Australia has Sandown Meadows and Wentworth Park, what would be the USA equivalent?

Thanks

This week (to Oct 7th) Southland paid out around $3100 to the winner of a top grade 5/16th event while Wheeling Island paid out $990 for the equivalent event and Palm Beach paid just under $400.

Tri-State paid out just over $1000 for a top grade 5/16th win with Derby Lane and Jacksonville paying out just over $400

The best prize money attracts the best dogs and theres an argument to suggest that the majority of the top US dogs are racing at Southland. Its easy to understand why US breeders flock to sires that raced at Southland or produce the calibre of dogs suited to that track

Geoff
I Have always wondered that obviously Southland attracts the best dogs in the USA but does that necessarly mean that these dogs are most suited to Australia as sires. USA tracks are generally a lot slower and harder runs than our fast tracks, so would a dog that excells at say Palm Beach but wouldnt be considered strong enough for Southland be more suited to our conditions as sire with early speed.
I know in the USA some breeders would have no worries about using a very good 600m dog where as here it would rarely happen.
Also to me they don't seem to keen on early speed sires and are quite happy to sell them overseas. Are they in love with strength as much as we are with speed ?

Cheers

As for the Southland sprinters .. look at the pace that Bella Infrared showed throughout his career and watch the run of the Konomi when he broke the record recently.. tremendous pace and could run out the 500m strongly

Palm Beach is a pace track but I have had it put to me that it is cheap pace .. not my words just repeating it .. having said that, I think it is a pretty general statement and that there would be dogs at Palm Beach that could cut it at Southland but stay at PB for different reasons such as bookings etc etc ... but if I had a sprinter that could run 500m then why race at PB for $400 as opposed to Southland for $3100

Thanks Geoff
Any chance of getting Konomi, Fgf Chisum or Tip Top out here.

However, there is some confusion about the definition of a "pace track" and therefore the worth of dogs that do well there.

Over the 500s in Oz there is a distinct difference between tracks which is a function of the shape of the track. For example, Gardens, Angle Park and Sandown are all the same distance (515m) and presumably have similar surfaces yet Sandown is by far the most demanding. This is explained by the relatively longer straights at Sandown v the more circular shape at the others.

Equally, wide runners do well at Sandown but less so at the others (or at Meadows).

Somewhat similar characteristics are present at over 520m at Cranbourne (tougher) compared to Wenty and Albion Park over the same distance.

To all that add the question of the relative ability to maintain speed on the turn, as opposed to the straight, and where there are variances.

Softer surfaces are obviously tougher to handle but there is much more to it than just that.

Oils aint oils.

But I am amazed when they Disagree with a list of facts or factually based statements.

Clearly, whatever view they have is worthless - as is the use of Agree/Disagree options at all.

Bruce it certainly does'nt look like greyhound racing is in a bad way in the U;S On the contrary it looks quiet healthy.

You can find daily programs/results and live racing performances on the internet a EXTERNAL LINK - you will be able to watch your favorite dogs perform at your favorite track, as I do, every week! :-)

And with that the breed will die a slow death and become extinct if these nutcases were allowed to rule the world

A royal breed [GREYHOUNDS] that has been around for thousands of years kept by royalty,kept by the Pharoes,kept by the Kzars,and these idiots want to see it's demise.They ought to be shot just for thinking about this tragedy,and making it sound as if it's all about welfare,FU$#%ng Wankers ,Lunatics,etc.etc.

Lest others repeat your point, I suggest we alter your mentions of Pharaohs and Kzars to Kings and Queens of northern Europe and the UK.

I think it is fairly well established that Egypt and the rest of the Middle East were using "greyhound-like" dogs(salukis etc) - ie from a different branch of the general breed. Images scratched on tombs would look similar from a distance.

Note: I made a similar mistake in an introductory book for new greyhound fans.