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Middle Distance Races Auckland

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There has been talk around Auckland Greyhounds for years about running some middle distance races say 400 metres for greyhounds, makes sense as not all dogs are sprinters or distance dogs, in horse racing we have 1000, 1200, 1400, 1600, 2000, 2200, 2400 & 3200m, however at Auckland Greyhounds on a normal day we just have the two distances, 315 & 527m.

It would make life more interesting for the punters and trainers who could then set their dogs up for these races, as some dogs are more suited for these type of middle distance races.

Just like horses some are more suited to 1600m or 2000m Cox Plate type races ie Sunline, some are more suited to sprinting races ie Black Caviar, and some are more suited to 3200m like Maykabe Diva?

Food for thought?

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I remember at Shellbourne Park in Ireland being surprised at three sets of boxes and two winning posts so they could actually race over six different distances. All the boxes are permantly in place in the centre of the track and are hydraullicaly lifted into place on the tack and quickly removed back to the centre once the race starts. Certainly adds to the interest and variety to the punter. On the night in Question though there was not one race under 400m

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Who gives a rats a*** whether it's termed a sprint race or not I just think Auckland Greyhound Racing should seriously consider having middle distance races as not all dogs are sprinters and not all dogs are distance dogs, it would make racing at Manukau more interesting for the trainers, owners & punters.

Can someone tell me whether it is practical to have middle distance races at Manukau or is in the all too hard basket?:D

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22 minutes ago, Rangipo said:

Who gives a rats a*** whether it's termed a sprint race or not I just think Auckland Greyhound Racing should seriously consider having middle distance races as not all dogs are sprinters and not all dogs are distance dogs, it would make racing at Manukau more interesting for the trainers, owners & punters.

Can someone tell me whether it is practical to have middle distance races at Manukau or is in the all too hard basket?:D

Jimmy, you have to get up to speed mate. They run middle distance races at Auckland every week they are the 527 races. They also have the ability to run distance races which fit into two categories firstly pseudo distance races over 603m and the real deal over 779m. I will excuse you for not knowing this as they only race over the real deal whenever there is a blue moon.

    Thus you now see the problem, the public love the real deal races yet few training dogs know how to produce them. therefore people do give a rats arse about races that are sprints. There is a push within the industry to provide staying races and that is good, however the dog population seems to be getting weaker and the majority of them are as likely to run 779m as the Greens are likely to win the next election so many share your view that we shoul;d cater for the so called flea's we now find ourselves inundated with. I think this is called a dicotomy.

Mikey Ngati Porou

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Mikey thanks for educating me just had a mate saying there should be some 400m races at Auckland because his dogs are too slow for 318 and are not strong enough for the 527 guess we are going the same way as the Aussie Horse Racing Industry, breeding sprinters and letting the stayers go to the dogs, at least there are a few like Arch Lawrence around who are trying to keep staying races alive here in NZ, I'll discuss it further in the Turangi Hotel tonight while having a pint Jimmy.

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400m racing on 2-turn tracks in Australia is rather ugly.  

Ipswich, the Gardens, Gosford, Casino, Lismore, Richmond etc, it's basically dodgem cars.  

It's bad to punt on, and I can only assume that the high amount of interference results in more injuries.

I'd rather bet on a shorter race which starts at the end of a straight than a longer race starting on a bend.

 

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There was talk of this a few years ago at akl. As stated its a major undertaking to reconstruct the outside fence and build the runway. Im probably going to get boo'd off for this one but the same suggestion could be made for a 320mtr (odd) distance at cambridge, would most certainly ease the burdon in the grades that need it and its not a major undertaking at that track...could result in 15 races per meeting week in week out too....

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So was the 410 start introduced in the CD an attempt to turn sprints into middle distance races stakes wise, but the plan got headed off at the pass? Sounds like a conspiracy theory but so do a lot of other things in greyhound racing..

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