Vinnie Jones dog at Waterloo Cup

Feb 19 2004

Liverpool Echo

FOOTBALL hardman Vinnie Jones will have a runner in the controversial 157th Waterloo Cup. Other celebrities who have entered dogs include TV chef Clarissa Dickson-Wright, one of the Two Fat Ladies. Jones, 39, has made a series of films playing on his Cockney wide-boy roots while the former Two Fat Ladies star grew up pheasant-shooting. Their names emerged during the draw for the hare coursing event yesterday at the Prince of Wales hotel in Southport. But the bloodsport will once again court controversy when it is run next Tuesday at Great Altcar. Story continues ADVERTISEMENT A demonstration organised by Fight Against Animal Cruelty in Europe is being organised on the new Causeway at 10am. Tony Moore, chairman of FAACE, said: "This arena blood sport should have been thrown into the dustbin of history years ago. "Bookmakers are a big part of the scene at the Waterloo Cup. It is obscene to gamble on the life-and-death struggle of an animal." The timetable for the event is: The first round of the Waterloo Cup is held on the Withens with first in slips at 9.30 am. The next day's coursing takes place at Lydiate, also in Great Altcar. The finals of the Waterloo Cup, Purse and Plate take place on the Withens, on Thursday, February 26.

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