TRANSITION PERIOD CONTINUES
AT LILYPAD RACING WE ARE NOW WELL IN TO THE TRANSITION PERIOD I SPOKE ABOUT IN THIS BLOG AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. LILYPAD OWNERS ENJOY THEIR GREYHOUNDS TO THE FULL AND GIVE THEM EVERY CHANCE OF A FULL RACING CAREER AND A SUITABLE HOME. FOR THESE REASONS WE, AS A KENNEL, EXPERIENCE PERIODS OF SLIGHT STAGNATION WHEN OUR STRENGTH CONTAINS A MAJORITY OF OLDER GREYHOUNDS THAT MAY HAVE PAST THEIR PRIME YET STILL ENJOY THEIR RACING.
AFTER THESE PERIODS A RE-STOCK HAS TO TAKE PLACE AND AS WE LIKE TO WORK WITH AS MANY YOUNG GREYHOUNDS AS POSSIBLE THIS CAN ALSO MEAN PERIODS OF STAGNATION AND LEAN SPELLS AS THOSE YOUNG HOUNDS COME TO GRIP WITH THE MONMORE TRACK AND IT'S GRADING SYSTEM. THAT IS THE STAGE WE'RE AT NOW! MANY OF THE YOUNG PUPS THAT WE AND OUR OWNERS BRED AND BOUGHT HAVE GRADED BUT ARE STILL FINDING THEIR FEET. WE CAN'T INFLUENCE THIS PERIOD MUCH SAVE TO KEEP THE GREYHOUNDS HAPPY HEALTHY AND SOUND, THEY WILL HAVE TO COME THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE AND PROGRESS UP THE LADDER OF THEIR OWN DOING AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS WE'LL PROGRESS AS A KENNEL TOO. PATIENCE IS VERY MUCH THE NAME OF THE GAME!!
