I haven't voted in this pool, though I'm tempted because I bred Xstatic, but two things strike me. Firstly, the lack of an obvious choice at stud at the moment and secondly the fact that, in my opinion, the bitch is hugely more important than the dog when it comes to breeding good whippets.
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In reply to Tony, I've always taken the view that the sport is all about testing the dogs and yourself. We like winning naturally, but to we've always got the biggest buzz by winning in the most difficult circumstances because it reflects best on dog. So I preferred to be racing head-to-head...
Interesting to read all the different points of view and the many misunderstandings.
Having raced light and middleweights, bends and straights, and contested plenty of finals, I'd have to say the yd/lb handicap is spot on for the bends and useful only up to about 26lb on the straights.
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