Snowball left for sister track Clapton Stadium in 1946 as Assistant Racing Manager before reverting to being a trainer once more. Tom Smith a former Catford Stadium trainer was also transferred to Clapton by the company in 1948 after a short spell as a trainer at Reading. Further company changes saw Eric Godfrey installed as Racing Manager before he became Director of Racing and was replaced by John Collins. In 1960 both were replaced, Collins by Ron Fraser and Godfrey by H J Richardson. The premier event at the track was the Hunt Cup and during 1963 Clapton Stadiums Ltd scrapped evening starting times in an attempt to scupper the bookmaker shops from being able to take advantage of off-course betting without paying the industry its due worth. The first notable open race success for a Reading greyhound was in 1945 when Bally Rambler won the Midland Puppy Derby, the fawn dog would break the Reading track record twice the following year. Wayside Abbey who won the Golden Crest for trainer Joe Farrand in 1954 and Jim Sherry younger brother of Jack Sherry the well-known Ramsgate Stadium trainer won the Oxford Two Year Old Produce Stakes with Corrigeen Prince in 1965. Clapton Stadiums Ltd sold up to the Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) in 1966 and worryingly the GRA at this time ran the Property Trust who were responsible for selling land to developers (three stadiums had already been closed by them). Racing continued on Thursday and Saturday evenings with the greyhounds supplied by resident trainers Jim Sherry, Ron Jeffrey and Jim Barker plus Yates, Jimmy Jowett & Paddy Pierce. However, in 1971 the resident kennels were sold and Reading turned to the contracted trainers system. It was the beginning of the end with the stadium being sold in 1973 by the GRA. The final meeting was held on 10 November 1973 and the stadium was closed down on 1 January 1974, the site today is the Stadium Business Park on Stadium Way.