DUBAIS HOT FOR FREDDIE & SCOTT

 

FORUM MANAGER SCOTT CHURCH & PAL FREEDIE CLEMENTSON ARE FULL OF HOPE FOR THEIR NEW PUPPY PARADISE DUBAI WHO ARRIVED AND VILLAGE FARM AT THE WEEKEND. 'DANNY' AS THE LADS HAVE CHOSEN TO CALL HIM IS A STRIKING BRINDLE DOG WITH A LIKEABLE MANNER AND PLENTY OF SCOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT. A JULY 12' WHELP HE HAS HAD JUST ONE RUN TO DATE DURING WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO OBTAIN HIS FAVOURED RAILS PITCH AND SO FINISHED A GALANT RUNNER UP IN A DECENT RACE IN GALWAY. LIZ AND I WOULD TO WISH DANNY, SCOTT (A GREAT SUPPORTER OF OUR KENNEL) AND FREDDIE (WHO IS TRYING US FOR THE FIRST TIME) ALL THE VERY BEST FOR THE FUTURE.

 

NO WAY PAST JAXX FOR MANLEY RACING SYNDICATE

 

ALTHOUGH THE CHANGE OF NAME WAS NOT PROCESSED IN TIME FOR SATURDAYS RACE MARLEY WAY, AKA FARLEY JAXX, PROVED TO BE  SUCCESSFUL FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN TEN STARTS AND CONTINUES TO IMPROVE NICELY FOR HIS NEW OWNERS THE MANLEY RACING SYNDICATE.

 

THIS GROUP STEPPED IN TO BUY THE JA MANN PUP HAVING SEEN HIS ADVERT ON THIS WEBSITE A FORTNIGHT AGO AND HE HAS ALREADY SHOWN THAT MANY FUN NIGHTS LAY AHEAD FOR ALL INVOLVED. THE SYNDICATE IS FORMED FROM STAFF, CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS OF BANBURY HEATING SUPPLIES BASED IN MARLEY WAY, BANBURY, HENCE THE DOGS NEW TITLE. LIZ AND I WISH THEM CONTINUED SUCCESS AND HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO ENJOY THEIR TIME WITH US.

MANY OWNERS ATTENDED SATURDAYS MEETING AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL. ALL OUR HOUNDS RAN WELL AND VANESSA & WAYNE NEWTONS GIRLS ON FILM ALSO TASTED VICTORY TO GIVE THE KENNEL A NICE DOUBLE ON THE NIGHT!

 

CASUALS HEAD FOR MONMORE

 

WITH THE KENNEL IN SEEMINGLY GOOD FORM WE ARE THOROUGHLY LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHTS MEETING AT MONMORE. DUE TO THE LOCATION OF OUR CLIENT BASE WE DON'T TEND TO SEE MANY OF OUR OWNERS AT THE TRACK. LILYPAD RACING BOASTS OWNERS FROM AS FAR SOUTH AS BRIGHTON AND AS FAR NORTH AS EDINBURGH, AS WELL AS MANY FROM THE EMERALD ISLE. TONIGHT HOWEVER SHOULD BE DIFFERENT AS IT SEES THE COMING TOGETHER OF TWO NEW SYNDICATES THAT HAVE PURCHASED GREYHOUNDS FROM US RECENTLY. THE FIRST IS A GROUP OF FOOTBALL CASUALS (ACTIVE AND RETIRED) THAT MET VIA A FACEBOOK PAGE. THE CASUAL GENTS HAS 12 MEMBERS AND ONE POSTHUMOUS LIFE MEMBER, THEY ARE THE DIRTY DOZEN + 1, AND THEY HAIL FROM FOOTBALL CLUBS THE LENGTH AND BREDTH OF  BRITAIN. THEIR PUP CASUAL GENT, IS FLYING UP THE GRADE AND BIDS FOR A HATTRICK AT MONMORE THIS EVENING.

 

MANLEY RACING WHO OWN MARLEY WAY (FORMERLY FARLEY JAXX) ARE A SYNDICATE MADE UP OF WORKERS AND CUSTOMERS OF BANBURY HEATING LTD IN BANBURY, OXON. THEY NUMBER 15 AND THIS IT IS THEIR FIRST EXPERIENCE OF GREYHOUND OWNERSHIP TOO. WITH OTHER OWNERS FROM THE KENNEL HEADING TO MONMORE TONIGHT THE KENNEL WILL BE REPRESENTED IN ITS STRONGIST MANNER SINCE OUR MOVE FROM OXFORD. WE ARE HOPEFUL THIS THE START OF MANY FUN NIGHTS FOR ALL CONNECTED.

 

FOND MEMORIES OF GEORGE HUDSON

 

TODAY SEES US SAY FAREWELL TO GEORGE HUDSON (SNR) WHO SADLY LEFT US ON 25TH DECEMBER 2013. THERE IS NO HARDER DUTY THAN SAYING GOODBYE TO A LOVED ONE AND SO OFCOURSE TODAY WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR ALL GEORGES FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE LEAVES BEHIND GEORGE (JNR), VALERIE, SHEILA AND OF COURSE MY WIFE LIZ, ASWELL AS MANY GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALL OF WHOM WILL ENSURE THAT HE IS ALWAYS REMEMBERED.

