Great choice for your 1st lurcher mate, easy to train, very biddable and very intelligent cross!! If your swinging towards the more racier types then a 3/4 grey 1/4 collie would do the trick very good all rounder and will do all legal and pre ban quarry, look for a pup off good stock and your half way there mate, then it's down to you with right feeding,exersize,training and all will come together in the end.