nickg, mate you seem to know the dog better than me.
Took him to Goulburn as planned. 5 minutes to kenneling and he goes and injures his foot. had to be scratched. Very dissappointing.

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Sorry to hear that how serious is the injury?

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Morgan,
Examined the foot thoroughly when I got home and found that he suffered a stone bruise on the back of his foot. I put his foot in cold icey water for 5 minutes saturday afternoon and again this morning. He seems to be recovering really well and I'm sure he'll be ok in a couple of days. I will swim him for a few days rather than walk him just to make sure his foot heals up well. A little kiss on it helps too.

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Good to hear its nothing serious, keep us updated on his progress.

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Coops...

For whats its worth... he was SCR on the 4th which means he should be legible for the Richmond Qualies over 400m on the 14th. Nom him then for them and see how he goes. If he makes it to next rounds, he will then gain fitness and experience out of it plus give you the idea of where he is at.... step him up in distance OR go non tab.

If you step him up - After the Qualies however far he goes through it - i would just chuck him in the 535 as he is already running over it so he should be fit enough. If not a handslip in between wont hurt him.

If he doesnt like the TAB if its not too far for ya, head to Nowra NON TAB (last tab meeting is 1 week tomorrow).Choices of 520 or 365 which can depend on his racing style and speed out of the box or even Dapto NON TAB.

If the dog goes well at either of those and competes high enough he may go well at tab... and then it gives you more options.

These are just a few thoughts chucked together to help out.


Regarding over running him. If you think he can run 500m (which trials say YES) then dont step back in distance. Keep him there and dont stop -i know this contradicts the above of going to Richmond Qualies but thats just an option i expressed.
The more he gains over the distance, the fitter he will get as from the sounds of it he would not be completely fit for 500m yet, but from the trial time, not too far from it either. id say 2 hanslips up a slipping track and a race/trial would be plenty, but get to the know the dog as he may like being fresh too.

Maybe take the hit and try Richmond tab and if he gets knoced around a bit, go elsewhere. The options are there, just at his age, its hard when so many good young pups are coming through

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.

coops

Well I took him for his first swim ever.
Crickey what a handfull. The pool had about 80,000 litres before he got in, now it's got about 3 litres. Everyone man and his dog who was in there scattered.
He did about 3 laps before he emptied it. He's mad.

coops

Yeah that is a fair comment how did he go?

Hi Rod,
He thrashed around a fair bit but in the end he was swimming ok. I'm taking him back to the pool Tomorrow for another swim. I think I'll get in with him this time to calm him down. Hopefully he'll be better.
His foot is coming along nicely and he has no soreness in it anymore. I'll take him to the vet on thursday to give it a good checking over before I run him on friday.

coops

I would like to take this oppertunity to thank all you people who have helped me with your advise on my dog.
He won at Goulburn on Sunday and it was my very first win with a greyhound ever.
He gave the leader 10 lenths start coming around the last corner and he got up by 3/4 lth.
Again, thankyou for your help.

coops