ARTHUR DOES THE BIZZO

 

 

STUNNING BLUE FAWN FARLOE ASHES  WAS OUR ONLY WINNER WHEN LANDING THE SPOILS IN THE A2 LAST NIGHT AT MONMORE. PREVIOUSLY A CATEGORY 1 FINALIST  ARTHUR (ABOVE) HAS STRUGGLED SINCE SUFFERING A MUSCLE INJURY WHEN CONTESTING THE PALL MALL AT OXFORD LAST YEAR. IT HAS BEEN A LONG REHABILITATION BUT LAST NIGHT WE SAW GLIMPSES OF THE OLD ARTHUR WHICH AT TIMES CAN BE BREATHTAKINGLY SMART.

 

THE REST OF THE EVENING PROVIDED US WITH NO OTHER WINNERS BUT AS HAS BEEN THE CASE OF LATE I FELT MANY OF THE DOGS RAN WELL ENOUGH. FARLOE MAISIE AND FARLOE MYSTERIO MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE UNLUCKY, WHILE  THE OTHERS ALL HAD EXCUSES. IN GENERAL THE KENNELS FORM SEEMS GOOD.

TOP CLASS CARD AT MONNY TONIGHT

TONIGHTS RACE CARD AT MONMORE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE I CAN REMEMBER. THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF POTENTIALLY FIERCE CONTESTS THAT SHOULD PROVIDE THOSE COVERING FOR RPGTV WITH PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT. MONMORE GREEN HAS A HEALTHY AND HIGHLY COMPETITIVE GRADE ANYWAY, AND ITS HANDLERS ALL DESERVE THE UTMOST RESPECT. ONE OR TWO MAY TAKE THE LIONS SHARE OF THE PRESS BUT ALL ARE VERY CAPABLE GIVEN THE RIGHT GREYHOUND. LETS HOP EWEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE AND THAT WE HAVE A PERFECT RUNNING SURFACE ..... DON'T FORGET TO TUNE IN ..... IT SHOULD BE A CRACKER!

MAY WEATHER NO HELP AT ALL

THE WEATHER WE'VE HAD THIS MONTH HAS OFFERED LITTLE HELP TO EITHER THE GREYHOUNDS OR THEIR HANDLERS. THE CLIMATE IS FAR TOO CHANGEABLE AT PRESENT AND THAT IN ITSELF CAN RAISE MANY ISSUES. MANY OF THE DOGS ARE STILL COVERED IN THE WRONG COAT BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN SUFFICIENT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER OVER A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD TO BRING THE APPROPRIATE COAT OUT IN THEM.

ALSO, AND THIS IS PERHAPS THE WORST SCENARIO OF CHANGEABLE WEATHER, TRACK PREPARATION IS FAR MORE DIFFICULT. GROUNDSTAFF CONSTANTLY PLAY A GUESSING GAME WITH WATERING THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. THIS ULTIMATELY CAN MEAN UNSUITABLE SURFACES THAT CAN LEAD TO INJURY. WE HAVE HAD TO SIDELINE A NUMBER OF GREYHOUNDS IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT DUE TO NIGGLING INJURIES. LETS HOPE THE WEATHER PICKS UP AND WE CAN HAVE A GREAT SUMMER. A BIT OF SUN GOES A LONG WAY. P.S. EXCUSE THE PUN PICTURE ABOVE, I COULDN'T RESIST!!

CHRISSY POSTS A RALLYING CALL

 

 

LOYAL OWNER CHRIS BIRKENHEAD, PICTURED ABOVE WITH HIS BROOD PARADISE DIGICOM, HAS POSTED A RALLYING CALL TO ALL LILYPAD OWNERS BY INVITATING AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO COMMIT TO A NIGHTS RACING AT MONMORE GREEN. YOU CAN SEE THIS ON THE FORUM IN THE GENERAL CHAT SECTION. I TALKED TO CHRIS ABOUT THIS AT THE WEEKEND AND HE AND I  REALLY FEEL THE NEED FOR A LILYPAD OWNERS NIGHT AT THE TRACK. TOO MANY PEOPLE IN WOLVERHAMPTON FEEL THAT OUR KENNEL HAVE FEW OWNERS SO IT IS LONG OVERDUE THAT THE RECORD BE PUT STRAIGHT.

