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Jun 3, 2024 · The village pub, Helen Browning's The Royal Oak, in Bishopstone, held the event on Sunday, and has been running the spectacle since 2012. ... with owners creating their pigs race name and colours.
The pig race is held at the 'Pork Chop International Speedway' track course featuring two races, one with baby pigs and the other with full-grown pigs. Both piglets and full-grown pigs are given names spun off of celebrities' names, such as Brad Pig, Kevin Bacon, Justin Beiboar and Elvis Pigsley.
Jun 6, 2021 · People lined the racing track over the weekend to witness pigs racing in the Ham National. The event at Church Farm in Stow Bardolph, near Downham Market, took place on Sunday, June 6 with nine ...
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Jun 7, 2019 · AMY Swinehouse will take on Beatrix Trotter and six other pot-bellied porkers this Sunday in a race to be crowned Bishopstone’s fastest pig.
Jun 5, 2018 · While many onlookers watched the races in front of the pub, others sat in the sunshine with a drink in the Royal Oak’s beer garden, listened to live rock music, and gorged on some sizzling sausages.
The 10 competing pigs are bought for the day at a cost of £50, with owners creating their pigs race name and colours. Spectators can also bet on the pigs at the make-shift bookkeepers "Piggy Power".
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Jun 11, 2019 · The Royal Oak hosted the animal racing event on Sunday, with hundreds of delighted spectators turning out to watch the eight porcine athletes scamper down a gate-lined course after a pig herd ...
