With my limited experience of lurchers i have seen some very fast saluki lurchers but looking at a lot of them its seems to be more a question of anticipation rather than speed they lack in ireland .Some seem to have the speed but lack the timing or know how of when to turn it on .What ever it is a lot of the lurchers in ireland at the min struggle to control the hare on smaller land in my opinion.Theirs a new thing in coursing at the min and it seems to be becoming more important than the dog. I hear it mentioned a lot lately and have seen it down the years its the man thats slipping on here