 

PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND OFFER SOME DATES THAT YOU COULD ATTEND AND I WILL HELP TO ORGANISE THINGS. AFTER ONE OR TWO TEETHING PROBLEMS THE FORUM IS RUNNING PERFECTLY SO LETS USE IT! IT WILL BUILD CAMARADERIE AND PUT FACES TO NAMES ETC. PLEASE HEED THE RALLYING CALL SO THAT WE MAY SHOW PEOPLE THAT LILYPAD OWNERS ARE NOT ONLY  LOYAL BUT ARE  AMONG THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. 

 

 

 

ESKE FACES TRICKY DRAW IN DERBY

 

 

THE INCOMPARABLE BALLYMAC ESKE (ABOVE) FACES A POTENTIAL BANANA SKIN IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THIS YEARS WILLIAM HILL DERBY WHICH GETS UNDER WAY AT WIMBLEDON THIS FRIDAY. NOT ONLY HAS HE GOT A HIGH QUALITY HEAT BUT HE'S ALSO LANDED THE DRAW THAT ALL COMPETITORS FEARED MOST, HE'S GOT GOT FAST STARTING BANG RAILER GARRYGLASS RODGE ON HIS OUTSIDE! IF HE HAS ONE SAVING GRACE, APART FROM THE FACT THAT HE IS ARGUABLY THE BEST GREYHOUND IN THE BRITISH ISLES AT PRESENT, ITS THAT THE FIRST FOUR QUALIFY FROM HIS HEAT. THIS MEANS THAT IF THE INEVIABLE SHOULD HAPPEN AND HE FACES EARLY IMPACT OR OBSTRUCTION HE HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO GET HIMSELF BACK INTO CONTENTION AND FIND PASSAGE THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND. 

 

TO DATE ESKE HAS BEEN PERFECTLY HANDLED BY MY GOOD PAL BARRY DRAPER WHO HAS A VERY STRONG HAND IN THIS YEARS EVENT. DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HIS OTHER KENNEL STARS FARLOE WARHAWK AND EDEN STAR FIND THEIR WIMBLEDON FORM WHEN IT MATTERS MOST AND ALSO GIVE GOOD ACCOUNTS OF THEMSELVES THROUGHOUT. WE WISH THEM LUCK

AT LAST ... WE'VE SEEN THE LIGHT

 

 

THE JON MILES OWNED THE LAST LIGHT FINALLY ENDED WHAT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A BARON SPELL BY HIS STANDARDS WHEN HANGING ON FOR VICTORY IN THE A7 AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. THE POPULAR WHITE AND BLACK FLEW FROM TRAPS (4.28) AND MADE ALL TO HOLD THE FAST FINISHING ROCK IT RITA IN 29.22.

 

THIS WAS THE FIRST PART OF A DOUBLE FOR THE KENNEL AS LATER THE PROMISING CHANGING SKY, RECENTLY PURCHASED BY A SCOTTISH SYNDICATE LED BY IAN AND STEVE GRAY,  BOLTED OUT FROM TRAP SIX (4.30) AND SHOWED GREAT ALL ROUND PACE TO WIN THE A2 IN A SMART 28.46. ADMITTEDLY THE TRACK HAD LIVENED UP CONSIDERABLY (AND SOME WOULD ARGUE FAVOURED THOSE WITH A MIDDLE TO WIDE DRAW) BUT THIS WAS STILL AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE FROM ONE SO YOUNG HAVING ONLY HIS SECOND RACE FOR US. HE'LL GIVE HIS NEW OWNERS ONE OR TWO MORE NIGHTS TO REMEMBER, YOU CAN BE SURE OF THAT.



RIVALS YES ..... BUT  YOU CAN STILL SHOW RESPECT

 

CARL FROCH AND MIKKEL KESSLER DO BATTLE FOR A SECOND TIME TONIGHT IN LONDON AND ALTHOUGH BOTH ARE THE FIERCEST OF RIVALS THEY STILL MAINTAIN RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AS THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS. I THINK AT TIMES PEOPLE LOSE SIGHT OF THE BASIC VALUES IN LIFE AND  THOSE THAT WORK AND PLAY IN OUR SPORT CAN BE GUILTY OF THAT MORE THAN MOST.

