MYSTERIO & PALS IN BAGS TREBLE

 

THE 'EVERGREEN' FARLOE MYSTERIO (ABOVE) WAS THE SECOND PART OF A WONDERFUL TREBLE FOR ALAN BRANDOM AND THE O'SULLIVANS (JIM & SANDRA) AT YESTERDAYS BAGS MEETING AT MONMORE. FAST APPROACHING HIS FIFTH BIRTHDAY THE WIDE RUNNING BLACK SWOOPED CLOSE HOME TO WIN BY TWO LENGTHS IN A CALCULATED 28.79, THE FASTEST OF THE DAY. A FORMER PALL MALL AND WIMBLEDON PUPPY DERBY FINALIST THIS FELLA RETAINS ALL HIS ZEST FOR RACING EVEN NOW.

 

THE FIRST PART OF THE KENNELS TREBLE ALSO A WIN FOR A RETURNING OWNER WHEN FINAL BIG MIKE, OWNED BY THE O' SULLIVANS, BRANDOM AND BOB MCFARLANE PREVAILED LATE HOME AT THE SECOND TIME OF ASKING IN A PLEASING 29.09. BOB JOINED FORCES WITH HIS PALS TO PURCHASE BIG MIKE AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE GREYHOUND BUT TO HIS CREDIT HE HAS REMAINED OBJECTIVE AND LIZ AND I WERE VERY HAPPY THAT A WIN CAME HIS WAY.

 

PRECOIOUS PUPPY FARLOE TANNER WAS THE ANCHOR MAN OF OUR TRIO WINNING THE LAST IN TRAP TO LINE FASHION AT HIS SECOND TIME OF ASKING. A VERY POWERFUL SON OF CASHEN LEGEND THIS BOY MAY TAKE TIME TO REALISE HIS FULL POTENTIAL BUT HE CAN CERRTAINLY RUN WHEN GIVEN CHANCE TO. MANY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL CONNECTED IN WHAT PROVED TO BE A VERY REWARDING MEETING. WE RAN 10 GREYHOUNDS, HAD THREE WINNERS, FOUR SECONDS AND A THIRD.  TESTIMONY TO THE KENNELS WELL BEING AT PRESENT.

 

 

SKYS THE LIMIT FOR THE SCOTS

 

CHANGING MANAGED ANOTHER A1 VICTORY LAST NIGHT AND CONTINUES TO PROVIDE HIS SCOTTISH OWNERS THE GTLC SYNDICATE WITH A DREAM FIRST EXPERIENCE OF MONMORE GREEN. A RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE PURCHASE THE SON OF BLACK SHAW CONTINUES TO IMPRESS AND HAS BEEN ULTRA CONSISTANT OVERTHE PAST SIX MONTHS. THE FOUR LADS THAT OWN HIM HAIL FROM EDINBURGH AND HAVE VISITED MINMORE ON A NUMBER OF OCCASSIONS INCLUDING THE SECOND LEG OF THE BAGS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP (ABOVE)WHERE SKY WAS ALSO VICTORIOUS. INFACT SKY CAME OUT ON TOP IN ALL THREE OF HIS BAGS CHAMPIONSHIP RACES AND PROVED A VALUABLE MEMBER OF MONMORES TEAM. WHATEVER LIES AHEAD THE LADS CAN STICK THEIR CHESTS OUT BECAUSE ALTHOUGH HE ISN'T THE FASTES GREYHOUND IN TRAINING HE CERTAINLY IS A REGULAR WINNER AND THEY ARE NOT EASY TO COME BY ....... LONG MAY IT CONTINUE.

