Week Ending 21st July

Tuesday 16th
On the whole we had a very good trial session at Swindon.
Stanton John got the day off to a great start as he recorded a flying 28.36 in his first 4 bend workout since December. John was given plenty of time to recover from some minor niggles suffered in his early qualifying trials and has come back in great order. He pinged the lids to beat the useful Silbury Campion by over 9 lengths. He should improve nicely for this run and will make a very useful addition to the open race team.
Slippery Patch beat Tibetan Skies by over 7 lengths in 28.54. This was a very good run from Patch as he returns from some minor niggles. Tibetan Skies didn't look right though and faces a trip to the vets.
Witcombe Dilemma beat Forest Hi Boy by 2 1/2 lengths in 28.96. Dilemma showed lovely early and led all the way in the trial. Hi Boy stayed the trip strongly today and for a novice pup showed that he's got plenty of improvement left to come.
Redlion Enfield (16.47), Forest Mollie (16.33), Droopys Danneel (16.21) and Saleen Tompajoe (16.49) all delighted us with their sprint runs.
Wednesday 17th
A good night for the kennel with 3 winners.
Inismore Impact got another win in A2 as he led at the fourth bend to score in 29.14.
We managed to qualify all 3 of our runners for the Coventry Owners Bonus Series A2 final. Smoothoppa Razor ran a very good race to pick up our former dog, Rainham Chris in 29.66. Black Beach ran well to qualify in 3rd.
Swords Brett returned to a bit of form as he won the other heat in 29.74.
Thursday 18th
No luck at Hove tonight from our 3 runners but they all ran well enough.
Friday 19th
A quiet day with just 3 runners at Swindon and 3 at Romford. Ding Hero ran well enough at Romford to finish 3rd and he won't be long in hitting top form again. Hopefully just in time for the Champion Stakes.
Saturday 20th
A good evening's racing at Swindon for the Produce final. It was nice to see a few open races on and a bit of variation in distances. We came away with a couple of winners and most of the dogs ran well.
Witcombe Dilemma made it 2 wins from 2 over the 480m trip as he ran a brave first bend to scoot clear and he never looked like being caught, he won in 28.94.
Droopys Harper ran another very brave race as he led all the way in his 685m open. He won in 41.88.
Gemstone Billy, Forest Bound and Stanton Apollo all ran well in defeat.
Sunday 21st
A great night for us at Henlow as Airport Captain won the Category 2 Henlow Gold Cup in a new track record.
Captain flew the lids and led all the way to win by 2 lengths in 32.94 which took around a length and a half off of Westmead Bolt's track record.
This was a great effort from Captain and he'll head to Romford for a maiden 575m open next week before being aimed at the Champion Stakes.

Open Race Dog For Sale

 

We are pleased to be able to offer Stanton John (August 10) for sale to stay in the kennel.

We have had John in the kennel for a few months now but he suffered a couple of minor niggles in his early qualifying trials so we didn't want to offer him for sale until we felt sure he was 100% sound. He was given plenty of time to recover from these niggles

(in fact we gave him 6 weeks extra as we've always rated him highly).

After his 2 come back sprint trials in which he posted 16.60 and 16.43 we were confident that he was ready to be stepped up to 4 bends and we were over the moon when he posted a flying 28.36 at Swindon which is just over 2 lengths off the track record! This was an incredible run considering it was John's first 4 bend workout since December. John pinged the lids to record a very good 2.42 sectional on the way to beating an A1 dog by over 9 lengths.

In his last race in Ireland, John won an A1 at Drumbo in a very good 28.75, prior to this he'd recorded a flying 28.04 open race win at Derry and had won a novice race in Shelbourne Park in 29.17.

John looks well suited to a 550-600 yard trip and looks an ideal open dog for the likes of Swindon, Hove and Nottingham. He's got good early and stays strong. He will be given his last qualifying next week at either Swindon or Hove before we find a maiden open for him.

