Interesting that. Not fox, but I threw out the 'start them on rabbits and work up' way of thinking, with a couple of my dogs years ago. Found I had a better dog for it. ?
That's actually a good post, and pretty much what I was going to say last night, on this subject.
Doesn't really matter how, or what the dog was originally bred for, it's what the owner uses it for that matters, at the end of the day.
Fireman, you're correct. It's not just in newmarket either. Plenty of trainers hack their horses out to and from many of the gallops. One of my sisters was a stable lad, to D H Jones, in south wales. Couple of my old schoolmates were jockeys as well, one used to ride for Peter Makin. Common sight to see racehorses on roads.
I have, a few times. Owned a couple, and seen a couple exactly like it. Good on hare and deer, not so good on rabbits. And in the case of one of my own, wasn't even interested in rabbits.
Can't be bothered watching most of those interviews. It's like watching the same contradictory crap over and over. Surely, they must get embarrassed when they watch them back?!