ARTHUR DOES THE BIZZO

 

 

STUNNING BLUE FAWN FARLOE ASHES  WAS OUR ONLY WINNER WHEN LANDING THE SPOILS IN THE A2 LAST NIGHT AT MONMORE. PREVIOUSLY A CATEGORY 1 FINALIST  ARTHUR (ABOVE) HAS STRUGGLED SINCE SUFFERING A MUSCLE INJURY WHEN CONTESTING THE PALL MALL AT OXFORD LAST YEAR. IT HAS BEEN A LONG REHABILITATION BUT LAST NIGHT WE SAW GLIMPSES OF THE OLD ARTHUR WHICH AT TIMES CAN BE BREATHTAKINGLY SMART.

 

THE REST OF THE EVENING PROVIDED US WITH NO OTHER WINNERS BUT AS HAS BEEN THE CASE OF LATE I FELT MANY OF THE DOGS RAN WELL ENOUGH. FARLOE MAISIE AND FARLOE MYSTERIO MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE UNLUCKY, WHILE  THE OTHERS ALL HAD EXCUSES. IN GENERAL THE KENNELS FORM SEEMS GOOD.

TOP CLASS CARD AT MONNY TONIGHT

TONIGHTS RACE CARD AT MONMORE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE I CAN REMEMBER. THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF POTENTIALLY FIERCE CONTESTS THAT SHOULD PROVIDE THOSE COVERING FOR RPGTV WITH PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT. MONMORE GREEN HAS A HEALTHY AND HIGHLY COMPETITIVE GRADE ANYWAY, AND ITS HANDLERS ALL DESERVE THE UTMOST RESPECT. ONE OR TWO MAY TAKE THE LIONS SHARE OF THE PRESS BUT ALL ARE VERY CAPABLE GIVEN THE RIGHT GREYHOUND. LETS HOP EWEATHER CONDITIONS IMPROVE AND THAT WE HAVE A PERFECT RUNNING SURFACE ..... DON'T FORGET TO TUNE IN ..... IT SHOULD BE A CRACKER!

MAY WEATHER NO HELP AT ALL

THE WEATHER WE'VE HAD THIS MONTH HAS OFFERED LITTLE HELP TO EITHER THE GREYHOUNDS OR THEIR HANDLERS. THE CLIMATE IS FAR TOO CHANGEABLE AT PRESENT AND THAT IN ITSELF CAN RAISE MANY ISSUES. MANY OF THE DOGS ARE STILL COVERED IN THE WRONG COAT BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN SUFFICIENT CHANGE IN THE WEATHER OVER A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD TO BRING THE APPROPRIATE COAT OUT IN THEM.

ALSO, AND THIS IS PERHAPS THE WORST SCENARIO OF CHANGEABLE WEATHER, TRACK PREPARATION IS FAR MORE DIFFICULT. GROUNDSTAFF CONSTANTLY PLAY A GUESSING GAME WITH WATERING THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN. THIS ULTIMATELY CAN MEAN UNSUITABLE SURFACES THAT CAN LEAD TO INJURY. WE HAVE HAD TO SIDELINE A NUMBER OF GREYHOUNDS IN THE PAST FORTNIGHT DUE TO NIGGLING INJURIES. LETS HOPE THE WEATHER PICKS UP AND WE CAN HAVE A GREAT SUMMER. A BIT OF SUN GOES A LONG WAY. P.S. EXCUSE THE PUN PICTURE ABOVE, I COULDN'T RESIST!!

CHRISSY POSTS A RALLYING CALL

 

 

LOYAL OWNER CHRIS BIRKENHEAD, PICTURED ABOVE WITH HIS BROOD PARADISE DIGICOM, HAS POSTED A RALLYING CALL TO ALL LILYPAD OWNERS BY INVITATING AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO COMMIT TO A NIGHTS RACING AT MONMORE GREEN. YOU CAN SEE THIS ON THE FORUM IN THE GENERAL CHAT SECTION. I TALKED TO CHRIS ABOUT THIS AT THE WEEKEND AND HE AND I  REALLY FEEL THE NEED FOR A LILYPAD OWNERS NIGHT AT THE TRACK. TOO MANY PEOPLE IN WOLVERHAMPTON FEEL THAT OUR KENNEL HAVE FEW OWNERS SO IT IS LONG OVERDUE THAT THE RECORD BE PUT STRAIGHT.

 

PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND OFFER SOME DATES THAT YOU COULD ATTEND AND I WILL HELP TO ORGANISE THINGS. AFTER ONE OR TWO TEETHING PROBLEMS THE FORUM IS RUNNING PERFECTLY SO LETS USE IT! IT WILL BUILD CAMARADERIE AND PUT FACES TO NAMES ETC. PLEASE HEED THE RALLYING CALL SO THAT WE MAY SHOW PEOPLE THAT LILYPAD OWNERS ARE NOT ONLY  LOYAL BUT ARE  AMONG THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY. 

