WOOD FAMILY 'DRAM' UP NEW STOCK

 

THE WOOD FAMILY, MARTIN (LEFT) RICHARD (RIGHT) STUART AND ROGER HAVE RECENTLY PLACED TWO YOUNG GODSEND PUPS WITH US TO TRAIN FOR THEM. THE TWO BLACKS (SEEN ABOVE) ARE TO CARRY THEIR NEW PREFIX 'WHISKY' WHICH BARES REFERENCE TO THE FAMILYS SCOTTISH CONNECTION. THE DOG IS APOLLO AND THE BITCH IS PATTINI AND THEY ARE JULY 13 WHELPS THAT CAME OVER FROM IRELAND AFTER BEING SCHOOLED BY  MARTIN TUCKER. THEIR DAM BORNA FENCE HAS ALREADY BEEN LUCKY FOR THE WOODS AS SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THEIR CRACKING BITCH SIDELIGHT. THE PAIR WILL TRIAL AT MONMORE SHORTLY AND LIZ AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK RICHARD AND THE LADS FOR ENTRUSTING THEM TO US. THE WOOD FAMILY ALSO BOUGHT A BITCH FROM OUR OUR DROOPYS SCOLARI X ROEVIEW BEAUTY LITTER WHICH THEY NAMED WHISKY UPLOAD. SHE IS OVER WITH TUCKER BEING REARED AT HIS MOUNT CASHEL FACILITY. FINGERS CROSSED FOR THE FUTURE !!

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL

 

WE AT LILYPAD RACING WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OUR OWNERS AND SUPPORTERS THE VERY BEST FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR HELP AND ADVICE OVER THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS AND WISH THEM THE VERY BEST FOR CHRISTMAS. WE ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THINKOF THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN US AROUND THE WORLD AND FINALLY, TAKE THE TIME TO REMEMBER ABSENT FRIENDS.

 

 

REST IN PEACE DESSIE LOUGHREY

 

YESTERDAY SAW THE PASSING OF A TRUE LEGEND OF THE GREYHOUND WORLD WHEN DES LOUGHREY OF LIMAVADY, CO. DERRY PASSED AWAY AFTER A BATTLE WITH CANCER. DES HAD BRED GREYHOUNDS FOR FIFTY YEARS AND HAD BUILT THE FARLOE NAME UP TO ICONIC STATUS THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY. TO THOSE WHO KNEW HIM HOWEVER HE WAS A VERY PRIVATE MAN, WHO SHYED AWAY FROM THE LIMELIGHT AND PREFERED TO LET HIS WORK DO HIS TALKING. HE ALWAYS HAD TIME FOR PEOPLE AND WAS NEVER TO BUSY TO OFFER ADVICE OR SUPPORT AND THIS WAS DUE TO HIS LOVE OF WHAT HE DID. EVRY YEAR HE WANTED TO BREED ONE FASTER THAN HIS LAST. FOR ME HE WAS BRITAINS GREATEST REARER/BREEDER BUT HE WAS ALSO A TRULY GOOD FRIEND. LIZ AND GOT TO KNOW THE LOUGHREY FAMILY VERY WELL AND DES, AND HIS WIFE BERNIE (WHO HE'LL NOW BE REUNITED WITH) INSTALLED VALUES AND PRINCIPALS IN TO THEIR CHILDREN THAT WILL LIVE ON FOREVER. THE LOUGHREYS KNOW THE 'RIGHT' WAY TO DO THINGS.

 

REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND, I, WE'LL NEVER FORGET YOU ....

 

KENNEL HITS FORM WITH 4 WINNERS

 

AFTER A LENGTHY PERIOD OF UNDERPERFORMING THE KENNEL AT LAST SEEMS TO BE FIRING AGAIN. LASY NIGHT SAW US RETURN 4 WINNERS, A SECOND & TWO THIRDS FROM SEVEN RUNNERS AS THE DOGS REALLY HIT PEAK FORM.

 

GIRLS ON FILM OWNED BY MARK & VANESSA NEWTON MADE TWO WINS ON THE BOUNCE AS DID CASUAL GENT FOR FOOTBALL SYNDICATE THE CASUAL GENTS. FARLOE LILY, IN ONLY HER THIRD STRART, GOT OFF THE MARK FOR MY WIFE LIZ AND COULD BE A NICE PROSPECT DESPITE AND INJURY SETBACK WHEN SCHOOLING. THE LAST OF THE FOUR WAS CORLEY ROYAL WHO WON HIS HEAT OF THE OWNERS BONUS SERIES WITH A FINE BACK RUNNING PERFORMANCE THAT GOES TOTALLY AGAINST THE GRAIN. WELL DONE TO ALL THE DOGS AND THEIR OWNERS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING OUR LEAN SPELL.