 

ANY SIGNS OF IMPACT IS WELCOME

 

PRIMO IMPACT MAKES A WELCOME RETURN TO RACING TONIGHT AT MONMORE TO HOPEFULLY END WHAT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE PERIOD FOR HIS OWNER PAT (PJ) BRENNAN. PAT  (ABOVE WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN) BOUGHT THE DOG BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR OUT OF SWINDON WHERE HE RAN IN GOOD GRADE. IT WAS HIS FIRST GREYHOUND WITH US SINCE THE SAD DEMISE OF BITCH GOWNA STAR THAT SADLY BROKE DOWN WHEN TRIALLING IN AFTER WE JOINED FROM OXFORD. UNFORTUNATELY IMPACT FRACTURED HIS HOCK IN HIS FIRST RACE FOR US AND HAS BEEN OFFTHE TRACK EVER SINCE. PAT IS A GOOD FRIEND AND AS ALWAYS HE HAS GIVEN US AND HIS GREYHOUND EVERY CHANCE AND FOR THAT LIZ AND I THANK HIM DEARLY. LETS HOPE HE CAN GET A SUSTAINED PERIOD OF RUNNING AND REACH FULL FITNESS SO THAT PAT CAN COME TO MONMORE AND ENJOY HIS RACING AGAIN.

 

 

KENNEL FINDS FORM AT LAST

 

FOLLOWING A VERY SLOW FEBRUARY THE KENNELS FORM IS SLOWLY BEGINNING TO IMPROVE. BACK-TO -BACK TREBLES ON SATURDAY AND MONDAY PLUS A DOUBLE ON FRIDAY SAW US REACH DIZZY HEIGHTS WITH OUR RUNNERS REALLY FINDING THEIR. HUGE THANKS FROM LIZ AND TO MICK AND STAFF FOR HANGING IN THERE AND CONTINUING TO APPLY THE SAME ROUTINE AND VALUES WHEN THINGS WENT SLOW. KENNELS DO RUN IN AND OUT OF FORM, THERES NOTHING SURER, AND WITHIN A GRADING SYSTEM GOOD RUNS WILL ALSO BE FOLLOWED BY NOT QUITE SO GOOD AS HOUNDS REACH THEIR GRADE ETC. THIS YEAR WILL SEE US INTRODUCE MANY NEWS DOGS TO MONMORE GREEN AND THEY TAKE TIME TO BED IN BUT WHEN THEY HAVE  IM SURE OUR GOOD FORM CAN CONTINUE.

 

 

MAGIC LAYS BUILDERS FIRST COURSE

 

NEW OWNERS THE COUSINS FAMILY OF KINGS SUTTON ENJOYED A 'NIGHT TO REMEMBER'  YESTERDAY AT MONMORE WITH THEIR PUPS BUILDERS MAGIC AND BELLA BOTH TASTING VICTORY FOR THE FIRST TIME. BELLA GAVE A VERY DETERMINED PERFORMANCE TO PREVAIL IN THE SHADOW OF THE POST IN ONLY HER SECOND CONTEST EVER WHILE MAGIC SHOWED REAL PROMISE WHEN LEADING AT THE THIRD TO WIN BY AN INCREASING EIGHT LENGTHS IN A VERY COMMENDABLE 29.09 AT THE THIRD TIME OF ASKING.

 

BERNARD COUSINS AND HIS BROTHER TONY HAVE ENJOYED PLENTY OF SUCCESS OVER MANY YEARS REARING AND RACING GREYHOUNDS UNDER THEIR 'BUILDERS' PREFIX AND BELLA AND MAGIC LOOK SET TO CONTINUE THAT TREND. ONLY OCTOBER 12 WHELPS (BY KINLOCH BRAE OUT OF DUAL TV TROPHY WINNER MIDWAY SKIPPER) THEY HAVE STAMINA IN ABUNDANCE AND WITH NATURAL IMPROVEMENT SHOULD  BLOSSOM WHEN TRIED OVER A LONGER DISTANCE.

 

LIZ AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BERNARD, TONY, CLIFF AND ALL OF THE COUSINS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG AND FRUITFUL ASSOCIATION.

