2nd May 2011, 01:19 PM
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How to Win at the Dogs
You really need to know what the dog is going to do when the lids open.
Forget times, sectionals, weight changes for now.
Your dog could be in the squeeze box yet will have a decent opportunity of gaining a clear run early IF FOR INSTANCE it is a good beginner and has a mad railer on it’s inside or one that jumps well and runs wide on it’s outside. You need a clear run early to gain and keep momentum. Another thing that will determine whether your dog gets a clear run is the class of race it’s contesting. The better class races you’ll find that instead of one or two good beginners, you might have two or three good beginners and one who flies early. So the fact that your dog is a good beginner may not cut the mustard and you might find your dog who “flew” last time only did so because it was in a slightly lesser grade and got an absolutely clear run for the first 50m. It’s a different story when there’s a little more competition out of the boxes.
The best thing for stay at home punters to do is to develop a guide that shows how dogs have jumped and what part of the track they head to early on. Whatever they do early in their career, they’ll keep on doing it for the rest of their career.
A tardy beginner in box 1 or even 2 might turn out to be a good bet especially if they like the rails. I cannot stress highly enough the value of concentrating on the first 20 metres.
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