FARLOE 'SUPERMAN' ON THE MEND
APART FROM BEING A LEGEND AMONG THE SPORTS BREEDERS DES (FARLOE) LOUGHREY IS ALSO A GREAT FRIEND AND MENTOR TO YOURS TRULY. DES HAS GIVEN BOTH LIZ AND I GREAT SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR THE BEST PART OF 14 YEARS SINCE WE WERE FIRST ASSOCIATED. AS A BREEDER/REARER YOU WILL FIND NOBODY BETTER IN THE UK AND AS A PERSON YOU'D NEED TO CAST YOUR NET MUCH FURTHER. DESPITE MANY SETBACKS IN RECENT YEARS, INCLUDING THE LOSS OF HIS WONDERFUL WIFE BERNIE, DES RETAINS ALL HIS ZEST AND ENTHUSIASM TO PRODUCE THE RACING GREYHOUND. EVERY YEAR HE WANTS NOT ONLY TO YIELD A BETTER CROP THAN THE YEAR BEFORE BUT TOO PRODUCE A DOG BETTER THAN HE EVER HAS BEFORE.
DES HAS UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE SURGERY OVER THE PAST WEEK AND HAS NEEDED ALL HIS STRENGTH AND COURAGE. HIS CHILDREN SAY TO ME: '.... THE TROUBLE IS PAT HE'LL NOT SLOW DOWN, HE THINKS HE'S SUPERMAN!' WELL TO COME THROUGH WHAT HE'S HAD TO ENDURE IN THE PAST WEEK HE'S NEEDED TO BE BUT THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT HE WOULD AND THAT HE'LL BACK IN FARLOW LANE DOING WHAT HE LOVES JUST AS SOON AS HE'S ABLE.
THANKFULLY DAUGHTER JENNIFER & SON GARY REPORT THAT HE IS NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION AND RECOVERING WELL WHICH WAS GREAT NEWS. DES WON'T THANK ME FOR WRITING THIS BLOG, HE IS A QUIET AND VERY UNASSUMING MAN, YOU WON'T FIND MANY PHOTOS (ALTHOUGH YOU WOULDN'T THINK SO IN HIS POSE ABOVE! LOL) DESPITE THE VOLUME AND MAGNITUDE OF THE WINNERS HE'S BRED IN HIS TIME IN THE SPORT. BUT I FELT I HAD TO WRITE THIS AS BOTH LIZ AND I AND MANY OF OUR OWNERS ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE MET DES AND BEEN ALLOWED SHARE HIS FRIENDSHIP. HE IS, WITHOUT DOUBT, THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON MY CAREER TO DATE AND LONG MAY HIS INPUT & MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR FRIENDSHIP CONTINUE.
