We often hear about dogs being in form or out of form, but what does this really mean A simple explanation for form is "running well" but there's more to it than that

When I first started going to the track, greyhound racing was in its glory days They still paraded the dogs to the starting boxes with a post parade and even played march music when they did it

The general rule is that greyhounds run until they reach their 5th birthday At least, that's what most "experts" have written over the years

It took me about three years of handicapping to discover something that everyone should know about playing the dogs: almost everything works for awhile I had been going over programs from Lincoln, now called Twin Rivers, a track with decent dogs where speed mattered

Speed comes up almost constantly in greyhound handicapping Why wouldn't it