the resident kennels were demolished in 1980 because the contract trainers were now employed and one of the trainers called jack coker reached the final of the 1980 english greyhound derby with young breeze. in 1981 careless dragon trained by jim morgan won the trafalgar cup one year before northern sports announced plans to invest heavily into oxford and sister track ramsgate stadium. mick wheble arrived as racing manager in 1984, joe farrand retired after 45 years as a trainer and arthur hitch won the 1984 bbc tv trophy with weston prelude.