Frustration

It was a case of less said easier mended last night. There was a runner out of the home kennels on the card in Lifford last night. He had been entered for a Sprint, he is a doubtful stayer, and much to our surprise when the card was published he was in an A3 525. This was more than a little annoying but I began to question the intelligence of those involved when I rechecked his form and saw that he doesn't have an official 525 trial in his form. This meant that he was ineligible to run and it was going to be a wasted journey. I have yet to here what was said when he was presented at the weigh in last night but I would think it was "colourful" to say the least.

I'm not one for conspiracy theories as I understand that the RM has a difficult enough task, however, that's the last three greyhounds entered by connections who have been put on the card over a different distance to that which they where entered for. Keeping the dogs sound and running can be a difficult enough task without them running over unsuitable distances but if you don't show when on the card you are stood down for a fortnight, unless the dog is trained by a "high profile" trainer but that's a story for a different day.