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RACING AT THESE VENUES TODAY/TONIGHT

SHEPPARTON
HORSHAM
RICHMOND

ANGLE PARK
CRANBOURNE
WENTWORTH PK
ALBION PK
LAUNCESTON

84 RACES scheduled
Guess how many Distance races...................................ZERO

FARCE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What else can you find to whinge about MAL?
Obviously there is a lack of demand for these races by the trainers , therefore commonsense says' that dont program them. SIMPLE.

I agree with MAL.... what a shame....always feel more confident on the longer journeys.... not even 1 out of 84.... poor effort....

I agree with AG
Distance races are very exciting
Dogs can win from anywhere and they are great to watch
Give me 700m races over crappy 311m Cranbourne sprints anytime

Me being a non-consistant gambler in regards to horses/dogs/trots etc.... I would have thought that each meet would have 1 distance race, and a mixture of the shorter races. Seem's kind of wierd from my point of view.

i think the clubs would like to race over the longer journeys but the fact is there are a lack of styers we have bred fpr speed for so long that there arnt alot of jenuine stayers. The country clubs in vic would often program distance races and not get enough noms to race them. i have 1 stayer in the kennel and hes not a genuine stayer but they are hard to train and keep fit enough for 700m racing. Also if you have a dog you think might stay but is a half decent sprinter you can ruin them by putting them over 700m so it makes u worried about trying them over the longs

A few reasons why there were no stayers' races last night.

Most of the country Vic tracks hold heats and finals, and if there's a lot of heat noms, no room for a longer race. What's more, there's few Vic country tracks that cater for 700+m.
Majority of Vic country tracks filled by Vic country backyard trainers that have trouble training a creeper to grow up a wall, let alone a stayer.

Queensland has about 4 stayers????? (But damn they good)

Tasmania...do they have any stayers??? Land of the Vic sprinter giveaway.

Richmond.....Very hesitant to run distant races...enough fighters go around in the shorter races...the longer the trip, the more chance of something having a chew.

Angle Park....can't fill a open on Thursday night, shame though, cos some of the best stayer trainers are right here in SA.

There's a couple of premier stayer races coming up in the next couple of weeks, so anything with any ability will be getting ready to travel.
Troy Murray is over in WA for the invitational..Paul Barry going over with Token Ned.
So Busy, the next best stayer here won well over 515 last night. (Now that's what a real greyhound should be able to do..mix the distances).

Give it time, there will be more stayers emerging, as breeders shake off the brainwashing. It's taken a few years for the outcross syndrome to subside...next step is to get breeders to steer away from the short course sires, and start breeding some dogs with a bit of guts.

GO THE STAYERS!!!!!!!!!!