Sallies in Demand

I was very interested to read that the hares at the Clonmel National Meeting ate an amazing two and a half ton of Sallies each week! That is some amount. I was shown the art of Sallie cutting by Lixnaw's very own Mr Health & Safety Paddy Flaherty back in October.

Arc at Swindon

My old fiend Paul Ephremsen who I owned Droopys Clichy with in the heydays of Beechfield Racing has thankfully got back in the sport by owning Mountjoy Ruby. Ruby is currently contesting the Arc at Swindon which as reached the Semi Final stage tonight. The sport needs owners like Paul and should do all it can to hold on such owners. Good Luck Paul.

Bomber Collects

Bomber Bailey landed the Springbok crown on Tuesday night at Wimbledon for us at a whopping 14/1 !! A 14/1 winner goes down well on any day of the week. As soon as he hit the front there was no dangers and the dog was on his best behaviour. Flying Winner took the Marathon race for Big Harry Findlay. She is an amazing bitch and has now won 28 of her 39 races. I would like to try and see her run in the flesh this year.

Loving Home Required

Following a discussion with Martin on the phone this morning we have decided to retire Avenue Guide (Sam). A winner of 10 of his 65 races he has been lovely little dog to own. We will now try and find him a loving home to spend his retirement. Should you know anyone interested please email me at ndugganisrm@hotmail.com.

Bookies clean up at Clonmel

Kingsmill Dynamo, trained in the south of Wexford by Aidan Roche, raced to a decisive victory over Colina Damask in the final of the Boylesports Derby at Powerstown Park. The festival probably suffered it's worth weather for a long time. At times the slippers hut was not visiable!

Kingsmill Dynamo took on Galway giant-killer Colina Damask in the deciding buckle, but this proved an anti-climax when the Dynamo took control from the slips and led up by no less than five lengths.

Throughout the Boylesports Derby there were a succession of shocks. Three of the four-strong Matthews team made their exits at this stage and were joined on the sidelines by their kennelmate Wallace Green on Tuesday afternoon. Coolcastle Point took over as favourite after the third round, only to be withdrawn before the quarters.
He was replaced by King Saunders at the head of the market, but he in turn was upstaged by Colina Damask. Shocks were also a feature in the Hotel Minella Oaks and this classic ended with Fortuna, trained by Charlie Faul for Brigid Frank, upsetting the odds laid on Whimsical Lady when holding on by half a length from a short slip.

I selected five against the field in both competitions yet the furthest one went was the Quarter Final. I imagine there are some pretty rich bookies come the end of the week.

Dog Tales

I was recently asked if I could submit an article of interest for the Betfair Forum "Dog Tales". Any way I managed to find ten minutes and submitted it this week. Nice bit of publicity for the websites.Happy reading.

Gallop Report

Jameson had his first gallop since 2008 this morning. Paul reported his action seemed much easier on the eye and the rest has done him the world of good. He has a lovely big back on him and is currently 36.6 kg. All being well be will be back on the schooling track in two weeks and hopefully with us in six.