Ryan Vanderwert wrote:
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I'm more interested in racing Kevin and did form there since they moved from Olympic Park. Since its inception I've found The Meadows always was an ultra consistent racing surface where every dog had the chance to win the race if they were good enough.........it's even a fairer track than Sandown in a general sense, in that The Meadows was far less leader dominated, i.e. gave all dogs a chance to win. I still have 10yrs of data at both tracks.If the food is that bad there buy it at the sqillion fast food outlets within a kilometer of the place or simply complain to the Meadows. If there are enough complaints who knows they may even change the caterer. Seems a far simpler solution than pulling the place down and leaving participants on that side of town without a quality metropolitan surface to race on. jmo.
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Ryan maybe ask the Trainers why does the Meadows still fail to attract Nominations .... The Meadows surface has been so inconsistent over the years they are just now finally working it out and we can see that by the times dogs are now running and you cannot tell me that the Meadows gives every dog a chance it DONT it has and always will suit the fastest dog around the first bend at the meadows wins more times than not ... How many tracks do we need built and why should we only race at each track twice a week when in fact we should be using every track 4 to 5 times a week Do yourself a favour Ryan stick to trying predict litter outcomes and punting because if you ever did train a greyhound you would know the amount of injuries a young dog sustains at the Meadows most young dogs break down at the meadows and many young dogs over the years has been destroyed because of the meadows track surface and it has only been the past year or so that the Meadows Guru track staff have finally got the idea how to set a track for race conditions ... If the GRV and the meadows was serius they would make sure trial day injuries were recorded Common injuries for young dogs at the meadows includes Ryan Groin hip support hocks. back muscle strains toe wrist metatarsal chest muscle strain Deltoid strain this is and always has been a problem for the Meadows many young dogs break down with injury and any trainer will tell you when they first trial at the meadows most Greyhounds do suffer more related injuries to the trial surface on the day this is all covered up and not recorded Lets look at the past two years of Greyhounds that where at the top of there game racing every week at the meadows were are those dogs now most break down before they even get to start number 20 Why is this so Ryan
If the meadows was as good as you say then we would see these same dogs winning more than 10 races at the meadows When was the last time you saw a greyhound win more than 20 racers at the meadows its so rare these days because the simple fact is our tracks are not designed to help ensure longevity they are designed to be so fast Dogs break down in under 50 starts there is not one fast greyhound today that has come close to breaking the 20 win at either city track. Why do the USA track ensure that dogs race beyond 100 starts it is not because there greyhounds have stronger bones it is because the tracks in the USA are prepared for longevity not pure speed alone its dumb to have a City track that does not help protect the longevity of our breed ..
This is why i say BURN IT DOWN it has never helped us protect the longevity of our breed in Australia and talk to any trainer in Victoria who races at the Meadows and sandown each week you dont see many dogs backing up week to week because of the simple fact our tracks are so badly designed it is impossible for any Greyhound to sustain soundness .. The facts do not lie its common in the past to see the USA greyhound race past 100 starts racing twice a week over 500 but our Greyhounds on our tracks break down even before they have 50 starts and there is a simple logical answer why RYAN the tracks here are to fast and are designed to break a greyhound down not prolong its racing career Today we see trainers training over 300 meters for the simple reason is they protect their young dogs they all know and understand that our 500 M City tracks dont protect our young dogs they break them down so the trainer is smart these days he knows now if he wants to race a young dog he must protect it from injury and so that my friend is why the NOMS at Both city tracks fail to get filled every week .. You dont need to be einstein to understand this Ryan all you need to do is take off your Punting Blinkers ..
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