Who Was The Most Impressive Forley Cup Winner?

[troter58 1,711]

 

 

How do you rate the dogs preban compared to after the ban winners?

different comp now a days pre ban the dogs earned the right to run not going through on byes and all that carry on best dog from the clubs ran in the comp not like now if you got the £££ your in

Yea but unless these dogmen in these clubs gave up over night, there must still be good dogs out there and the guys just aren't interested in the comp. no matter if you buy your way in, the best dog should win. Which brings me to the point I've always made. Even in the forleys height, there were good dogs and dogmen weren't interested in it so its never really been a completion that if you won it you had the best dog in the land. For a hell of a lot of guys up here, the fens are just not all that....

 

get your self down on the fens baw with a decent dog from up yours see how you do then you can judge it for your self potlickers just do not do it on the fen mate fizz bangs will blow up dogs what can kill on grass fields wont do it down here mate

[low plains drifter 10,736]

 

 

 

How do you rate the dogs preban compared to after the ban winners?

different comp now a days pre ban the dogs earned the right to run not going through on byes and all that carry on best dog from the clubs ran in the comp not like now if you got the £££ your in

Yea but unless these dogmen in these clubs gave up over night, there must still be good dogs out there and the guys just aren't interested in the comp. no matter if you buy your way in, the best dog should win. Which brings me to the point I've always made. Even in the forleys height, there were good dogs and dogmen weren't interested in it so its never really been a completion that if you won it you had the best dog in the land. For a hell of a lot of guys up here, the fens are just not all that....

 

get your self down on the fens baw with a decent dog from up yours see how you do then you can judge it for your self potlickers just do not do it on the fen mate fizz bangs will blow up dogs what can kill on grass fields wont do it down here mate

 

On the other hand some 5/5 fen dogs have failed to catch a single hare on the lamp up here,regardless of running style or breeding/lines,never know what a dog can do unless you give it the chance,I wonder how many of the so called plodders would be able to adapt to the small hedgey land given the chance,and how many of the short distance flying machines would develop a more relaxed running style if they were ran more on the big land

[boyo 1,398]

there was never a bad dog won the forley then or now. but pre ban it had to be something a real bit special to get to the final . theres still very good dogs and dog men still running but a lot dont want the hassle that comes with competitions nowadays .

[Giro 2,648]

How many dogs were their in a comp??

 

Was it a draw and then knock out rounds ??

 

Did you pay enterance fee and winner and 2nd took the pot ??

 

Pre ban how many spectaters could come?? Was it quite a honour to be in attendence ??

 

Few questions sorry lol

 

Wish I had been and watched some of the dogs mentioned..

[troter58 1,711]

 

 

 

 

How do you rate the dogs preban compared to after the ban winners?

different comp now a days pre ban the dogs earned the right to run not going through on byes and all that carry on best dog from the clubs ran in the comp not like now if you got the £££ your in

Yea but unless these dogmen in these clubs gave up over night, there must still be good dogs out there and the guys just aren't interested in the comp. no matter if you buy your way in, the best dog should win. Which brings me to the point I've always made. Even in the forleys height, there were good dogs and dogmen weren't interested in it so its never really been a completion that if you won it you had the best dog in the land. For a hell of a lot of guys up here, the fens are just not all that....

 

get your self down on the fens baw with a decent dog from up yours see how you do then you can judge it for your self potlickers just do not do it on the fen mate fizz bangs will blow up dogs what can kill on grass fields wont do it down here mate

 

On the other hand some 5/5 fen dogs have failed to catch a single hare on the lamp up here,regardless of running style or breeding/lines,never know what a dog can do unless you give it the chance,I wonder how many of the so called plodders would be able to adapt to the small hedgey land given the chance,and how many of the short distance flying machines would develop a more relaxed running style if they were ran more on the big land

 

seen dogs that do kill hares on grass sheep padocks that could not cope on the fens but seen fen dogs kill on small land not lamping them mate any cur can catch on the beam dogs for jobs comes to mind i know what type i would be running if it was still legal and all that .atb

[low plains drifter 10,736]

 

 

 

 

 

How do you rate the dogs preban compared to after the ban winners?

different comp now a days pre ban the dogs earned the right to run not going through on byes and all that carry on best dog from the clubs ran in the comp not like now if you got the £££ your in

Yea but unless these dogmen in these clubs gave up over night, there must still be good dogs out there and the guys just aren't interested in the comp. no matter if you buy your way in, the best dog should win. Which brings me to the point I've always made. Even in the forleys height, there were good dogs and dogmen weren't interested in it so its never really been a completion that if you won it you had the best dog in the land. For a hell of a lot of guys up here, the fens are just not all that....

 

get your self down on the fens baw with a decent dog from up yours see how you do then you can judge it for your self potlickers just do not do it on the fen mate fizz bangs will blow up dogs what can kill on grass fields wont do it down here mate

 

On the other hand some 5/5 fen dogs have failed to catch a single hare on the lamp up here,regardless of running style or breeding/lines,never know what a dog can do unless you give it the chance,I wonder how many of the so called plodders would be able to adapt to the small hedgey land given the chance,and how many of the short distance flying machines would develop a more relaxed running style if they were ran more on the big land

 

seen dogs that do kill hares on grass sheep padocks that could not cope on the fens but seen fen dogs kill on small land not lamping them mate any cur can catch on the beam dogs for jobs comes to mind i know what type i would be running if it was still legal and all that .atb

 

My own dogs are more than 1/2 saluki,dont know if they would have made fen dogs,but they've been more than good enough for me on the rough land,ran them on some decent sized arable aswell,good to watch on different types of land

[J Darcy 5,871]

It's a funny old thing, but why do some people assume that 'fen dogs' are plodders?....

[low plains drifter 10,736]

It's a funny old thing, but why do some people assume that 'fen dogs' are plodders?....

Think it could be something to do with the dvd's,when a dog is coursing on small land and you see the fence posts,trees or whatever whizzing by you get a sense of speed,but a lot of the runs on the fens just look slower as it's such open land,maybe if you are standing on a fen with the hurricane winds blowing in your face it is different,but for someone like me watching from the armchair it can look a lot more relaxed,watched a greyhound coursing on the fens on dvd recently and that looked slow aswell,looked like he was never going to get to the hare

[killing crew 2,708]

 

Of the modern times has to be 2010 G lee crow attack, attack, attack. Preban has to craigs snowy.

peddler

 

kennel blind

[Desmond 480]

 

 

Of the modern times has to be 2010 G lee crow attack, attack, attack. Preban has to craigs snowy.

peddler

 

kennel blind

 

BLONDIE

[killing crew 2,708]

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Of the modern times has to be 2010 G lee crow attack, attack, attack. Preban has to craigs snowy.

peddler

 

kennel blind

 

BLONDIE

 

del boy and rodney

[Pinky 73]

It's a funny old thing, but why do some people assume that 'fen dogs' are plo

the some people are not seosoned coursers ,theres plodders that follow ,but theres steady that conserve there energy but are great finishers. foxey was a great example of this style ,she would drop 2 meters of for 2 minutes looking if she was steady but dropping gears when she new he was ready for a pick up .i matched her 5 times drew 2 lost 3

[banner man 588]

what way was roxy bred that won in 1999 lads?

[blue staffy 145]

Watched a few dvd's of the forley and blondie was the 1 that impressed me the most

[Banter 1,751]

did any dogs get into late stages 4 or five times