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Box adjustments after scratchings?
Yaakov Rishon Australia (Verified User) Posts 75 Dogs 0 / Races 0 31 Aug 2023 01:45
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Does 6 dog racing cause less interference than 8 dog racing? Do the stats prove this? I'm not sure but I believe that to be the case. And less interference is the reason behind 6 dog racing right? The whole idea of 6 dog racing is that with dogs in boxes 1,2,4,5,7,8, every dog has a vacant box on one side, therefore less interference.
Well here's a simple piece of free consultancy for our state admins. No need to ask the University of Sydney to do a $400k study.
Today there is an 8 dog race. All dogs have been allocated their boxes. Dog 4 and dog 8 are scratchings leaving 6 dogs in the field. 1,2,3 and 5,6,7. Wouldn't it be a very simple thing to do, to move dog 3 into box 4 and then to move dogs 5&6 into boxes 7&8? Now you have the perfect 6 dog race model with less chance of any interference. Or another hypothetical example. You have an 8 dog race and dogs 2&3 are scratched. Now dog 1 has all the room in the world, dog 4 has a vacant box on the inside and dog 8 has the normal room on the outside, but dogs 5,6&7 are all in squeeze boxes. Why not move the 4 into box 2, the 5 into 4, the the 6 into 5, leaving the perfect 6 dog race model. I cannot see any difficulties or negatives in doing this. And if the 6 dog race model has proven to cause less interference, then what are we waiting for?
Grant Dunphy Australia (Verified User) Posts 743 Dogs 4 / Races 1 31 Aug 2023 08:11
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It's very hard to get a proper comparison Yaakov. They have six dog racing in Ireland & the dogs compartments are a lot further apart. However the lure is on the outside rail so all the dogs get a good view of the lure from any position on the track even when cornering. I have formed the opinion that the best & most common sense first move would be to change to having the lure on an outside rail.
The dogs just don't all try to hug any rails.
Jack Ogilvie Australia (Verified User) Posts 15483 Dogs 0 / Races 1 31 Aug 2023 10:48
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Where do the reserves go.
Yaakov Rishon Australia (Verified User) Posts 75 Dogs 0 / Races 0 31 Aug 2023 20:40
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I am not advocating 6 dog racing. I saying that when there are scratchings that reduce the field to 6 runners, why not place those runners into boxes 1,2 4,5,7,8 IF that has proven to reduce interference.
Howard Moshinsky USA (Verified User) Posts 641 Dogs 13 / Races 0 31 Aug 2023 21:55
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ALWAYS FELT OUTSIDE LURE RIGHT APPROACH TO RACING ALSO LONG SHOT WHO HAVE EARLY FOOT GET BETTER CHANCE
Howard Moshinsky USA (Verified User) Posts 641 Dogs 13 / Races 0 31 Aug 2023 21:57
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