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L the Penguin ran 136 races all at Bluffs Run which was the second best track in the country. He had very little early speed usually being near the back of the pack early in the race. he ran mostly route which at BR was 679 yards. he was always moving forward and even if he didn't have a great race he would move from 8th to 6th. he was always trying and was in the money 70 of his 136 races winning 18 of them. He was a solid B dog. Essentialquality also ran at BR running 73 times. He ran both sprints and routes and had just a little early speed so like L the Penguin he was a closer, but coming from as far back. He won a few A races and even won a stake qualifying race. He was in the money a very nice 49 times in his 73 races. He was more an A or A/B dog and was a very nice racer.

RTR Honey Bee ran 41 races between Palm Beach and Sanford Orlando. She had a little early speed, but needed more as she needed the lead at the turn to have any chance to win because she would tire in the stretch and get passed. her problem was she didn't have the early foot to get the lead most times. Consequently she only had one win and one second. She was third 6 times and fourth 6 times and 14 times in the money out of 41 races isn't very good. Your couch was the place for her and I'm sure she is a great pet. Jhawk Colt Ford ran 80 races between Flagler, Ebro, Sarasota and Sanford Orlando. He had very little early speed, but could close. He was in the money 34 of his 80 races with 4 wins and 7 2nds. He was a C/D dog that tried most every race he ran. He ran at so many tracks because the first three are seasonal with Ebro and Sarasota running a circuit. So as one closed the other would open. He ran a lot of the longer 660 yard races. Ebro's route course is a short 627 yards. Dick

In order to be a closer you have to be able to make split-second decisions. You have to decide whether to go inside, outside or between dogs to pass them. This is all happening in real time at 40 mph. The greatest closer I ever saw was the great All-American Malka. Many times she would be 4 or 5 lengths behind the 7th place dog as the went by the wire the first time, but most people knew to watch the back of the pack and not the leaders because more often than not Malka would fire going down the backstretch. Once she did it was one furious run to the finish line and beyond. once she fired there was little doubt she would catch all the dogs. the only thing in question was whether she would catch the leaders before or after the wire. Inside, outside or between dogs she had no fear and watching her weave through traffic was exciting to watch.

Winta Hightower ran her 99 races between Palm Beach, Orange Park, which is near Jacksonville, Naples and Southland. She had no early speed and if she was going to run it was done from the middle of the backstretch to the finish line. She was consistently 6th, 7th or 8th out of the box and really didn't improve her position much at the first turn. If she was going to run she would start picking dogs off going down the backstretch and contine that run all the way to the finish line. She only won 8 races so most of the time she didn't pass the leader, but she was in the money, 4th or better, 48 times so basically half her races. They tried her in the longer 660 yard course and she didn't do much better at the longer distance than she did running the 550 yard sprint races. She did her best at Naples and that was probably because Naples is a course that is known to favor dogs that run in the middle of the track, which she did. However, Naples is a seasonal track and she had to move once the track closed for the season. If you want to see her run this is her TrackInfo page. http://www.trackinfo.com/dog-search.jsp?keyword=Winta+Hightower&x=2&y=1&by=dogname If you go to page two the second race from the bottom is her 770 yard marathon win. What you need to know if you watch any of her races are the numbers in bold. On her marathon win you will see 7 1 1 7 1 2 1 nk That means she was in the 7 box, she broke 1st, she was 1st by 7 lengths heading down the backstretch, she was still 1st by 2 lengths turning for home and won by a neck. In other races where she isn't on top those secondary numbers are showing how far behind the leader she is and how far behind she was at the finish. There is no secondary number as they turn for home except for the lead dog. She was a nice racer that was always trying and consistently in the money. because of her low number of wins she raced mostly in grades C and D. Dick

PJ Barney Rubble ran 13 races between Derby Lane and Southland. He did run one race at Wheeling where he got hurt. He had real good early speed, but no bottom so he usually gave it up in the stretch. He was at DL first so the move to SL is a little puzzling since he now had to run 583 yards instead of 550. The move to Wheeling seemed like the place he would do well. The track surface is faster and not as tiring and he only had to run 548 yards. Of course he got hurt and never got the chance to show what he could do on a track that seemed like the right fit.

I just asked someone if they know what the Sp actually stands for. If I get an answer I will post it.

Those are the odds he went off at. The last race he was 5.60 so that would mean he would pay $5.60 for every dollar bet on him to win. The minimum bet is $2.00 so he would pay $13.20 because you get your $2.00 bet back. G-D is based in Germany and I don't know what SP translates to. Here in the U.S. we would have just put odds. Dick

35" is ridiculous. The standard crate height in a racing kennel is 32". A standard door is 6' 8". There are many people today that are 6' 6" or taller today. If you figure in the door jam and a person wearing sneakers most people 6' 6" have to duck a little going from room to room. Nobody thinks the minimum door height should be raised. This group is doing their dogs no favors by making someone like you either buy a larger crate or not adopt a dog from them. Some people have no clue since minimum crate size is regulated by the state for racing greyhound kennels and I know of no state that the minimum is 35"

Pam, I think you mean Buddy was May 2006. As far as who does the tattooing it would be whomever has the pup at 3 months of age. If I had a farm and a female to be artificially inseminated I would have to take her to a farm that is approved to do artificial insemination. Once that is done the person that owns the female would take her back to his or her farm and whelp the litter there. So it isn't the breeder that would do the tattooing in this case. I would say more often than not the person that does the insemination does not do the tattooing. If you look here https://www.ngagreyhounds.com/images/userfiles/file/20181205184620_6_WhelpingsWinter19.pdf You can see who did the insemination and who collected the semen. I would say most of those pups were not whelped at the place the female was bred/inseminated.

