Week ending 31st July

Monday 25th
Not much to report from today's meeting. Moody Mare ran well to finish 2nd in her A4. She is desperate for the red jacket and was a tad unlucky in running.
Kilmalady Biffo ran well enough to finish 3rd in a 400m maiden at Romford this evening.
Tuesday 26th
Noels Touch ran for the first time over the 685m trip today as he recorded 42.58 in his solo trial.
Springlawn Goofy (29.67) and Mercurial Lady (29.45) both returned to the racing strength after lengthy lay offs.
Sunvalley Crash (16.39) and Rusty Lisa (16.87) went well enough in their sprint trials.
Penskey Rain ran with real credit to finish 3rd in a hot 740m Open race live on Sky Sports as part of a superb Hove Sussex Cup finals night. Pensk didn't break at his best so was always playing catchup but never gave up and was beaten around 5 lengths by the two favourites.
Wednesday 27th
Another quiet night at the track. Sparkem Out and Baby Bubba both ran well to finish 2nd in their races.
Mercurial Star, Stanton Jerry, Superstar Lily, Tommy The Wheel, Droopys Edgar and Moving Merry all worked well as they were put through their paces on the gallop.
Friday 29th
A much better day as we managed 4 winners and a couple of 2nd's.
Blackie Chan produced a career best effort as he won his A4 nicely in 29.33.
Forest Crash dead heated in his A3 to make it two wins on the spin for him.
Mutter To Razor completed the afternoon's work as she got up close home to win her A3 in 29.79.
Everyone at the kennels made Mercurial Star the nap of the weekend as he was finally given a graded race at the track after a wait of 9 months! We were made to sweat a bit though as Sammy flopped from the boxes. He paced up well though and turned the first bend in 3rd place. He quickly showed the difference there is between Open class dogs and A1 dogs as he sliced through the field like a knife through butter to lead off the second turn. He went on to win by nearly 5 lengths in 28.73. He's now won his last 3 A1 races at Swindon but I don't think we'll be getting another anytime soon!
Noels Touch is worthy of a mention as he ran a blinder in a hot A2. Noels flew the boxes and ran a superb race to hold the impressive winner Junket Chick to 1 3/4 lengths in 28.84.
Saturday 30th
Mercurial Lady managed our only win of the night as she made nearly every post a winning one to score in her A2. Molly who is 3 years old has only had 10 races in her career, she has now won 4 of them. She should have a good year now though as we've put her on a suppressant and her niggling injuries look to be a thing of the past.
Sunday 31st
A great day for the kennel down at Hove as we managed 2 winners from our 5 open runners.
Tommy The wheel was foot perfect as he got a much deserved open race success in his 475m maiden contest. Tommy broke well and got his favoured position on the rails around the first bend and really went well down the back straight to pull 4 lengths clear. He tired a bit coming home but never looked like being beaten. He recorded 28.00 and looked very handsome on the presentation podium!
Mercurial Star made a quick reappearance after his A1 win Friday night and ran a superb race to win his 475m open. Sammy flew the lids and led all the way. He won in a good 27.68.

July Dog of the Month

There have been some terrific performers during the month. Forest Ted, Sparkem Out, Forest Faye, Mercurial Star, Forest Crash, Butchers Bounty and Kilmalady Biffo have all had brilliant months but the award has to go to Stanton Sarah. Sarah is a veteran of 145 races and to win 3 of her 6 races during July has been a great achievement by her. She won an A6 and two A7 races and has since been running well in A5 company. She certainly loves her racing and has been a great girl for the kennel.