Week ending 30th August 2009

Monday 24th
A good start to what would end up being a poor week. Cheeseboard completed a hat trick of wins when scoring in her A2. She won in a personal best 29.40 and has been running out of her skin lately. Stanton Torres won his A3 today by just over 5 lengths in 29.74. Stanton Sarah finished 2nd in this race and is just starting to hit a bit of form again.
Tuesday 25th
A busy trial session with 15 dogs going today. Easy Eight returned with a 29.42 trial after seasonal break. Stanton Polly (29.73), Gutsy Girl (29.76), Enchanted Cashel (29.35) , Princess Ziggy (29.71), Trade Paco (29.63), Dance Izzy (30.24), Honda Lady (30.38) all went well in their four bend workouts.
Clonark Brett returned to the track after a 6 week rest to record 16.87, Queen Merykara (16.78) and novice pup, Chavy Granny (17.84) all had sprints.
Special mention of unraced pup, Superstar Lilly, who had her first ever four bend trial today. She won by nearly 10 lengths in 29.56. This was a fantastic run by a novice and she is certainly one for the note book.
Wednesday 26th
Tonight belonged to veteran Full Bloom. He was having the final race of his career tonight and must have read the script. He won his 509m Open Race in 30.54 to sign out with a win. Although he only had a handful of races for us, he had been a terrific dog for his owners throughout his career. He is off to stand at stud and hopefully will get the chance of a few decent bitches. It would be nice to train a 'baby Buster' in the future.
Thursday 27th
We had planned to run Redstone Turk and Parnell Lee in races at Hove tonight. However, the M25 had other plans for us!! After getting to within a junction and a half of our turning, the M25 was shut due to an accident. We then travelled just 1.2 miles in the next 5 hours. I never thought I would walk a dog along the M25 but that's just what we did! We left our kennels at 2.30pm and returned at 11.30pm without getting anywhere near a track. We did have a very nice KFC on the way home though and the dogs certainly appreciated it! A night to forget though. Turk will be kept ticking over at home before running at Hove next Thursday... well with a bit of luck anyway!
Friday 28th
Not the best of days today with no winners. Stanton Sarah ran well again though to finish 2nd in her A3. She recorded 29.50 and will go close to winning next time if given a chance. You would expect that after no wins in her last 13 races she would be due a down grade but I wont be holding my breath!
Princess Ziggy had her first run back after a lay off and ran well to finish 3rd in her A5. She deserves a bit of luck now and it would be nice to see her win her first race.
Saturday 29th
A quiet night with just four runners. Ling ran well in her A2 but the track was very much against her. Dogs had no chance on the inside in the early races due to the loose track surface. In fact, the first six races were won by trap 6.

*August Dog of the Month*

There was only going to be one winner this month. Redstone Turk runs away with the Dog of the Month award. He raced four times in August, winning three. His hat trick at Hove has been fantastic and to do the fastest time of the night on each occasion has been a bit special.