Hope the trial is successful.

If you try the ginger snaps give him a couple 15-20 minutes before you leave.

Anything with ginger is worth trying, but as others have said try the ginger snaps because you can eat them whether they work or not. Depending on how severe the nausea is will really determine whether the ginger snaps work When I was young and had an upset stomach my mother would warm ginger ale and give it to me to drink. I think she would warm it and stir it to get some of the carbonation out.

It sounds like you are in the New England area and if you are hopefully the heat and humidity only last three days. You have gotten some good advice and all I can add is if all you have is a fan to get a plastic storage bin that you put clothes in that slides under your bed and put ice in it and blow the fan on it. If you do this in one room the room will stay cool. If you have room in your freezer use plastic containers like Cool Whip and make ice in them. Obviously you can buy bags or a block of ice. While you can't keep the humidity out you can keep the temperature down by keeping the blinds closes where the sun is. At night it will be cooler and you can open the windows in the early morning and get the 70 to 75 degree air in the house and then shut everything down as the outside temperature rises. Hopefully, the A/C gets fixed in a few days. The dogs will be fine.

Thanks for posting. Always something new and it is never good.

GT'ers have come up with 9 more dams. While that puts me over the 46 I was not surprised. Some lines die out that is how the 46 lines came about. I'm thinking there is a better possibility of some of the dogs I listed as maybe dying out since some of the dogs I looked up were as recent as the dogs most of you listed. It would be a tedious job to try and figure out which lines died out, but some I know are still current like Kitty so I might take a look and see what I know is current and how many lines I would have to try and trace. The list of dogs GT'ers came up with with are: Dart Ecotic Fly (Isherwood) Hallelujah Lass Hurry Lady Louisa Old Blue Speed Sweet Lily Thanks for everyone taking the time to help.

I have no idea, but look at them all. There are 423 of them. The name in parenthesis looks like it may be the last name of a person..

My very unscientific research would make me guess Pilot is probably 90 percent or more of the more than 13,000 dogs I've entered into G-D. While I don't look at every pedigree I enter I look at a lot of them. However, with over 2,200,000 pedigrees entered into G-D who knows how many Pilot actually goes back to.

I will go through this thread tomorrow and see how many of the 7 you found. Keep posting.

That is interesting and I'm thinking since she only goes back to the 1950's that she was a coursing female bred to a racing male and that line appears to have died out. Interesting. A little at a time it looks like you are finding the missing 7. Thanks and keep posting.

We know there are 46 distinct dam line in greyhounds. So every dog you have will trace back to one of these 46. I have found 39 of them and need help finding the other 7. Here are the 39 I've found so far. If you can look at your dogs G-D page and if you look down a ways you will see Direct Sire Line and Direct Dam line The dog whose name you see is the one that your pup traces back to. If you want to see all the sire or dams in your dog's pedigree click on , "view XX gen. sire or dam line. I will put the 39 females I found in alphabetical order. Alexia Beauty Black Bess Blanche Bounce Celerity Curiosity Dam By War Eagle Eva Fanny Moody Fidget Gossamer Hailshower Handsome Hecuba Hopeful Idol Mine Jenny Lind Kitty Lady Lady (Anstruther) Lady Of The Month Lady Of The North Marcia Masquerade Bitch Nimble Old Fly Old Minna Old Sally Polly Rose Star Swallow Sweet Bread The Parrot Nosed Bitch This was my favorite name. LOL Trump Wild Bloom Why Not Virago If your pup is one of the missing 7 can you add it to the thread. Also most sires will go back to Pilot and a few to Wilby. Those are the only two sires I've ever seen a greyhound go back to, but I'm not positive those are the only 2. If you see a different sire line can you add it to the thread. Thanks for helping. Dick

DS Toffee ran 167 races between Flagler, Naples, Southland and Mardi Gras all top tracks with SL being the best in the country. He was strictly a router with most of his races being run at 660 yards or more. He had no real early speed more often than not breaking 5th or worse. However, his position early in the race didn't matter to him as he was a closer and could come from any position early on and win. Just glancing at his lines I would say over 100 of his races were in A, AA or stake races. Some tracks the top grade is A and the other tracks have AA, but either way he was in top grade most of his career. Of his 29 wins 18 were in top top grade or stake races. He was a real nice racer and I bet a real nice pet. Dick

I was thinking along those same lines. Something like, why are you slowing down, lets go around again. The thing about closers, even if they are 4th or 5th, is they have to be smart. If you watch the race again you will Sherbini passing dogs on the rail, but then there are other dogs on the rail and she jumps to the outside to pass the remaining dogs.

Judy, This race is for you. Watch the 5 yellow blanket. https://www.facebook.com/GreyhoundRacingNSW/videos/10156388986195040/UzpfSTI2ODY5MjMwNjUwNzM2MjoxODM4NjYxNjc2MTc3MDc2/

If your box of Milk-bones are the large ones just break them in half and give half to one dog and half to the other whenever it's treat time.