Robert Wright (1886–1943) was an English greyhound trainer, and the second eldest son of
Joe Wright
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, who had achieved training success with two
Waterloo Cup
The Waterloo Cup was a coursing event organised by the National Coursing Club. The three-day event was run annually at Great Altcar in Lancashire, England from 1836 to 2005 and it used to attract tens of thousands of spectators to watch and gamble ...
winners in the late 19th century. A member of a famous family of greyhound trainers for the Waterloo Cup and a well-known figure on the track, Bob, as he was known, trained for many years at La Mancha Kennels,
Halsall
Halsall is a village and civil parish in West Lancashire, England, located close to Ormskirk on the A5147 and Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
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Historically known as Heleshala, Herleshala, (Domesday Book); Haleshal, 1224; Haleshale, 1275; ...
, near
Ormskirk
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,
Lancashire
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. There he trained for Major Cuthbert Blundell and Mr H Pilkington.
The following is a list of the
Waterloo Cup
The Waterloo Cup was a coursing event organised by the National Coursing Club. The three-day event was run annually at Great Altcar in Lancashire, England from 1836 to 2005 and it used to attract tens of thousands of spectators to watch and gamble ...
winning greyhounds that he trained:
[Blanning, Charles & Prescott, Sir Mark The Waterloo Cup: The first 150 years]
*1925 Pentonville
*1930 Church Street
*1932 Ben Tinto
References
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Dog trainers
1886 births
1943 deaths
People from Halsall