FOND MEMORIES OF GEORGE HUDSON

 

TODAY SEES US SAY FAREWELL TO GEORGE HUDSON (SNR) WHO SADLY LEFT US ON 25TH DECEMBER 2013. THERE IS NO HARDER DUTY THAN SAYING GOODBYE TO A LOVED ONE AND SO OFCOURSE TODAY WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR ALL GEORGES FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE LEAVES BEHIND GEORGE (JNR), VALERIE, SHEILA AND OF COURSE MY WIFE LIZ, ASWELL AS MANY GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALL OF WHOM WILL ENSURE THAT HE IS ALWAYS REMEMBERED.

 

FOR YOURS TRULY MEMORIES OF GEORGE THAT WILL NEVER FADE WILL BE HIS LOVE OF HORSE AND GREYHOUND RACING AND OF A GAMBLE IN GENERAL. HE ALWAYS KEPT IT SENSIBLE BUT HE RARELY WENT A DAY WITHOUT A BET. MORE SPECIFIC RECOLLECTIONS THAT WILL STAY WITH ME FOR EVER WILL BE HE AND I ATTEMPTING TO CUT JASON HARRIS'S HAIR, OUR SYNCHRONISED REACTION TO DAVID BECKHAMS GOAL FOR ENGLAND AGAINST GREECE, HIS CONSTANT SWITCHING OVER OF THE TV DURING COMMERCIAL BREAKS AND HIS INSISTANCE ON SAYING 'OH BL**DY HELL, I'VE SEEN THIS ONE!' EVERY TIME HE AND I WOULD WATCH SOMETHING ON SKY GOLD!!

 

TODAY WE SAY FAREWELL TO GEORGE BUT HE'LL NEVER REALLY LEAVE US, HE WAS VERY PROUD OF WHAT LIZ AND I WERE TRYING TO DO WITH  OUR LIVES AND LOVED COMING TO THE DOGS WHEN WE HAD RUNNERS. WHAT WE DO IN LIFE WE DO FOR OURSELVES OF COURSE, BUT KNOWING THAT OTHERS ENJOY YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND SHARE YOUR PAINS MAKES IT ALL THE MORE WORTH WHILE. GOODBYE OLD FRIEND

 

 

ARTHUR (ASHES) A FITTING WINNER

 

FARLOE ASHES OR ARTHUR AS HE IS KNOWN TO ALL AT THE KENNELS WAS A FITTING WINNER OF THE COLINS 40TH BIRTHDAY STAKES AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT ON A DAY WHICH SAW THE PASSING OF A COMEDY GREAT IN ROGER LLOYD PACK.

 

OWNER JON MILES CALLED THE STRAPPING BLUE FAWN ARTHUR AFTER AN EPISODE OF HIS FAVOURITE COMEDY 'ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES' IN WHICH LLOYD PACK BRILLIANTLY PLAYED THE 'ONE SLICE SHORT OF A LOAF'  CHARACTER TRIGGER. LIKE ROGER, JONS GREYHOUND HAS GIVEN HIM PLENTY TO SMILE ABOUT IN RECENT YEARS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A BIG FAVOURITE, A POIGNIANT END TO A SAD DAY. RIP ROGER LLOYD PACK

 

LEE CONTINUES UP THE GRADE

 

MONAGEE LEE HAS CONTIUED TO IMPROVE IN RECENT FOR OWNERS ANN CROFT & BEN HUGHES. ANN & BEN BOUGHT THE PACEY BRINDLE AFTER READING MY BLOG IN WHICH I EXPRESSED MY AMAZEMENT THAT NOBODY HAD COME IN TO PURCHASE HIM WHEN HE WAS BEING OFFERED AT SUCH A REASONABLE PRICE. LEE WAS OFFERED FOR SALE ON THIS WEBSITE FOR WEEKS FOR JUST £800 AND DESPITE WINNING RACES EARLY IN HIS CAREER A BUYER COULD NOT BE FOUND!

 

ON SATURDAY NIGHT LEE WILL CONTEST A2 GRADE AT MONMORE, A VERY DECENT STANDARD INDEED, AND HE STARTED HIS RACING LIFE IN A9. ANN & BEN HAVE HAD GREAT FUN WHATEVER HAPPENS FROM HERE ON IN AND YOURS TRULY COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR THEM.

 

A WORD OF WISDOM FOR ALL YOU THAT PERUSE THIS SITE, FARLEY JAXX IS A PUP WITH A DECENT FUTURE, HE COULD WELL BE A MONAGEA LEE AND A BIT MORE. HE'S LOOKING FOR A NEW OWNER .......... DON'T MISS OUT!!

 

 

BARRYS GOT A GOOD EYE FOR SURE

 

BUTCHER BARRY WARNER MUST HAVE A GOOD FOR THE LADIES AS HE SAW SOMETHING IN HONEYGAR KATE AT HALL GREEN SALES THAT PASSED ME BY COMPLETELY! I WAS AT THE BAR URCHASING 'REFRESHMENT' WHEN BARRY STUCK HIS HAND UP AND BOUGHT KATE FOR WHAT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE RELATIVELY SMALL MONEY.

 

AFTER GETTING OVER THE CHANGE OF KENNEL KATE BEGAN TO SETTLE NICELY AND HER RESULTS ON THE TRACK IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY AND SHE WENT ON A RUN OF FOUR SUCCESSIVE VICTORIES THAT SAW HER CLIMB FROM A9 TO A4. SHE WAS A JOINT WINNER OF 'THE BITCH OF THE MONTH' FOR NOVEMBER AND YOURS TRULY AND HEAD LAD MICK ANDERSON HAPPILY RECIEVED THE TWO PRESENTATION JACKETS ON BARRYS BEHALF AT LAST NIGHTS MEETING. GOOD STUFF BAZZA!!