Dog racing, also called greyhound racing, the racing of greyhounds around an enclosed track in pursuit of an electrically controlled and propelled mechanical hare (rabbit).
What is the lure called in greyhound racing?
Some tracks also call their lure Bucky. The reason the lure has a name is that the announcer calls it out as the race gets started. It's an old tradition to announce the lure at the beginning of a race.
Why do greyhounds chase the hare?
As greyhounds are much larger than hares but less agile, they find it difficult to follow the hares' sharp turns which they make to evade the dogs. This agility gives the hare an important and often crucial advantage as it seeks to escape.
Do greyhounds ever catch the rabbit?
Greyhound Bitterly Disappointed After Finally Catching Mechanical Rabbit. JACKSONVILLE, FL-- “Aladdin,” a greyhound that races at the Jacksonville Dogtrack in Jacksonville, Florida, was bitterly disappointed when he finally caught the rabbit he's been chasing all these years and discovered it was mechanical.
What are greyhounds fed at the track?
What are racing greyhounds fed? To reduce costs, greyhounds are fed raw meat from dead, dying, diseased or disabled animals (called “4-D meat”) that has been deemed unfit for human consumption. Denatured charcoal is added to 4-D meat to prevent human use.
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