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.