 

PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY IS SOMETHING I HOLD IN THE HIGHEST REGARD. I MAY BE OLD SCHOOL IN SOME OF MY WAYS, AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE MODERN GENERATION DYNAMIC APPROACH TO BUSINESS, BUT AFFORDING YOUR COUNTERPARTS THE SAME TREATMENT AS YOU'D EXPECT FOR YOURSELF IS SURELY BOG STANDARD IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE. I HAVE A GOAL IN LIFE I WISH TO ACHIEVE BUT I WILL ALWAYS ADHERE TO PRINCIPALS GIVEN TO ME BY MY FAMILY AND MY MENTORS. WHAT A BETTER WORLD IT WOULD BE IF OTHERS DID THE SAME!

DES AND FAMILY IN OUR THOUGHTS

 

 

YOURS TRULY HAS JUST RETURNED HOME HAVING SPENT THE LAST FEW DAYS IN NORTHERN IRELAND AT THE FUNERAL OF BERNIE LOUGHREY. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY A VERY HARD TIME FOR DES AND HIS FAMILY BUT AS ALWAYS THEY CONDUCTED THEMSELVES WITH THE UTMOST DIGNITY AND GAVE BERNIE A TERRIFIC SEND OFF. DES LOUGHREY ASWELL AS BEING ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST BREEDERS OF A RACING GREYHOUND, IS A GENTLEMAN AND A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE. THERE ISN'T A PERSON IN THE SPORT THAT I ADMIRE MORE. THE WEEKS AHEAD WILL BE EQUALLY AS TOUGH AS THE WEEKS PAST FOR DES AND THE LOUGHREY FAMILY AND EVERYONE OF THEM WILL BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR THOUGHTS.

 

WE'LL MISS YOU BERNIE 

 

YESTERDAY SAW THE PASSING OF TRUE LADY  AND A GOOD FRIEND IN BERNADETTE (BERNIE) LOUGHREY, LIMAVADY,CO.DERRY. BERNIE, WIFE OF DES SADLY LOST HER LONG FIGHT WITH CANCER EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING. 

 

APART FROM THE FANTASTIC FAMILY BERNIE LEAVES BEHIND SHE ALSO LEAVES A LEGACY OF BEING A VERY GENUINE STRAIGHT TALKING WOMAN WHO ALWAYS GAVE VISITORS A WARM WELCOME AND WAS ALWAYS READY TO LISTEN TO WHAT ANYONE HAD TO SAY. SHE WAS A REAL FAMILY WOMAN AND LOVED HER HOME TO BE FULL WITH HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND WAS VERY PROUD OF EACH OF THEM.  SHE WAS NONE TOO SLOW WHERE GREYHOUNDS ARE CONCERNED EITHER AND WAS ALWAYS QUICK TO OFFER DES AN OPINION OF A DOG WHETHER HE ASKED FOR IT OR NOT. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL LADY AND WILL BE SADLY MISSED BY ANYONE WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET HER.

BRADMANS 500 A WELCOME BONUS

 

 

FARLOE BRADMAN MADE FULL USE OF HIS DRAW TO SCOOP A SURPRISE VICTORY IN YESTERDAYS OWNERS BONUS SERIES FINAL AT MONMORE GREEN. BENEFITTING FROM ARDERA FLAMES (TRAP 2)  EXODUS RIGHT ON THE RUN UP DONALD STORMED TO THRE FRONT AT THE FIRST TURN AND MADE ALL HOLDING THE LATE CHALLENGE OF FAVOURITE GLENHEAD BONA IN A PHOTO.

 

THE BLACK SON OF ROYAL IMPACT IS OWNED BY LONG STANDING OWNER KIERON DRAKE AND ONLY RETURNED FROM INJURY LAST WEEK. YOURS TRULY DOESN'T MIND ADMITTING TO BEING SOMEWHAT CONCERNED AT THE CLOSE PROXIMETY OF HIS INITIAL TWO RUNS BACK, THE FINAL BEING JUST FOUR DAYS AFTER THE HEATS, BUT ALLS TURNED OUT WELL AND THE DOG SEEMS NONE THE WORSE FOR HIS EFFORTS. ITS JUST REWARD FOR THE DRAKE FAMILY WHO HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH THE DOG WHO HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY NIGGLING LITTLE INJURIES. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL INVOLVED AND WELL PLAYED BRADMAN !!



