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.

 

 

WORTHY PROVES A WORTHY WINNER

 

WORTHY ACE OWNED BY STALWART OWNER ALAN BRANDOM PREVAILED IN THE SHADOWS OF THE POST TO LAND THE FARLOE KRAVEN & FARLOE MYSTERIO RETIREMENT STAKES AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. THE RACE WAS SPONSORED BY JIM AND SANDRA O' SULLIVAN AND OF COURSE ALAN BRANDOM WHO WERE THE OWNERS OF THE TWO HOUNDS THAT HAVE RECENTLY RETIRED. DESPITE ADMITTING TO BEING SLIGHTLY EMBARASSING TO WINNING HIS OWN RACE ALAN WAS DELIGHTED IN THE MANNER SHE RAN COMING FROM A SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE POSITION TO GET UP CLOSE HOME.

 

LITTER BROTHERS FARLOE KRAVEN AND MYSTERIO WERE GREAT SERVANTS FOR THEIR OWNERS AND FOR THE KENNEL AND BOTH RICHLY DESERVE SOME TIME ON THE SOFA. KRAVEN LIVES WITH THE O' SULLIVANS BUT MYSTERIO IS STILL IN NEED OF A LOVING HOME!

WE'LL JUST KEEP PLUGGING AWAY

IT WOULDN'T TAKE A BRAIN SURGEON TO DEDUCE THAT THE KENNEL HAS HIT A LULL IN PERFORMANCE IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT OR SO, BUT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THIS TIME OF YEAR, REGULAR CHANGES TO THE WEATHER MEAN THAT BUGS ARE RIFE AND KENNEL SICKNESS CAN REAR IT'S UGLY HEAD. THE TERM KENNEL SICKNESS COVERS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF AILMENTS INCLUDING GASTRIC PROBLEMS AND COUGH. OUR PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN GASTRIC WITH LOSS OF APETITE, VOMMITING OR LOOSE MOTIONS IN OUR GREYHOUNDS. OFCOURSE ITS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO SPOT AND EVEN WHEN WE DO AND WE WAIT TILL ITS SEEMINGLY PASSED THE DOGS CAN STILL UNDERPERFORM FOR UP TO A FORTNIGHT OR SO. ALL WE CAN DO IS STAY CALM, KEEP TO OUR ROUTINE AND WAIT TILL THIS PASSES THROUGH WHICH IT WILL IN DUE COURSE.

 

MONMORE PULL CLEAR IN CHAMPS

 

TEAM MONMORE EXTENDED THIER HOME LEG ADVANTAGE IN EMPHATIC FASHION AT PERRY BARR ON TUESDAY IN THE SECOND LEG OF THE BAGS CHAMPIONSHIP MIDLAND DIVISION. THE TEAM WON SIX OF THE RACES AND WERE STRONG IN DEFEAT IN THE OTHERS TO PULL OUT A LEAD OF OVER 40 POINTS GOING IN TO THE FINAL HEAT AT HALL GREEN. WELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED !!

 

LILYPADS DANIEL NOW 3 FROM 3

 

LILYPAD RACING KENNEL HAND AND YOURS TRULYS SON DANIEL MADE IT 3 WINS FROM 3 CONTESTS WHEN SCORING A POINTS DECISION IN WEYMOUTH ON SATURDAY NIGHT. BOTH LIZ AND I TRAVELLED DOWN TO WATCH DAN TAKE ON AN OPPONENT FROM PORTSMOUTH IN A 3 ROUND BOXING MATCH. MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT DAN IS PRACTISED IN BUT NEVERTHELESS HE BOXED WELL AND CLEARLY WON A DECISION. WELL DONE BOY FROM A PROUD FATHER AND FAMILY AND ALL AT LILYPAD RACING.

 

KENNELS CLOSED NOV 1ST & 2ND

 

OWNERS AND VISITORS ARE ADVISED THAT THE KENNELS WILL BE CLOSED ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1ST AND SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2ND DUE TO STAFF HOLIDAYS. WE APOLOGISE SINCERELY FOR ANY INCONVIENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE BUT LIZ AND I WILL BE ON OUR ANNUAL BREAK AND THE REMAINING STAFF WILL HAVE PLENTY ON THEIR PLATE WITH THE RACING SCHEDULE, PUPS AND PREPARATION FOR THE THE BAGS CHAMPIONSHIP SECOND LEG. HUGE THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION IN THIS MATTER.

CLASSY LITTER AT THE DOUBLE

THE HOME BRED APRIL 2011 LITTER OF BLACKSTONE GENE X SHOW CLASS (PICTURED ABOVE AT 12 WEEKS), WHILE BEING FAR FROM WORLD BEATERS CONTINUE TO NOTCH UP THE WINS AND HER TWO SONS IN THE KNOW AND FARLEY GENE OBLIGED TO GIVE THE KENNEL A DOUBLE AT MONDAYS BAGS MEETING. THEY'VE RACKED UP RUNS QUITE QUICKLY BUT THEIR WIN RATIOS ARE FAIR AND THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT LITTER FOR THE KENNEL. CLASS WAS A LITTER SISTER TO WINDY MILLAR AND WAS RECENTLY HOMED BY ALISON BANDURAK AND HER TEAM AT MONMORES RGT.

