Week ending 25th September

Tuesday 20th
A busy trial morning with 14 dogs going through their paces. Flag Officer pleased with his 29.30 effort. Ding Hero faded badly off the last bend in his first 480m trial for over 3 months but still recorded 29.12. He'll improve nicely for that run though.
The remainder of the 'Limerick Gang' went brilliantly well in their first 4 bend trials. Malbay Kesha (29.77), Scobys Flash (29.87), Fishersmans Leah (29.85), Gortkelly Hudini (29.97), Der Lone Razor (30.26), Black Beach (29.61) and Nags Head (29.91).
Wednesday 21st
Rusty Lisa led all the way in her A5 to win in 29.89 while Master Rock, I Certainly May and Sunvalley Crash all had to settle for silver medals.
Friday 22nd
First to Wimbledon where Superstar Lily and Penskey Rain were contesting the Quarter Finals of the St Leger. Megan who had posted a quick time in the first round went out of the competition as she finished last in her race. She got slightly crowded on the bend but showed little afterwards. She has now been retired to the breeding paddocks after finishing sore again. Megan has been a great bitch for us and has given us an awful lot of fun. Fingers crossed she will produce some pups as good as she was. There was better news for Penskey though as he ran a blinder to finish 2nd in his race. Pensk improved massively from last week and thoroughly deserves his shot in the semi final. We've a 5 dog race as well on Tuesday so we are all keeping everything crossed that he can make the final. It would be a dream come true to get there.
At Swindon Tommy The Wheel notched another A1 win as he led at the third bend to win going away in 28.97. Forest Ted finished 5th in the same race after having a very troubled run. Teddy boy has ripped a dew claw out and sustained a nasty spike between two of his back toes so he faces a 2 or 3 weeks on the easy list.
Saturday 24th
Kilmalady Biffo was the star of the show tonight as he made it a hat trick of wins with a brilliant win in the A1. Biffo flew the lids to record a stunning 2.27 sectional and led every yard of the way to win in 28.86. He'll be heading off to Hove on Thursday for a maiden open.

Week Ending 17th September

Monday 12th
Just the one winner from today as Adamant Yankee led all the way in his A2 to record 29.38.
Tuesday 13th
A busy day with 9 dogs going for sprint trials including 8 of the new batch from Limerick.
Ding Hero really pleased me with his 16.29 solo workout. He was full of running into the drop and will be stepped up to four bends next week.
Flag Officer looked the pick of the new dogs as he recorded a very decent 16.42. He didn't run the track very well either and looks a really nice prospect.
Wednesday 14th
The brilliant Forest Ted won yet another 509m open as he led around the bend and just held on to win in 30.58. Teddy has now won 9 of his last 13 races including 5 of his 8 open races to date.
Kilmalady Biffo ran a cracking race to win his A2 in 29.03. He beat kennel mate Liscrea Premier by 1/2 a length after showing superb pace to the third bend. He'll be heading down to Hove in the next week or two for a maiden.
Friday 16th
3 winners from today. Rusty Lisa led all the way in her A5 to win in 29.85. Baby Bubba soon led in his A3 to win in 29.40 and Mercurial Lady beat Springlawn Jacko a hd in 29.26.
Saturday 17th
A terrific night for the kennel as the dogs all ran their hearts out for us.
To Wimbledon first where Superstar Lily and Penskey Rain both ran in the first round of the St Leger. Megan finished a very good runner up to the fastest time of the night and safely qualified for the next round. Megan turned out to be the second quickest dog in the competition on the night. Penskey Rain ran a really good race to finish 3rd in his heat. He certainly needed the race as he hadn't run for two months and will improve for the blow. We have been given some really hard heats but are delighted to be able to take our chance in the quarter finals.
The feature race at Swindon was a good quality A1 where we had both Tommy The Wheel and Mercurial Star running. The complete rest we gave to Mercurial certainly did the trick as he flew the lids to win in a fast 28.55. Tommy ran a blinder to finish as runner up and pushed Sammy all the way. A great effort by the boys.

