Greyhound racing flows freely through the veins of revered administrator Fred Abel.

Fred caught the greyhound racing 'bug' the day his mum and dad took him to Harold Park as a 10-year-old. He also recalls attending the opening race meeting at Wentworth Park in the late 1930s.

When he joined the Royal Australian Air Force as an 18-year-old, Fred was already a greyhound owner.

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