MYSTERIO BOWS OUT IN STYLE

FARLOE MYSTERIO OWNED BY JIM & SANDRA O'SULLIVAN AND ALAN BRANDOM CHARGED HOME TO  TAKE THE LAST RACE ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARN HIMSELF A WELL EARNED RETIREMENT IN THE PROCESS. 'DAVE' AS HE'S KNOWN TO US ALL HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL SERVANT TO HIS OWNERS AND THE KENNEL AND JIM, SANDRA & ALAN WANTED HIM TO BOW OUT ON A HIGH. THE SON OF HONDO BLACK, WHO HAD HIS FIRST RACE AT MONMORE IN A3 AND WON IT HAS NOW HAD HIS LAST, ALSO AN A3, AND WON THAT TOO. IN BETWEEN HE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER THAT SAW HIM REACH THE FINAL OF THE CORAL SUSSEX PUPPY CUP AND THE PALL MALL AS WELL AS BEING RUNNER UP IN THE WIMBLEDON PUPPY DERBY WHEN BEATEN JUST OVER A LENGTH BY EDEN STAR. 

MYSTERIO IS FIVE IN A FORTNIGHT AND ALL CONCERNED ARE DELIGHTED THAT HE LEAVES THE SPORT AS HE CAME IN TO IT, TOTALLY INJURY FREE. HE HAS HAD A HOME WAITING FOR HIM FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO AND WILL NO DOUBT BE PAMPERED FOR THE REST OF HIS DAYS. LIZ AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK JIM, SANDRA & ALAN FOR GIVING US THE PRIVILEGE TO TRAIN SUCH A TERRIFIC DOG AND THANK 'DAVE' HIMSELF FOR THE WONDERFUL NIGHTS HE GAVE US. BLESS YOU DAVEY!!

 

 

OWNERS DAY B-B-Q ON AUGUST 24TH

 

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF LAST YEARS EVENT (AS PROMISED) OUR ANNUAL OWNERS DAY B-B-Q WILL BE ON SUNDAY AUGUST 24TH. ALL OWNERS ARE WELCOME AND SO TO ARE OUR FRIENDS AND ANYONE CONTEMPLATING OWNERSHIP WITH US AT LILYPAD RACING. THERE WILL BE A BARBECUE (COURTESY OF BARRYS OF CARTERTON) AND REFRESHMENTS AND ALSO A BOUNCY CASTLE  FOR THE KIDS TO ENJOY. PLEASE CONTACT YOURS TRULY ASAP TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST SO THAT WE HAVE SOME IDEA HOW MANY TO CATER FOR. SEE YOU ALL THERE !!

 

 

LOTS OF WORK TO GET EM BACK

 

WE HAVE MANY GREYHOUNDS WE HOPE WILL RETURN TO FROM ENFORCED LAY-OFFS TO THE RACING STRENGTH AT MONMORE IN THE COMING FORTNIGHT. THIS TIME OF YEAR ALWAYS PLAYS HAVOC WITH OUR NUMBERS AS THE MONTHS OF JUNE TO SEPTEMBER ALWAYS RETURN THE WORST FIGURES FOR INJURY AT EVERY TRACK. QUITE WHY THIS IS WE NEVER REALLY UNDERSTAND BUT PERHAPS THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THE NEED TO ARTIFICIAL WATER THE TRACKS PROVIDE A PLAUSEABLE ANSWER.

 

WHAT MANY OF THOSE WHO FREQUENT GREYHOUND TRACKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY DON'TREALISE IS THE DAILY WORK THAT GOES IN TO THE REHABILIATION OF THE DOGS. AT VILLAGE FARM WE HAVE ALL THE MAJOR INJURY TREATMENT FACILITIES INCLUDING ULTRASOUND, LASER, MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY, SPA AND CARNISSAGE MASSAGE PROCESS. NO STONE IS LEFT UNTURNED HERE AND WE REGULARLY VISIT TWO OF THE COUNTRYS LEADING VETS SIMON GOWER AND DANIEL DOHERTY AS WELL AS HAVING MONTHLY VISITS FROM GREYHOUND OESTOMYOLOGIST ROB MEEK.



 

 

LILYPAD CREW REMAIN FOCUSED

 

DESPITE THE KENNELS RECENT INACTIVITY AND SOMEWHAT OF A LULL IN FORTUNE YOURS TRULY AND THE STAFF AT VILLAGE FARM ARE ALL WORKING TIRELESSLY UNTIL THINGSD SWING ROUND. UNFORTUNATELY YOU GET PERIODS LIKE THIS, ALL KENNELS EXPERINCE THEM AND WITH MANY OF OUR HOUNDS SIDELINED THROUGH INJURY OR SESON WE ARE OPERATING WITH A SKELETON STRENGTH AT PRESENT. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A GOOD PEROID KNOW THAT WE ALWAYS COME AND WE WILL ALWAYS RETAIN OUR PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE JOB IN HAND. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR OWNERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND FOR PROVIDING US WITH A PRODUCT TO WORK WITH.

BILLY HAS BIG SYNDICATE PEDIGREE

 

WHEN BILLY BRENNAN AND I CHATTED ABOUT SYNDICATES AND THE POSSIBILTY OF FORMING SYNDICATES FROM OUR KENNEL IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE MAN KNEW HIS STUFF! BILLY HAS CURRENTLY GOT SYNDICATES RUNNING ON CRAYFORD, ROMFORD AND SHEFFIELD AND HAS A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING WITH GROUP OWNERSHIP. SYNDICATES ARE A GOOD WAY IN TO THE SPORT. FOR  THOSE THAT DON'T WANT TO COMMIT TO SOLE OWNERSHIP AS THEY ARE NOT SURE IF THE SPORT SUITS THERE PERSONA OR THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DEVOTE TO IT, OR ARE SIMPLY LOOKING TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF OTHERS LET HAVING GREYHOUND RACING FORM PART OF THEIR SOCIAL LIVES SYNDICATES & RACING CLUBS ARE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. WHEN YOU ARE PART OF A CLUB OR SYNDICATE GREYHOUND RACING CAN BE AS BIG OR AS LITTLE A PART OF YOUR LIFE AS YOU WISH.

