Coops, what you have said sounds fair enough to me. Always being essentially an enthusiast, this sort of activity is not something in which I have ever participated: have never "fire along" a dog or "pulled up" one. However, I have been the victim of having a dog 'knocked off" in the raceday kennels (staggered around tailed off) and also having the hare driver try to beat a dog by suddenly slowing the hare down on a sharp turn (she almost fell losing significant ground but still won). It is the stuff in the immediately preceeding sentence that, to say the least, really @&##%d me off. Fortunately today, with more frequent swabbing, improved kennel security and in the case of hare driving, filming of all races, this sort of activity, I expect, is virtually non-existent. From your perspective, Coops, you are participating in the right era so I say, "good on you, enjoy every minute of it".