 

 

LYNETTE JOINS THE OWNERS RANKS

 

LYNETTE WARNER JOINED THE RANKS OF OWNERS AT VILLAGE FARM WHEN PURCHASED HER BALLYMAC ACE BITCH 'OUR SAVANNAH' AS  A PUP SOME TWELVE MONTHS AGO. NOW SAVANNAH IS BACK WITH US FROM OUR REARER, SCHOOLED, AND READY TO HEAD FOR MONMORE. LYNETTE (WIFE OF LOYAL OWNER BARRY WARNER) PICKED HER NAME WITH REFERENCE TO HER GRANDAUGHTER IN THE HOPE THAT IT WOULD BE LUCKY FOR ALL CONNECTED AND SHE IS EXCITED TO OWN A GREYHOUND OF HER OWN. THE WARNERS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTERS OF OUR KENNEL FOR MANY YEARS AND DESPITE HAVING A ROUGH TIME OF LATE BARRY, SON JAMIE AND NOW LYNETTE CONTINUE TO ENJOY THEIR GREYHOUNDS. BARRYS PARADISE PACIFIC NARROWLY MISSED OUT ON MONMORES DOG OF THE YEAR IN 2013.

 

LIZ AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME LYNNY TO OUR 'OFFICIAL' OWNERS LIST AND OF COURSE WISH SAVANNAH ALL THE BEST FOR A LONG AND FRUITFUL RACING CAREER.

 

 

FARLOE ASHES RETIRES WITH RITA

 

FARLOE ASHES, A KENNEL FAVOURITE WITH STAFF AND OWNERS ALIKE, HAS RETIRED TO THE LANCASHIRE HOME OF RITA LOUGHREY. RITA WHO IS SISTER-IN-LAW OF DES 'FARLOE' LOUGHREY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY EVER SINCE THE PUP WAS NAMED AS IT WAS IN MEMORY OF HER LATE HUSBAND WHOS ASHES WERE SCATTERED ON THE GALLOP AT FARLOW LANE. SINCE THAT DAY RITA HAS FOLLOWED THE BIG BLUE FAWNS PROGRESS, THRILLED WITH HIS SUCCESS AND HOPING THAT HE'D KEEP SAFE.

 

IN HIS EARLY DAYS WITH US ASHES OR 'ARTHUR' AS HE IS BETTER TO US, WAS A PROLIFIC OPEN RACE SPRINTER WINNING EIGHT OF HIS FIRST ELEVEN SPRINTS. HE WON OPENS AT HOVE, SHEFFIELD, NOTTINGHAM AND ROMFORD IN A CAREER THAT SAW HIM REACH THE FINAL OF THE NATIONAL SPRINT AND THE CORAL GOLDEN SPRINT, A CATEGORY ONE FINAL AT ROMFORD. HIS CAREER STATS READ 20-67, WINING 10 OPENS (5 ON THE BOUNCE).

 

AFTER INJURY HE WAS RESTRICTED TO GRADED RACING AND DESPITE NOT REALLY STAYING THE 480 AT MONMORE CONTESTED GRADES FROM A1 - A3. HIS OWNER, JON MILES, AND YOURS TRULY TOOK THE DECISION TO RETIRE THE DOG BEFORE ANY INJURY AND HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FIVE IN SEPTEMBER. HE WAS A GREAT SERVANT AND A BRILLIANT DOG AROUND THE KENNEL. HE WAS MY WIFE LIZS FAVOURITE AND SHE AND I AND ALL THE STAFF WILL MISS HIM JUST AS MUCH AS JON. BUT HE HAS A GREAT HOME WITH RITA, AND HE'S ALREADY MADE HIMSELF COMFY (ABOVE) SO ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL AND WE WISH HIM A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE OF LUXURY.

 

 

FANCY A CHANCE AT PARADISE?

 

OWNER CHRIS BIRKENHEAD IS NOW OFFERING MEMBERS OF HIS HEAD BOUND X PARADISE DIGICOM LITTER FOR SALE. THESE ARE A LOVELY LITTER THAT HAVE PROGRESSED WELL DESPITE THE HARSH WEATHER. CHRIS IS ONLY SELLING TO MAKE HIS BREEDING PROJECT VIABLE, THE DAYS OF KEEPING WHOLE LITTERS NOW SADLY LONG SINCE GONE.