 

BILLY AS A SYNDICATE MANAGER IS THERE TO DEAL WITH THE MEMBERS, GIVE GUIDANCE AND (WHERE POSSIBLE) AND CATER TO THEIR EVERY WISH. HE WILL WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOURS TRULY TO BRING ALL THE INFO REQUIRED ABOUT THE GREYHOUNDS THAT ARE SYNDICATED TO ENSURE EVERYONE INVOLVED ENJOYS THE EXPERIENCE. WE ARE THRILLED TO BE WORKING WITH BILLY AND HOPE TO HAVE A LONG & FRUITFUL RELATIONSHIP.

 

ANYONE INTERESTED IN JOING THE LILYPAD RACING CLUBS FIRST SYNDICATE CAN CONTACT BILLY ON 07825757039 OR YOURS TRULY (PAT CURTIN) ON 07795097574.

CALVERA IS THE NEW CLUBS FIRST

THE NEW LOOK LILYPAD RACING CLUB IS NOW OFFERING SHARES IN ITS FIRST SYNDICATE AIMED AT FIRST TIME OWNERS OR THOSE WHO ENJOY THE GRADED SCENE. THERE ARE 10 SHARES  TO THE VALUE of £100 IN FARLOE CALVERA WHO HAS JUST RETURNED FROM SEASONAL REST AND WAS NARROWLY BEATEN  AT MONMORE ON SATURDAY IN A6 GRADE. 'VERA', AS SHE IS KNOWN AT THE KENNELS, IS A STRONG RUNNER AND WILL BE GRADED OVER 630 METRES IN THE COMING WEEKS. SHE HAS A GOOD WIN RATIO AND BEING A JULY 12 WHELP HAS PLENTY OF SCOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT.

SYNDICATE MEMBERS WILL RECIEVE REGULAR INFO IN THE FORM OF TEXTS AND TWEETS AND HAVE ALL THE SAME PRIVELIGES AS THOSE WITH SOLE OWNERSHIP. SHARE HOLDERS WILL RECIEVE A SHARE CERTIFICATE CONFIRMING THEIR 10% STAKE IN VERA AND WILL BE RESPONSIBLE  FOR  10% OF ALL KENNEL FEES SHOULD ANY ARISE AFTER PRIZE MONEY IS DEDUCTED.

MONMORE GREEN OFFERS SOME OF THE BEST PRIZE MONEY IN THE COUNTRY AND GREYHOUNDS RUN REGULAR AND EARN THEIR KEEP ON A REGULAR BASIS.
SYNDICATE MEMBERS WILL BE WELCOME AT THE TRACK AT ANY TIME AND WIL BE KEPT ABREAST OF ALL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING FARLOE CALVERA BY YOURS TRULY OR BY OUR NEW SYNDICATE MANAGER BILLY BRENNAN.

SHARES ARE SELLING WELL AND THERE ARE JUST 5 REMAINING, INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTACT PAT CURTIN ON 07795097574 OR BILLY BRENNAN ON 07825757039 FOR FULL INFO.

NEW SYNDICATES SOON TO LAUNCH

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THE CASUAL GENTS (ABOVE) AND THE MANLEY RACING SYNDICATES A NEW SYNDICATE/RACING CLUB WILL BE LAUNCHED BY US AT LILYPAD RACING WITHIN IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS. IT WILL BE AIMED AT FIRST TIME OWNERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR AN INEXPENSIVE ENTRY IN TO THE SPORT AT THEIR LOCAL TRACK. TO THAT END THE GREYHOUND INVOLVED WILL BE A YOUNG GRADED DOG WITH SCOPE TO IMPROVE. LIZ AND I HAVE SECURED THE SERVICES OFA YOUNG, DYNAMIC AND WELL ESTABLISHED SYNDICATE MANAGER WHO HAS ALREADY MENTORED SUCCESSFUL SYNDICATES AND RACING CLUBS AROUND ENGLAND. WATCH THIS SPACE !!!

 

LYNNYS OFF THE MARK AS AN OWNER

 

LOYAL SUPPORTER LYNETTE WARNER TASTED VICTORY FOR THE FIRST TIME AS AN OWNER ON SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN THE HOMEBRED 'OUR SAVANNAH' MADE EVREY STRIDE A WINNING ONE AT THE EIGHTH ATEMPT. LYNNY, ALONG WITH HUSBAND BARRY & SON JAMIE HAVE HAD GREYHOUNDS IN OUR CHARGE FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE AND POSITIVE OF THE KENNELS APPROACH. THEY HAVE ENDURED A ROUGH RUN OF LUCK OF LATE ON A LARGE SCALE BUT HAVE ALWAYS REMAINED CALM AND NEVER BEEN NEGATIVE. LIZ AND I WERE REALY CHUFFED THAT LYNETTE ENJOYED HER FIRST SUCCESS AND THE FACT THAT HER BITCH WAS NAMED AFTER HER GRANDAUGHTER AND WAS BRED AT VILLAGE FARM MADE IT ALL THE MORE SWEETER.

