Words of wisdom from Sittingbourne’s track curator

17/08/2011

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...and he “doesn’t take kindly to being told how to do it”... 

YOU seldom hear trainers praising a track on its running surface and while some do of course, when credit is due, they are generally outnumbered by those who feel they have a bone to pick with the groundstaff!

For instance, do you remember the outcry when Wimbledon watered the track slap in the middle of the Derby heats a couple of months back, how could you forget?

The stewards defended that decision but an awful lot of folk didn’t and there were a number of outspoken owners and trainers who were quite vociferous with their criticism.
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Denis Beary on new Limerick's layout

27/06/2010

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DENIS BEARY of the Canine Sports Medicine Clinic in County Kildare is one of the most respected vets in Ireland, particularly when it comes to the racing and coursing greyhound, no wonder then he was at pains to voice his opinion over the design of the new track at Limerick due to open later this year.

In a recent letter to the Racing Post, he expressed concern over the proposed radius of the bends at the track and invited vets worldwide to comment on "this design". At present, the bends at Limerick are to have a radius of 40.8 metres with the straights 107 metres in length.

"The general consensus is that the radius of the bends should be a minimum of 50 metres, although one party felt it should be a minimum of 45 metres if the traps are no more than 35 metres from the first bend", wrote Beary.
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