AKA atmpts tRd Grhnd frm hey all, long time no post, i don't really follow flat racing so much.. that aside, do any of you know about greyhound racing form? i have a mate who has a retired racing greyhound so i offered to look up what he'd got up to in his racing days, dug out his form on the racing post, and then i got a bit stuck. i'm ok with the date, track, distance, trap, pos, fin and time columns, but the form one has me stumped. i've looked at glossaries and dog racing sites which have given me the abbreviations, but nowhere does it actually explain the race descriptions. there's some like ran on well and led 3rd which look reasonably obvious, but can anyone tell me what these mean: crowded baulked bumped rails run up missed break bumped start FnLm - is that finished lame? he ran a solo race after that and carried on racing for a few years after. also, what's the split column? the dog by the way has a lovely temperament and is incredibly placcid even with me who doesn't like dogs. he never seems to get nervous or snatchy. well and truly retired to a happy living he is. anyways, any help appreciated. thanks petito
Hi Petino - this may useful http://www.dogstats.co.uk/glossary crowded - as it suggests, dogs convene on either side and prevent the runner from running at full speed bumped - dogs from one side collide with the runner rails run up - when leaving the traps the runner heads for the inside rail missed break - runner misses the lids up and loses ground at the start (don't be confused by EP or early pace, many dogs miss the break frequently but still show enough early pace to clear the field) bumped start - runner is bumped by another dog as the lids rise FnLm - correct, finished lame
thanks Grizzly that's super. i never knew there was so much that can happen to a dog betwen the trap and the finish. and yes he did have a missed break but early pace somewhere in there. after another google i've found out that baulked sortof means impeded by another dog, rather than the dog baulked at the idea of having to run a race! it seems to be a debated term and a lot of people are unclear what it means. least i can give my mate a bit more info now. thanks.
