Week Ending 12th August

Monday 6th
A rare day off for the kennel as we were given no runners at today's meeting.
Tuesday 7th
A quiet trial session for us today but all 4 of ours went  nicely.
Boozed Aroma rejoined the graded strength after her 29.31 win and Witcombe Lady ran a lovely trial to win in 30.02. Her toe ligament injury has held up really well.
Inishmore Impact was given a confidence boosting solo sprint after suffering bad crowding in his last few races. He pinged the lids and stopped the clock at a decent 16.27. Hopefully he'll be given some better draws soon and can get a few clear runs. He could make in to a really nice dog with some luck.
Recent arrival, Mullingar Mer, delighted us with her first look at Swindon. She flew out and recorded 16.31 which is probably as fast as any new dog we've put round.
Wednesday 8th
No luck this evening from our 5 runners. Lady Jaro was the only one of ours to get a clear run and she ran her heart out to finish 2nd in her A1. Jaro has been a superb bitch for the kennel at at nearly 5 years old she still recorded a 28.93 tonight. Nice youngster, Smoothoppa Razor, continues to be given poor draws and again was in trouble tonight. She'll probably be given a short break soon unless she gets a change of luck.
Thursday 9th
An early morning trip to the vets with 5 dogs.
Motor Home will need a further month on the easy list with a strained hock and a problem in her hip.
Recent arrival, Forest Mollie, had her tonsils removed and will be off the track for 2-3 weeks.
Barnish Booth and Pony Bride were given the all clear as they were given precautionary check overs.
Bellmore Woody was given the all clear after arriving with a few minor niggles. He'll spend a couple of weeks on the gallop before he's given a sprint at Swindon.
Friday 10th
3 winners from today's meetings.
Gemstone Annie made it 2 wins from her last 3 races as she just got up on the line to win a good quality A2 in 29.20.
Witcombe Lady made a winning debut this evening as she flew the lids and led all the way in her A6 to win by a length in 29.91. Her owners have been very patient with this girl as she needed a good while off with a toe ligament injury so it was great to get off to a good start.
The incredible Lady Maud made it 3 wins on the trot and a brilliant 7 wins from her 11 starts as she led at the first bend to win her A2 by 1/2 length in 29.51.
Saturday 11th
This evening we had 5 dogs trialling before racing and 7 runners in 4 races.
The trials went better than we could have hoped with all the dogs delighting us with their efforts.
Slippery Patch, Taranis Rex and Barnish Booth made up probably the best quality 3 dog trial we've ever had from the kennel. Rex showed fantastic early and led all the way to beat Barnish Booth by a length and a half in a flying 28.61. Slippery Patch ran on strongly and was only a head behind Barnish at the line but led a long way into the drop. It was obviously a fantastic run by Rex who has come back better than ever after injury but I was just as pleased with the effort of Barnish Booth who'd been on the easy list since taking a bumpy ride on Produce final night. Slippery Patch looks to have the making of a really nice St Leger type and this will be his main target this year.
Mullinger Mer showed terrific early pace to lead about 4 lengths in her trial but Pony Bride reeled her in on the last bend and went on to win the trial by 3 lengths in a good 29.08. Pony Bride is a lovely stayer in the making and this was a good effort in only her 2nd 4 bend trial since season.
On to the race dogs and the night got off to a bad start as Flag Officer failed to make the pick up after going badly lame on a shoulder, he'll be off for around 2 months I would imagine.
Sligo Mick was up against kennel mate Inishmore Impact in the A2 and it was the less fancied Sligo Mick who came away with the win. Mick broke well and left all the trouble behind him at the bend and went on to win by 4 lengths in 29.18. Inishmore was again involved in bad crowding and this fellow may well be given a go somewhere else before he gets fed up of the game.
Kennel star, Ding Hero, made his comeback tonight after 3 months out lame with a hip injury and won a very good quality A1 in great style. Ding broke well and led every yard of the way to win by 3/4 of a length in a good 28.76. He's now won a brilliant 11 of his 22 races for the kennel. Hiding Escort impressed with his fast finishing 4th place in the same race.

In Other News.....
We've had a desperately bad week for getting races for our open race team as Swindon again failed to fill their opens and Coventry had to cancel their entire Sunday meeting due to lack of entries. We'll have a busy week next week with Hove and Coventry top of the list.
Taranis Rex will head to Coventry next Sunday for a trial before making his racing comeback there the following week. Although disappointed that Cov failed to race this week, we'll continue to support them as much as we can as I believe this could well be the best track in the Country in the future.
Noels Touch left the kennel this week as he starts his new life of luxury with his owners in retirement. Noels was a cracking dog for us and won numerous 4 and 6 bend races, the highlight being his all the way success in the six bend Owners Bonus Series final.