my dad has been racing greyhounds most of his life (no he didnt actually race the dogs himself), my grandad did it most of his life aswell, most of the flapping tracks (non licenece) have all nearly gone round these parts

 

dog racing to our family was a way of life, everything was done to accomodate race night (5 nights a week), i even had a job when younger parading and taking on the dogs, everything in day to day life was based on the dogs

 

been speaking to my dad tonite and he says that now 1 of the 2 left is on its last legs and once that goes he says thats it for him, he wont go racing again, he hasnt had a racer in for about a year-only rescue dogs

 

it was quite shocking to hear this coming from my dad, he is a well known character around the flapping track's and was very good at the game

 

any other dog men on here???

is that illegal dog racing then?

no

is that illegal dog racing then?

 

No, that's dog fighting! :rofl:

ooo well, thought i would ask as ive not heard on non licensed dog racing before.

non licensed is basically what it says, you can buy a dog, get it graded in (has to run a certain time over a certain distance before being allowed to be entered into a race) then enter your dog into a race and hope for the best, or do what most flappers do and cheat

 

licensed (ngrc) means it has to be registered with a trainer that is registered with the track you want to run at, you cant keep the dog as it has to be in with a trainer and there is supposed to be no cheating, all races are run at level break and there aint much fun in that

so;

 

non-licensed = for cheaters

licensed = non cheater

 

?

 

how do you cheat in dog racing ? -Poison the other dogs ? Shove a rocket up its arse ? Paint a Cheetah ?

dont be fooled, there is as much if not more cheating in licenced than non, its the same as horse racing

 

as for the cheats there are loads, some popular ones are

 

feeding the dog before running, slows it down and gets you a better grade, or you bet another dog and slow yours down, knock them using tablets to make them lethargic (same thing), lead weights on the mussle so they run with the head pointing downwards instead of infront

 

there are hundreds of ways

terrible....just terrible.lol!

there is cheating in every form of racing

there is cheating in every form of racing

 

and every form of sport Allan..from the bottom right up to the top mate

exactly mate

 

to put into perspective what this means for my dad, its like a 60 a day smoker giving up after 48 years smoking

exactly mate

 

to put into perspective what this means for my dad, its like a 60 a day smoker giving up after 48 years smoking

 

yep a big part of his life mate..he'll have to keep busy with something else

im getting him to keep our riddick looking trim and muscley looking lol

Al, i know what you mean, its way of life, with so many new dogs coming up, seems each time i go to the dogs, they are all new. Have no idea what to back, but great fun the same.

How long has he been doing it????

I like when a dog has its last race, everyone gives him or her a cheer and it goes to to a nice retirement.

my dad was born into a dog racing family (oldest of 6) he is 56 and has been taking dogs racing since he could walk more or less

 

proib is now, there are too many rules and regs and it spoils the fun of the game

 

had some great times at the dogs and got to know some real characters lol (grew up with some gypo's lol)

I used to go to the Regal Stadium alot mate quite enjoy a night at the dogs!

Can't see the appeal myself but yes its hard to give up on a lifelong regime