A night at the dogs

Yesterday I had one of the best nights since I'm in Ireland: I went to the Greyhound Stadium in Limerick to see the dogs races.

Although I had to take a 15-minutes trip by bus plus a 30-minutes walk, it was worth it.

I got into the stadium just in time, there was plenty of people waiting for the races to star, while watching a hurling game and some statistics about dogs' skills on any of the screens that were all around. 

Outside, there was the race track,  some grandstands without any chair because the public is suppose to be standing to better see the dogs.

Then, I went to the Tote desk and a nice woman explained me how to bet. Also, I got a brochure which had all the information about dogs and each of the 11 races that were planned for that night. 

Some nice men talked to our students and gave them further information, since they could see it was our first time at the dogs.

So, the races started! The first race I saw was very exciting: six dogs, wearing different colours, run after a fake rabbit through all the track. People were shouting the numbers of the dogs and after a minute and a half, the race ended, Such a fast race, I could just take a few pictures!

On the next races, I bet 1 or 2€, but I lost all my bets, however a student of my group won all the times she bet. 

Anyway, it was so thrilling to guess and try to find out which dog would win and bet on it.

It was surprising to see the amount of people following the races, betting on the dogs and having a quite serious look when cheking their brochures and commenting on how good or bad the dogs were. 

It was such an appealing evening!