in London and Great Britain just ahead of West Ham Stadium.[5] On 20 September 1946 an express train from Victoria to Ramsgate derailed and five of the ten coaches fell down the 20 foot embankment landing in the stadium car park.Sister track Charlton Stadium finished racing during 1971 resulting in the Greenwich Cup and Ben Truman Stakes finding a new home at Catford.One year later the track was the first London stadium to start eight dog racing and the circuit was substantially altered with steep banking on the bends.Racing Manager Derek Hope was able to take up the same position at Wimbledon soon after because Simon Harris had left for Coventry[12] Stadium bookmaker John Humphreys who had stood in the main ring since 1966 and sponsored the Gold Collar for 18 years, retired.
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