Week ending 11th September

Monday 5th
A good start to the week with 2 winners.
Galley Crash got up to win her A2 in 29.22 and Moving Merry got a much deserved win in her A2 recording 29.34.
Tuesday 6th
Ding Hero returned from his 3 month lay off to record a decent 16.54 sprint. He really needed the blow and should improve nicely for that. He returned sound which was the main thing.
Dance Izzy returned from her lengthy injury lay off to record a good 16.79.
I Certainly May clocked 16.92 in her sprint after being knocked over last time out.
Unfortunately Northcamp Ellie looks set to be retired after tearing a shoulder. Ellie won no end of races for us and has been great fun.
Wednesday 7th
A terrific night for the kennel as we returned with 4 winners.
Forest Ted continued his excellent recent form with another victory in the 509m open. He led all the way to record 30.20.
Motor Home ran a blinder as she led close home to win her A2 in a good 29.14.
Reagrove Dream got her first win for a while as she led on the run in to win her A6 in 29.93.
Molly The second completed the night's work as she led around the 3rd bend to win her A3 in 29.27.
Earlier in the evening both Mercurial Star and Tommy The Wheel ran a bit flat in the 480m open. Tommy came back with a bruised toe and will need a short rest while Mercurial Star had nothing left to give after running two brilliant races over the 509m trip. Sammy will be given a complete rest for 10 days or so before returning to action.
Friday 9th
A good day produced another 4 winners.
Master Rock got the ball rolling with victory in his A8. The Tank led on the run in to win in 30.28.
Springlawn Goofy led all the way to win his A4 well in 29.38.
Princess Ziggy surprised us all as she flew the lids and led all the way in the S3 beating kennel mate Mutter To Razor in 42.67.
Boozed Aroma made it two from two as she flew out and made every post a winning one. She won her A2 in 29.21.
There was some bad news though as Coolykereen Jig tore his gracilis. We'll give him every chance to make a comeback but he wont be risked unless he's 100%.
Saturday 10th
Just the one winner tonight as Sunvalley Crash beat kennel mate I Certainly May in their A3. Crash led at halfway and went on to win well in 29.38.
Fancy Collar beat Penskey Rain by 3/4 in 28.95 in a pre race trial. It was penskey's first trial in around 7 weeks so we were delighted with his effort.
Dance Izzy won her trial in a good 29.67.
The gallop was well used today as Ding Hero, Precious Hawk, Butchers Bounty, Tictac Butterfly, Stanton Bluebell, Kilmalady Biffo, Springlawn Jacko, Liscrea Premier, Forest Crash, Lady Jaro, Moody Mare and Calling Beauty were all put through their paces.

Week ending 3rd September

Monday 29th
A good start to the week with 2 winners. Moody Mare recorded a personal best 29.57 when leading all the way to win her A4. Butchers Bounty flew the boxes to lead all the way in his A2 to record a good 29.36.
Tuesday 30th
Fancy Collar (29.17), Coolykereen Jig (29.89) and Northcamp Ellie (30.04) all went well enough in their trials today. Meanwhile at Limerick sales we purchased 9 new recruits for the kennel. We've 6 2010 puppies and 3 late 2009 dogs. It was a brilliant sale and we really have some cracking prospects to look forward to.
Wednesday 31st
A terrific night for the kennel as we managed to get a 1-2 in the monkey 509 final. Mercurial Star ended up beating Forest Ted by 1 1/4 lengths in 30.58 but the result could have very different if Ted had made it around the first corner without trouble. He flew the lids and looked destined for victory until the 1 dog moved off at the bend and crowded him out. Ted ran a terrific race afterwards though to push Sammy all the way to the line. Sammy fell out the boxes but paced up well but took a fair knock on the first bend. He showed great back straight pace and really battled hard to get the better of the favourite and stuck on well to win. A brilliant effort by the boys and a great result for the kennel.
Tommy The Wheel had got the night off to a wonderful start as he comfortably won his 480m open. Tommy was slowly away but paced up well and looked in control of the race at the third turn and stayed on strongly to win in 28.97.
Friday 2nd
A good day as we returned with 5 winners.
Stanton Sarah continued her excellent recent form as she won her A4 in 29.68.
Stanton Polly won an A3 at the 17th attempt! She led at the halfway point to win in 29.49 and thoroughly deserved a win after running well recently.
Boozed Aroma flew the lids to win her A2 in great style. It was only her 2nd race back from season so it was a terrific effort. She won in 29.39.
Kilmalady Biffo ran one of his best races so far to win his A2 in 29.15. Biffo broke slowly but showed terrific pace up to lead at the bend and never looked in danger of being beaten. Biffo is in great form at present and it will take a good'un to beat him next time.
Active Lark completed the days work with a trap to line win in her A2. Larky had looked very harshly treated after being put back in A2 after a best trial of 29.88 but got a bit of luck in running as she missed the trouble at the bend to win in 29.57.
Saturday 3rd
No winners tonight but there were a couple of good performances. Although having 5th and 6th in the A1 looks a poor result for the kennel, I was delighted with the runs of both Fancy Collar and Liscrea Premier. Pingu flew the lids and paced up very well but moved off around the 2nd bend and let the 5 dog up his inside but he battled really hard to in between the 3rd and 4th bends before running out of steam. He'll improve a lot for that run. Penny broke well but got trouble at the first. She fairly flew down the back and looked like the winner at the third bend but unfortunately she ran straight up the back of Pingu and her race was over. She'll be very interesting to watch next time out.
Superstar Lily returned after lameness to record a good 28.87 in her trial.

August Dog of the Month

There have been some good performers over the month.

Stanton Sarah has been superb again, winning 3 of her 6 races.

Mercurial Star won 2 of his 4 open races including the 509m monkey race.

But the award goes to Forest Ted who has won 3 of his 5 races. Teddy won an A1 in 29.01 and 2 509m opens at Swindon and finished a gallant runner up to Mercurial in the monkey 509m race.