Week Ending 2nd February

Tuesday 28th Jan
A busy trial session this morning with 17 dogs going to Swindon.
Royal Secret qualified over the 6 bend trip with her 42.76 trial.
Forest Oscar was the star of the show today as he showed superb all round pace to win his trial in a flying 28.47. Oscar is only a June 12 puppy and hasn't raced but looks a seriously top class prospect.
Hey Diego returned from his cracked hock with a superb 29.08 trial win. Stanton Ranger (29.78) and Witcombe Howzat (29.36) joined the graded strength after their final qualifying trial.
Jet Stream Duke looks a very nice addition to the kennel and he qualified for racing following his 28.95 win. Kingsmill Anois (29.15) and Cheers Tony (29.41) both rejoined the graded strength.
Screen Critic continued his come back from injury with a very decent 16.12 sprint, he beat Alarming Jacks by just over 2 lengths.
Jet Stream Captain is another very nice addition to the open race team and he impressed today with his 16.35 trial.
Unraced novice, Forest Jessica moved very well to post 16.56 in her solo sprint.
Wednesday 29th
Just the one winner this evening at Swindon as Jet Stream Girl continued her excellent recent form to win her A3 in good style.
Over at Hall Green we had two runners on the Sky card and although we didn't manage a winner I was delighted with both Boom Boom Lass and Southern Mesut.
Lass showed huge early pace but drifted badly on the 2nd bend and lost a good few lengths in running. I think she would have won with a trial.
Mesut was again poorly drawn in trap 6 and was bumped on the run up as he moved middle. He looked to be in a great position going into the 2nd bend but he was badly hampered by the 1 dog and was knocked out of contention. He came off with a split web though and faces a couple of weeks on the easy list. He'll be aimed at a Sky race at Wimbledon on Juvenile night before contesting the Swindon Arc and English Derby.
Friday 31st
Just the one winner from today's Swindon meetings as Alarming Alan ran a super race to get up close home to win his A2.
Saturday 1st
A marvellous start to the month as we won all 5 of the races that we contested tonight.
Chow For Now didn't take long to return to winning ways after a 3 1/2 month lay off as he led at the halfway point to beat Kilhara Missy by just over a length in 28.81.
Stanton Ranger won on his debut as he showed good all round pace to win his A3 by 2 3/4 lengths in 29.16. Ranger is only a lightly raced Jan 12 and has plenty of improvement left in him yet.
Gemstone Annie made it 2 wins from her last 3 races as she won her A2 by 1/2 a length in 29.07.
Cheers Tony produced a demolition job in his A2 as he won by nearly 6 lengths in a personal best 28.80. This was Tony's first race in nearly 3 months and it'll be interesting to see how he handles a step up in class. He's only had 6 races and is an interesting prospect.
Mercurial Jet completed the night's work as he got is first top heat victory as he won by nearly 3 lengths in 29.08. Jet is a lovely puppy and wont be 2 until May. If he can learn to trap a bit better he could be a nice dog later in the year.
Sunday 2nd
The great start to the month continued tonight at Sittingbourne as we had 3 open race winners.
Jet Stream Duke won on his debut in a 480m maiden by 2 3/4 lengths in a good 29.08. Duke stayed this trip very strongly and will be stepped up to the 500m next week. He's a lovely dog and could be very useful over a short 6 bends.
Allen Buttercup showed the benefit of a change of scenery as she broke well and won her 450m open in good style in a fast 27.49.
Swords Brett won his heat of the 500m competition in good style as he led all the way to win by nearly 4 lengths in 30.38.
Jet Stream Odds will join Brett in the final next week as he showed good determination to finish 2nd in his heat after finding early trouble.
In a pre race trial Swansalona Diva ran a huge trial to beat Dragon Big Bux by over 6 lengths in a fast 29.06. Diva ran the track well and stayed very strongly. She really could make a top class stayer in time. Bux didn't run the track very well and will have a precautionary check over before he trials again.

