Worrying patterns in box draws bad news for greyhound racing
- One greyhound had box 4 three times out of their past six starts
- One greyhound had box 8 three times out of their past six starts
- One greyhound had box 6 three times out of their past six starts
- One greyhound had a pattern of box 1,3,1,3 amongst their previous six starts
- One greyhound had the pattern of box 8,1,8,1 amongst their past four starts
- One greyhound had the pattern of boxes 2,4,6,4,2,4 in their past 6 starts
- One greyhound had the pattern of boxes 7,6,1,6,7,6 in their past 6 starts
- One greyhound had box 8 twice, box 6 twice and box 1 twice in their past 6 starts
These patterns were emerging in the greyhounds after analysing just the first four races of the meeting.
Other examples of evident patterns in box draws include:
- One greyhound drew the following boxes over consecutive starts – 5,5,6,5,5,5
- One greyhound drew the following boxes over consecutive starts – 8,8,8,8,7,8,8,8
- One greyhound drew the following boxes over consecutive starts – 8,8,7,7,7,7,8,7
- One greyhound drew the following boxes over consecutive starts – 2,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,7,2,7,7,1,1,7
- One greyhound drew the following box over consecutive starts – 6,6,6,6,6
- One greyhound drew the following boxes over consecutive starts – 5,7,8,7,5,8,7,8,7
- One greyhound drew the following boxes over consecutive starts – 6,5,6,5,6,7,6
- One greyhound drew the following boxes over consecutive starts – 5,5,6,5,5,5
- One greyhound drew the following boxes over consecutive starts – 5,6,5,5,5,5,8,8,5
- One greyhound drew the following boxes over consecutive starts – 1,7,7,1,7,8,1,1,8
I have been saying that there is a major problem with the ” Random Computerised Box System ” ,for the past two years. I have even concluded,& agree,that the probability of drawing the same box,or combination of 2 boxes,being drawn consecutively,or regularly is obsurd,the system unfortunately,IS flawed & placing Greyhounds at a disadvantage,& also reducing their chances to either win races or being placed in 2nd or 3rd placing. I conducted my own test using playing cards,the Ace being Dog 1,two being Dog 2 etc up to 8,& then in the same manner using the same numerical order for the… Read more »
Great article. I would like to see a table showing each recommendation, whether or not it has been adopted, if so how was it adopted, if not why wasn’t it adopted.
I DO NOT agree with “computerised box draw via greyhound I.D which may or may not be flawed. Anything electronic CAN duplicate its sequence or be manipulated ….. why not go back to the BANJO which was fair, fun to use and minimal time would be spent entering the box draw results into the computer system 🤔 🤗
Make box draws live on the dogs
the box draw seems rigged between 2 trainers names just check the odds dogs placed to retain prize money between two trainers whats going on