GREYHOUNDS BACKING UP article

[mal]

An article by Bruce Teague in the Australian Greyhound magazine
I will only quote snippets as its a 4 page article

Over-simplyfying things, greyhound racing is becoming more of a production line now.
Todays punters might look, not just at what the dogs history shows, but also how often it has been racing.

In practice many dogs are racing twice weekly for weeks on end

Recently, I started a closer look at WPK in particular, as well as around the Victorian circuit, quite a few dogs can be seen backing up within a 48 hour period
After converting all the runs to times over the WPK 525M, which my computer happily does for me, I checked the difference.
About 40% actually ran better time in the second race, but only by a couple of lengths on average
The 60% which ran worse time did so by an average margin of 7 lengths
In the end the result is pretty clear cut- the majority of dogs dont do as well when they have to make a second effort within 2 days


Top QLD trainer Tony Zammit, has said he prefers never to run his dogs more than once weekly.


Prominent vet John Kohnke , tells us that "generally, the dog should not be galloped for the full distance during the week or so leading up to a race, and only given sMALl slips over 150m or so, finishing within 2 days of a race."

Backing up within a 48 hour period can be a very risky proposition


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MT79/MAL have been saying this repeatedly on SAFOOTY
Risk dogs that back up if less than 4 days since thier previous runs

[ryles-kennels]

An article by Bruce Teague in the Australian Greyhound magazine
I will only quote snippets as its a 4 page article

Over-simplyfying things, greyhound racing is becoming more of a production line now.
Todays punters might look, not just at what the dogs history shows, but also how often it has been racing.

In practice many dogs are racing twice weekly for weeks on end

Recently, I started a closer look at WPK in particular, as well as around the Victorian circuit, quite a few dogs can be seen backing up within a 48 hour period
After converting all the runs to times over the WPK 525M, which my computer happily does for me, I checked the difference.
About 40% actually ran better time in the second race, but only by a couple of lengths on average
The 60% which ran worse time did so by an average margin of 7 lengths
In the end the result is pretty clear cut- the majority of dogs dont do as well when they have to make a second effort within 2 days


Top QLD trainer Tony Zammit, has said he prefers never to run his dogs more than once weekly.


Prominent vet John Kohnke , tells us that "generally, the dog should not be galloped for the full distance during the week or so leading up to a race, and only given sMALl slips over 150m or so, finishing within 2 days of a race."

Backing up within a 48 hour period can be a very risky proposition


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MT79/MAL have been saying this repeatedly on SAFOOTY
Risk dogs that back up if less than 4 days since thier previous runs

My boy raced last Wednesday and all he has in between races is free gallops on local sports field. He is let go at one end of oval and free gallops to me at the other end of oval. Total distance run is 100-150m. We do this every second day with a total rest day in between. WE NEVER EVER run him the day before a race. It has worked perfectly for him and puts less stress on muscles and joints.

[vicgirl]

Pl Bx Wght Dist Trk Date Time BON M`gin 1st/2nd(Time) 1st Split Comment S/P Grade Hcap
2 (7) 31.7 515 APK 16/10/08 30.44 29.66 2.00 Kiowa Angel (30.31) . . $10.00 G .
2 (7) 31.9 515 APK 13/10/08 30.64 29.75 0.75 Diana Bale (30.60) 4.72 . $11.00 G .
2 (8) 31.3 515 APK 09/10/08 30.64 29.75 8.50 Express Rumble (30.11) 4.78 . $6.00 G .
2 (8) 31.5 515 APK 06/10/08 30.71 30.20 0.25 Texas Ace (30.69) 4.71 . $3.80 G .
4 (3) 31.6 531 GAW 30/09/08 31.89 31.08 8.25 Serious Quest (31.37) 3.42 . $3.60 G .
R . . 515 APK 29/09/08 . 30.09 . . . . . G .
7 (7) 31.7 531 GAW 23/09/08 31.77 30.77 11.25 Very Cool (31.07) 3.38 . $11.00 G .
2 (2) 31.5 531 GAW 16/09/08 31.69 31.30 1.50 Alivia Bale (31.60) 3.41 . $2.20 G


Heres one to dispell your myth Mal that is my dog Magnifico Bale 7 starts in just over a month his best lifetime run was his last run 30.44 never looked like bettering 30.60 before that and at gawler when racing once a week progressivley got slower 3 weeks in a row than Apk backing up mon thur has got faster