Week Ending 2nd March

 

Tuesday 25th Feb
Pennys Peggy joined the graded strength after winning her trial in good style in 29.60. She's a member of a very good litter and should improve nicely in time.
Alarming Jacks was given a trial after waiting 3 weeks for a race at Swindon and moved well to record 28.90.
Exciting puppy, Forest Gavin, ran a pleasing 28.91 solo after taking a fall the previous week. There is plenty to come from this lad which was obvious today as he tired badly coming home.
Although Punchestown Lad ran a good 29.26 he returned lame with a sprained wrist and faces a couple of months on the easy list again.
Boom Boom Love and Fleetwood Kittie also joined the graded strength.
Boom Boom Hero who had been given a couple of months off to rest and mature certainly proved this was the right decision as he recorded 16.33 in a solo sprint. Hero pinged the lids and powered home.
Der Lone Razor ( 16.74), Nickys Love (16.49) and Boom Boom Dave (16.59) all went well as they returned from a lay off while recent arrival, Toms Knowledge pleased us with a 16.43 first look. He's a nice dog with very good Shelbourne Park form and he'll be aimed at the Arc and English Derby.
Wednesday 26th
Just the one winner this evening as Sligo Mick won again in A2 company in 29.20.
Friday 28th
A good day with 4 winners from today's meetings.
Finalee recorded a personal best 28.94 as she won her A2 by 1 3/4 lengths.
Swansalona Bolt made it two wins on the trot as he won his A3 by 3 1/4 lengths in 29.40.
Hey Diego won his first race since returning from a cracked hock to win his A2 by 3 lengths in 29.00 and Alarming Jacks completed the days work as she ran a blinder to win a good A1 race by 1 3/4 lengths in 28.89.
Saturday 1st
Another top night at Swindon as we won 4 of the 5 races we contested.
Cheers Tony made it 3 wins from his 9 career races as he smashed the lids to win his A2 by 8 lengths in a very good 28.67. Tony posted a 2.32 sectional and I'd expect there to be further improvement from this lightly raced type. He's an interesting prospect.
It was great to see Joscar win his first race for the kennel and he won in good style. He led off the 2nd bend to win his A2 by 2 1/2 lengths in 28.81. Joscar is another one of our dogs who hadn't been given a race for 3 weeks so this performance was all the more impressive and a credit to all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes at the kennels.
Droopys Harper has been a wonderful dog for the kennel and he won again tonight in the S1. Harper showed good pace down the back straight and powered home to win by 7 lengths in 42.22.
Mercurial Jet showed the benefit of the further experience we gave him at Sittingbourne as he looked more of the finished article tonight as he beat kennel mate Gemstone Jack in the A1. Jet broke very well and stayed on strongly to win by a neck in a personal best 28.71. Jet has been outside the first 3 only once in his 15 races and has now won 7 times. Not bad for a dog that isn't 2 years old until May! He's for sale to stay in the kennel and really would give someone an awful lot of fun.
Boom Boom Lass beat Witcombe Dilemma by a short head in 28.80 in a pre race trial and both will improve nicely for the workout.
Sunday 2nd
Sittingbourne has been a very happy hunting ground for us this year and this continued tonight with another 3 winners.
Jetstream Captain beat kennel mate Forest Oscar in the maiden 480 by 2 3/4 lengths in 29.51. Captain was badly crowded on the first bend but showed good pace down the back and came home very strongly win in good style. Forest Oscar delighted us with his debut run behind Captain and he wont be long in winning. Oscar broke well but was very badly crowded on the bend but showed a very good attitude and plenty of pace to get himself back into contention and he could well be a but special in time.
Jet Stream Duke continued his unbeaten run to his UK career as he made it 4 wins from 4 starts in the 500m open. Duke missed the break but showed great track craft around the first two bends and flew home from the 3rd bend to beat kennel mate Swords Brett by 1 3/4 lengths in 30.54. Duke will more than likely head back to Sittingbourne next week before a possible tilt at the Arc.
Derby Finalist, Screen Critic, made his return to racing this evening after a break of 7 months since the Select Stakes at Nottingham and he could hardly have been more impressive as he led virtually all the way to win by 3 lengths in 29.27. He'll improve nicely for this run though and will head back to Sittingbourne next week for a small competition before contesting the Arc and English Derby again. It's great to have Batman back racing again and I must thank his owner, Mr Burton, for his patience and allowing the dog all the time he needed before we bought him back. It will pay dividends in the long run.