sunset

[Windwalker]

i would just like to know what year sunset closed for sure thanks johnny

[hitmonkey!!!]

ask mike everett he knows!

[CIGAR]

2008.


cigar

[jamiepaul]

,sunset,bayou ,atchafalaya, and many others were laid to rest in 2008

[blades61]

it seems like a lifetime ago

[MONGOOSE]

It does seem like a long time ago. Best times ever had. Spent time with the Easterlings and a famous boxer in 08. Will never forget it.

[elgallopotosino]

man u met so many nice people, they went out had a hell of a good time. this it the way i wish it would be like next week but oh no we have these ignorant m f that wont let us enjoy the thrill we once had

[Gypsygamefarm]

Actauly I think they shut there doors first before anybody

[springwater]

Yep they closed before the others. They closed when the gambling bill was passed in Louisiana which was the year before the actual fighting bill went into effect. Sunset was officially owned by a board so they were afraid if it was raided because of illegal gambling that even all the board members could have been charged with running a gambling house. So they went ahead and closed early even though the fighting was still legal. At least this is what was told to me by people that would know.

[Windwalker]

Just got information from a fellow cocker who talked to Sammy Rayles, the manager of Red River and the first owner of Texoma, that Sunset actually closed in 2003.....They locked the doors and walked out.

[DPotter]

Windwalker,

I think that date might be a typo. I was there after 2003 for sure.

V/r,
Don Potter
Potterrosa Gamefowl Farm
Wilmer, Alabama

[jamiepaul]

i live 30 mins from there its 2008

[kyman]

Originally Posted by springwater

Yep they closed before the others. They closed when the gambling bill was passed in Louisiana which was the year before the actual fighting bill went into effect. Sunset was officially owned by a board so they were afraid if it was raided because of illegal gambling that even all the board members could have been charged with running a gambling house. So they went ahead and closed early even though the fighting was still legal. At least this is what was told to me by people that would know.

Yep sunset closed before the bayou club and some others.. sunset closed around april of 2007.. we was at cajun classic in 2006 and planned on going to cajun classic in 2007 but they didnt have it they closed around april of that year.. they bayou club stayed open through 2008

[springwater]

Originally Posted by Windwalker

Just got information from a fellow cocker who talked to Sammy Rayles, the manager of Red River and the first owner of Texoma, that Sunset actually closed in 2003.....They locked the doors and walked out.

It was open later than that because I have trophies a lot newer than that from there so I know for sure that date is wrong.

[Gypsygamefarm]

It was 07 or o8 I rember calling to see if they were going to have a Derby because I hated the bayou club

[Gene Brown]

It was closed after the 12 cock in March 2007.

[Dragonrider]

Now this is an interesting topic! I never knew anything about the sport until I moved to the Philippines. Little did I know that Sunset was just about an hour up the road from me. Knowing what I know now, I would have loved to have seen a show!

The Sportsman's Paradise isn't a sportsman's paradise any more!!

[Sidgrey]

Anyone have memories of Jerry Lee Singleton that showed there when legal ? I didn't know him back then but have recently become friends with him and he talks like he did very well back then at Sunset..I know his buddies the Ramsey boys all ways did well there...Unfortunately I never did get to go to sunset or any of the other major circuit pits

[Bumblefoot]

I wonder if they sold the assets and distributed the proceeds among the shareholders? They might be sitting on it hoping for things to turn around.

[oxfarm]

Originally Posted by Gene Brown

It was closed after the 12 cock in March 2007.

Is this was the year when you win 11 out of 12 cocks ?? I was their !!!

Super entry you line up !!!

[tonio]

Who won the last derby at Sunset and who was the last cocker of the year?

[rev-23]

Can we share sum memories of the ol major competition pits of days past. I nvr got to go to sunset. But my uncle nd grandfather showed at mid America, kelleyville,texoma, nd poultry palace. I remember being a small boy sleeping in the bleachers, at poultry palace.