IT'S A ROLLERCOASTER AT TIMES !!
TO SAY THIS SPORT PROVIDES A ROLLERCOASTER OF FORTUNE (AND CONSEQUENTLY EMOTIONS) WOULD BE THE UNDER STATEMENT OF THE CENTURY. FIFTEEN MINUTES CAN BE A LONG TIME IN GREAT RACING!! YOU CAN BE UP AFTER ONE RACE AND DOWN AFTER THE NEXT. YESTERDAY WAS DEFINATELY ONE OF THOSE DAYS. THE FIRST RACE ON MONMORES BAGS MEETING SAW LOST IN PARADISE RECORD HER FIRST VICTORY, VERY NICE TOO. THEN A COUPLE OF RACES LATER FARLOE CALVERA, OFF THE TRACK FOR AROUND FIVE MONTHS MADE A WINNING RETURN, AND ALL GOING WELL ........... THREE RACES LATER AND PROMISING YOUNGSTER MARLEY WAY SUFFERS A LETHAL INJURY AND YOU'VE GONE FROM THE TOP OF THE WORLD CRASHING TO THE GROUND!! LIZ AND I AND THE STAFF WERE MORTIFIED AT THE LOSS OF A LOVELY GREYHOUND AND THE FIFTEEN PROUD OWNERS INVOLVED IN THE MANLEY RACING SYNDICATE WERE LEFT STUNNED AND IN SHOCK. FOR YOURS TRULY THE DAY HAD TO CARRY ON AS WE HEADED TO NOTTINGHAM FOR OPEN RACING. DROOPYS DAD MISSED OUT ON QUALIFICATION FOR HIS MAIDEN COMPETITION AND THE WOES LOOK SET TO CONTINUE UNTIL TWO RACES LATER WHEN THE EVER CONSISTENT CHANGING SKY SAILED TO A FIVE LENGTH VICTORY IN THE SPRINT. THE UPS AND DOWNS OF GREYHOUND RACING NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE !!!!!