New Posts For Thread: Dogs graded without trials at tracks?https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks17.37 Monmore trap 2 never run over 6 bends and yet graded in S4. Is it spin a coin to see where it runs? I always thought that you could not run in a graded race over a new distance without a trial or run in an open race?... whose widow, (Wanda), is now Mrs Kenny Rogers.https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556827631#556827631... whose widow, (Wanda), is now Mrs Kenny Rogers.Fri, 15 Mar 2019 05:15:56 -0500Hehe, no. He probably got fed up with washing the mud off of their feet in those days (grass straights, sand bends). Spent many evenings battling it out with Ross Jackson (RIP) ...https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556827619#556827619Hehe, no. He probably got fed up with washing the mud off of their feet in those days (grass straights, sand bends). Spent many evenings battling it out with Ross Jackson (RIP) ...Fri, 15 Mar 2019 05:14:44 -0500.. Remember my mate who used to own dogs in 80s/90s at the now defunct Portsmouth telling the RM not to give his dogs more than 5 runs a month, cant see that happening now.https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556818205#556818205.. Remember my mate who used to own dogs in 80s/90s at the now defunct Portsmouth telling the RM not to give his dogs more than 5 runs a month, cant see that happening now.Wed, 13 Mar 2019 16:23:05 -0500Yeah DD, they are bored. Run Sunday, eat and sleep Monday, eat and sleep Tuesday, dragged off to race again Wednesday.Poor buggers are treated worse than lags in the cells. No time for a walk in the fresh air, just a half hour in the runs twice a dhttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556813547#556813547Yeah DD, they are bored. Run Sunday, eat and sleep Monday, eat and sleep Tuesday, dragged off to race again Wednesday.Poor buggers are treated worse than lags in the cells. No time for a walk in the fresh air, just a half hour in the runs twice a dWed, 13 Mar 2019 05:47:34 -0500Interesting point about dogs being tired. I've noticed dogs running below par on the Wednesday meeting after running well on the Sunday. Something I wondered about whether the 2nd run in 4 days was too much.https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556812823#556812823Interesting point about dogs being tired. I've noticed dogs running below par on the Wednesday meeting after running well on the Sunday. Something I wondered about whether the 2nd run in 4 days was too much.Wed, 13 Mar 2019 02:08:27 -0500Belle Vue let dogs run now over the 590m without a trial. Don't know the exact ruling but as long as they've ran a couple of times over the 470, then they're fine to run the 590mhttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556812815#556812815Belle Vue let dogs run now over the 590m without a trial. Don't know the exact ruling but as long as they've ran a couple of times over the 470, then they're fine to run the 590mWed, 13 Mar 2019 02:05:33 -0500Yes indeed, John. This crazy schedule of round-the-clock racing is responsible for producing dogs that are totally jaded and fed up with the endless merry-go-round. Morning meetings going off at breakfast time, bags meetings (or whatever they are chttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556812085#556812085Yes indeed, John. This crazy schedule of round-the-clock racing is responsible for producing dogs that are totally jaded and fed up with the endless merry-go-round. Morning meetings going off at breakfast time, bags meetings (or whatever they are cTue, 12 Mar 2019 18:57:00 -0500Yes I agree, and would have to say that the hounds look tired, I wonder why??????https://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556785757#556785757Yes I agree, and would have to say that the hounds look tired, I wonder why??????Sat, 09 Mar 2019 10:16:29 -0600And the amount of "awk nr ln" nowadays is bordering on the epidemic. totally agree,i have never seen so many dodgers in my lifehttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556785597#556785597And the amount of "awk nr ln" nowadays is bordering on the epidemic. totally agree,i have never seen so many dodgers in my lifeSat, 09 Mar 2019 10:04:07 -0600Well backed and wins pulling a cart. Just crazy. You used to have to run three trials to get on a card and at least one trial/run in the last 30 days to compete over different distance (apart from open entries, obviously).You dare not have a bet inhttps://community.betfair.com/greyhounds/go/thread/view/94094/31511707/dogs-graded-without-trials-at-tracks?post_id=556785225#556785225Well backed and wins pulling a cart. Just crazy. You used to have to run three trials to get on a card and at least one trial/run in the last 30 days to compete over different distance (apart from open entries, obviously).You dare not have a bet inSat, 09 Mar 2019 09:27:29 -0600