Week Ending 9th September

Monday 3rd
A good start to the week with 2 winners from our 8 runners.
Scobys Flash won her A2 by 1 3/4 lengths in 29.22. She ran a game race as she led around the third bend.
The much improved Irdu Gormlaith got an A7 win under her belt as she led all the way to win by 3/4 of a length in 30.08.
11 hounds were put through their paces on the gallop this morning with Inismore Impact and Pony Bride going particularly well. Mercurial Lady who's been off around 3 months since going lame in an open race at Hove, had her first gallop back and went very well. The shoulder has held up nicely and she should be ready for a trial in a couple of weeks.
Tuesday 4th
We had 6 for trials today. Unfortunately Forest Mollie had to stay at home with a touch of the cough. Irdu Brannagh rejoined the graded strength with her 30.87 effort.
Chilli Spring (16.95), Ring The Alarm (16.56), Gemstone Meg (16.72), Coolykereen Lee (17.06) and Hey Rodrigo (16.75) all moved well enough in their sprint trials.
Wednesday 5th
Another good night with a hat trick of winners.
Butchers Bounty continued his good form as he led off the last bend to win his A2 by a head in 29.77.
Lady Mission made it 2 wins from 2 since returning from injury as she led around the first bend to win her A3 nicely in 29.58.
Active Lark pinged the lids to beat kennel mate Off The Radar by 3 3/4 lengths in 29.07. Radar delighted us with his effort as this was his first run for a long time.
Thursday 6th
What a night we had down at Hove this evening! We managed 3 winners from our 4 runners which pushed us over the target of 50 open race wins for the year. It was also the first time we've ever managed a hat trick of winners at Hove, it's not an easy place to go and get winners that's for sure.
Pony Bride got us our 50th open winner of the year with an impressive performance in the 695m maiden. Pony is quite pace less for the first couple of bends but really winds it up from halfway and looks to stay all day. She won by a couple of lengths in a good 41.86. She's only just coming to hand and will be a better bitch with a few runs under her belt but she might well make in to a nice TV Trophy bitch.
Mullingar Mer, who got no luck last week on her first visit to Hove, showed a lovely turn of early to lead at the bend in her maiden sprint open. She went on to win in good style in 16.49. Titch as she is known, could be anything, although I think she'll be better suited to a short four bend trip eventually, she'll be kept to sprinting for another couple of runs.
Five Alley Pub wasn't able to dictate matters in his 695m open but ran well enough to finish 3rd. He'll probably head to Coventry next week before being aimed at the Cesarewitch at Oxford in October.
Barnish Booth got his first win at the seaside as he flew the lids and led all the way in his 515m open. Mickey recorded a good 4.08 sectional and stopped the clock in a fastest of the night 29.99. The 515 is a touch to far for him in all honesty but he'll take his chance in the Olympic that starts next week.
Friday 7th
A busy day for the kennel with 2 meetings at Swindon and a trip to Romford.
We'll start at Romford where Ding Hero and Hiding Escort were contesting the semi finals of the Champion Stakes. Both were drawn in the same heat and unfortunately finished 5th and 6th. Ding needed to lead to stand a chance of getting through but missed the kick and got crowded throughout. He'll head back there next week for a one off open. Hiding Escort looked in a good position to qualify but ran flat and faded out. He returned with the cough so will face a couple of weeks on the easy list.
We did manage a couple of winners at Swindon though. Sparkem Out led on the line to win her A2 by a head in 29.30 while Scobys Flash made it 2 wins in a week as she led all the way to win another A2 in 29.12. Der Lone Razor qualified from his heat in the A3 Owners Bonus Series when finishing runner up. The final is next Wednesday so fingers crossed he'll make it win number 4 for the kennel in these Bonus races.
Saturday 8th
Taranis Rex was the star of the show for us this evening as he won the 480m in good style. Rex broke well and showed terrific early and never looked like being beaten. He won in a good 28.74. He'd been off for a year following a very serious Achilles tendon injury so to win in only his third comeback race was a terrific achievement. Inismore Impact ran another good race to finish 3rd behind Rex and is improving rapidly. He'll be given a chance in the upcoming 509m maiden.
We were represented by 3 runners in the A1 tonight and managed to come away with the 1-2. It was a very messy race with both Forest Ted and Black Beach suffering bad crowding but it didn't matter to Hoots Mon as he flew the lids and left all the trouble behind him. He won by over 6 lengths in a good 28.85.
Gemstone Annie moved very well in her preparation trial for the Nottingham Produce Stakes as she recorded 30.47.
Sunday 9th
A trip to Coventry this evening with 3 runners in 2 races. Glenbane Air confirmed the Swindon sprint form over kennel mate Kilmalady Biffo as they again finished 1st and 2nd. Barney pinged the lids but it looked likely Biffo would lead around the bend but Barney just gave him a nudge and that was enough to see him home.
Penskey Rain was totally out of luck in the marathon race as he was crowded on the run to the bend and badly crowded at the first. He could never get competitive after this.