LITTLE LIAM SETTLING IN NICELY

 

 

KENNEL HAND LIAM MERRY HAS SETTLED IN NICELY AT VILLAGE FARM AND CONTINUES TO LEARN MORE WITH EACH PASSING WEEK. LIAM IS THE SON OF OWNER PAUL MERRY AND, WITH HIS DAD, HAS ATTENDED OUR KENNELS FOR AROUND EIGHT YEARS NOW. AS SOON AS HE WAS OLD ENOUGH LIAM EXPRESSED THE WISH TO HELP IN THE KENNELS AND WE WERE ONLY TO HAPPY TO HAVE HIM. HE IS LEARNING ALL THE TIME UNDER THE WING OF VETERAN MICKY ANDERSON, WHO IS BUSY INSTALLING ALL THE VALUES HE HOLDS DEAR TO THE SPORT.

 

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK LIAM !!

LILYPAD FORUM NOW LIVE

 

 

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE FORUM FACILITY AVAILABLE ON THIS WEBSITE IS NOW LIVE AND RECIEVING MEMBERS. MANY ITEMS OF THE FORUM ARE AVAILABLE FOR VEWING BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC BUT THERE ARE ONE OR TWO ASPECTS THAT ARE ONLY ACCESSABLE BY MEMBERS. ALL MEMBERS WILL BE VERIFIED AND AUTHORISED BY THE FORUM MANAGEMENT TEAM HEADED BY SCOTT CHURCH. THIS FORUM IS AN EXTENSION OF THE WEBSITE ITSELF BUT WAS CREATED IN THE MAIN FOR OUR OWNERS TO BE ABLE TO PUBLISH THEIR THOUGHTS AND CHAT TO EACH OTHER IN PRIVATE.

 

THEIR ARE MANY  SUBJECTS AND ISSUES TO TACKLE SO FELL FREE TO POST YOUR VIEWS, THATS WHAT ITS THERE FOR, AND IM SURE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF BANTER AT TIMES TOO. THERE WILL BE COMPETITIONS AND QUIZ QUESTIONS AMONG THE LIVELY DEBATE SO LOOK OUT FOR THEM AND PLEASE USE THE FACILITY TO GET TO KNOW ALL THE OWNERS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE MET IN PERSON BY USING THE 'INTRODUCTION' THREAD. THE MORE TOPICS THE BETTER AND FEEL FREE TO ADD AS MANY PHOTOS OR VIDEOS AS YOU WISH. THE FORUM WILL IMPROVE WITH THE INPUT YOU PEOPLE GIVE IT. HAVE FUN!

CATHY EXPRESSES HERSELF NICELY

 

JUST THE ONE WINNER FOR US ON YESTERDAY AFTERNOONS BAGS CARD AT MONMORE BUT WHAT A GOOD WINNER IT WAS! BARRY WARNERS CATHYS EXPRESS (MAKING HER FIRST APPEARANCE FOR THREE MONTHS) BOLTED FROM TRAPS AND MADE ALL TO WIN IN A DECENT 29.08. THE BRINDLE BITCH HAD SHOWN PROMISE BEFORE SUFFERING INJURY BACK IN FEBRUARY BUT SEEMS ALL THE BETTER FOR THE TIME OFF. HOPEFULLY SHE CAN REMAIN INJURY-FREE AND GO ON TO BUILD ON YESTERDAYS PERFORMANCE.

 

WHAT RELEVENCE HAS THE 43RD BIRTHDAY CAKE PICTURED ABOVE TO CATHYS WIN YOU MAY ASK? THE ANSWER IS ...... NONE, THE CAKES FOR YOURS TRULY TO CUT LATER! 

ARTHUR STARTS AND DAVE FINISHES

 

 

THE KENNEL MANAGED YET ANOTHER FARLOE INSPIRED DOUBLE ON LAST NIGHTS RPGTV CARD AT MONMORE WITH FORMER SPRINT KING FARLOE (ARTHUR) ASHES WINNING THE FIRST AND THEN FARLOE (DAVE) MYSTERIO IN THE LAST RACE. STUNNING BLUE FAWN FARLOE ASHES, ALWAYS A FAVOURITE DUE TO HIS LOOKS AND TEMPERMENT FARLOE ASHES IS PICTURED ABOVE WITH HEAD LAD MICHAEL ANDERSON.

