Noel, you are aware that I have not had a dog at home for 20 years now but back in those days, I did what I think was the standard thing (and probably still is) in feeding twice day. As with most people, it was a smaller breakfast and a substantial evening meal. However, I did tend to feed a slightly more substantial breakfast than most people and cut back slightly on the evening meal (even it out a bit). I would be interested to know what you guys in Ireland feed and in particular how you feel about beef v's processed dry racing diet feed and/or the combination of the two. With regard to racing at night, right or wrong, I would tend to err on the side of feeding the extra bit a little earlier rather than later, hoping that it was going to pass through the system before race time.