GREAT SERVANT KUDOS RETIRES
KENNEL FAVOURITE KILLISHIN KUDOS (TRAP 1) HAS BEEN RETIRED FROM RACING AND WILL NOW BE RE-HOMED. BARNEY, AS HE IS KNOWN TO ALL AT THE KENNELS, HAS JUST PAST HIS FIFTH BIRTHDAY AND UNFORTUNATELY RUPTURED A FLEXOR TENDON IN THE NEAR FORE IN A RECENT RACE AT MONMORE. YOURS TRULY AND OWNER BARRY WARNER TOOK THE OBVIOUS DECISION TO EXCUSE HIM FROM FURTHER DUTIES AS THIS WOULD HAVE REQUIRED SURGERY AND A MINIMUM OF 2-3 MONTHS REHABILITATION TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO RACE AGAIN. HE CAN REST NOW AND ENJOY A LESS HECTIC LIFESTYLE THAT HE'S DEFINATELY EARNED, THE DOG GAVE HIS ALL IN EVERY RUN AND DID BARRY AND US PROUD.
BARNEY MANAGED A COMBINED 130 RACES IN HIS MONMORE AND OXFORD CAREERS. HE ONLY WON 17 TIMES, BUT PROBABLY LED TO THE RUN IN A FURTHER 70 IN HIS RACING, BUT HE NEVER REALLY GOT THE DISTANCE AT MONMORE AND THE 450M AT OXFORD SUITED HIM FAR BETTER. BARRY BOUGHT HIM FROM OUR FORMER OWNER CHRIS KYME ALONG WITH ANOTHER BRINDLE STEEL DIAMOND WHO ALSO DID HIM PROUD. ALL THE STAFF AND OWNERS ALIKE LOVE THIS FELLA AND ALL WOULD TESTIFY TO NEVER SEEING HIM ANY OTHER WAY BUT HAPPY. HE'S A FRIENDLY WONDERFUL GREYHOUND WHO LOVES PEOPLE AND WAS A JOY TO WORK WITH. HE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED WHEN HE GETS HIS PLACEMENT BUT ALL OF US HERE WISH HIM ALONG AND HAPPY RETIREMENT WITH PLENTY OF TREATS AND LOADS OF 'SOFA TIME!'