Week Ending 2nd June

Monday 27th
Glenbane Air got the week off to a winning start as he led at the first bend to win his A2 in 29.33.
Tuesday 28th
A quiet trial session with just four dogs going to Swindon.
Recent arrival, Forest Bound, impressed on his first look at the track as he led around the first bend to win his trial in a fastest of the day 28.90. Bound is a lovely young dog who's already won a few opens at Hove and is a really nice addition to the kennel.
Kingsmill Go completed her qualifying trials with a 29.40 effort and should improve nicely over the coming weeks. She reached as a nice Stake final in Ireland and will win her fair share.
Unraced puppy, Finalee, really impressed in her first four bend trial as she pinged the lids and led all the way in 29.25. She looks to have a bright future. Her sister, Basher Dooley, didn't go quite so well in her sprint as she posted 17.60. She still looks very green and hopefully she'll improve next week.
Wednesday 29th
No winners from this evenings Swindon meeting. Harmar Superstar and Swords Messi both ran well in defeat at Coventry in their 450m opens and will both benefit from their runs.
Southern Angel beat Stanton Apollo and Nickys Love in 29.84 in their 485m trial while Chilli Hot Sauce beat Southern Belle and Mullingar Mer in 28.05 for the 450m.
Thursday 30th
A good night at Hove as we managed another couple of open winners.
Tibetan Skies continued his excellent form as he completed a hat trick of wins over Hove's 515m trip. Skies was slowly into stride again but ran a lovely first two bends to get himself into contention before flying down the back and came home strongly to win going away.
Portavoe Girl got her first open win for us as she led virtually all the way in her maiden 695m race.  She was always going to be tough to beat when leading and she'll probably be stepped up to a marathon trip next time.
Ring The Alarm and Taranis Diva both ran well in defeat and will head back to Hove again next week.
Friday 31st
We'll begin at Wimbledon where we had a magical start to our Derby campaign with two winners.
Screen Critic broke well and showed very good early to turn a close up second to the useful Farloe Calvin, it was a great buckle down the back straight between the two before our lad went on at the third bend to win by 2 1/2 lengths in a fast 28.58. This was a very good performance from Batman and he again looked well suited to Wimbledon.
The better performance perhaps came from Jolly Bullseye though as he showed top class early to lead all the way in 28.80. This was a very good heat with 4 top class dogs and our lad was desperate for the race so this was very pleasing. He'll improve a lot for this run and hopefully we'll get some luck along the way.
We had a couple of winners at Swindon as well. Inishmore Impact led at the third bend to win his A2 in 29.18 and Gemstone Meg got her first win since returning from season to win her A2 by 1 1/2 lengths in 29.05.
Saturday 1st June
Bellmore Woody returned to form with a trap to line win in the A1. He won by just over 5 lengths in 28.90. Smoothoppa Razor beat kennelmate Alarming Alan by 1 3/4 lengths in 29.09. Quite why Alan was upgraded after finishing 4th in A3 last time is anyone's guess though!
Chow For Now completed his qualifying trials with a 29.28 effort before racing.
Taranis Rex was totally out of luck in his 1st round heat of the Derby as he was badly crowded out of the boxes which ended his chances of qualification.

Performance of the Week

We've had some really good performances this week including Tibetan Skies, Screen Critic, Bellmore Woody and Gemstone Meg but the vote really has to go to Jolly Bullseye for his 1st round Derby win. It was a brilliant run considering he'd only had one trial since the Arc final nearly a month ago.