 

FOR YOURS TRULY MEMORIES OF GEORGE THAT WILL NEVER FADE WILL BE HIS LOVE OF HORSE AND GREYHOUND RACING AND OF A GAMBLE IN GENERAL. HE ALWAYS KEPT IT SENSIBLE BUT HE RARELY WENT A DAY WITHOUT A BET. MORE SPECIFIC RECOLLECTIONS THAT WILL STAY WITH ME FOR EVER WILL BE HE AND I ATTEMPTING TO CUT JASON HARRIS'S HAIR, OUR SYNCHRONISED REACTION TO DAVID BECKHAMS GOAL FOR ENGLAND AGAINST GREECE, HIS CONSTANT SWITCHING OVER OF THE TV DURING COMMERCIAL BREAKS AND HIS INSISTANCE ON SAYING 'OH BL**DY HELL, I'VE SEEN THIS ONE!' EVERY TIME HE AND I WOULD WATCH SOMETHING ON SKY GOLD!!

 

TODAY WE SAY FAREWELL TO GEORGE BUT HE'LL NEVER REALLY LEAVE US, HE WAS VERY PROUD OF WHAT LIZ AND I WERE TRYING TO DO WITH  OUR LIVES AND LOVED COMING TO THE DOGS WHEN WE HAD RUNNERS. WHAT WE DO IN LIFE WE DO FOR OURSELVES OF COURSE, BUT KNOWING THAT OTHERS ENJOY YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND SHARE YOUR PAINS MAKES IT ALL THE MORE WORTH WHILE. GOODBYE OLD FRIEND

 

 

ARTHUR (ASHES) A FITTING WINNER

 

FARLOE ASHES OR ARTHUR AS HE IS KNOWN TO ALL AT THE KENNELS WAS A FITTING WINNER OF THE COLINS 40TH BIRTHDAY STAKES AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT ON A DAY WHICH SAW THE PASSING OF A COMEDY GREAT IN ROGER LLOYD PACK.

 

OWNER JON MILES CALLED THE STRAPPING BLUE FAWN ARTHUR AFTER AN EPISODE OF HIS FAVOURITE COMEDY 'ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES' IN WHICH LLOYD PACK BRILLIANTLY PLAYED THE 'ONE SLICE SHORT OF A LOAF'  CHARACTER TRIGGER. LIKE ROGER, JONS GREYHOUND HAS GIVEN HIM PLENTY TO SMILE ABOUT IN RECENT YEARS AND WILL ALWAYS BE A BIG FAVOURITE, A POIGNIANT END TO A SAD DAY. RIP ROGER LLOYD PACK

 

LEE CONTINUES UP THE GRADE

 

MONAGEE LEE HAS CONTIUED TO IMPROVE IN RECENT FOR OWNERS ANN CROFT & BEN HUGHES. ANN & BEN BOUGHT THE PACEY BRINDLE AFTER READING MY BLOG IN WHICH I EXPRESSED MY AMAZEMENT THAT NOBODY HAD COME IN TO PURCHASE HIM WHEN HE WAS BEING OFFERED AT SUCH A REASONABLE PRICE. LEE WAS OFFERED FOR SALE ON THIS WEBSITE FOR WEEKS FOR JUST £800 AND DESPITE WINNING RACES EARLY IN HIS CAREER A BUYER COULD NOT BE FOUND!

 

ON SATURDAY NIGHT LEE WILL CONTEST A2 GRADE AT MONMORE, A VERY DECENT STANDARD INDEED, AND HE STARTED HIS RACING LIFE IN A9. ANN & BEN HAVE HAD GREAT FUN WHATEVER HAPPENS FROM HERE ON IN AND YOURS TRULY COULDN'T BE HAPPIER FOR THEM.

 

A WORD OF WISDOM FOR ALL YOU THAT PERUSE THIS SITE, FARLEY JAXX IS A PUP WITH A DECENT FUTURE, HE COULD WELL BE A MONAGEA LEE AND A BIT MORE. HE'S LOOKING FOR A NEW OWNER .......... DON'T MISS OUT!!

 

 

BARRYS GOT A GOOD EYE FOR SURE

 

BUTCHER BARRY WARNER MUST HAVE A GOOD FOR THE LADIES AS HE SAW SOMETHING IN HONEYGAR KATE AT HALL GREEN SALES THAT PASSED ME BY COMPLETELY! I WAS AT THE BAR URCHASING 'REFRESHMENT' WHEN BARRY STUCK HIS HAND UP AND BOUGHT KATE FOR WHAT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE RELATIVELY SMALL MONEY.

 

AFTER GETTING OVER THE CHANGE OF KENNEL KATE BEGAN TO SETTLE NICELY AND HER RESULTS ON THE TRACK IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY AND SHE WENT ON A RUN OF FOUR SUCCESSIVE VICTORIES THAT SAW HER CLIMB FROM A9 TO A4. SHE WAS A JOINT WINNER OF 'THE BITCH OF THE MONTH' FOR NOVEMBER AND YOURS TRULY AND HEAD LAD MICK ANDERSON HAPPILY RECIEVED THE TWO PRESENTATION JACKETS ON BARRYS BEHALF AT LAST NIGHTS MEETING. GOOD STUFF BAZZA!!