Oh yeah & I forgot to add how the owner of the dogs treated them. 99% of the owners would drag, whip, hit, yell at their dogs if they lost (about 60-70% of the owners would be their for the race, at least that I encountered for the 4 days). You could just see many of the dogs just did not have any soul in them, just empty, it was the saddest thing I ever encountered.

Although there was this one owner!!!! I loved him, an old chubby man, grey with a full beard, never did catch his name, but he owned this one dog, a white w/ tan spots greyhound. It was his only dog, he would live at home with his owner, come to the track, the guy would not bring his dog anywhere near the other dogs, he would not use the tracks vet etc.. etc.. but the dog would ride in his vehicle, right in the front seat. He would get treats all the time, the owner would praise him & talkk to him in a baby voice even if he lost the race. You could see in this ONE dog that he loved his owner, his owner loved him & he loved to race!