DROOPYS BETSON RETIRES
MIXED EMOTIONS FOR ALL AT THE KENNEL THIS WEEK AS ONE OF OUR FAVOURITES DROOPYS BETSON (SERGE) LEFT US TO TAKE UP HOME IN STEVENAGE WITH PAUL AND SHARON THORNE. DESPITE VARIOUS ATTEMPTS OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS HE WAS STRUGGLING TO RETURN FROM A RUPTURED FCU TENDON OWNER JON MILES AND I TOOK THE DECISION TO RETIRE HIM GRACEFULLY RATHER THAN RISK FURTHER INJURY.
BETSON CONTESTED AN ALL OPEN RACE CAREER BARRING HIS LAST RACE, AN A1 CONTEST AT MONMORE WHICH SAW HIM INJURED AND FINISH DOWN THE FIELD. THAT APART, HE HAS HAD A BRILLIANT CAREER RUNNING WINNING OPENS ON SIX DIFFERENT TRACKS! HE MADE THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE WIMBLEDON PUPPY DERBY (MISSING THE FINAL BY A SHD) HE MADE THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE PALL MALL, THE SEMI-FINAL OF THE STEEL CITY CUP, THE FINAL OF THE LADBROKES SUMMER FESTIVAL (ABOVE T3) AND WON OPENS AT ROMFORD, OXFORD, MONMORE, BRIGHTON, SHEFFIELD AND SWINDON ON SKY IN A SUPPORTING RACE ON LAURELS FINAL NIGHT.
HE HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO WORK WITH AND GAVE THE KENNEL AND HIS OWNER SOME MEMORABLE NIGHTS. BIG THANKS TO SHARON AND PAUL FOR GIVING HIM THE RUN OF THEIR HOME AND TAKING HIM IN AS PART OF THEIR FAMILY. HAVE FUN BOY!!