 YOUNG DOGS BY TOP SIRES AT THE RIGHT PRICES

 

THE KENNEL  CAN NOW OFFER SOME YOUNG UNRACED GREYHOUNDS FOR SALE. THERE ARE TWO APRIL 13' BALLYMAC MAEVE WHELPS ( W/BE AND A BE) AND TWO DROOPYS SCOLARI BLUE DOGS THAT ARE MAY 13. ALL THE DOGS WERE REARED BY ONE OF IRELANDS TOP BREEDERS  ARE VERY WELL BRED AND  HAVE SCHOOLED SHOWING REAL PROMISE. THEY ARE REALISTICALLY PRICED AND ARE READY FOR NEW OWNERS. PLEASE CONTACT YOURS TRULY WITHOUT DELAY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT.

 

 

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 !!!!!

 

 

SCOLARI PUPS ARE REAL BEAUTYS

 

THURSDAY SAW THE ARRIVAL OF OUR LATEST LITTER OF PUPS BY DROOPYS SCOLARI AND ROEVIEW BEAUTY. THERE WERE SEVEN IN TOTAL, 3 DOGS AND 4 BITCHES. BEING BY SCOLARI THEY ARE OF COURSE BALCKS AND BLUES AND ARE ALL DOING VERY WELL. BEAUTY IS A NATURAL WHEN IT COMES TO MOTHERHOOD AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THESE PUPS FOLLOW IN HER FOOTSTEPS AS A VERY USEFUL TRACKER.

 

BEAUTYS FIRST LITTER, BY PREMIER FANTASY, ARE NOW TEN MONTHS OLD AND CONTINUE TO IMPRESS!!

 

 

MAISIES WIN WELL WORTH THE WAIT

 

FARLOE MAISIES WIN AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT KIND OF PUT THE KENNELS RECENT LULL IN FORM IN TO PERSPECTIVE FOR LIZ AND I AND ALL THE STAFF AT VILLAGE FARM. MAISIE IS OWNED BY DOUG & MARGARET WARLAND (ABOVE) AND HAS HAD VERY FEW WINS IN HER CAREER OF LATE MAINLY DUE TO SEASONS AND INJURY. DOUG HASN'T ENJOYED THE BEST OF HEALTH HIMSELF THIS PAST YEAR AND IF EVER THERE WAS JUST CAUSE TO YELL 'GIVE' HE HAD IT. HE OPITIMISES THE OLD SAYING THAT 'THERE'S ALWAYS SOMEONE WORSE OFF THAN YOU' AND YET HE HAS NEVER GOT ANIMATED AND HAS ALWAYS REMAINED OBJECTIVE AND POSITIVE THROUGHOUT AND FOR THAT WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL.

 

MAISIES LONG LOSING SPELL IS THE LEAST OF DOUGS WORRIES BUT TO BE HONEST IT MEANT A LOT TO LIZ AND I TO SEE HER WIN EVEN IF IT WAS THE BOTTOM GRADE. DOUG HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE OUR FIRST DAY AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE KENNEL AND A BELIEVER IN LIZ AND MINES ABILITIIES. BIG THANKS TO DOUG AND MARGARET AND A BIG WELL DONE TO MAISIE.

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ CURTIN

 

I'M PROBABLY A LITTLE BIASED BUT I BELIEVE THAT MY WIFE IS ONE IN A MILLION !! TO FIND A WOMAN THAT SHARES AN INTEREST IN GREYHOUND RACING CAN BE TRICKY, TO FIND A WOMAN PREPARED TO PUT UP WITH THE  TIME A PERSON WHO WORKS WITH GREYHOUNDS DEDICATES TO THEM INSTEAD  IS EVEN HARDER, BUT TO FIND A WOMAN WHO'S PREPARED TO STAND BESIDE YOU EVERY DAY AND WORK THEIR FINGERS TO THE BONE IN THE NAME OF GREYHOUND RACING MAKES YOU A LUCKY MAN INDEED !!

 

THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OR HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH LILYPAD RACING  KNOW ONLY TOO WELL THAT LIZ DEVOTES EVERYTHING TO HER FAMILY AND THE DOGS THAT WE CARE FOR. I KNOW THE ESTEEM IN WHICH ALL OUR OWNERS HOLD AND HOW SHE ASTOUNDS MOST WITH HER ENTHUSIASM AND WORK ETHIC. APART FROM THAT LIZ IS JUST A LOVELY LADY THAT WOULDN'T BE OUT OF PLACE IN ANY WALK OF LIFE. SO FROM YOURS TRULY, THE STAFF AND ALL THE OWNERS AT VILLAGE FARM .... HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ !!!

 

 

PATIENCE PAYS FOR THREE MORE

 

THE KENNEL HAD THREE FIRST TIME WINNERS OVER THE WEEKEND IN FIRE LINE, WORTHY ACE AND FINAL BIG PIKE. ITS ALWAYS GREAT TO GET A FIRST WIN WITH A GREYHOUND AND SADLY SOME TAKE ALOT LONGER THAN OTHERS AND AT TIMES THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIRSELVES. WORTHY ACE IS A HOMEBRED  OCTOBER 12 TWELVE PUP, SHES ONLY YOUNG AND NEEDS A DISTANCE THAT BELIES HER AGE BUT WE WERE PLEASED TO SEE HER PREVAIL FOR LOYAL OWNER ALAN BRANDOM. THE SAME COULD BE SAID OF FINAL BIG PIKE INITALLY, SHE GRADED EIGHT BUT AFTER 15 RACES (12 OF WHICH WERE DECENT PERFORMANCES) SHE WAS STILL WINLESS IN ALBEIT IN A9 GRADE. SEASONAL REST SAW HER OFF THE TRACK FOR THREE MONTHS AND WHEN SHE RETURNED THE GRADER CARDED HER IN A7 ON THE STRENGTH OF A SOLO TRIAL. HE RELENTED LAST WEEK AND DROPPED HER TO A9 AND SHE DULY OBLIGED.

