John Gryphon
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She came from nowhere and flogged the rest.
What an extraordinary bitch.
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landkeeper
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Stamina beyond bounds salukis are in a different league to all other sight hounds even if a little brain dead lol
What sort of distance would that be? As @landkeeper says, amazing stamina!!
landkeeper
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This will be interesting
Race was approx 3 minutes dog approx 40mph so a 20th of 40miles =2miles
Race was approx 3 minutes dog approx 40mph so a 20th of 40miles =2miles
John Gryphon
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Are they really Salukis,there seems to be not much feather on them. They look a bit greyhound-ish.
Yes it was a long run for a sight hound, they wont do 40mph for the whole run though.
In yesteryear I have seen a blue flier take the running dogs down a fenceline for a proper mile or a lot more before being nailed.
I had a search online and I was very interested to read of the dog races in SA,below.
Greyhound racing in the United Arab Emirates takes place on the outskirts of Dubai. Races are held on a straight sand track with a distance of 1200m. Saluki races are also conducted, but the two breeds race in separate events. In some cases, races are also broken down by the dogs' gender. Veterinarians are present at the racecourse and they conduct brief, random health checks at the finish line.1
The greyhounds racing in Dubai are both bred in country and being imported from other countries. There is one breeding kennel named Desert Greyhounds located in Dubai.2 A greyhound named Kelsos Guardian raced in Florida and Arkansas before being sold to Dubai for $183,000 sometime in 2012 or 2013.3 As of March 2013, Kelsos Guardian was racing in Dubai.4
According to the Arabian Sauki Center of Dubai, there is no prize money involved with greyhound racing. However, news reports indicate there is prize money for saluki races.5 All forms of gambling, including on dog races, is illegal in the United Arab Emirates.6
I used to run Salukis cross grey hound with a hint of pit, no brains, would run all night if they could see, on rabbits one night they ran straight past the rabbit in the light, and nailed a massive fallow buck which we could not see.
