I don't have a whole lot of experience with the breed but I have spent the last three years with one that has turned out pretty good so I'll tell you about her. She was a good rough help dog till she was almost two. Started to turn on and got cut real bad on a big boar. Since then she has been loose and will rarely catch with the catch dog. Once she was almost three she was rockin and rollin. She hunts short to medium range weather walkin or riding. Once she gets into any sort of pig sign she hunts long range. She can trail and wind good. Put her on a three hour old trail the other day where we saw a pig cross earlier in the hunt and she took it and struck. She pretty much has endless bottom, can stick with one for hours or bay for hours if needed. Usually have to cut her off on a road if I want to get her off. When working a hog she tries to work to the head if the hog isn't faster than her. I've seen her in fields run past them and try to turn them. If she can't get ahead of them she will chew on their rear end. Once she is bayed she will circle with if another dogs comes around, will work back and forth in front of the hog when she is by herself, doesn't really ever sit still and bay in one spot. If other hogs are in the area she will roll out soon once the hog is caught sometimes, other times she will roll out soon as another bay dog gets to her. She's has been a real good dog and I would love to have another just like her. Never shows signs of aggression. She is smart, good in the house when I let her in. She is really an all around quiet calm dog until we go hunting. From my understanding most lacys are not like this though.
Here is her ped so you know how she is bred.