KAY POWER MCGOWANS FIRE LINE MADE ALL TO WIN HIS FIRST RACE ON FRIDAY AFTER BEING RE-SCHOOLED. ALL THESE OWNERS HAVE GIVEN THEIR GREYHOUNDS AND THE GRADER EVERY CHANCE WITHOUT ONCE MOANING AND FOR THAT WE THANK THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN TRUE SUPPORTERS IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE SPORT.

 

 MARLEY ALL THE WAY FROM EIGHT

 

MARLEY WAY CONTINUED ON HIS JOURNEY FROM A8 TO OPEN CLASS BEFORE HIS SECOND BIRTHDAY WHEN WINNING THE LADBROKES.COM MAIDEN AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. FOR HIS OWNERS THE MANLEY RACING SYNDICATE IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE AS A FLEDGLING IDEA BECAME A REALITY AT THE FIRST TIME OF ASKING. THEIR SYNDICATE IS MADE UP OF STAFF AND CLIENTS OF LOCAL BUSINESS BANBURY HEATING SUPPLIES WHOSE PREMISES ARE BASED IN MARLEY WAY.

AT IT'S CONCEPT THE LADS HAD HOPED TO HAVE A BIT OF FUN FOR SMALL MONEY AND MAYBE PROGRESS DOWN THE LINE TO OPEN CLASS OWNERSHIP IF THE SYNDICATE HELD SWAY. NOW THANKS TO THE POPULAR SON OF JA MANN THEIR AMBITION HAS BEEN REACHED TO SOME DEGREE AND THEY'VE ONLY BEEN FORMED FOR AROUND FIVE MONTHS! LIZ AND I WERE PROUD TO RECIEVETHE TROPHY MARKING THE OCCASSION (ABOVE) AND WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL INVOLVED AND A BIG WELL TO 'JAXX' ON A SUPER EFFORT!! 

 

 

DERBY FEVER BUILDS FOR SEMIS

 

THE WILLIAM HILL DERBY (200K TO THE WINNER) REACHES THE SEMI-FINAL STAGES ON SATURDAY AND THE TWELVE LUCKY OWNERS WILL HAVE SLEPLESS NIGHTS FROM HERE ON IN! IT'S BEEN A WIDE OPEN EVENT THIS YEAR WITHA BUMPER ENTRY AND MANY SHOCKS ALONG THE WAY. AFTER THE FIRST ROUND YOURS TRULY FELT SURE THAT THE PRIZE WOULD BE TAKEN BACK ACROSS THE IRISH SEA BUT AFTER ROUND THREE I FELT THE OPPOSITE. TUESDAYS QUARTER-FINALS WERE NOTHING SHORT OF BREATHTAKING WITH INCIDENT AND EXCITEMENT APLENTY. ITS NOW EVENLY POISED WITH PAT BUCKLEYS MIND THE NET THE FAST WINNER FOR IRELAND BUT MARK WALLIS'S AERO MAJESTIC SEEMINGLY UP TO THE CHALLENGE FOR ENGLAND. IT'S NOT AN ENGLAND VS IRELAND GRUDGE MATCH ITS A SPECTACLE FOR GREYHOUND ENTHUSIASTS FROM BOTH SIDES TO ENJOY IN THE NAME OF THE SPORT AND I FOR ONE CAN'T WAIT!!

WE'LL KEEP GOING  ON AS USUAL

 

IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR ALL OF US AT LILYPAD DESPITE A POOR RUN OF FORM AND A RECENT RUN OF INJURIES. THESE SCENARIOS CHALLENGE YOU AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE YEAR AND WE AT LILYPAD WILL JUST CONTINUEIN THE USUAL FASHION WITH OUR HEADS DOWN AND FOCUSED ON OUR WORK. WE ALL EXPERINECE A LOSS OF FORM OR A RUN OF BAD LUCK AT SOME POINT, ALTHOUGH I MUST CONFESS THAT I WAS SURPRISED BY HOW THE SUDDEN WAY IT STARTED AND THE LENGTH OF TIME ITS LASTED. THERE CAN BE MANY REASONS AND NO REASON SO WE DON'T DWELL ON AS IT ALWAYS TURNS IN THE END. 

 

 

PARADISE AND FANTASY IN DOUBLE

 

BARRY WARNER (ABOVE RIGHT) AND FORMER HANDLER COLIN CALLOW FINALLY RECIEVED SOME REWARD FOR THE PATIENCE THEY'VE SHOWN IN RECENT TIMES AS PARADISE PACIFIC AND LONGWOOD FANTASY PUT UP STIRLING PERFORMANCES TO CLAIM THE SPOILS AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. BARRY (A LONG TIME SUPPORTER OF THE KENNEL) HAS HAD A TORRID TIME OF LATE WITH NEARLY ALL OF HIS SIZEABLE STRING OF GREYHOUNDS TAKING ENFORCED BREAKS THROUGH INJURY OR SEASON. LIZ AND I APPRECIATE THAT ITS NOT EASY GOING THROUGH THOSE TIMES AND BARRY HAS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS THROUGHOUT AND FOR THAT WE ARE TRULY THANKFUL. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIS PARADISE PACIFIC SHOW SOME OF HIS FORMER GLORY AFTER RETURNING RECENTLY FROM MONTHS ON THE SIDELINE AFTER SUFFERING A CAREER THREATENING INJURY. THE BLACKS TERRIFIC BURST OF BACK STRAIGHT HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE HE RACKED A TREMEMNDOUS FOUR-IN-A-ROW BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

