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    Official poster... I can tell you,it will be in middle of the field, they will mount a big awning, there will be some shops there, an enormous screen where they will put images of the roads and maybe they on live(not sure), a place where you can buy beer, surely some food also, and loooot of people, last year i remember people at parking making bbq waiting the fog go up hehehe... Medina Del Campo is not really far from madrid, most of the travel by highway, if you are planning to go, i recommend you not go to the final, because you will see less dogs and less coursing, i think its better
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    The most incredible thing about galgos are their greedines, they can get injured but still running... In that epic course, white get disqualified because he stop, is a very hard race and at the end they were near collapse, but, normally they just lie in the floor for a few minutes, trainer give them some water/electrolytes/sugar and ready to run again after a while... I took that photo last year at copa del rey, that galgo get injured at previous run and continued coursing, you see how are his feets... He run with heart first race of the round that day,i think he win or it was nea dra
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    Adopted galgos? Show galgos? Seriously, talk with my boss, make him to give me 2 months of holidays, i can ensure you i can get a competitive dog and train him
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    Photo not attached, sorry
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    Hi, as some people commented in the post i opened about videos of coursing in Spain, and i think is not a bad idea, what do you think about using spanish greyhounds instead of greyhounds or instead of salukis? In my opinion spanish galgos have some good things: - good stamina, they can run 3/4min without problems, with good training they can run 5, not very usual because they tend to kill before... - is a selected breed for coursing, because in Spain 99% of galgos are used for coursing and selected for it, are worked dogs. - very hard dogs, they can run in very bad fields, they can get
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    I quoted you because i remember your presentation there hehehe. I wish i can, but i have to work and i prefer to save my holidays days to other times.... Hope you enjoy it and take photos and lot of info for sharing here!! Paulf, spanish hares drift, jump and run, the old ones are called matacanes (dog killers) because, they can really kill the dogs of the effort... www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKocvAdnzFo That race is from last year, near 6 minutes running, that is very very hard for the dogs, but spanish greyhounds can do it...
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    Hey Mushroom, im atama at galgoslances forum, are you going to medina del campo to see the final rounds??
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    Hey sorry mate, im in my mobile and it was the fast way to post it, how i post by that way? Just the youtube normal link? If you are interested, i can try to update the post when they run more rounds...
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    Here i left you videos from the preliminary rounds of the most important galgos championship in Spain, inscriptions there cost like 3000€ by dog, so... Topdogs! Hope you enjoy it.
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    Thank you, im a legal worker, i work for your food health and safety...
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    Hi good evening Im Francisco, im spanish and i moved on july to uk for working, I love coursing and in Spain i have spanish greyhounds for it, and well i have been here in the uk for some months, meeting lot of people with lurchers and... Im missing a lot coursing and my dogs!!! , hope here i can read more and learn a lot. Here you can see our black bitch lebrijana coursing in the pure spanish breed championship last season, i can help you if you want to learn about coursing in spain, training and veterinary matters, im veterinary Un saludo Pd: sorry for my english, in spa
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