John is offered for sale at £3000

Please contact me on: 07969 021 565

Week Ending 14th July

Tuesday 9th
We had 7 for trials this morning at Swindon. Gemstone Meg pleased us with her 41.93 solo 6 bend spin and she'll hopefully run on Produce final night in the maiden stayers.
Active Lark returned to the graded strength after her 29.73 effort.
Tibetan Skies was disappointing as he only posted 29.29 in his first trial since returning from a groin strain. He'll have another trial next week where we hope to see plenty of improvement.
Slippery Patch moved very well in his first sprint trial since a lay off as he beat Southern Angel by 2 lengths in a fast 16.27. This was also a very good run from Angel as she's been off with a shoulder problem.
Droopys Danneel returned from seasonal rest to post a very good 16.32. She'll have another sprint next week before being stepped up. She has the Brighton Belle and English Oaks as her main targets before heading off to the breeding paddocks.
Stanton John posted 16.43 as he looks to come back from a series of niggling injuries. John is a really nice type who should make top grade at Swindon easily enough but we've just had no luck with him so far. Touch wood his problems are behind him now though.
Wednesday 10th
Just the one winner tonight at Coventry as Hey Diego beat kennel mate Stanton Apollo in the A1. Gelert was quickly into stride and led all the way to win by 3 lengths in a good 29.35. We were very pleased with Apollo's run though and he's coming back to form nicely now.
Swords Messi and Nickys Love ran well in defeat.
Thursday 11th
Harmar Superstar maintained his 50% open race strike rate as he won one of the Sussex Cup trial stakes in 30.35. He's a really good genuine dog this and he should continue to improve.
Gemstone Jack, Witcombe Dilemma and Mr Van Persie were all out of luck in their races.
Friday 12th
The main event this evening was our trip to Dundalk with Screen Critic for the Dundalk International race. It turned out to be a messy affair and our chance was gone after being forced to check at the bend but Batman ran on well enough and came out the race in good order. It was a great experience to be involved in such a prestigious race and I learnt a lot from the experience of having our first runner in Ireland. We spent the day with Paddy Kehoe who breeds the Forest dogs and took the chance to see our 2 pups that we have out there. They are 2 blue bitches by Droopys Scolari x Forest May. We've got Taranis Diva from May's previous litter and I've been really pleased with her so thought it was well worth snapping a couple of the next litter up. One of them has just begun schooling and has gone very well.
Over at Swindon we had 2 winners on the afternoon Bags card. Der Lone Razor won his A3 in good style in 29.22 while Alarming Alan made it two wins on the trot as he won his A2 by 2 lengths in 29.12.
At the evening meeting, Forest Bound made it 3 wins from 5 starts since joining the kennel as won the A1 in impressive fashion. Freddie has been staying the 480m trip very strongly and he led on the run in to win in a personal best 28.79. He's a lovely dog to have in the kennel and is still young enough to think there is more improvement to come. Hopefully we'll find him a race on Produce final night.
Saturday 13th
Just the one winner at Swindon as Allen Buttercup produced her best performance so far as she led all the way in the A1 to win by 3/4 of a length in a personal best 28.92. She has a lovely turn of early and has won 2 of her 7 UK races.
Sunday 14th
A rare trip to Henlow was rewarded with 2 winners from our 2 runners.
Gurrane Rocket ran the track superbly as he won the sprint open. Rocket Man is not really a sprinter but he's been left desperately short of races at both Swindon and now Coventry so we've just needed to find some races for him. He'd be a really good little dog with some consistent runs but it was great to get this win for his very patient owners.
Airport Captain made it through to the Gold Cup final as he won his semi final in great style. Captain flew the lids and led all the way to win by 5 lengths in a very good 33.29. We've a nice draw in the final and we'd have a great chance of winning with a decent break. I'd imagine he'd head to Romford for the Champion Stakes next as he looks the ideal type.