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.