Week Ending 12th January

Monday 6th
Just the one winner to start the week with as Sligo Mick continued his good recent form with another A2 win.
Tuesday 7th
A busy trial day with 14 going through their paces at Swindon this morning.
Kilhara Missy flew the lids to win her trial in 29.00, Dubai Swift (29.36) and Jet Stream Girl (29.70) both returned to the graded strength.
Youngster, Boom Boom Bill posted 29.48 in his solo trial but didn't look to be striding out very well and will be checked over before he does anything else.
Southern Mesut re qualified after missing his last Romford open race with sickness with a flying 15.94 sprint. He beat Dragon Big Bux (16.44) and Boom Boom Lass (16.52).
Fairhill Paddy (16.50) and Chow For Now (16.73) both went ok in their return from injuries.
There were some good performances from our new batch of youngsters. Hip Hip Who Razor in particular showed great promise as she posted a brilliant 16.43. Formerly Forest Bluebell, she's only had minimal schooling and hasn't seen a track for around 3 months as we gave them plenty of time to settle in. She's a comrade to Forest Gavin who will begin his qualifying soon.
Forest Aoife (sister to Lexie), went well to post 16.82. Forest Oscar ran the track very well as he posted 16.72 and Stanton Ranger overcame a stumble to post 16.70.
Wednesday 8th
No luck from this evening's meeting as we didn't manage a winner from our 6 runners. Kingsmill Go who had waited 3 weeks again for a race, suffered a nasty fall at the first bend and will need around a month off.
We said goodbye to Forest Mollie today as she was sent back to the Forest kennels to begin her life as a brood bitch. Mollie is from a top litter and she'll hopefully produce some good pups. The obvious highlight of Mollie's career was finishing 3rd in the English Oaks of 2012.
Thursday 9th
A long trip to Hove tonight with 3 runners.
National sprint winner, Helenas Sailor made his debut for the kennel and went ok to finish 3rd. He broke well but didn't get much luck around the bends as he was constantly being bumped. He would have needed this run a bit anyway and he'll head to Nottingham next. He's a top arrival in the kennel.
Under The radar and Gemstone Jack were both out of luck in their opens.
Friday 10th
We'll start at Romford where we had the first open race hat trick of the year!
Boom Boom Lass overcame a lack of a trial as she run her heart out to win a 400m maiden in great style. She didn't break in her best fashion but showed great pace up and ran a very brave first bend to go round in front. She went onto win by 3 lengths in a good 24.32 and can only improve with further experience and race fitness. She's now won 4 of her 5 races.
Swords Messi who was much better drawn in trap 3 got a much deserved Romford success. He flew the lids and led all the way to win by 2 lengths in a good 24.12.
The top class Southern Mesut completed the nights work as he overcame a poor draw in 6 to unleash his huge early pace to miss the trouble on the bend. He went onto win by 7 3/4 lengths in 24.18. There's still more to come from this dog and the Golden Sprint in March looks a obvious target. He's now won 4 of his 7 races in the UK.
At Swindon we had 4 winners from today's meetings.
Burgess Ali took the opportunity of a quick downgrade to lead nearly all the way in her A6.
Reel Tiger showed the benefit for last weeks comeback race as she led on the run up to win her A4 by 1/2 a length in 29.48.
Jet Stream Olly continued his recent improvement as he led all the way to win his A1 by 2 lengths in 28.72. He'll more than likely head to Sittingbourne next week for a maiden. Swansalona Diva ran her best race to date to finish 2nd to Olly. She's still a novice but is learning all the time and she's recorded 28.89 in only her 3rd ever race. She still looks like a top prospect.
Nickys Love got another win to add to her tally as she led all the way to win her A2 by 1/2 a length in 29.00
Saturday 11th
Another good night with 3 winners at Swindon.
Forest Pearl soon led in her A2 to beat kennel mate Alarming Arti in 29.13.
Jet Stream Girl ran on strongly to win her A3 in 29.70 and Gemstone Annie completed the night's work as she led all the way to win her A2 in 29.00.