 

BOTH GREYHOUNDS HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN TOP CLASS WITH ASHES MAKING THE NATIONAL SPRINT FINAL AT NOTTINGHAM AND THE GOLDEN SPRINT FINAL AT ROMFORD AND MYSTERIO BEING RUNNER UP IN THE 2011 WIMBLEDON PUPPY DERBY AND 3RD IN THE PALL MALL 2012. INJURY HAS SADLY CURTAILED THEIR CAREERS SOMEWHAT BUT BOTH ARE SLOWLY REGAINING THE OLD FIRE AND WILL SOON TRY THEIR HANDS ON THE OPEN RACE CIRCUIT AGAIN.

BEAUTY KEEPS US WAITING .......

 

 

FORMER MONMORE FLYER ROEVIEW BEAUTY (ABOVE) CONTINUES TO KEEP US AND HER OWNERS WAITING FOR A SEASON SO THAT SHE CAN MATED TO THE GREAT PREMEIR FANTASY. THE LIVE SYNDICATE, MADE UP OF LADBROKES LIVE COMMENTATORS INCLUDING MONMORES VERY OWN GEORGE ATKINSON, HAVE BEEN KEEPING THEIR FINGERS CROSSED SINCE FEBRUARY BUT AS YET THEY'VE HAD NO LUCK.

 

WHEN READY BEAUTY WILL GO UP TO CHRISTINE AT MEREFIELD STUD IN CHESHIRE WHERE A STRAW OF OUR FANTASY SEMEN IS ORDERED AND STORED. THEN ITS BACK DOWN HERE TO VILLAGE FARM WHERE MY WIFE LIZ  WILL OVERSEE  HER WELPING, A DUTY THAT SHE PARTICULARY ENJOYS AND LETS VERY FEW SHARE PART IN! PREMEIR FANTASY HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS A PROVEN CROSS THAT WHEN USED PREVIOUSLY HAS PRODUCED TOP CLASS PROGENY SUCH AS WHITTLE MURTAGH, FARLOE ICEMAN, FARLOE IRONMAN, GOLDEN WONDER, TEDDY THE LEGEND AND THE IRREPRESSIBLE FEAR ZAFONIC!

BETSON COMEBACK STILL ON

 

 

DROOPYS BETSON WHO SUFFERED A NASTY INJURY IN THE LATER PART OF LAST YEAR CONTINUES TO IMPROVE AND PLEASED AGAIN YESTERDAY WHEN RECORDING A CALCULATED 28.75 IN A 480M SPIN AT MONMORE. AN OPEN RACE WINNER AT ROMFORD, HOVE, SWINDON, OXFORD AND SHEFFIELD BETSON IS BROTHER TO THE ULTRA CONSISTANT DROOPYS LONER AND HAS BEEN A GREAT SERVANT FOR THE KENNEL AND OWNER JON MILES.

 

ANOTHER THAT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE IN TRIALS IS DENNIS BECKETTS DALCASH SKYWAY, AN UNRACED SEPTEMBER 11 PUP BY SKYWALKER ACE X DALCAH DVINSKY. A POWERFUL INDIVIDUAL, SEBBY (KENNEL NAME) SEEMS TO BE SHOWING DECENT EARLY FOOT TO DATE AND IS SURPRISINGLY WELL BALANCED FOR SUCH A LARGE GREYHOUND. HE POSTED 28.85 YESTERDAY, OFF A 4.31 SECTIONAL, AND HE COULD GIVE SOME VERY ENJOYABLE NIGHTS SHOULD HE IMPROVE FURTHER. FINGERS CROSSED!!

ITS ALL DOWN TO YAN THE MAN

 

 

LIZ AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A HUGE THANKS TO DAVID YANEZ FOR HIS CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW WEBSITE. FROM THE OFFSET DAVE HAS WORKED WITH US ON THIS PROJECT VISITING THE KENNELS, MEETING THE STAFF AND THE OWNERS AND REALLY LISTENING TO MY THOUGHTS OF WHAT I WANTED A WEBSITE TO SAY AND DO FOR ME. THE NEW STRUCTURE IS NOW COMPLETE AND WE COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH THE RESULT.

