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Felines Fear Debut

Felines Fear "aka Jameson" made his long awaited debut this evening at Monmore. With four of the syndicate present he came away from traps in reasonable fashion to chase hard the eventual winner. He showed some reasonable pace and appeared to be trying his best to finish a good second. He has a very strange action, a giraffe sprinting rang a bell! He did seem to tire off the last bend and did fade after the line. Part 2 next week. In summary, a promising debut but won't be winner any Derbys ! We have 5 passes which each admits 2 people. I have allocated 1 to Foxy and 1 to Heather and they are likely to attend more than most. Please just mail me when you would like a pass.

Qualified

Jameson (Felines Fear) finished 2nd this morning in his final qualifying trial at Monmore. Most importantly his time was 30.14 which is a qualifying time to start racing. Running from trap 2 he was slow away from traps, bumped at the second bend and ran on to sneak inside qualifying. He could make his debut as early as Saturday however more likely is a week on Thursday.

14 / 1 ! Burty Winner

Raynes Park (Droopys Kewell x Quare Diamond) landed the £2,000 Ladbrokes Summer 480 Final for bitches this afternoon at Monmore. Trained by our long term trainer Martin Burt she was quickly in to her stride she was not headed as she flew round in 28.31. Foxy and I both invested her as ante-post odds of 14/1!! Juicy ! Our luck continues !

Jameson Improves

Jameson showed rapid improvement in his second trial clocking 30.28, an improvment of 60 spots. He now only needs to improve slightly to grade on next Tuesday. I will post Tuesday's important trial news as soon as possible.

Ian Greaves Retires

Sad to read that Ian Greaves has been forced to retire from the sport following health advice. The Greaves School of Excellence has produced a number of high quality dogs including Top Savings, Toms the Best and Greenacre Lin to name a few. All pups and broods are currently being sold off as the operation draws to an end. I'm very surprised the whole business and facility where not sold off together. Perhaps it was just an investment to big for any one person or perhaps it points out to the long term future of the sport.

Jameson Trial

Jameson clocked 30.90 on his first outing at Monmore last Tuesday. Given his lack of experience and fitness a slow time was expected. According to the lads he looked very green in his running style. Needing to record 30.20 to start to race a Monmore, he should improve a great deal this Tuesday.

Kinda Beautiful

It was a pleasure to open the post this morning as a juicy memento arrived care of William Hill. Our £6.00 EW bet paid a very pleasing £507.00.

Centaur Allstar wins Scurry on Sky

It was great to see the Chris Allsopp trained Centaur Allstar take the Scurry Final live on Sky tonight in 15.10. Chris text me straight after the race to thank me for selling the dog off his website about 2 months ago. It's a great bit of publicity for the hard working kennel who put in alot of hours in to the dogs and on the road seeking open race winners. Well done to all.

Jameson Lands

The Jimmyin Boys latest recuit arrived last week having being reared superbly by Paul McCusker. He has had a few small niggles along the way but has arrived in A1 condition with plenty for Martin to work on. He appears to have settled in well and very much enjoyed his walk with Paul, the kids and myself in beautiful weather on Sunday. Please let me know if you would like to walk him on any Sunday.

Kinda Ready - Derby Champion

Both Foxy and I have had some cracking ante-post winners this year but neither of us really expected Kinda Ready to win the Greyhound Derby on Saturday night. We were very happy with the place money and I'd had a £5 a 20/1 on Fear Zafonic that that was my own interest other than the hope Mark Wallis could get him round the first two corners trouble free. I had £3.50 EW and Foxy £2.50 EW Monmore . What a performance! I think people had forgot this dog did a sub 28.50 1st look at Monmore and also recorded a 28.00 run. Even approaching the last turn I could simply not believe he was going to get up. You have to feel for the connections of Zafonic but I guess that racing. Roll on the cheque from Mr Willey Hill. Congratulations to all connections, it must be a dream come true. I have put a copy of the race below.

Kinda Amazing

Slim Debut

Slim Amarillo made his long awaited debut on Saturday at Monmore in a Puppy Open. It didn't seem that long ago Dave and I sent the mother Blue Amarillo out to Paul McCusker to start her career as a brood. Slim (Sox) was the dog selected from the 1st litter. Lance Burford and Jason Seddon purchased 25% each following his good trials. Sadly Lance could not get a trial at Monmore so he had to go without a look at the track. After breaking well and showing some super pace he looked sure to finish in 2nd place before being fought by two different dogs. He ran on to finish 4th and we just have to hope the events don't effect him personally. I had a super few hours at the track in the company of Dave where we managed to back a few nice winners.

Jameson Sprint

Jameson had a two dog sprint at the schooling track last week whilst I was away on holiday. Very slow away as would be expected, ran the bend very green and galloped home well. His clock was 18.85 which is well inside qualifying time which is 19.10. He won the trial handily enough. He will have another mixed sprint trial next week and Paul has provisionally booked the tranporter for 27th.

Back to School

Paul reported Jameson in great form following his return to the schooling track yesterday morning. Handslipped on the bend he did everything expected. He will return to the track next Sunday for a sprint trial. Could well be finally heading over within the next 3 weeks.

98 Not Out

Lisa's Invader (The Prince) proved he was no back number when taking a very tough S2 this afternoon in 38.50. Once away there was no danger! The winning margin for 6 lengths ! This was his 22nd career win from 98 starts. He was now won a race in 4 different years. A truly magical owning experience. Co-owner Ray may have put another business to the wall in London as he returned at 3/1.

Ferns a real Favourite

Blonde Fern, continued mine and Silver Fox's amazing ante post betting run when running away with the £10,000 final of the williamhill.com Blue Riband over 480m at Hall Green on Tuesday. 16/1 looked very healthy on the account this morning. Hopefully our luck continues in the Peterboro Puppy Derby and the Blue Square Derby.

Great Night out at Monmore Green

The family were guests of Ladbrokes on Saturday night at Monmore. The food, drink, surroundings and company made it a night to remember. It was made even better as we were were lucky to have a few winners. Lisa's Invader was honoured for winning 3 races in row which the boys loved going up for the presentation. He ran in the race before and was just beaten when staying on strong. Many thanks to all the staff and especially Richard Brankley the Track Manager.

17.53 Hot Socks

The time says it all really. First run on a real track and he railed like a cat. Promising times ahead, we can only dream. Lance seemed equalled pleased and seemed very confident he has plenty left in the tank.

Morning Trial for Socks

I went to watch Socks (Slim Amarillo) this morning. Video below. A very pleasing 16.23 was recorded. Off to Coventry Tuesday now.