Saluki's and their crosses.

[green lurchers 16,375]

24 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

i’ll be honest i bred a litter a whippets i’d drowned the f***ing lot all look like runts don’t they 

not the smallest a the litter but runt looking in the eyes shape a head etc 

you could show me a whippet run 3 in the wet id eat me froggos  

You changed ya angle from a whippet catching to running 3 in the wet  I wouldn’t give my time for anything that takes 4 mins so you know  

[Gilbey 1,408]

Probably right about using a lamping dog though, some of these tight bred ones seem to lame themselves walking to the car or is it breeding off pups

[green lurchers 16,375]

29 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

i’ll be honest i bred a litter a whippets i’d drowned the f***ing lot all look like runts don’t they 

not the smallest a the litter but runt looking in the eyes shape a head etc 

you could show me a whippet run 3 in the wet id eat me froggos  

Is that why your bitch is 3:4 whippet lol 

[Greb147 6,808]

5 minutes ago, Gilbey said:

Probably right about using a lamping dog though, some of these tight bred ones seem to lame themselves walking to the car or is it breeding off pups

That's what I don't get, aren't these types meant to be proper hardy dogs or am I missing something? 

Maybe if you breed to tight things start to pack in and fall apart. 

[low plains drifter 9,468]

50 minutes ago, thefensarefarbutistillgo said:

Good find I haven’t seen that for years, shows the difference between speed and stamina, saying that that Sargent looked like he was dragged about towards the end, a good dog should of still been giving that hare plenty of stick towards the end of that run 

The original hare was piped, and the second half of the course was said to be on another hare

[chartpolski 20,463]

Great thread

Some laughs, some great stories, some great knowledge.

The way it should be.

Cheers.

[sandymere 8,261]

1 hour ago, Greb147 said:

MP also said that's where lads are going wrong, they are putting coursing types back to pure saluki and they just aren't fast enough. 

I ran one of mine with a 2 year old heavily saluki blooded coursing type dog this morning.  Big rangey type so I was pleasantly surprised when my yearling had it beat in speed. Less surprised when she showed it up a little in ability running tighter and pushing hard then recovered much quicker.  Mine are fitter perhaps but nonetheless she showed a bit of class in comparison.

[OldPhil 5,364]

 Well,.. I reckon that Tay was a real good Hard Blood whippet,.. a genuine animal, owned by a genuine enthusiast...

RIP Mr Fletcher

[mC HULL 10,440]

7 minutes ago, sandymere said:

I ran one of mine with a 2 year old heavily saluki blooded coursing type dog this morning.  Big rangey type so I was pleasantly surprised when my yearling had it beat in speed. Less surprised when she showed it up a little in ability running tighter and pushing hard then recovered much quicker.  Mine are fitter perhaps but nonetheless she showed a bit of class in comparison.

betweeen you and gl we might see a 3 from 3 dog that isnt heavily saluki bred mate 

but theres more chance of you voting torie 

and essex gl knocking them sun beds on the head 

 

Edited December 30, 2021 by mC HULL

[Greb147 6,808]

5 minutes ago, sandymere said:

I ran one of mine with a 2 year old heavily saluki blooded coursing type dog this morning.  Big rangey type so I was pleasantly surprised when my yearling had it beat in speed. Less surprised when she showed it up a little in ability running tighter and pushing hard then recovered much quicker.  Mine are fitter perhaps but nonetheless she showed a bit of class in comparison.

Which dog did you run, bang a pic up of it. 

Tonight it sounds like the beginning of the end for these saluki types.

Was the saluki type off well known names or just down off show type?

[Greb147 6,808]

18 minutes ago, OldPhil said:

 Well,.. I reckon that Tay was a real good Hard Blood whippet,.. a genuine animal, owned by a genuine enthusiast...

RIP Mr Fletcher

Looked decent for what it was, still, the saluki cross didn't look all too special on that clip. 

[chartpolski 20,463]

24 minutes ago, OldPhil said:

 Well,.. I reckon that Tay was a real good Hard Blood whippet,.. a genuine animal, owned by a genuine enthusiast...

RIP Mr Fletcher

Geoff bred some of the best non-peds, also some very good Beddy types.

This was one of his breeding, 

Blisteringly fast, too fast for its own good, dropped both gracillis and retired early.

Cheers.

Edited December 30, 2021 by chartpolski

[Greb147 6,808]

Talking about slop favouring a hare, real hard ground also does. 

Hare is flying.

 

[thefensarefarbutistillgo 2,480]

Hares always fly when they get on them tracks or maybe is it that the dogs slow up a bit because there stoppers are getting hammered and they don’t like running flat out on them hard tracks 

[thefensarefarbutistillgo 2,480]

My dog didn’t like it when he got took up a track the other week