Week Ending 15th July

Monday 9th
Just the one winner from today's BAGS meeting.
Droopys Harper kept up his very good recent form as he made it 4 wins from his last 5 races as he won a good A2 in a personal best 29.17. Harper has been staying on very well and will be stepped up in distance in the coming weeks.
Tuesday 10th
Express Fantasy (29.25), Inismore Impact (29.39) and Gemstone Billy (29.75) all went well on their return to action.
Taranis Rex moved very well in his hand slip trial today and returned safe and sound. He'll be given a sprint next week.
Wednesday 11th
4 runner up medals for the kennel this evening. Hey Rodrigo, Scobys Flash, I Certainly May and Gortkelly Hudini all ran well in defeat.
Noels Touch suffered a nasty shoulder injury in his 685m race as our recent bad run of injuries continues.
Thursday 12th
A trip to Oxford tonight with Barnish Booth and Five Alley Pub.
Barnish Booth fell out the traps but showed huge pace to the corner to turn 2nd behind the useful Pams Tomjo. Mickey made a great effort to get to the leader but just failed by a neck. This was another good run by Mickey who looks a very nice prospect. He'll be aimed at the 480m race on Produce night.
Five Alley Pub was one of the unluckiest losers we've had in a while as he finished 2nd in his 595m open. Wolfie was poorly drawn in trap 4 and got no end of trouble but ran on very strongly against some useful dogs to finish runner up. He's also heading to Swindon for Produce Stakes night to run in the 685m open.
Friday 13th
Another day of seconditis as we managed 5 silver medals.
Boynepark Joe struck gold though as he led around the first to win his A2 nicely in 29.09. Joe is a nice little dog but never gets anywhere near enough races at Swindon to really hit top form. Hopefully he'll get some regular runs soon and we can start to see the best of him.
Chilli Hot Sauce and Gemstone Jack both made it safely through to the semi finals of the Produce Stakes as they both finished 2nd. Chilli showed superb early pace to lead Derby finalist Westmead Adonis until half way down the back straight. Adonis went on to win comfortably but Chilli never looked in danger of not qualifying. Gemstone Jack showed brilliant track craft to come from 5th to be beaten a short head on the line.
Saturday 14th
Although we only managed 1 winner this evening we had some good performances.
Flag Officer ran well to finish 2nd in his A1. Maverick led down the back but just tired coming home and was beaten a length. He'd waited 3 weeks for a race and the lack of fitness just made the difference. Forest Ted ran well in the same race to finish 3rd.
Lady Jaro ran her heart out in her A1 but was beaten a head on the line in 28.92. Jaro is another who'd waited 3 weeks for a race after running well in a couple of opens at Coventry.
Inismore Impact led at the halfway point and stayed on gamely to win his A2 in a good 29.14. Echo is a lovely young dog who's now won 2 of his 4 races and he should continue to improve. This was his first run back since suffering a nasty bout of the cough but he came out of this race in great shape.
On a sad note though, kennel legend Stanton Jerry was retired tonight after sustaining a nasty wrist injury. We're hoping the wrist isn't chipped and that it's just a soft tissue injury but at 5 years of age Jerry has more than done his fair share of work. In all Jerry won 32 of his 106 races including a 100% open race record having won his only open by nearly 9 lengths at Hall Green! He's been a true superstar for us and will make someone a very special pet.
Sunday 15th
The bout of seconditis continued this evening as we added a further 3 to the tally.
Hoots Mon ran his best race so far at Coventry as finished an unlucky loser.
Kelseys Prince had every chance in his race and was beaten 2 1/2 lengths in 29.46. Prince lost his way around the bends a little and would definitely improve for the look round.
Crinkill Jewell is turning into a real kennel star of late and she ran another blinder this evening as she was beaten just 2 3/4 lengths by 2011 stayer of the year, Blonde Fletch. This was a really good run by Crink's and she'll head back to Coventry again next week.
Yeatsie Boy missed the break a mile but showed plenty of pace before being crowded at the bend. He'll also head back next week for a maiden.