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IMO seeding should only be for the "genuine" left or right-hand runners. As regards bend racing I watch a lot of Greyhound racing and when the dogs are seeded W or M you will notice that (depending on how far the lure is in front of the dogs) wide runners are inclined to come in on the bends and then revert back wide on the straights - reason they are tracking the lure.
Seeding on the straights again IMO this often follows on in the breeding/litters. Say sire or dam are right/left hand runners and some of the litter follow suit. Take the last litter we bred. R.Ch. Saxon Honey - always raced wide on the bends and right on the straights. Her off-springs, 2 were left hand runners on the straights yet railed on the bends. 2 were right hand runners on the straights and W on the bends like the mother. Only one in the litter did not require seeding. I remember years ago, prior to lure racing, when it was "string" racing there was a dog at our local club who was a open class dog but was always being disqualified because he used to "jump" over the strings to favour his side. As soon as the strings were abolished and the lure racing came into being the same dog never got disqualified he just went to the side he favoured.
Also some people, when seeding their dogs, confuse the side the dogs run. Looking from the end of the race track down the dog is racing to that persons left and, therefore, the dog has been seeded left whereas it should have been right looking up the track and not down. Easy mistake for inexperienced racers. Dogs that are seeded should be closely monitored by "officials" and if, in their honest opinion, the dog doesn't need to be seeded then the owner should be told. I know we are no longer in the sport but after being in the racing for 35 years this is something that definitely needs looking into for safety reasons as I have seen bad accidents happen due to incorrect seeding. :thumbsup:
Joan
Seeding on the straights again IMO this often follows on in the breeding/litters. Say sire or dam are right/left hand runners and some of the litter follow suit. Take the last litter we bred. R.Ch. Saxon Honey - always raced wide on the bends and right on the straights. Her off-springs, 2 were left hand runners on the straights yet railed on the bends. 2 were right hand runners on the straights and W on the bends like the mother. Only one in the litter did not require seeding. I remember years ago, prior to lure racing, when it was "string" racing there was a dog at our local club who was a open class dog but was always being disqualified because he used to "jump" over the strings to favour his side. As soon as the strings were abolished and the lure racing came into being the same dog never got disqualified he just went to the side he favoured.
Also some people, when seeding their dogs, confuse the side the dogs run. Looking from the end of the race track down the dog is racing to that persons left and, therefore, the dog has been seeded left whereas it should have been right looking up the track and not down. Easy mistake for inexperienced racers. Dogs that are seeded should be closely monitored by "officials" and if, in their honest opinion, the dog doesn't need to be seeded then the owner should be told. I know we are no longer in the sport but after being in the racing for 35 years this is something that definitely needs looking into for safety reasons as I have seen bad accidents happen due to incorrect seeding. :thumbsup:
Joan