 

COLIN CALLOW, A LONG TIME FRIEND OF THE KENNEL AND HIMSELF A VERY ACCOMPLISHED HANDLER, SENT LONGWOOD BOUND AND LONGWOOD FANTASY TO US LAST YEAR AFTER DECIDING TO TAKE A SABATICAL FROM TRAINING TO CONCENTRATE ON HIS BUSINESS INTERESTS. SINCE THEN BOUND HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH INJURY AND FANTASY, WHO IS FIVE NEXT MONTH, HAS RUN WELL AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WITHOUT REAPING MUCH REWARD. IT WAS GREAT TOS SEE HIM BACK TO HIS OLD SELF LAST NIGHT. HE REALLY IS A CLASS ACT AND HAS BEEN A GREAT SERVANT FOR THE CALLOW FAMILY.

 

 

FARLOE 'SUPERMAN' ON THE MEND

 

APART FROM BEING A LEGEND AMONG THE SPORTS BREEDERS DES (FARLOE) LOUGHREY IS ALSO A GREAT FRIEND AND MENTOR TO YOURS TRULY. DES HAS GIVEN BOTH LIZ AND I GREAT SUPPORT AND ADVICE FOR THE BEST PART OF 14 YEARS SINCE WE WERE FIRST ASSOCIATED. AS A BREEDER/REARER YOU WILL FIND NOBODY BETTER IN THE UK AND AS A PERSON YOU'D NEED TO CAST YOUR NET MUCH FURTHER. DESPITE MANY SETBACKS IN RECENT YEARS, INCLUDING THE LOSS OF HIS WONDERFUL WIFE BERNIE, DES RETAINS ALL HIS ZEST AND ENTHUSIASM TO PRODUCE THE RACING GREYHOUND. EVERY YEAR HE WANTS NOT ONLY TO YIELD A BETTER CROP THAN THE YEAR BEFORE BUT TOO PRODUCE A DOG BETTER THAN HE EVER HAS BEFORE.

 

DES HAS UNDERGONE EXTENSIVE SURGERY OVER THE PAST WEEK AND HAS NEEDED ALL HIS STRENGTH AND COURAGE. HIS CHILDREN SAY TO ME: '.... THE TROUBLE IS PAT HE'LL NOT SLOW DOWN, HE THINKS HE'S SUPERMAN!' WELL TO COME THROUGH WHAT HE'S HAD TO ENDURE IN THE PAST WEEK HE'S NEEDED TO BE BUT THERE WAS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT HE WOULD AND THAT HE'LL BACK IN FARLOW LANE DOING WHAT HE LOVES JUST AS SOON AS HE'S ABLE.

 

THANKFULLY DAUGHTER JENNIFER & SON GARY REPORT THAT HE IS NOW IN A STABLE CONDITION AND RECOVERING WELL WHICH WAS GREAT NEWS. DES WON'T THANK ME FOR WRITING THIS BLOG, HE IS A QUIET AND VERY UNASSUMING MAN, YOU WON'T FIND MANY PHOTOS (ALTHOUGH YOU WOULDN'T THINK SO IN HIS POSE ABOVE! LOL) DESPITE THE VOLUME AND MAGNITUDE OF THE WINNERS HE'S BRED IN HIS TIME IN THE SPORT. BUT I FELT I HAD TO WRITE THIS AS BOTH LIZ AND I AND MANY OF OUR OWNERS ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE MET DES AND BEEN ALLOWED SHARE HIS FRIENDSHIP. HE IS, WITHOUT DOUBT, THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON MY CAREER TO DATE AND LONG MAY HIS INPUT & MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR FRIENDSHIP CONTINUE. 

 

 

OWNERS PAY FOR THE PRIVILEGE

 

GREYHOUND RACING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SPORT OF THE PEOPLE. FROM ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS PRE AND POST WAR IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SEEN AS A  GREAT NIGHT OUT THATS ACCESSABLE TO ALL PEOPLE IRRESPECTIVE OF STANDING. OWNING A RACING GREYHOUND GIVES A PERSON OR PERSONS A VESTED INTEREST IN THE RACING ITSELF AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET CLOSER TO WHOLE ETHOS OF THE SPORT. OWNERS PAY GOOD MONEY FOR THEIR HOUNDS AND WE AT LILYPAD RACING BELIEVE THEM TO BE AS ONE IN TERMS OF IMPORTANCE. WE HAVE AND ALWAYS WILL VALUE THOSE THAT ENRUST US WITH THEIR DOGS. WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE OWNER PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF PROFESSIONAL ETTICUT TO ENSURE THAT OWNING A RACING GREYHOUND IS AS PLEASUREABLE AS POSSIBLE TO THOSE WHO PARTAKE. WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL OUR OWNERS CONTINUED BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE AND THANK THEM SINCERELY FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

 

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!!

 

 

GENT STEAMS IN & THRILL TERRACES

 

ACE HI RUMBLE PUP CASUAL GENT STEAMED UP THE HOME STRAIGHT TO THRILL THE LOCALS AND JUSTIFY FAVOURITISM IN A CAREER BEST TO DATE (28.58) AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. OWNED BY A SYNDICATE FORMED FROM A FACEBOOK PAGE KNOWN AS THE 'CASUAL GENTS' THE JULY 12 HAD STORMED THROUGH THE GRADES FROM HIS LOWLY A7 BERTH BEFORE SEEM OT PLATEAU SLIGHTLY IN COMING TO GRIPS WITH A2 GRADE. HIS CONFIDENCE TOOK A KNOCK AND HE HAD TO ENDURE SOME POOR LUCK BUT THE DOG KEPT GOING AND LOOKED BACK TO HIS OLD SELF AGAIN WHEN DELIVERING IN A3.

