What dog was the other fella running? A whippet? Lol
I agree with John above, forget all that matching nonsense no matter how tempting and keep your head down. Sounds like he's doing well for you.
cherrs gaz he was running a saluki grey hes supposed to be a very good dog i run my ten kilt 7 then he ran 7 kilt 4 so he had to run 3 kil 3 to even catch me but he missed the next run so i won