 

 WHEN IN BUSINESS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS WORK HARD BUT EVEN THEN YOU COME ACROSS TIMES WHEN YOU NEED A SLICE OF LUCK OR A HELPING 'LEG UP' FROM SOMEONE TO KEEP YOU GOING FORWARD. SINCE  ITS CONCEPTION LIZ AND I DON'T MIND ADMITTING OUR BUSINESS HAS HAD MORE THAN ONE OR TWO 'LEG-UPS' AND THOSE THAT HAVE GIVEN THEM KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND HOW MUCH THEIR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE APPRECIATED ........ ADD YOURSELF TO THE LIST MR YANEZ AND THANKS AGAIN.




BALLYMAC ACE PUPS ARE DOING WELL

 

 

CHRIS BIRKENHEADS LITTER OF BALLYMAC ACE X PARADISE DIGICOM PUPS CONTINUE TO PLEASE WELSH REARER CATHY EDWARDS. THESE ARE ACES FIRST PUPS AND DAM DIGICOM IS A HALF SISTER OF SHELBOURNE RECORD HOLDER PARADISE MADISON.

 

 

THE LITTER ARE 7 MONTHS AND ARE VERY STRONG INDIVIDUALS. ACE HAS STAMPED THEM, THEY ARE ALL BLACK, HAVE GREAT TEMPERMENT AND ARE VERY KEEN. CHRIS (2), ALONG WITH BARRY WARNER, ALAN BRANDOM AND YOURS TRULY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FIVE OF THE SEVEN, THE OTHERS GOING TO DONCASTER AND IRELAND. FINGERS CROSSED!!

MOTORWAY CHAOS MEANS A 'NO SHOW' AT MONMORE

 

A ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT BRINGING THE M40 MOTORWAY TO A COMPLETE STAND STILL FOR OVER 20 MILES MEANT THAT OUR RUNNERS NEVER FOREFILLED THEIR COMMITMENTS AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT.

 

THE ACCIDENT, THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY A FREAK HAIL STORM AROUND 3.50PM MEANT THAT THE CARRIAGEWAYS WERE CLOSED COMPLETELY. LIZ AND OUR 6 RUNNERS TOOK TWO HOURS AND FORTY MINUTES TO GO FROM GAYDON UP ONE JUNCTION (TO J13 WARWICK) AND THEN RETURN HOME. THIS JOURNEY WAS A ROUND TRIP OF JUST 12 MILES!!

INTRODUCING 'MERLIN SAYS' .....

 

 

GREETINGS LOYAL BLOGGERS! TODAY WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR WEBSITES LATEST ADDITION MERLIN. MERLIN, APART FROM BEING THE CARTOON GREYHOUND IMAGE ABOVE, IS YOURS TRULYS ALTER-EGO AND WILL COMMENT (VIA THE BLOG) FROM TIME TO TIME ON THE CURRENT ISSUES OF OUR SPORT AND MAY EVEN ON OCCASSION THROW YOU A RANDOM QUOTE OR SAYING FOR THE DAY .............. IT'LL BE UP TO YOU TO DECIFER BETWEEN THE TWO.

 

TODAYS COMMENT .....

 

'ALWAYS BELIEVE YOUR EYES OVER YOUR EARS BECAUSE ONE WILL MISLEAD YOU FAR MORE THAN THE OTHER.........'

 

 

PARADISE LIES IN THE PACIFIC

 

PARADISE PACIFIC (PEPE) OWNED BY BARRY WARNER WAS THE FASTEST TO GO THROUGH THE BEAM WHEN CLOCKING A FLYING 28.26 IN THE FINALE AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT.

 

ALWAYS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM BY ALL AT THE KENNEL THE BLACK (A LITTER BROTHER TO SHELBOURNE TRACK RECORD HOLDER PARADISE MADISON)  FINALLY BROKE LEVEL AND THIS ENABLED HIM TO SHOW HIS ALL ROUND SPEED WHEN SCORCHING HOME  TO WIN THE A2 BY SIX AND A QUARTER LENGTHS. THERE WAS NO SAND IN YOUR EYES LAST NIGHT PEPE !!

