Week ending 19th April 2009

Monday 13th
A mixed start to the week produced 1 winner and a second from 4 runners.
Cheeseboard, having only her third race at Swindon overcame a two grade hike to win A3 in 29.48. In the same race, Stanton Torres ran with real credit to be a good 2nd. Since his A6 win a few runs back, his confidence has been flooding back and he now looks like a different animal. After 20 runs without a win he has now won 3 from 7 races. It's just shows what a bit of patience can do!
On the down side, Realt Gael suffered a shoulder injury in her race and will face a month on the sidelines.
Tuesday 14th
A fairly busy trial session with 9 dogs going today. 7 of our new intakes were having their 2nd trial and are coming along nicely.
Ah Sure Cool returned from injury today and went very well clocking 29.82 in his solo trial. A winner of 2 of his 9 races for us, this game performer rarely runs a bad race.
Stanton Spaniel also returned to action today after her seasonal break.
Wednesday 15th
A busy day at the kennels saw around 20 dogs going through their paces up the gallop.
Stanton Teddy continues to please in his comeback from injury and all being well will be ready to trial in 2-3 weeks.
We took 4 runners to Swindon for the evening meeting and returned with 2 winners and a 2nd.
Professional won her A8 contest in 30.28 while Stanton Bluebell made it 2 wins from 2 after her return from seasonal break. She flashed from the traps and made all in her A2 in 29.22. There is still more to come from this pup and she should be competing in top heat soon enough.
Friday 17th
A fairly quiet day produced a single winner. Heading South, who ran a cracker last time out got a much deserved slice of luck this week and took full advantage, This strong running type won his A2 in 29.60.
There were a couple of very pleasing performances on the day. Stanton Jerry, who we think will make a top heat pup when put into full training, ran a very decent race to finish a close 3rd in his A2. Jerry has a good turn of early and some serious back straight pace and I would expect him to be staying on better in the next month or so.
Not Yet produced her fastest ever race time to finish 2nd in her A3 contest. Having only her second race back from seasonal break, she is now coming forward all the time and will be winning very soon. The form of this race became even more pleasing when it was later discovered that the winner of the race was none other than Villamartin Nogo - who was due to run later that night in the A1 contest! A series of errors occurred in the paddock which led to the wrong dog running in our race.
Queue Pea Are, having only his second career start was knocked over at the first bend. Thankfully though he soon got to his feet and completed the circuit. It was a nasty fall but he appears none the worse for it and will be given a short break before trialling back in.
Saturday 18th
A night to forget as the meeting was abandoned after the first race due to hare failure. Many of our owners had made long journeys to see their dogs run and it's such a shame when something like this happens.
However, Oddson Foxy did manage to get a run in the first race. She ran 2nd in her A8 contest and was only beaten a head. This was only her 2nd ever race and she ran with real credit. She gives everything she has during her races and I'm sure it wont be long before she opens her account.