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1985 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year of Carrick-on-Suir and won in impressive fashion by ten lengths, recording 29.86 seconds for the 525 yards course. A few weeks later he came into the charge of Slough trainer, Arthur Hitch. Tico cost his new owner, Alan Smee, £5,000 and had a few acclimatising runs at Wimbledon towards the end of the year. +Track Record +Track Record dh = dead-heat 1985 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year The 1985 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 59th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The closure of White City in 1984 had hit the industry