 

*Photo YAN PHOTGRAPHY

 

 



FAB FOUR DO OUR BIDDING

 

THE KENNEL IS A LITTLE THIN ON THE GROUND IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATION ON THIS EVENINGS RPGTV COVERED MEETING AT MONMORE WITH JUST   FOUR OF OUR GREYHOUNDS ON SHOW. NEVERTHELESS IM SURE THE FOUR WILL KEEP OUR DECENT START TO THE LIVE COVERAGE BY ACQUITTING THEMSELVES ADMIRABLY.

 

LETS HOPE THEY GIVE THOSE IN THE STUDIO A LITTLE MORE TO CHAT ABOUT THAN THE ABOVE PICTURE SUGGESTS. (LOL) 

 

DINO ENJOYING A LIFE OF RILEY

 

 

FORMER ACE TRACKER AND KENNEL FAVOURITE HELLO DINO ( ABOVE T3) IS THOROUGHLY ENJOYING RETIREMENT AT THE HOME OF HIS NEW FAMILY REPORTS ALISON BANDURAK OF THE MONMORE RGT. HE LEFT GAYDON AROUND SIX WEEKS AGO AND FOUND A PLACEMENT WITHIN 10 DAYS. OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO HE HAS ADAPTED TO HOME LIFE BRILLIANTLY (NO SURPRISE THERE THEN!) AND IS A MUCH LOVED MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.

 

OWNED BY GARY AND ASHLEY DUCKETT DINO WAS A STANDARD BEARER FOR THE KENNEL REACHING THE FINAL OF THE LAURELS AT BELLE VUE, THE SEMI FINALS OF THE PALL MALL AT OXFORD AND TROUBLING THE CLOCK AT PERRY BARR. LATERLY, AFTER INJURY, HE WAS TOP GRADE MONMORE AND GAVE THE LADS MANY GREAT NIGHTS. HE WAS A PLEASURE TO TRAIN AND WILL BE MISSED BY ALL AT VILLAGE FARM BUT ITS FANTASTIC TO KNOW THAT HE NOW ENJOYS WELL EARNED REST.

 

 

 

 

 

HUGE CROWDS ENJOY THE WEATHER AT MONMORE

 

 

THE WARM WEATHER SAW A BIG CROWD AT MONMORE FOR THE BANK HOLIDAY MATINEE MEETING. AROUND TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR A VERY COMPETITIVE FOURTEEN RACE CARD. SADLY VETERAN EDEN ZIDANE DREW A BLANK IN THE OWNERS BONUS 500 SERIES FINAL AND FRONT RUNNING FARLOE ASHES WAS AMAZINGLY TOUCHED OFF IN A PHOTO AFTER SECURING WHAT SEEMED AND UNASSAILABLE LEAD.

 

HOWEVER WE DID SECURE ONE VICTORY WHEN THE PRECOCIOUS IN THE KNOW HELD ON TO WIN THE FIRST RACE OF THE DAY IN 29.46.



BARRY THE BUTCHER INCREASES HIS STAKE

 

 

LOYAL OWNERS THE WARNER FAMILY HAVE ADDED TO THEIR NUMBERS HERE AT GAYDON WITH THE PURCHASE OF A YOUNG BITCH WHICH ARRIVED AT THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH ONLY A MARCH 2012 WELP (BY TYRUR BIG MIKE X FINAL OYSTER) SHE HAS IMPRESSED EARLY IN HER SCHOOLING AND BARRY (ABOVE RIGHT) ALWAYS BEING PREPARED TO TAKE A CHANCE  SOON TALKED WIFE LYNETTE AND SON JAMIE IN TO TAKING THE PLUNGE AND BUYING THIS STUNNING BLACK.

 



KUDOS FOR KILLISHIN WHOS 127 NOT OUT

 

THE EFFERVESCENT KILLISHIN KUDOS TASTED VICTORY AGAIN LAST NIGHT AT MONMORE IN HIS 127TH RACE. NOW FIVE YEARS OLD AND DESPITE A HORRIFIC GRACILLUS INJURY BARNEY (KUDOS) IS STILL JUST AS SPRIGHTLY AS THE FIRST DAY HE ARRIVED AT GAYDON AS AN UNRACED PUP. A REAL KENNEL FAVOURITE DUE TO HIS EVER-HAPPY DEMEANOUR BARNEY CONTINUES TO ENJOY HIS RACING AND PROVED YET AGAIN THAT WHEN THINGS GO HIS WAY HE IS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF TAKING HIS CHANCE.

