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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.