 

HE IS STILL VERY YOUNG AND IF HE MATURES HOW WE'D LIKE COULD STILL HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE. ONE THING FOR CERTAIN IS THAT HE'S THE APPLE OF HIS OWNERS EYES AND TO THE THEM HE'LL ALWAYS BE 'THE TOP BOY!'

 

 

WE HAVE FAITH IN THE BLOOD

 

OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE HAVE BEEN BUSY CONSTRUCTING A BREEDING PROGRAM THE FRUITS OF WHICH, IN TIME, WE HOPE TO FORM A BACKBONE FOR OUR KENNEL STRENGTH. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING SOME OF THE BROODS WE HAD IN MIND AND THE PROGENY IS NOW REACHING THE TRACK AND RACING FOR US. THE FIRST LITTER BY BALLYMAC ACE (UNPROVEN) AND PARADISE DIGICOM (UNPROVEN) HAVE ALL GRADED AND DESPITE COMING IN LOW HAVE SHOWN THEY ARE GENUINE AND WILL GO ON TO WIN RACES FOR THEIR OWNERS IN TIME. THEY SEEM TO BE STAMINA-BASED (DAM SIDE) IN THEIR RUNNING WHICH MEANS WE WON'T SEE THE BEST OF THEM UNTIL PAST TWO YEARS OLD.

 

WE HAVE ALSO BRED A LITTER BY PREMER FANTASY X ROEVIEW BEAUTY (ABOVE) AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE DAMS FIRST LITTER THE CROSS IS VERY MUCH PROVEN AND HAS THROWN MANY TOP CLASS WINNERS. THEY ARE FAST APPROACHING NINE MONTHS AND ARE HELD IN GREAT ESTEEM BY OUR REARER. WE HAVE A SEVEN MONTH OLD LITTER BY TOP SIRE HEAD BOUND TO PARADISE DIGICOM AND THESE PUPS ARE IDENTICALLY BRED AS SHELBOURNE TRACK RECORD HOLDER PARADISE MADISON. THEY ARE DOING VERY WELL TOO AND CONTINUE TO THRIVE.

 

WE ANTISCIPATE A SHORTAGE OF RACING GREYHOUNDS IN THE COMING YEARS AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE A CONSTANT PROVEN RACE STOCK THAT WILL NOT ONLY GIVE OUR OWNERS A MORE RECOGNISED PRODUCT BUT WILL ALSO ENSURE OUR TRACK DOESNT GO SHORT ON THE NUMBER NEEDED TO MAINTAIN ITS RACING SCHEDULE.

CHANGING SKY ON THE WAY BACK

 

FLYING BLACK CHANGING SKY (ABOVE) PLEASED US IMMENSLEY WHEN POSTING A 15.52 SPRINT BEFORE BAGS LAST FRIDAY AND IS NOW WELL AND TRULY ON THE COMEBACK TRAIL. OWNED BY FOUR LADS FROM EDINBURGH (THE GTLC SYNDICATE) SKY HAD BEEN A MODEL OF CONSISTENCY SINCE HE JOINED US A YEAR AGO. HE WAS TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN THE WILLIAM HILL GREYHOUND DERBY TO GIVE THE LADS A DREAM COME TRUE BUT ALAS WAS CRUELLY ROBBED OF THAT DUE TO A FREAK TRAINING ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED HIM BEING CUT AND NEEDING STITCHES.

 

SKY HAS EXCELLED IN A1 COMPANY AT MONMORE AND IS A REAL FAVOURITE. HE WILL TRIAL A SECOND AND POSSIBLY A THIRD TIME IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO TO ACHIEVE RACE FITNESS BEFORE RENEWING HIS CAREER. WE WISH HIM WELL AND THANK THE LADS FOR THEIR PATIENCE.

 

WARNER FAMILY ADD TO NUMBERS

 

BARRY WARNER (LEFT) AND HIS FAMILY HAVE LONG BEEN FRIENDS OF OURS AND LOYAL SUPPORTERS OF THE KENNEL FOR NEARLY A DECADE. BARRY AND SON JAMIE HAD THEIR FIRST GREYHOUND WITH US AND HAVE SINCE BEEN JOINED IN OWNERSHIP BY WIFE LYNETTE. THE WARNERS ALWAYS HAVE A NUMBER OF DOGS IN TRAINING AND BARRY WILL TELL YOU THAT GREYHOUNDS AND GREYHOUND RACING IS HIS GUILTY PLEASURE AWAY FROM THE HUSSLE AND BUSSLE OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS.

