WHAT IS FLAPPING.?

FLAPPING OR INDEPENDENT RACING AS IT IS KNOWN IS BASICALLY RACING GREYHOUNDS YOURSELF. THEY RACE ON NORMAL RACECOURSES FROM NORMAL TRAPS THERE ARE EVEN BOOKMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE, VERY MUCH LIKE RACING IN IRELAND.

YOU KEEP THE GREYHOUND AND RACE IT ON THE INDEPENDENT CIRCUIT. MAINLY TRACKS NOT RUN BY THE GOVERNING BODIES  G.R.A.,  N.G.R.C. ETC

THERE ARE HOWEVER RULES, WHICH VARY FROM TRACK TO TRACK, THE MOST FAMOUS BEING THE RED LIGHT, INSTANT JUSTICE FOR THE OUT AND OUT CHEATS IN THE GAME.

WALES HAS NO LICENSED TRACKS  AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, AND THE RULES AT OUR 3 TRACKS ARE THE SAME.

BASICALLY YOU TAKE YOUR DOG ALONG TO THE TRACK ON TRIAL DAYS AND GIVE IT A RUN. [IT HAS TO WEAR A MUZZLE AND RACING JACKET]. IT CAN BE A SOLO OR WITH OTHER DOGS, PROVIDING IT DOES A SUITABLE TIME IT CAN THEN BE GRADED TO RACE ON THE TRACK IT TRIALED. IT WILL HAVE TO TRIAL AT THE OTHER TRACKS TO BE GRADED AT THEM OR IT CAN RUN UNDER THE NEW DOG RULE.

NEW DOG RULE

YOU ENTER THE DOG AT THE TRACK OF YOUR CHOICE, TAKE IT ALONG ON RACE NIGHT, IT THEN HAS TO RUN AGAINST THE BEST DOGS ON THE NIGHT USUALLY FROM THE HANDICAP BOX. OF THAT TRACK.  [ TRAP 4 OR IN THE CASE OF BEDWELLTY TRAP 6 ]  ALL RACING IN WALES IS A LEVEL START.

THE BEST PART OF FLAPPING IS YOU CAN TRAIN AND RACE THE DOGS YOURSELF, RUN IT WHEN IT SUITS YOU OVER A VARIETY OF DISTANCES , NO AGE LIMIT ON TRAINER'S  ALSO THERE IS NO PAPERWORK OR FEE'S TO PAY, YOU CAN CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT 3 TRACKS 3 NAMES IF YOU WANT[ ALTHOUGH NAMES LIKE NORFOLK 'N' CHANCE ETC][SAY IT FAST] WILL BE FROWNED UPON  , NO PAYING OUT KENNEL FEE'S AND IF YOUR SHREWD ENOUGH THE ODD TOUCH.

THE RED LIGHT

DOGS THAT FIND OVER 60 SPOT STANDARD TRIP OR 40 SPOTS IN SPRINTS MEAN THE RACE WILL BE DECLARED VOID AND ALL BETS RETURNED. OR AT MANAGEMENT DISCRETION THE SECOND DOG DECLARED THE WINNER. ALL BETS ON THE DOG THAT FOUND EXCESSIVE TIME DECLARED LOST.

SOME RULE,  BUT IT PUTS THE OUT AND OUT CHEATS IN THEIR PLACE , HIT THEM IN THE POCKETS WHERE IT HURT MOST. UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NO RED LIGHT IN WALES.

OPEN RACES

THERE ARE REGULAR OPEN RACES IN WALES, FROM 100 YARDS TO 1,000 YARDS. OPEN TO ALL COMERS, THE 3 TRACKS HOLD LOCAL DERBY'S OVER THEIR STANDARD DISTANCE WITH THE PRIZE MONEY IN EXCESS OF £1,000 FOR 2 RUNS.

BAD POINTS

TERRIBLE  BOOKMAKERS HERE IN WALES, YOU HAVE GOT TO TAKE ON THE BEST TO HAVE ANY ODDS.

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