How are trap numbers decided?
Do the trainers request them for their dogs? eg does he say "my runner is a railer, so T 1 or 2 please?"
or is it a random draw?
p.s I quite fancy her for this race, looks set up well for her. (famous last words)
a trainer can request his dog to be seeded rails,middle or wide but this has to be agreed by the racing manager at the track the dog runs at.
the draw is only random in an "open" race but still the seeding of railsm middle or wide are adhered to.
in "graded" races it is the job of the racing manager to construct thee race. he also wants to construct a trouble free race as possible so will fit dogs into traps taking into account their style of running.
predominantly railers are in t1 and t2, middle runners t3 and t4 with wides in t5 or t6. obviously if a race has more than 2 types of runner then it overspills into the adjacent traps. for example u may have a race made up of 3 railers in traps 1,2 and 3 and 3 wides in 4,5 and 6