 

ELSEWHERE ON THE NIGHT THE INCREDIBLE BALLYMAC ESKE TASTED VICTORY IN THE SCOTTISH DERBY WITH AN AWESOME DISPLAY OF FRONT RUNNING. BARRY DRAPERS WIN MACHINE MARCHES ON TO WIMBLEDON WITH THE SCOTTISH EQUIVILENT SAFELY IN HIS BAG AND NOW THAT HE SEEMS TO HAVE TIDIED UP HIS TRAPPING HE WILL PROVE AN EVEN MORE SCARY PROPOSITION  TO ALL HE'LL MEET AT PLOUGH LANE COME JUNE. 



THERES HOPE FOR US ALL

 

 

LIZ CURTINS ENDLESS HOPE BOLTED FROM TRAPS TO LEAD ALL THE WAY AND START A GREAT AFTERNOONS RACING FOR THE KENNEL AT MONMORE YESTERDAY. ALAN BRANDOMS ARDMAYLE LEWIS DID THE SAME AND MINUTES LATER FARLOE MYSTERIO, AGAIN PART OWNED BY ALAN WITH THE O SULLIVANS JIM AND SANDRA, MADE IT A TREBLE.

GENE STOODUP WELL FOR KENNEL DOUBLE

 

STEVE WARNERS FARLEY GENE CONTINUED HIS RECENT MARKED IMPROVEMENT WHEN FOLLOWING UP ON LAST WEEKS WIN WITH VICTORY AGAIN LAST NIGHT THE HOMEBRED BLACK MADE EVERY POST AWINNING ONE TO GIVE US A DOUBLE ON THE NIGHT.

 

EARLIER ANOTHER HOMEBRED, CALL IT STOODUP, HAD SHOCKED ALL AROUND HER AND MAKE LIGHT OF HER 10/1 STARTING PRICE WHEN FLYING FROM TRAPS AND SHOWING GREAT EARLY PACE TO MAKE ALL ON HER FIRST APPEARANCE SINCE SEASONAL REST.

 

FARLOE MYSTERIO, PICTURED ABOVE WHEN LANDING A 630 HEAT OF LAST YEARS FESTIVAL, CONTINUES HIS COMEBACK THIS AFTERNOON IN GRADED COMPANY. ITS ALL ABOUT OBTAINING A LEVEL OF FITNESS AT THIS STAGE BEFORE STEEPPING HIM BACK UP AND HOPE FULLY RETURNING TO THE OPEN RACE CIRCUIT.

 



SHANEBOY RIGHT UP ARCS ALLEY

 

 

THE LIZ AND RAB MCNAIR TRAINED SHANEBOY RAN OUT A WORTHY WINNER OF THE PINPOINT ARC AT SWINDON LAST NIGHT. SHOWING BLISTERING EARLY PACE THE TRAP 6 RUNNER PUT PAID TO HIS RIVALS EARLY WITH LUNG BURSTING PACE AROUND THE FIRST TWO TURNS. HE LOOKS A REAL DOG AND WAS PERFECTLY HANDLED BY THE MCNAIRS THROUGHOUT HIS ARC CAMPAIGN.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONCERNED !!

MAYDAY ! MAYDAY ! IT'S PARADISE FOR MICK AND PETE

THE IMPECCABLY BRED PARADISE RIO (ABOVE) LANDED AT OUR GAYDON BASE TODAY AND IS A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE KENNEL.  PURCHASED BY FORMER OXFORD STALWARTS MICK LOWE AND PETER DAWSON. WE'VE TRACKED THIS SON OF HONDO BLACK SINCE SCHOOLING AND HOPEFULLY HE'LL GIVE ALL CONCERNED A LONG OVERDUE UPTURN IN FORTUNE.

THE DYNAMIC DUO HAVE HAD MANY NICE DOGS OVER THE YEARS AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ENTUSIASITC IN THEIR PURCHASING OF FAST GREYHOUNDS. THEY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS OF YOURS TRULY FOR MANY YEARS AND I AM DELIGHTED TO BE GIVEN THE OPURTUNITY TO TRAIN FOR THEM. LIZ AND I WOULD LIKE TO WISH THEM THE BEST OF LUCK AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT.