Small Whippets Under 16lbs

[markcooper58]

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Hi everyone as some of you no i had tobana gold he won titles doing solos and against other dogs colour blind was a farster dog than him,

but at curtian times durring his racing life toby beat dogs when he was 7 he beat to young dogs to win a bend title.

we had a job getting him to 16lbs. But we have had another little dog the same size but had no speed so we let him go to a pet home its not the size it is if thay can run. We now have a pup at 15lbs well covered at 5 months we do not now if she will make 16lbs but dont care if she can run.

I would prefer to run aganst a big dog and win a title than a solo.

 

[Susan]

Not only tiny dogs get a solo for a tital

Our Crack O Dawn got his first tital (fed) in the 32/33lb dog class,,it was a solo. We never exspected that

The next year he got his 2nd fed tital,,not a solo , he had to run twice and won by a nose.

This was bend racing,,forgot the year :lol:

 

[halloween]

what weight is your pup going to make gordon

Both are predicted to be over 16lbs. One should be 18-20lbs,the other 20-22lbs. mind you when i had the small one (70s)she was 13lbs at 13weeks and never put on another ounce so you can never be sure.

 

[DavidH]

maybe a one off micro class upto 15.not running off with the larger dog as that would defeat the object and wouldnt spoil the classes for the main open.

maybe needs advertising to let folks know micro racing available will not happen over night but could build into a good class ,think 100 yds would give some cracking races if enough entrys.

folks might start and keep littuns if the y had there class :thumbsup:

 

[weathergirls]

couldn't answer you last night Gordon as my P.C is in my workshop but will do my best to answer you now

No disrespect intended to the BWRA but The NNWRF do not wait and follow what the BWRA or anyone else does, the NNWRF committee Try their best to give members what they want, as a committee we have to put to one side our own personal wants and look at the wider picture of racing, We do listen to what our members say and request and everything is discussed by our full committee as was done about the topic in question when it was raised previously , this can be veiwed including an update and where it was incuded on the advert on pages 121 /126 / 127 of this forum

Under 16lb whippets are not banished from racing at any NNWRF event they are accepted and given their yardage on weight so are not disadvantaged in any way, in fact I'm going to open another can of worms up now but in my own opinion the dogs that are disadvantaged especially at the champs are the heavier dogs in that class as they may have to give a yard or two more than the rest of the classes

Way back in the early days of bend racing there used to be 6 dog races it would have been possible then to run as many as 12 classes but in the interest of safety which is paramount all races were reduced to 5 dogs and racing runs according to what is possible being a maximum of 10 classes,

My suggestion about asking your club to include it in their opens wasn't an off the cuff remark I feel its the best way to go it would make for a good test to see just how many their are around as would putting it forward as a proposal to the BWRA. or maybe publish something in Whippet News these are the ways to reach the majority of whippet racers.

[i'm a softee when it comes to my dogs as with CHICANE she loved to race but didn't enjoy the traps so from about 20 months old she was a lap dog all 56lb of her :huggles: ]

My own personal views ( which are put aside as a committee menber ) if I had a whippet under 16lb I would love it to bits but I could never bring myself to risk racing it in a lightweight class let alone a full open no matter how fast it was

 

[halloween]

O.K then, i won't keep this going guys but if you or anyone you know has and wants to race a "micro" whippet then it seems there is racing for you after all. What you have to do is turn up at these events and actually race them. So spread the word. :thumbsup:

 

[JOHNG]

were will it end ? next people with 33lb dogs will be asking for a extra class

they will be saying why should a 33lber run off levels with a 36lber

 

[weathergirls]

were will it end ? next people with 33lb dogs will be asking for a extra class
they will be saying why should a 33lber run off levels with a 36lber

too true John, like it or not lines have to be drawn somewhere

 

[Trojan]

We have had numerous under 16lb races and some over the more recent years, Rch Double Rum was very often 15lb ran at 16lb bwra but on some occasions did get his 15lb weight and ran from this. Only last year my mum was racing Sceptre 15lb and did get her allocated yardage at most things (I do reember having to argue the toss at one Fed meeting for her yard and actually lost but later received an apology) Unfortunately Sceptre is no longer running due to injury, but i must add nothing to do with her size or bigger dogs lol

We will never please everyone all of the time

 

[debbie]

We have had numerous under 16lb races and some over the more recent years, Rch Double Rum was very often 15lb ran at 16lb bwra but on some occasions did get his 15lb weight and ran from this. Only last year my mum was racing Sceptre 15lb and did get her allocated yardage at most things (I do reember having to argue the toss at one Fed meeting for her yard and actually lost but later received an apology) Unfortunately Sceptre is no longer running due to injury, but i must add nothing to do with her size or bigger dogs lol
We will never please everyone all of the time

i was never allowed to run little oliver off his 15lb yardage with either bwra or fed and thought it was unfair to race him as he got out of breath trying too hard, he now looks like a jack russell happily fat and content

 

[DavidH]

We have had numerous under 16lb races and some over the more recent years, Rch Double Rum was very often 15lb ran at 16lb bwra but on some occasions did get his 15lb weight and ran from this. Only last year my mum was racing Sceptre 15lb and did get her allocated yardage at most things (I do reember having to argue the toss at one Fed meeting for her yard and actually lost but later received an apology) Unfortunately Sceptre is no longer running due to injury, but i must add nothing to do with her size or bigger dogs lol
We will never please everyone all of the time

i was never allowed to run little oliver off his 15lb yardage with either bwra or fed and thought it was unfair to race him as he got out of breath trying too hard, he now looks like a jack russell happily fat and content

but if he had .raced against other littleun over 100yds he could of held his own :thumbsup:

 

[AnthonyHorsnall]

I think what Linda says makes sense, instead of jumping in off the cuff adding a class with no idea if there will be any entries, it would be far more effective to trial micro classes at club level and if it takes off then the NWRF and BWRA can make an informed decision knowing if there will be entries.

Anthony

 

[friggsy]

I think what Linda says makes sense, instead of jumping in off the cuff adding a class with no idea if there will be any entries, it would be far more effective to trial micro classes at club level and if it takes off then the NWRF and BWRA can make an informed decision knowing if there will be entries.
Anthony

makes good sense

 

[halloween]

I think what Linda says makes sense, instead of jumping in off the cuff adding a class with no idea if there will be any entries, it would be far more effective to trial micro classes at club level and if it takes off then the NWRF and BWRA can make an informed decision knowing if there will be entries.
Anthony

makes good sense

Except they aren't all at one club are they? It makes more sense to put it on at opens

 

[Fleesh]

I think what Linda says makes sense, instead of jumping in off the cuff adding a class with no idea if there will be any entries, it would be far more effective to trial micro classes at club level and if it takes off then the NWRF and BWRA can make an informed decision knowing if there will be entries.
Anthony

makes good sense

Except they aren't all at one club are they? It makes more sense to put it on at opens

Perhaps Anthony means club opens (ie. non BWRA/NNWRF affiliate events)

 

[kai sera]

if there was a need for a class for under 16lb then why not,but if it's only to accomadate 1 dog it's a waste of time ,it's bad enough as it is now with dogs getting titles with a solo run. it took me 16 year to get a champion, it's far to easy now.
i can only think of 3/4 16lbers that run now

it's very rare you will get a dog under 16lb nowadays.

You can only run with whats there! not many 16lb make the grade.