Very mixed fortunes on this front recently. Moneyline ran in the first round of the sweepstake and put in a blinder of an effort. He paced up very well from a horrible trap 6 draw and went to sweep the corner, another 5 yards and he would have been clear but the trap 3 bumped the 4 and he shot across into the Boss and turned him sideways. He regained his momentum and was motoring into the 3rd bend when he was forced to check again. At the line he finished a closing 4th and qualified for the next round as a fastest qualifier.
The second round was the following Friday and I was confident of a big run. I got him checked over mid week by Tony Collins and he pronounced him sound and said that he had took the race and bumping very well. The draw was slightly better, trap 5 for a railer! Boss was in great form on raceday and putting him into the traps I thought at worst he would finish in a place and if he trapped would put in a top run.
For some reason that I have yet to work out he got very agitated in the traps and according to the Steward tried to turn in the traps. The hare was only 50 yards from the traps at this stage so there was no chance of stopping it. There was an awful commotion coming from the boxes and a distressing yelping noise.
At trap rise he was slowly away and ran even worse after that to finish a bad last. I couldn't understand it but when he came into the pickup it was evident that he was badly lame. I think he caused the initial injury in the traps and running 700 odd yards on it didn't help. The upshot of it all is that he has a very badly damaged toe that may have to be removed. After consulting the vet we have decided to let it heal naturally and see if it stands up before considering amputation, as he put it "once its off I cant stick it on again".
Video of the first round is below
http://www.greyhound-data.com/play.htm?video=/video/IE/LFD/2008/LFD-2008-05-09-HT10.flv&name=THE AN-CU A3 525 Round 1
Faraday had her first race since her return from the Uk on the Sunday night of the same weekend that Moneyline was injured. She was well drew in T3 in an open sprint. She broke well and showed good pace for 50 yards before going wrong. She finished a bad last and was sore on her wrist the next morning. The winner ran a cracker for Terence McCroary stopping the clock in 1859 which is top open class.
Patch will be off for 3/4 weeks and will have to be brought back slowly. A frustrating time with the racers.
The second round was the following Friday and I was confident of a big run. I got him checked over mid week by Tony Collins and he pronounced him sound and said that he had took the race and bumping very well. The draw was slightly better, trap 5 for a railer! Boss was in great form on raceday and putting him into the traps I thought at worst he would finish in a place and if he trapped would put in a top run.
For some reason that I have yet to work out he got very agitated in the traps and according to the Steward tried to turn in the traps. The hare was only 50 yards from the traps at this stage so there was no chance of stopping it. There was an awful commotion coming from the boxes and a distressing yelping noise.
At trap rise he was slowly away and ran even worse after that to finish a bad last. I couldn't understand it but when he came into the pickup it was evident that he was badly lame. I think he caused the initial injury in the traps and running 700 odd yards on it didn't help. The upshot of it all is that he has a very badly damaged toe that may have to be removed. After consulting the vet we have decided to let it heal naturally and see if it stands up before considering amputation, as he put it "once its off I cant stick it on again".
Video of the first round is below
http://www.greyhound-data.com/play.htm?video=/video/IE/LFD/2008/LFD-2008-05-09-HT10.flv&name=THE AN-CU A3 525 Round 1
Faraday had her first race since her return from the Uk on the Sunday night of the same weekend that Moneyline was injured. She was well drew in T3 in an open sprint. She broke well and showed good pace for 50 yards before going wrong. She finished a bad last and was sore on her wrist the next morning. The winner ran a cracker for Terence McCroary stopping the clock in 1859 which is top open class.
Patch will be off for 3/4 weeks and will have to be brought back slowly. A frustrating time with the racers.
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