 

 

 

ESKE FACES TRICKY DRAW IN DERBY

 

 

THE INCOMPARABLE BALLYMAC ESKE (ABOVE) FACES A POTENTIAL BANANA SKIN IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THIS YEARS WILLIAM HILL DERBY WHICH GETS UNDER WAY AT WIMBLEDON THIS FRIDAY. NOT ONLY HAS HE GOT A HIGH QUALITY HEAT BUT HE'S ALSO LANDED THE DRAW THAT ALL COMPETITORS FEARED MOST, HE'S GOT GOT FAST STARTING BANG RAILER GARRYGLASS RODGE ON HIS OUTSIDE! IF HE HAS ONE SAVING GRACE, APART FROM THE FACT THAT HE IS ARGUABLY THE BEST GREYHOUND IN THE BRITISH ISLES AT PRESENT, ITS THAT THE FIRST FOUR QUALIFY FROM HIS HEAT. THIS MEANS THAT IF THE INEVIABLE SHOULD HAPPEN AND HE FACES EARLY IMPACT OR OBSTRUCTION HE HAS PLENTY OF TIME TO GET HIMSELF BACK INTO CONTENTION AND FIND PASSAGE THROUGH TO THE NEXT ROUND. 

 

TO DATE ESKE HAS BEEN PERFECTLY HANDLED BY MY GOOD PAL BARRY DRAPER WHO HAS A VERY STRONG HAND IN THIS YEARS EVENT. DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HIS OTHER KENNEL STARS FARLOE WARHAWK AND EDEN STAR FIND THEIR WIMBLEDON FORM WHEN IT MATTERS MOST AND ALSO GIVE GOOD ACCOUNTS OF THEMSELVES THROUGHOUT. WE WISH THEM LUCK

AT LAST ... WE'VE SEEN THE LIGHT

 

 

THE JON MILES OWNED THE LAST LIGHT FINALLY ENDED WHAT WAS SOMEWHAT OF A BARON SPELL BY HIS STANDARDS WHEN HANGING ON FOR VICTORY IN THE A7 AT MONMORE LAST NIGHT. THE POPULAR WHITE AND BLACK FLEW FROM TRAPS (4.28) AND MADE ALL TO HOLD THE FAST FINISHING ROCK IT RITA IN 29.22.

 

THIS WAS THE FIRST PART OF A DOUBLE FOR THE KENNEL AS LATER THE PROMISING CHANGING SKY, RECENTLY PURCHASED BY A SCOTTISH SYNDICATE LED BY IAN AND STEVE GRAY,  BOLTED OUT FROM TRAP SIX (4.30) AND SHOWED GREAT ALL ROUND PACE TO WIN THE A2 IN A SMART 28.46. ADMITTEDLY THE TRACK HAD LIVENED UP CONSIDERABLY (AND SOME WOULD ARGUE FAVOURED THOSE WITH A MIDDLE TO WIDE DRAW) BUT THIS WAS STILL AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE FROM ONE SO YOUNG HAVING ONLY HIS SECOND RACE FOR US. HE'LL GIVE HIS NEW OWNERS ONE OR TWO MORE NIGHTS TO REMEMBER, YOU CAN BE SURE OF THAT.



RIVALS YES ..... BUT  YOU CAN STILL SHOW RESPECT

 

CARL FROCH AND MIKKEL KESSLER DO BATTLE FOR A SECOND TIME TONIGHT IN LONDON AND ALTHOUGH BOTH ARE THE FIERCEST OF RIVALS THEY STILL MAINTAIN RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER AS THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS. I THINK AT TIMES PEOPLE LOSE SIGHT OF THE BASIC VALUES IN LIFE AND  THOSE THAT WORK AND PLAY IN OUR SPORT CAN BE GUILTY OF THAT MORE THAN MOST.

 

PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY IS SOMETHING I HOLD IN THE HIGHEST REGARD. I MAY BE OLD SCHOOL IN SOME OF MY WAYS, AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE MODERN GENERATION DYNAMIC APPROACH TO BUSINESS, BUT AFFORDING YOUR COUNTERPARTS THE SAME TREATMENT AS YOU'D EXPECT FOR YOURSELF IS SURELY BOG STANDARD IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE. I HAVE A GOAL IN LIFE I WISH TO ACHIEVE BUT I WILL ALWAYS ADHERE TO PRINCIPALS GIVEN TO ME BY MY FAMILY AND MY MENTORS. WHAT A BETTER WORLD IT WOULD BE IF OTHERS DID THE SAME!