Greatest coursing dogs?

[Sako.243 1]

The sire was Dave Smiths "Gazza" and the Dam was Willie Toughs "Spindles" mate, You would have to ask Maxhardcore the connection to "Splodge".

[brock 11]

splodge was captain x chance i think

[Guest Zak]

with our small tight fields were a hare needs to be picked within 2 minutes

 

spot on. they would not get near them over here.

what makes you think that our coursing dogs in england cant kill your hares over there and you say that forley winners like tina for example wouldnt get near em when the hares over there are weaker and smaller than the english hare i dont know where you boys get that misconception from that dogs in england cant kill hares quick because i can assure you we do kill em quick in average sized fields what you dont understand and i doubt youve course hares on big land in winter when you watch clips of dogs running hares for 4 mins on big land those hares are flying and at theyre strongest and the best of dogs take that amount of time to break his hare and get it under control before he even starts to think about killing it . theres a dvd in circulation of lucky killing a hare on a golf course in winter time no mean feat i think you will agree . a couple of years ago a friend of mine outside cork came over to course with me for the weekend he comes over quite regular i took him down south he was always telling me about the irish hare when he seen our dogs coursing english hares in fields he was blown away when i asked him his opinion on the english hare he told me the irish hare does not compare when i took him to the fen he was speechless i had a mediocre bitch here she could possibly do one out of three sometimes two out of four on a good day but nothing special . i gave it to him to take back it was doing fours and fives around a place called i believe carlow within a month of him having her my phone did not stop ringing with boys from ireland ringing me up enquiring have you got any dogs for sale like the one frankie had of you hes comlng over in a fortnight with a well known coursing man from ireland for a weekend your more than welcome to come with em and compare em for yourself

 

you make a very good point and well spoken.

i as a lad, coursed the brown in uk a good bit, they do have fair pace. when i bought my dog over here to ireland in 86, she could not pick up a january irish hare, as well as a uk hare in a big feild.

i thin k whats needed here, is proof, of some famouse dogs in the uk, catching irish hares in out tiny bog ridden feilds. i have a bitch now, that catches most hares that get up, she would kill in uk id say aswell. also, the irish hare, is bigger then the scottish blue hare and i think at times, bigger then the brown, we regularily get 8 to 9 pound hares get cought over here.

happy hunting all, it takes al sorts and its all part of the fun, good luck.

[woodj 33]

Thanks for the breeding of captain and splodge, i knew captain was the farther of splodge, but wasnt sure of the mother or the breeding of captain.

How old are they now?

[Flynn 314]

Thanks for the breeding of captain and splodge, i knew captain was the farther of splodge, but wasnt sure of the mother or the breeding of captain.

How old are they now?

Mother Chance to Splodge has long since passed away, Splodge will be 8 now i think as For Captain he is VERY olde

[Flynn 314]

IMHO This fellas father, Chris Moyes "Captain"

Did You Chap sire a litter this year?

[woodj 33]

i didnt realise they were so old, i would love a pup out of either of the dogs, has any got any pics of captain? and any vidios of splodge?

[Sako.243 1]

My dog "Sid" is 4 years old past 11th Aug so not sure how old "Captain" would be, Both "Sid" and "Isla" are pups of "Captain"

He was kindly donated to me by Maxhardcore.

[Sako.243 1]

IMHO This fellas father, Chris Moyes "Captain"

Did You Chap sire a litter this year?

 

No, Only had to dog a few months, Would love to one day.

[Sako.243 1]

i didnt realise they were so old, i would love a pup out of either of the dogs, has any got any pics of captain? and any vidios of splodge?

 

Ill try and get some pics of "Captain". I have a cracking dvd of him coursing.

[TOMO 26,073]

if my memory is correct flyn, i last saw captin run in 2003 and i think he was 6 or just over making him at around 11

 

heres a pic of captin on the coursing field with max

 

[sniper 30]

if my memory is correct flyn, i last saw captin run in 2003 and i think he was 6 or just over making him at around 11

 

heres a pic of captin on the coursing field with max

 

good pick TOMO.

[BRAN 0]

Brookie, I've done them both. And I think the difference is the terrain, and diet. Your hare over there is eating a much varied diet and better than the ones here. Cereals, beet on big land equals an athlete, not to say we don't have impossible hares over here either.It's a question of strengths too ours is that our dogs on a whole excel around cover and obstacles, the english stuff I've seen here had difficulty with the obstacles. When we went over there, our stuff did ok, but our host brought us to impossible hares! And red hot land so we really didn't get a chance because we were harrassed pillar to post! You also mentioned a dog you sent over, but that doesn't really hold up for Carlow is about the biggest land we have over here itself? It really is different horses for different courses. How did your saluki litter end up mate?

[jamie7344 250]

Theres a litter out of captain now about 9 or 10 month old,they were bred in scotland out of a bitch simlar way bred to captain,Cris moyes got 1 and so did his mate clive

[brookie 1,193]

hello bran mate the saluki litter turnrd out nice pups ive kept two back a dog and a bitch they are coming 8 mths old now they are very well grown and quick im looking forward to doing a bit with em but they wont see anything bigger than a rabbit until after xmas im using a new laptop and im having trouble downloading pics but i will get some up tomorrow next time your planning on coming over we will try and meet up and have a spin together