Pure greyhound bitch

[dodger 2,664]

They was alot better back in the day imo just to big now n bred to run in straight lines but note how in this video some could course quite well, yeh most get blown away in the second part of the vid once they hit the winter wheat but still a few handy greyhounds on there imo..

[sandymere 8,261]

 

23 minutes ago, dodger said:

 

I've kept  racing and  coursing greyhounds and the racers were generally better as hunting dogs after retirement.  Smaller, more agile  and as I kept stayers  having better  stamina. 

As the coursing is now pretty  much Park coursing where they sprint 200 meters in a straight line I reckon things would  not have improved. 

Ps not one of the courses in the  video would have been  long enough to have been deemed judgable in Spain. 

Edited May 9, 2023 by sandymere

[chartpolski 20,417]

Both my last first cross deer/greys had the same sire line deerhounds, but Lima was out of a racing bred greyhound bitch, a litter sister to Westmead Hawk, and Nancy is out of an Irish coursing greyhound bitch, sired by the Irish coursing champion Mafi Magic.

They are very similar, in conformation and running style, if anything, Nancy, the coursing bred bitch, is quicker off the mark, not sure about stamina yet; Lima had very good stamina, Nancy is still young.

Deer/greys usually throw true to type in temperament but Lima was very laid back, whereas Nancy can be a bit flighty, like a greyhound.

Cheers.

[Gilbey 1,408]

The modern day scratch racers look closer to the real old time coursing greyhounds imo

[thefensarefarbutistillgo 2,480]

Looks like there running on black land there, you can see the powder flicking up off the dogs and horses feet 

[Black neck 15,166]

Enjoyed that  

[low plains drifter 9,467]

40 minutes ago, thefensarefarbutistillgo said:

Looks like there running on black land there, you can see the powder flicking up off the dogs and horses feet 

That be down Suffolk way, I bet they've got a loam, and a bit of black land 

[Black neck 15,166]

1 hour ago, low plains drifter said:

That be down Suffolk way, I bet they've got a loam, and a bit of black land 

I have a wonderful loam this year 

U know

[shaaark 10,137]

1 minute ago, Black neck said:

I have a wonderful loam this year 

U know

Friable?

[Black neck 15,166]

16 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Friable?

And free draining 

[shaaark 10,137]

1 hour ago, Black neck said:

And free draining 

Obvs, quoi d'autre?!

[Black neck 15,166]

1 hour ago, shaaark said:

Obvs, quoi d'autre?!

May wee Mon sherry

[dodger 2,664]

4 hours ago, Black neck said:

Enjoyed that  

Nice to see the family's there n kids beating and watching in the crowd..

Some nice 80s cars aswell few capri's etc nice bit of nostalgia good era to grow up in the 80s I think..

[Black neck 15,166]

5 hours ago, dodger said:

Nice to see the family's there n kids beating and watching in the crowd..

Some nice 80s cars aswell few capri's etc nice bit of nostalgia good era to grow up in the 80s I think..

It was civilised, blokes necking chatea d chatealur straight out the bottle then jumping in the capri and bezzin off like the sweeny  ,alas different times

[low plains drifter 9,467]

13 hours ago, Black neck said:

I have a wonderful loam this year 

U know

Are you putting carrots in?