Week Ending 20th November

Monday 14th
A brilliant start to the week with 4 winners from our 6 runners including Reagrove Dream's success in her Bonus Series A6 final.
Reagrove got the day off to a flyer as she flew home and won the final by 3/4 of a length in 29.75. It's great to win a good prize with one of our kennel dogs and massive credit to Adam who worked on her day and night to get her ready for the race. They did the kennel proud.
Outoftheblack recorded a personal best 29.53 as she won her A5 nicely by 2 lengths.
I Certainly May pinged the lids and led all the way to win her A4 by 3 lengths in 29.48.
Sparkem Out completed the day's work when she got up on the line to win her A2 in 29.36.
Tuesday 15th
Not much good news from the trip to the vets today. As expected, Riverdale Spiros, suffered a torn whip muscle and faces a lay off of around two months. Meanwhile Fancy Collar had xray's taken on his wrist injury which has revealed a chip at the back of his wrist. It's only a very small chip and hasn't damaged the tendon too much but it's still a bad injury and he faces another lengthy lay off.
At trials today Oddson Whiskey qualified for racing with a 30.25 workout and Bookies Girls returned to the racing strength after a 29.68 spin.
Wednesday 16th
Not too much to report from tonight's meeting. Liscrea Premier got a much deserved win in her A2 as she won in 29.25.
We were busy on the gallop today as 12 hounds were put through their paces and the kennel welcomed 3 new exciting recruits.
Thursday 17th
Tommy The Wheel was all alone in the van on our trip to Hove this evening as the other 2 races we entered for failed to fill. Tommy was in a very hot 475m open and ran well to finish 4th. It's been a real struggle to get enough races for Tommy lately with Swindon opens not filling and limited opportunities in the A1's. It's a shame as the dog is in terrific shape and loves his racing.
Friday 18th
We headed off to Oxford in the morning for the 2nd leg of the National Intertrack. It was always going to be a difficult day for Swindon at one of the trickier tracks in the group but we did well enough to end the day only 4 points behind leaders Hall Green. Active Lark got the sole Swindon victory as her brilliant form continued. She flew the lids and again led all the way to win in 27.14. Larky has now won her last 5 races on the trot for us.
We were very much out of luck with our other kennel representative, Sunvalley Crash. He got it all wrong at the boxes and hit the rails on the 1st bend and ran a poor race. He was later found to have chipped a hock and a return to racing looks doubtful but we'll give him every chance.
Meanwhile we had a very poor day at Swindon as we didn't manage a winner from our 14 runners. We barely had anything that got a clear run and only Baby Bubba and Glenbrack Mary got close as they finished as runners up.
Saturday 19th
A terrific night for the kennels as Kilmalady Biffo and Shirty Gerty gave us an open race double at Monmore Green. Biffo who was having his first run in a few weeks ran a blinder to score in his 416m contest, He trapped OK but showed great pace down the back to lead at the third turn before tiring coming home. He hung on gamely to win a shd in 25.00 and will improve for the run. Shirty Gerty flew home to just get up on the line to win her 630m race. It's her first win for the kennel and she could be a very interesting runner over the extended distances.
At Swindon, Oddson Whiskey, provided us with our winner tonight. It was only her first race for the kennel but she won really well as she led out the 2nd bend and stayed strongly to win her A7 in 29.92. It was great to get a winner for her owners as they deserve a change of luck after the gorgeous Oddson Foxy had to be put down after being fought over the wall last year and their puppy Oddson Expresso fought in his first and only race at Swindon.

In Other News...
Three of Swift Jade's pups were given their first ever hand slip at Bicester and absolutely flew round. They all chased brilliantly and showed plenty of natural ability. They are a very exciting set of pups.
Ding Hero, Mercurial Lady and Active Lark are all in perfect order as they head for the next leg of the National Intertrack competition at Yarmouth on Monday. The team will run well if they handle the track OK on their first look and the kennel is very much looking forward to it.