Bend Racing

[Victoria Woolhead]

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And dont forget run dogs week in week out without much rest!

I agree with you Dave.. love the bends..but alas, does look like a losing battle! Racing has its risks full stop. If you were to compare injurys on straights and bends.. probably not a lot in it.

Maybe the problem is more that most clubs dont have them for schooling and clearing?? not that I know.

When i started the thread i thought that the lack of tracks and injuries would be the main reason. I really wanted to get a feel on peoples attitude towards bend racing.
Unfortunately i have another question to ask :lol: . In a sport where we ask our dogs to come out of traps, run their hearts out on all different types of grass tracks, in all types of weather and crash into each other at the end, is there any evidence to show that there are more injuries on a bend than on a straight?

I accept that i'm fighting a losing battle and bends eventually will probably stop altogether, but i'm new and keen and love them and want to know if there is anyway of saving them.

 

[controversial]

When i started the thread i thought that the lack of tracks and injuries would be the main reason. I really wanted to get a feel on peoples attitude towards bend racing.
Unfortunately i have another question to ask :lol: . In a sport where we ask our dogs to come out of traps, run their hearts out on all different types of grass tracks, in all types of weather and crash into each other at the end, is there any evidence to show that there are more injuries on a bend than on a straight?

I accept that i'm fighting a losing battle and bends eventually will probably stop altogether, but i'm new and keen and love them and want to know if there is anyway of saving them.

youve hit the nail on the head. :thumbsup: we expect them to go from 0 to 35mph in under 2 secs.without a proper warm up athletes warm up for upto 1hr before a race.a racing dog should be warmed up for 20 mins. says a greyhound study in australia.to minimise injuries.we havent had any injuries om the bend so far and we do plenty of bend racing .all our injuries have been on a straight.trapping and finishing i would say cause the most injuries.we free run ours everyday in meadows and woods which i think helps the dogs .the day bends finish will be a sad day for whippets.as they are hunting dogs we will have to get rabbits ,squirrels, hares and deer to run in a straight line (w00t) ilong live the bends : :

 

[shamrock lady]

Some of the comments on this thread refer to lack of schooling opportunities and practice!
Last year Heart of England put on a special “Bend training weekend”, :thumbsup: what can I say other than it was poorly attended!

Well put. All welcome to our great club withy a great bend :thumbsup:

 

[slimfast]

Some of the comments on this thread refer to lack of schooling opportunities and practice!
Last year Heart of England put on a special “Bend training weekend”, :thumbsup: what can I say other than it was poorly attended!

Well put. All welcome to our great club withy a great bend :thumbsup:

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[Markamys]

Thank you everybody on your comments on this thread, i've also received several calls and PM's from people at home about this. It seems everybody is in agreement that it is the most exciting form of racing but the lack of schooling and opportunity and fear of injury are the main problems.

I'm going to go back to both my clubs who both have permanent bends and see if we can get some trials going and invite anyone interested to come down and "school" their dogs. It seems to me that with clubs like the Independant on the west side of the country, HOE in the middle, greyhound tracks/bend racing up north and ours down in the south east, that if most of us really want to give your dog a chance to school on a bend you probably could.

Once again thank you all for your input, i really enjoyed it nice, clean, fun and interesting, just what K9 should be about :thumbsup:

 

[Firemansam]

Thank you everybody on your comments on this thread, i've also received several calls and PM's from people at home about this. It seems everybody is in agreement that it is the most exciting form of racing but the lack of schooling and opportunity and fear of injury are the main problems.
I'm going to go back to both my clubs who both have permanent bends and see if we can get some trials going and invite anyone interested to come down and "school" their dogs. It seems to me that with clubs like the Independant on the west side of the country, HOE in the middle, greyhound tracks/bend racing up north and ours down in the south east, that if most of us really want to give your dog a chance to school on a bend you probably could.

Once again thank you all for your input, i really enjoyed it nice, clean, fun and interesting, just what K9 should be about :thumbsup:

Anyone wishing to run a bend can see the list of dates for straights/bends on the HOE website, we are running bends at the moment and throughout september. Check with Ann Brown (number on the website) before coming just to make sure we are on.

 

[controversial]

Thank you everybody on your comments on this thread, i've also received several calls and PM's from people at home about this. It seems everybody is in agreement that it is the most exciting form of racing but the lack of schooling and opportunity and fear of injury are the main problems.
I'm going to go back to both my clubs who both have permanent bends and see if we can get some trials going and invite anyone interested to come down and "school" their dogs. It seems to me that with clubs like the Independant on the west side of the country, HOE in the middle, greyhound tracks/bend racing up north and ours down in the south east, that if most of us really want to give your dog a chance to school on a bend you probably could.

Once again thank you all for your input, i really enjoyed it nice, clean, fun and interesting, just what K9 should be about :thumbsup:

Anyone wishing to run a bend can see the list of dates for straights/bends on the HOE website, we are running bends at the moment and throughout september. Check with Ann Brown (number on the website) before coming just to make sure we are on.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: one of the best reasons for joining the HOE plenty of bends if all clubs that could put bends on did this conversation wouldnt be needed :thumbsup:

 

[controversial]

Thank you everybody on your comments on this thread, i've also received several calls and PM's from people at home about this. It seems everybody is in agreement that it is the most exciting form of racing but the lack of schooling and opportunity and fear of injury are the main problems.
I'm going to go back to both my clubs who both have permanent bends and see if we can get some trials going and invite anyone interested to come down and "school" their dogs. It seems to me that with clubs like the Independant on the west side of the country, HOE in the middle, greyhound tracks/bend racing up north and ours down in the south east, that if most of us really want to give your dog a chance to school on a bend you probably could.

Once again thank you all for your input, i really enjoyed it nice, clean, fun and interesting, just what K9 should be about :thumbsup:

Anyone wishing to run a bend can see the list of dates for straights/bends on the HOE website, we are running bends at the moment and throughout september. Check with Ann Brown (number on the website) before coming just to make sure we are on.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: one of the best reasons for joining the HOE plenty of bends if all clubs that could put bends on did this conversation wouldnt be needed :thumbsup:

just had a great days bend racing at the HOE :thumbsup: