BATTLING TO REGAIN STRENGTH

 

SINCE THE END OF MAY THE KENNEL HAS EXPERIENCED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF BAD LUCK WHERE INJURY IS CONCERNED FORCING MANY OF ITS REGULAR RUNNERS TO BE SIDELINED. SINCE THEN VILLAGE FARM HAS BEEN MORE LIKE A HOSPITAL THAN A RACING KENNEL AS STAFF FACE A DAILY BATTLE TO REHABILITATE ITS INJURED STARS. MY WIFE LIZ IS PICTURED ABOVE ULTRASOUNDING FARLOE KRAVEN, A VERY USEFUL DOG ON HIS DAY, WHO HAS BEEN LAID LOW BY INJURY.  SUBSEQUENTLY THE NUMBER OF GREYHOUNDS ABLE TO RACE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO MONMORE HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE FIGURE IS CURRENTLY AROUND TWENTY.

 

YOURS TRULY WOULD RATHER  NOT RAKE OVER THE COALS AS TO WHY THIS HAS HAPPENED AS IN TRUTH IT HAPPENS TO NEARLY AL THE KENNELS AT THIS TIME OF YEAR BUT THIS YEARS NUMBERS ARE UNPRECEDENTED. ALL WE CAN DO IS CONTINUE TO WORK AT GETTING OUR RUNNERS AVAILABLE TO MONMORE AGAIN AND HOPE THAT THEY APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF ALL CONCERNED. WE MUST ALSO THANK OUR OWNERS FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION AND PATIENCE OVER RECENT MONTHS AS THEY ARE REALLY THE PEOPLE WHO BEAR THE BRUNT OF SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. YOUR LOYALTY ,AS ALWAYS, WILL NEVER BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.

 

 

PUPS ARE LOOKING JUST ACE !!

 

PICTURED ABOVE IS YOURS TRULYS 10 MONTH OLD (ALMOST 11) DOG SAPLING BY THE FORMER CHRIS ALLSOPP TRAINED CHAMPION TRACKER BALLYMAC ACE. IN MY INFINATE WISDOM I DECIDED TO CALL HIM 'ACE OF PACE' SO LETS HOPE I DONT END UP WITH EGG ON MY FACE FOR DOING SO!! THE LITTER ARE OCTOBER 12 WHELPS AND THE FIVE PUPS THAT STAYED CONNECTED TO THE KENNEL ARE ALL DOWN IN NORTH WALES AND HAVE HAD A TERRIFIC START. THEY ARE BY PARADISE DIGICOM, A DAUGHTER OF WONDERDAM PARADISE ALANNA, THAT WAS BOUGHT BY OWNER CHRIS BIRKENHEAD AS A POTENTIAL BROOD.

 

THESE ARE ACES FIRST LITTER AND THE SIGNS ARE ALL GOOD. ALL THE LITTER HAVE 'DRAGGED' WELL AND ARE ALL KEEN HUNTERS. NOBODY WOULD BE HAPPIER THAN US IF THEY TURNED OUT A NICE LOT AS I PERSONALLY HAVE GREAT FAITH IN THE DOGS CHANCES OF HAVING A GREAT STUD CAREER. I KNOW CHRIS (ALLSOPP) FEELS THE SAME AND HAS BACKED HIM WITH MANY OF HIS OWN BROODS. FINGERS CROSSED THAT ALL INVOLVED, INCLUDING ACE OF COURSE, RECIEVE THEIR JUST DESSERTS!!

 

 

 

FUNDAY MONDAY FOR BANK HOLIDAY

 

TODAYS SEES MONMORE GREEN HOST ONE OF ITS MEGA POPULAR FUNDAY-MONDAY EVENTS AND LARGE CROWDS ARE EXPECTED. LADBROKES STAGE THESE EVENTS ON BANK HOLIDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THEY ALWAYS RECIEVE A WARM RESPONSE. FAMILIES FLOCK TO THE STADIUM AND ENJOY THE RACING AND VARIOUS OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGE GROUPS.

 

GET YOURSELF ALONG THERE TODAY IF YOU ARE ABLE TO AND SAMPLE THE FRIENDLY  ATMOSPHERE AS WELL AS ENJOYING THE RACING !!

 

 

 

LEE STILL FOR SALE IS A CRIME !!

 

DAY TO DAY EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS IN THE SPORT OF GREYHOUND RACING NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME BUT I MUST CONFESS THAT EVEN I AM SOMEWHAT SPEACHLESS AT THE LACK OF INTEREST RECIEVED FOR PURCHASING MONAGEA LEE! THIS DOG HAS BEEN OFFERED FOR SALE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR WEEKS NOW AND I HAVE CONSTANTLY ENTHUSED ABOUT THE VALUE I SEE IN HIM FOR ANY POTENTIAL OWNER YET STILL HE'S OWNED BY YOURS TRULY!

 

THE EARLY PACED BRINDLE (ABOVE T6) HAS GREAT WIN RATIO AND WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE WITH AGE. HE'S NOT TWO FOR ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS! HE IS MAKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE GRADES WITH BREATHTAKING EARLY PACED PERFORMANCES AND WILL NEXT WEEK CONTEST AN OWNERS BONUS SERIES FINAL WORTH £500 TO THE WINNING OWNER. CAPTURED BEAUTIFULLY BY OUR GREAT FRIEND DAVID YANEZ IN THE ABOVE PHOTO MONAGEA LEE IS AN ABSOLUTE STEAL FOR ANY WOULD-BE BUYER, HE IS OFFERED FOR JUST £750 AT PRESENT AND I AM PREPARED TO HOLD TO THAT EVEN THOUGH THE DOG COULD EARN TWO THIRDS OF HIS PURCHASE PRICE BACK IN HIS FIRST RUN SHOULD SOMEONE SNAP HIM UP BEFORE NEXT FRIDAY!

 

 

MYSTERIO DIGS DEEP FOR VICTORY

 

SANDRA O SULLIVAN AND ALAN BRANDOMS FARLOE MYSTERIO (T6) HAD TO DIG VERY DEEP TO PREVAIL IN LAST NIGHTS TOP GRADE STAYING EVENT AT MONMORE. IN RECENT MONTHS YOURS TRULYS HAD NOTICED A DEFINATE DETERIATION IN THE NUMBER OF GREYHOUNDS LEADING FROM TRAPS OVER THE 630 DISTANCE, I CAN RECALL ONLY TWO LEADING FROM TRAP RISE! IN  THE PAST TRAP SIX WAS A REALLY GOOD BREAKING BOX AND FARLOE MYSTERIO, WHO NEEDS TO LEAD EARLY TO WIN OVER SIX BENDS WAS A VERY GOOD STARTER. HOWEVER HE HAS ONLY MANAGED TO LEAD OUT OF THE SECOND BEND JUST ONCE IN HALF A DOZEN ATTEMPTS LEADING ONE TO PONDER IF THERE HASN'T BEEN SOME ADJUSTMENT OR REALIGNMENT TO THE TRAPS OVER THE FAR SIDE?

 

IN ANY CASE LAST NIGHT HE LED OFF THE FOURTH BEND WITH HEADLEYS LARK CUTTING OUT THE EARLY RUNNING. MYSTERIO OVERCAME RENEWED CHALLENGERS AND CROWDING AT THE FIFTH BEND TO LEAD OFF THE LAST AND REPEL THE LATE EFFORT OF MORDRED SAUL BY THE MINMUM DISTANCE. IT WAS A VERY BRAVE EFFORT BY THE DOG WHO IS SOON TO REACH VETERAN STATUS BUT CONTINUES IN GOOD HEART FOLLOWING UP ON HIS CREDITABLE SECOND TO GUINESS SPARKY AT HOVE LAST WEEK OVER FOUR BENDS.

 

 

 

MONTY BATTLES ON TO WIN FINAL

 

LONGWOOD MONTY A REAL FAVOURITE AMONG THE STAFF AND MANY OF THE OWNERS AT VILLAGE FARM GOT UP CLOSE HOME TO NICK THE OWNERS BONUS SERIES FINAL AT MONMORE YESTERDAY. OVERCOMING PLENTY OF PROBLEMS AND INTERFERENCE AT THE FIRST BEND MONTY STEERED A MIDDLE COURSE DOWN THE BACKSTRAIGHT AND CAME UNDERNEATH DOGS ON THE RAILS TO OBTAIN A  CHALLENGING POSITION OFF THE LAST. TRACKING BEAUTIFULLY HE THEN SWITCHED TO THE OUTSIDE  OF THE TRACK TO AVOID TROUBLE AND POWERED HOME TO GRAB LONG TIME LEADER CHOICE OF CHAMP IN THE SHADOW OF THE POST!

 

VICTORY HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR THE BIG FELLA AFTER A GRACILLUS INJURY THREATENED TO END HIS CAREER SOMEWHAT PREMATURELY. ALL CREDIT TO LIZ AND THE REST OF MY STAFF THEY WORKED TIRELESSLEY WITH MONTY TO ACHIEVE FITNESS AND RACING CONDITION. WELL DONE TEAM !!

 

 

 

BIG THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT

 

LAST NIGHTS APPEARANCE BY YOURS TRULY ON RPGTV SEEMED TO GO WELL AND AFTER A VERY STICKY START TO THE TIPPING THE WINNERS FLOWED RELATIVELY WELL. BIG THANKS TO THE TEAM AT RPGTV DW. HOBBSY, JK, BEVERLEY AND CLIVE FOR MAKING IT SUCH AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE AND A MASSIVE THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT TOOK THE TIME TO SEND EMAILS AND TWEETS. JK DESCRIBED IT AS AN ASTONISHING NUMBER OF EMAILS AND I AM HUMBLED BY THE RESPONSE. MANY THANKS AND BIG LOVE TO YOU ALL.

 

FROM A RACING ASPECT WE HAD MIXED FORTUNES. MONAGEA BEAUTY RETURNING FROM SEASONAL REST SHOCKED US WITH VICTORY IN THE FIRST AND PARADISE PACIFIC PRODUCED YET ANOTHER SCINTILATING PERFORMANCE TO PREVAIL CLOSE HOME IN THE A1. SADLY THOUGH DYNAMIC PAT, RETURNING FROM A 10 MONTH ENFORCED LAY OFF DUE TO INJURY TORE HIS GROIN QUITE SEVERLEY AND WILL NOW BE RETIRED. SAD NEWS AFTER ALL OUR EFFORTS TO REHABILITATE PAT AND A MASSIVE THANKS TO STEVE MEIKE, WHO CO-OWNS WITH YOURS TRULY, FOR ALL HIS PATIENCE AND BELIEF IN THE DOGS RETURN, A TOP GUY AND A GREAT OWNER.

 

 

 

APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE !!

 

YOURS TRULY WOULD TO APOLOGISE IN ADVANCE FOR ANY MISDEMEANERS THAT MAY OCCUR DURING TONIGHTS SCREENING OF RPGTV'S BROADCAST OF RACING FROM MONMORE AND HOVE. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW BY NOW I WILL BE JOINING DW AND HOBBSY IN THE STUDIO FOR TONIGHTS PROGRAMME AND UNFORTUANTELY AIRING MY SELECTIONS FOR THE EVENING RACING! AS ALWAYS I'LL DO MY BEST, BUT, AS THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH ME FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME WILL KNOW OTHER PEOPLES GREYHOUNDS ARE NOT MY STRONGEST SUBJECT AND NEITHER IS TIPPING!! IN FOR A PENNY IN FOR A POUND THOUGH, THATS MY MOTTO AND HOPEFULLY I WONT BE TOO SORE ON YOUR POCKETS!! LOL

 



 

 

 

WITH US RIGHT FROM THE START

 

OUR LATEST OWNER PROFILE IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST SENTIMENTAL TO LIZ AND I AS IT PROFILES OUR LONGEST STANDING OWNER DOUG WARLAND. DOUG HAS BEEN WITH US FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY AND HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUPPORTER AND BELIEVER IN THE KENNEL AND LIZ AND MY ABILITY TO SUCCEED. INDEED IT WAS A CHANCE MEETING WITH DOUG AT OXFORD ONE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THAT WAS THE CATALYST FOR YOURS TRULY TO FIRST BECOME INVOLVED WITH THE SPORT OF GREYHOUND RACING. SO IF WANNA BLAME ANYONE ............ BLAME DOUG! LOL

 

DOUG GAVE (NOT SOLD)  LIZ AND I HIS TRANSIT VAN WHEN WE FIRST TOOK OUT OUR LICENCE SO THAT WE HAD A SUITABLE VEHICLE TO TRAVEL THE DOGS IN. HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST PERSON TO ASK ME TO PURCHASE HIM A DOG TO RUN UNDER OUR CHARGE. THAT BITCH, LIGHTNING DRAW TURNED OUT TO BE OUR FIRST EVER WINNER WHEN WERE ATTACHED TO MILTON KEYNES. IN THE FOURTEEN YEARS THAT WE HAVE TRADED DOUG WARLAND HAS ALWAYS HAD A GREHOUND IN OUR KENNEL. OUR FRINDSHIP GOES BACK 30 YEARS TO WHEN DOUG WAS MY FOOTBALL MANAGER AS A TEENAGER. HE ALSO USED TO COME AND WATCH ME BOX WHENEVER HE COULD. HE IS A VERY CLOSE FRIEND TO BOTH LIZ AND I AND WE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE LOYALTY AND FRIENDSHIP HE HAS SHOWN US. NOW 73 HE HAS NOT BEEN IN THE BEST OF HEALTH OF LATE YET HE STILL FINDS TIME TO VISIT THE KENNEL (ABOVE) WITH HIS WIFE MARGARET WHO ALSO ENJOYS BEING AROUND THE GREYHOUNDS. ALL OF US AT LILYPAD RACING WISH DOUG A FULL RECOVERY AND ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT ...... QUITE SIMPLY, DOUG WARLAND IS A GREAT GUY!

 

 

HOPE AGAIN FOR THE OTHER HALF

 

ENDLESS HOPE, OWNED BY MY WIFE LIZ WON HER 20TH RACE WHEN TAKING THE FIRST AT MONMORES BAGS YESTERDAY. HOPE IS A MEMBER OF THE HONDO BLACK X TINY LIGHT  LITTER HOMEBRED HERE AT VILLAGE FARM FOR OWNER JONATHAN MILES. THE MAJORITY OF THE LITTER REMAINED AT OXFORD WHEN WE MOVED TO MONMORE BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH OUR CLOSE TIES WITH JON AND THE MILES FAMILY WE HAVE ALWAYS KEPT A KEEN INTEREST IN THEIR CAREERS. THEY HAVE A BEEN A GREAT LITTER, BETWEEN THEY HAVE NOTCHED UP 143 WINS FROM 685 RUNS. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT OF THE EIGHT MEMBERS ONLY TWO OF THE LITTER ARE DOGS THESE FIGURES ARE VERY GOOD INDEED. SIX BITCHES MEANS ALOT OF SEASONS AND THEREFORE ALOT OF RACES RUN WHEN NOT AT THE  PEAK OF THEIR CONDITION. MANY OF THE LITTER REACHED TOP GRADE AT OXFORD AND A COUPLE OF THEM WON AN OPEN BUT WHATEVER THEIR GRADE THEY HAVE ALL BEEN REGULAR WINNERS, A PRICELESS COMODITY TO ANY OWNER! LIGHT THE WAY, ABSINTHE, FOLLOW THE LIGHT, A LITTLE LIGHT, DUBLINYOURMONEY, UP IN LIGHTS , BLUE LIGHT AND ENDLESS HOPE ...... TAKE A BOW, YOU'VE  PROVIDED THE MILES FAMILY WITH LOTS OF GREAT NIGHTS AND LONG MAY IT CONTINUE. 