 

BARRY AND JAMIE HAVE RECENTLY BOUGHT AGAIN AND NOW HAVE MONAGEA ROSE AND MONAGEA SCOLARI. ROSE IS A MAY 12' WHELP WITH SOME DECENT LIMERICK FORM AND SCOLARI IS A JANUARY 13' BITCH PUP WHO CAME STRAIGHT FROM SCHOOLING WITH A 'COULD BE ANYTHING-COULD BE NOTHING' TAG ATTACHED TO HER. BARRY AND HIS FAMILY ARE ALWAYS WILLING TO GIVE A GREYHOUND A CHANCE AND THIS HAS STOOD THEM IN GOOD STEAD IN THE PAST! BEST OF LUCK TO ROSE AND SCOLARI AND HUGE THANKS TO THE WARNERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

 

'HEADS UP' AFTER MAGICS IS DOWN

 

BUILDERS MAGIC (ABOVE) KICKED-OFF THIS SEASONS RPGTV COVERAGE OF MONMORE WITH VICTORY FOR US IN THE FIRST RACE LAST NIGHT. THE STUNNING BRINDLE JUST PUT HIS HEAD DOWN ON THE LINE AS HIS OPPONENTS (LANDOWN JACK) WAS UP AND PREVAILED BY THE MINIMUM DISTANCE TO MAKE IT FOUR FROM EIGHT IN HIS CAREER TO DATE. A SON OF THE WONDERFUL MIDWAY SKIPPER THIS LAD (DESPITE BEING A TOTAL NOVICE AND OF VERY TENDER AGE) CONTINUES TO IMPROVE AND WILL CONTEST A2 NEXT TIME. MAGIC LOOKS TO HAVE EVERY CHANCE OF GOING ON TO  'BIGGER THINGS' WHEN STEPPED UP TO SIX BENDS AT THE TURN OF THE YEAR. WE KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR ALL CONNECTED AND A BIG WELL DONE TO MAGIC !!!

 

 

RPGTV IS BACK AT MONNY TONIGHT

 

RACING POST GREYHOUND TELEVISION (RPGTV) IS COVERING MONMORES MEETING TONIGHT AND ON EVERY THURSDAY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BACK. IT GIVES OWNERS, TRAINERS AND THE TRACK  A 'BOOST' TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE OUR PRODUCT TO THE BIGGEST AUDIENCE POSSIBLE.

 

RACING IS ALWAYS VERY COMPETITIVE AT MONMORE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EXCITING RACECARDS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. IT ALL STARTS THIS EVENING WITH A FULL 14 RACE MEETING FROM 7.25PM ON CHANNEL 212. DON'T MISS IT!!

 

 

BANK HOLIDAY MEANS BIG CROWDS

 

EASTER BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND REALLY SIGNALS THE START OF THE NEW YEAR AND WITH RECENT GOOD WEATHER BUMPER CROWDS WILL BE EXPECTED AT MONMORE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. MONDAY IN PARTICULAR ALWAYS PROVES TO BE POPULAR. WE LOVE TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE COME WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND ENJOY THE RACING.

 

THE KENNEL SEEMS UNDER A SLIGHT CLOUD AT PRESENT WITH NO WINNERS FROM OUR LAST FOUR MEETINGS. HOWEVER THAT COULD CHANGE IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE AND (AS ALWAYS) WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY AND IN THE RIGHT MANNER. WE ARE WELL AWARE THAT WE CAN'T WIN EVERY RACE AND WITH COMPETITION AT MONMORE VERY STRONG WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE NO GIVEN RIGHT TO EXPECT A WINNER AT EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE RUNNERS.

 

 

WHITE NIGHT DASHES IN FOR KEN

 

KENZ WHITE GOT UP CLOSE HOME YESTERDAY TO HIS 630 AND SEND OWNER KEN PRITCHARD FROM SOUTHAMPTON HOME HAPPY. SINCE JOINING US FROM ROMFORD THE STUNNING WHITE DOG (ABOVE) HAS SHOWN CONSISTENCY OVER BOTH FOUR AND SIX BENDS. A TRUE RAILER HE IS VERY HARD TO PASS WHEN ON THE BUNNY AND ALWAYS TAKES THE SHORTEST ROUTE. LIZ AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK KEN FOR HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT AND SAY A BIG WELL DONE AND KEEP IT UP TO 'SNOWY' TOO.

 

 

TERRIFIC FOUR TIMER FOR KENNEL

 

THE KENNEL PRODUCED A SUPERB 4-TIMER LAST NIGHT AT MONMORE WITH MARLEY WAY THE 'ANCHOR' WITH A TRAP TO LINE VICTORY THAT SAW HIM A COMPLETE A MAGNIFICENT HATTRICK OF WINS. MARK & VANESSA NEWTONS GIRLS ON FILM STARTED THE NIGHT WELL FOR US WINNING THE FIRST RACE ON THE CARD. SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY PROGRESSIVE PUP BUILDERS MAGIC WHO GOT UP IN THE SHADOW OF THE POST TO WIN THE A4. THIS LAD IS ONLY AN OCTOBER 12' WHELP AND I HOLD HIM IN VERY HIGH ESTEEM INDEED. OUR THIRD WINNER WAS ANOTHER GREYHOUND THAT IS FINDING HIS FEET AT MONMORE, FINAL BIG MIKE, HE SHOWD GREAT MIDDLE PACE TO GAIN VICTORY AND SEEMS TO BE SHOWING SOME OF THE PACE WE KNEW THAT HE HAD. THAT PATHED THE WAY FOR MARLEY!! (PUN)

 

FORMERLY KNOWN AS FARLEY JAXX THIS LIKEABLE JUNE PUP HAS REALLY SHONE IN RECENT WEEKS WINNING A4, A3 AND NOW A2 TO LAND A QUITE BRILLIANT HATTRICK FOR HIS NEW OWNERS THE MANLEY RACING SYNDICATE OF BANBURY. THIS DOG ALWAYS GIVES 100% WITH 8 VICTORIES IN 17 RUNS AND 5 RUNNERS UP TO BOOT HE HAS BEEN A MODICUM OF CONSISTENCY SINCE STARTING IN A8.

 

WELL DONE TO ALL OUR WINNERS LAST NIGHT !!

 

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