Oldest Dog Still Racing That U Have Or Know Of?

[sherry]

as ive said in a previous post none of my dogs have ever ran past the age of 4 and its not 4 the want of trying. i was just wondering wot is the oldest u have had a dog still race? or do u know of any old ones?

the oldest one i know of ran quite a few years back @ the rising sun handicap and i think she was either 11 or 12 called bridie.

 

[kate lynch]

Ted at stockton, who's little sues dad has ran his two dogs till they are both old ted the red is bout 10 now and i have totally forgot the other i should knwo this nevermind but he ran till he was bout 12 i think and they are still fit and well however our billy would be noo good now haha we havnt had a dog run past 5 yet i dnt think (w00t)

 

[debbie]

Ted at stockton, who's little sues dad has ran his two dogs till they are both old ted the red is bout 10 now and i have totally forgot the other i should knwo this nevermind but he ran till he was bout 12 i think and they are still fit and well however our billy would be noo good now haha we havnt had a dog run past 5 yet i dnt think (w00t)

inkspot is the other, he will be 11 now, ted the red is coming on 8, same litter as jolly joe

 

[mutley]

blue goblin won her last vet title at 8 spirit of the stag and rapid stag nearly 7 and still racing full stop raced till she was 7 the oldest i can remember was at new brancpeth a dog called max run till he was 10 i think

 

[Fleesh]

Connor's Lass will be coming up 9 in September :wub:

 

[~Sally~]

maid for this is just over 8 and still racing, her mum (maid for it) was still racing at 8 i think will have to check with mum on that one.

 

[billyboy45]

Oldest bitch i ever raced was Megan.Not a regestered none ped.But bred from a none regestered none ped.Back to my own grehound bitch,Megans Move.She had a few puppy races,before i retired,and then never raced till she was 6n1/2 years old.She beat that flying machine,Miss Tori,in her 1st 3 races,and got pipped on the post,in her 4th ever race,as an adult.We retired her again,and give her a fun run,against Miss Tori.On the day Tori became the fastest lurcher in Ireland,and 4 nations lurcher racing champion.Megan was 9 years old,at the time,and Miss Tori beat her,by only half a length.Sadly,one year later.Megan died with Cancer,in the mouthand throat. Another bitch we had.Won her 4th All Ireland racing title.At the grand old age of 7 years,and 8 months.This was her last race,and she went unbeaten for 4 years.Taking 4 All Irelands,in a row,along with every other racing title,in Ireland.I think it was 56,in total.

 

[Macha]

We had a ped whippet in the US who raced till she was 10. she won both the veterans race and the grade D race against young dogs at the last race meet I saw her in that year; in her prime she was a grade A racer and got her Award of Racing Merit

In Scotland I have seen a couple of 9 year old pedigree whippets racing, in good form, though obviously you wouldn't expect them to be as fast as when they were younger

I have a dog who will be 6 in Sept. He's still running well, but I wish there were more veteran-only races I could enter him in next year.

 

[les windle]

Lynda's Just Right Tess was still running in top company at turned 8 1/2 yrs old.

 

[sherry]

4 those who have been lucky enuf to have older dogs racing, were they lightly raced? did they not gain many injuries etc etc?

 

[Fleesh]

Kerri dislocated a toe and had the first joint removed on the front foot at 3 and a half, she dislocated her back toe from the top at 5 and a half, we were told if she kept the toe she would never be able to free run as the toe would come out again so she had that removed too.

She raced from 8-9 months old and never suffered any other injuries apart from the odd back, hip or shoulder out when she'd had a bump in a race (quite often then !!!)

The other week she had 6 runs over the course of the week (3x2 runs with Lucy and/or Talli) and finished absolutely sound every time :thumbsup:

If it ever comes to the day when she gets injured or lame after having a run or two then she will retire, it's not worth having a sore dog just for a win.

 

[~Sally~]

4 those who have been lucky enuf to have older dogs racing, were they lightly raced? did they not gain many injuries etc etc?

maid for it was retired after dropping her muscle (sure mum will correct me on this if i am wrong lol), she did dislocate and fracture a couple of toes when she was younger

maid for this who is still currently racing, dislocated 2 of her back toes when she was 2/3 and last year she tore her gracius.

 

[ocsar]

Ted at stockton, who's little sues dad has ran his two dogs till they are both old ted the red is bout 10 now and i have totally forgot the other i should knwo this nevermind but he ran till he was bout 12 i think and they are still fit and well however our billy would be noo good now haha we havnt had a dog run past 5 yet i dnt think (w00t)

inkspot is the other, he will be 11 now, ted the red is coming on 8, same litter as jolly joe

dont forget scruffy im think this dog was older and ran week in and out

 

[sykokid]

I can rember Kieth running Captain Blade when he was 10yrs old as I can remeber doing the programme to give him his yardage dont know what age he retired

 

[Fleesh]

I can rember Kieth running Captain Blade when he was 10yrs old as I can remeber doing the programme to give him his yardage dont know what age he retired

What a dog Captain Blade was, even at 10yrs he was jumping up as high as Julie's head when he was getting excited for racing. I believe a dog called KC raced at Maltby until he was 10 years old, he was owned by Sue (?) with Blueberry Boy.