21st June 2023 – Message from the Executive Committee

At the Executive meeting on Sunday there was a discussion regarding the current weather conditions and the following was agreed by the Executive Committee:

Due to the predicted continuation of the hot weather the Executive Committee have temporarily amended rule 60.1 (No additional grades may be included unless advertised seven days in advance) and rule 83.5 – P (No betting allowed on All In trails)

Until the 31st of August where the promoter considers the running conditions to be challenging for hounds due to hard ground and hot temperatures they can:

     a. Put an All-In trail on at short notice, 72 hours prior to the actual event and for this request to be communicated to the Secretary to be advertise on the official web page

and 

    b.        During the above period all All-In trails will be open to betting

 As well as the above the Executive Committee encourages promoters to consider the following regarding running trails in these challenging conditions due to hard ground and hot temperatures to:

a. Where possible the Senior Hound trail should be shortened to accommodate for the above but to still follow current rules regarding trail times (would need to be 25 minutes long minimum)

b. Trail times should be move where possible to allow the hounds to run when the air temperature is cooler preferably in the morning

c. For the Promoter to cancel the trails when they think the conditions are too challenging for the hounds after considering all of the above 

Thanks Fiona