Thanks for the advice Chook.
Mate, I was thinking of swimming him a couple of times this week and then taking him down to Bulli on friday morning and give him a run over the 400. Then if he pulls up ok I will nominate him for the 472 the following week. He has run twice at Bulli and he seems to like track. He has had 3 runs at Richmond. 1 over the 535 (Trial 31.30) 1 race over 400 23.35 got beaten by 6 lths in that race after getting hammered from start to finish. ( First time on the track) Took him back one week later to see what he could do by himself. 23.07. (Solo). He is not a real good box dog and has no early pace. He has had 3 race starts with me and he has jumped last in every one and has been last to the first corner everytime. He does however finish on very strong and just misses out on a place.

Chook, I've given you some Idea what the dog is like. It's ok me saying that, but he still has to prove it by producing in a race.

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