 

RIO ROARS TO IMPRESSIVE VICTORY

 

PETE DAWSON AND MICK LOWES PARADISE RIO ROARED TO VICTORY IN IMPRESSIVE FASHION AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. SHOWING GRETA TENACITY AT THE FIRST TURN THE SEPTEMBER 11 WHELP MADE IT THREE WINS IN SEVEN STARTS AS HE PWERED AWAY TO WIN BY A COMFORTABLE MARGIN OF SIX LENGTHS. ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE SETTLED, THE YOUNGSTER IS WINNING PLENTY AND IF HE CAN JUST PUT THE WHOLE PACKAGE TOGETHER ON THE NIGHT I FEEL SURE HE COULD DO A FAST RUN. HE IS DEFINATELY ONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO WIN AND BEING A HONDO BLACK MAY YET STEP UP ON RECENT EFFORTS WITH AGE.

 ACE PUPS ARE NOW 10 MONTHS

 

OUR BALLYMAC ACE X PARADISE DIGICOM LITTER ARE NOW 10 MONTHS AND CONTINUE TO PLEASE. REARED IN THE WELSH COUNTRYSIDE, THE LITTER OF ALL BLACKS ARE REALLY LOOKING THE PART AND SEEM TO HAVE ALL THE ATTRIBUTES NEEDED TO MAKE UP INTO DECENT GREYHOUNDS. THE DOG IN THE PICTURE OWNED BY CHRIS BIRKENHEAD, OWNER OF THE DAM, IS AROUND 72LBS AND REALLY MOVES BRILLIANTLY. ALL THE OTHERS ARE DOING WELL TOO AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM EARLY IN THE NEWYEAR AT VILLAGE FARM WHEN THEY WILL HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SCHOOLING.

 

 

PEBBLE AND LEE IN BAGS DOUBLE

 

LONGWOOD PEBBLE (ABOVE) AND MONAGEA LEE PROVIDED THE KENNEL WITH A WELCOME DOUBLE AT YESTERDAYS MONMORE BAGS MEETING. FOR PEBBLE IT WAS HIS SECOND VICTORY OF THE WEEK (HAVING WON ON MONDAY) AND A SIGN THAT THE DOG MAY BE STARTING TO FIND SOME OF HIS OLD FORM. A RETURN TO SIX BENDS MAY SOON BE ON THE CARDS. MONAGEA LEE WAS THE SUBJECT OF MY LAST BLOG, I SAID THEN THAT THIS BOY HAD DECENT EARLY GEARS AND AS IF TO PROVE MY POINT HE BOLTED FROM HIS TRAP SIX BERTH TO MAKE ALL IN 28.96. HE HAS LOTS TO LEARN AND IS FAR FROM THE FINISHED ARTICLE BUT HE HAS WHAT IT TAKES TO BECOME A REALLY NICE SORT. AT £750 THIS BOY IS A BARGAIN, FOR MORE DETAILS GO TO THE FOR SALE SECTION ON THIS WEBSITE.

 

SPECIAL MENTION FOR THE INCOMPARABLE PARADISE PACIFIC WHO WON THE LADBROKES 630M OPEN ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER ADRENALIN FILLED PERFORMANCE, HE IS RUNNING VERY WELL AT PRESENT AND IS RAPIDLY BECOMING A MONMORE GREEN FAVOURITE!