 

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BITCHES AVAILABLE AND AT LEAST ONE DOG. HOWEVER, THE DOGS BEING BRED EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS SHELBOURNE TRACK HOLDER AND ANTE POST DERBY FAVOURITE PARADISE MADISON ARE PRICED ACCORDINGLY. THESE ARE THE VERY BEST OF BLOODLINES AND CHRIS HAS PRICED HIS BITCHES TO SELL TO MAKE WHAT HES KEEPING FROM THE LITTER FINANCIALLY VIABLE. FIRST TO SEE WILL BUY .....THESE ARE NICE PUPS!!

 

CONTACT CHRIS ON:  07766695095

DOGS £1400   BITCHES £375

 

 

WISHING THE WIZARD OUR BEST

 

WISHBONE WIZARD A NOVEMBER 12' WHELP BY CRACK SPRINTER JIMMY LOLLIE AND RICHARD TABERNERS BROOD DROOPYS RIHANNA JOINED US YESTERDAY FROM CATH EDWARDS FARM IN ELLESMERE. A BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN, 'BRUCE' AS HE IS KNOWN WAS GIVEN AS A PRESENT BY RITCHIE TO THE LADS IN THE STABLES TAVERN SYNDICATE AT JUST 12 WEEKS. SINCE THEN CATH HAS REARED HIM WITH FULL FREEDOM AND TO MY MIND SHE HAS DONE A CRACKING JOB TO BOOT!!

 

BRUCE WILL BE TRIALLING AT MONMORE IN THE NEXT WEEKS AND LIZ AND I WOULD LIKE TO WISH BRUCE AND THE ALL THE LADS INVOLVED ALL THE VERY BEST FOR THE FUTURE.

 

 

SKIPPER PUP MAGIC DEBUTS TONIGHT

 

BULIDERS MAGIC OWNED BY THE COUSINS FAMILY (KINGS SUTTON) DEBUTS TONGIHT AT MONMORE IN THE FIFTH RACE AN A7 EVENT OVER 480 METRES. BRED BY HENRY CHALKLEY (OUT OF DUAL TV TROPHY WINNER MIDWAY SKIPPER, ABOVE) AND REARED BY BERNARD COUSINS THIS STRIKING BRINDLE WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF LOTS OF EXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER BY MANY CONNECTED TO THE KENNEL THAT HAVE MORE THAN A 'KEEN' INTEREST. OBVIOUSLY BERNARD, HIS BROTHER TONY AND CLIFF COUSINS AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY WILL BE CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO SEE MAGIC DO WELL BUT ALSO COLIN & KIM EDWARDS (OWNERS OF MISS POPPY SOCKS AND FARLOE BASHFUL) WILL BE FOLLOWING THE PUPS PROGRESS AS THEY VERY KINDLY GAVE A HOME TO SKIPPER WHEN HENRY & PAT CHALKLEY DECIDED THAT SHE BE RETIRED AS A BROOD. THEN THERES OUR VERY OWN LIZ CURTIN WHO PUTS SKIPPER UP AS HER FAVOURITE GREYHOUND (OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN RUNNERS OF COURSE) IN RECENT YEARS!!

 

TONIGHT MAY NOT BE MAGICS NIGHT AS WE ARE SURE THAT HIS FUTURE LIES IN A DISTANCE WELL IN EXCESS OF 480 METRES, BUT THERE WON'T BE MANY MORE PUPS RUNNING TONIGHT AT MONNY WITH SUCH A HEFTY WEIGHT OF ANTISCIPATION THAN HIM THATS FOR SURE. WE'D LIKE TO WISH THE COUSINS FAMILY, AND MAGIC OF COURSE OUR BEST AND HERES HOPING THIS BEAUTIFUL GREYHOUND GOES ON TO BETTER THINGS!!