Week Ending 16th December

Monday 10th
Two winners to start the week off with. Winetavern Tadgh held on gamely to win his A2 by a neck in 29.12 and Der Lone Razor got a much deserved win in his A3. Spud won by 3/4 of a length in 29.43.
Tuesday 11th
Trials were cancelled this morning due to the fog.
Wednesday 12th
Romford firstly where we had 3 runners. Kelseys Prince cramped up in his race, a hot 575m maiden and finished down the field. Pony Bride had the legs run off her in the 925m marathon but ran OK. The track was flying and whatever led won. Ding Hero won his 750m maiden marathon in good style. Ding didn't ping the lids but ran a gutsy first bend to get his head in front and stretched the field out nicely in the middle part of the race and kicked again on the run in when challenged. He's now won opens over 4, 6 and 8 bends and will be given one more race at Wimbledon next Thursday night before being rested until the new year.
Another couple of winners at Swindon with Active Lark and Gemstone Billy on the mark.
Larky cracked out and led all the way to win her A2 by 3/4 of a length in 28.88. Gemstone Billy ran a brilliant 3rd bend to bully his way to the front and went on to win by over 6 lengths in a personal best 29.16. Billy will now head off to Perry Barr for a 6 bend trial.
Thursday 13th
A brilliant night at Henlow for us as we qualified all 3 of our runners for the Maiden Derby final.
Swords Messi ran a gutsy first bend and always looked like qualifying in 2nd place behind a good winner.
Jolly Bullseye improved nicely from last week's run as he broke well and led all the way in his heat. Bullseye really opened up down the back and won well. He's not coming home too well at the moment but will only get stronger and is a lovely dog in the making.
Bellmore Woody behaved himself perfectly in his heat as he came away well from the 1 box and led all the way. I thought woody was going to be challenged off the last bend but he just kicked again and did it nicely in the end. He stays that trip very well and it would be nice to see him in front again. Although we have half of the field in next week's final we are not taking anything for granted. It's a very competitive race and a win will be hard earned.
Friday 14th
A quiet day at Swindon as we had no runners on the afternoon meeting and just a handful at night. Black Beach ran well to finish runner up in a good A2. Flag Officer (28.99), Ring The Alarm (29.02) and Chilli Hot Sauce (29.55) all went well enough in their pre race trials.
Saturday 15th
Another brilliant night for us as Forest Mollie qualified for the final of the Oaks at Wimbledon. Mollie ran a very good race to finish 2nd to the fantastic Droopys Loner and always looked like qualifying after a good break and turning handy down the back straight. It's quite an achievement for Mollie to make it through to a Classic final in only her 12th ever career start and she's a great prospect to have in the kennel for next year. Win, lose or draw, Thursday will be a great way to finish off what has been an unbelievable year for the kennel with the Oaks final and Henlow Maiden Derby.
Over at Swindon we had a couple of winners from 6 runners.
Swords Brett delighted us with his win this evening as he won his A2 easily in a good 28.61. Brett has taken a while to settle in but is coming forward all the time now and should make a nice member of our open race team next year. It's a shame Swindon let him go a couple of weeks without a run as he would have made a nice member of the team for the Perry Barr Championship team.
Winetavern Tadgh continued his good recent form as he won his A2 by a short head in 29.11.
Ballyhill Power ran well in defeat as she tackled A1 for the first time. Power had again waited 2 weeks for a run so she did very well to record a personal best time of 28.85. She'll be taken out open racing soon as she needs more consistent runs than she's currently getting. She's another really nice prospect for next year.