January's final week saw no winners, recap -
Weds 23rd - Shelley (0/5) 3rd
Fri 25th - Gemma (0/3) 3rd, Belle (0/4) 5th, Marvin (0/5) 4th, Russ (0/4) 3rd, Teddy (0/4) 3rd, Lucy (0/1) had her first run for us and finished 4th in an A5
Last night saw us with two runners Russ (0/5) went in a Maiden Open Race as a reserve and ran a respectable 4th from trap 3 which didn't suit, unfortunately he has cut his foot open and will be sidelined for about a month :(
Marvin ran in a 6 bend Hcap, but the race was void due to a trap failure :( , not a good nights racing.
Gemma (0/4) finished 5th today on Bags.
January Stats and comments :-
Janey (2/4) Won A6 + A5 going great until Awkward, short rest then try again with her.
Lucy (0/1) Had her first race in A5 and after early crowding she showed good promise.
Teddy (0/4) Struggled in A2, now in A3 hopefully winning again soon.
Gemma (0/4) Not troubled the judge in A8, loves her racing but cant see her winning.
Belle (0/4) A6 a bit high for her at the moment.
Marvin (0/5) Still frustrating, should win soon but been saying that for a while.
Russ (0/5) Running well in Top Grade + Open, Injury to keep him off for a month.
Shelley (0/5) Hectic start to the year, now has come into Season (24th) and having a deserved rest.
Lulu - Had trials after Seasonal rest should have her first run soon.
Fivo - Had a Sprint and a four bender will be back soon.
Betty - Had a Sprint, press on with four bends next week.
Tom - New arrival has had a couple of trials, needs one more to make the card.
Our JAN Dog Of The Month --- Janey
January (2/32) .As you see win to runners not good, hopefully will get better.
Looking forward to Feb where a couple should make their Debut's, we kick off with Belle and Lucy on Friday who both get a Downgrade !!!!!!!
Be Lucky
Neil
Wednesday 30 January 2008
Tuesday 22 January 2008
Janeys High + Low and a new Arrival
Since coming back from her Seasonal Rest Janey has been flying, Friday saw her win her Second race (2/4) A5@2/1 but at a price, she was marked Awkward (and rightly so) as she went by up the home straight :(
On the same card Teddy (0/3) finished a tired 4th in an A2.
Earlier in the week on Tuesdays Sky card Marvin (0/4) finished a fast finishing 2nd in A4.
In my last post i said Directors Chair was a good bet, i had a nice bet on him and when he hit the lids flying i was on very good terms with myself. After going about 5 lengths clear i was certain i would be collecting but has the dogs rounded the last couple of bends Tuftys Pearletta had other ideas and got up in the dying strides :(
Russ (0/3) was our only runner on Sat night and for once he fluffed his lines as the traps opened and trailled in 5th, We were still proud of him as we collected the Trophies from his December exploits :)
Year to date 2/23
Lucy and Lulu both had trials in their quest to grade on shortly.
Monday was the latest Perry Barr sales and we (In patnership with our good friends Dave and Anne) took the plunge in buying a Mar 06 Dog pup named Rathronan Topper (Tom) GL Tom :)
Well done to both the New England Patriots and the New York Giants who will contest Superbowl XLII in Arizona on Feb 3rd.
GL to you all and thanks for dropping by :)
On the same card Teddy (0/3) finished a tired 4th in an A2.
Earlier in the week on Tuesdays Sky card Marvin (0/4) finished a fast finishing 2nd in A4.
In my last post i said Directors Chair was a good bet, i had a nice bet on him and when he hit the lids flying i was on very good terms with myself. After going about 5 lengths clear i was certain i would be collecting but has the dogs rounded the last couple of bends Tuftys Pearletta had other ideas and got up in the dying strides :(
Russ (0/3) was our only runner on Sat night and for once he fluffed his lines as the traps opened and trailled in 5th, We were still proud of him as we collected the Trophies from his December exploits :)
Year to date 2/23
Lucy and Lulu both had trials in their quest to grade on shortly.
Monday was the latest Perry Barr sales and we (In patnership with our good friends Dave and Anne) took the plunge in buying a Mar 06 Dog pup named Rathronan Topper (Tom) GL Tom :)
Well done to both the New England Patriots and the New York Giants who will contest Superbowl XLII in Arizona on Feb 3rd.
GL to you all and thanks for dropping by :)
Monday 14 January 2008
Hall Green Owners Night + Dog of The Month
No luck for any of our six runners on Sat night (as expected) the best placings were a couple of 3rds -- placings :-
Gemma (0/2) 4th
Belle (0/3) 4th
Shelly (0/4) 5th (needs a rest 4 runs in 12 days a bit much for her)
Teddy (0/2) 3rd
Janey (1/3) 3rd
Russ (0/2) 4th
hopefully a couple of downgrades soon for a few of them.
On a positive note Lulu had a sprint before racing and she went nicely.
Marvin (0/3) on Friday was really unlucky coming to win the race he got took out big style and lost all chance eventually finishing last :( , next time in a 6 bend H'cap :)
Year to date (1/19) not a good win to run ratio but in all honesty we have only fancied about 4 of the runners !!!!!!
Prestige Final on SKY tomorrow and Directors Chair will take some stopping 5/4 is a good price IMHO
Marvin runs on the card in an A4 after the cameras stop rolling , hopeful more than confident
On Friday we found out that Blue Taurus had won the Dog Of The Month for December, a fantastic achievement and a first for us :D , He won 4 from 5 and finished 3rd in the other , Well Done Russ :)
Gemma (0/2) 4th
Belle (0/3) 4th
Shelly (0/4) 5th (needs a rest 4 runs in 12 days a bit much for her)
Teddy (0/2) 3rd
Janey (1/3) 3rd
Russ (0/2) 4th
hopefully a couple of downgrades soon for a few of them.
On a positive note Lulu had a sprint before racing and she went nicely.
Marvin (0/3) on Friday was really unlucky coming to win the race he got took out big style and lost all chance eventually finishing last :( , next time in a 6 bend H'cap :)
Year to date (1/19) not a good win to run ratio but in all honesty we have only fancied about 4 of the runners !!!!!!
Prestige Final on SKY tomorrow and Directors Chair will take some stopping 5/4 is a good price IMHO
Marvin runs on the card in an A4 after the cameras stop rolling , hopeful more than confident
On Friday we found out that Blue Taurus had won the Dog Of The Month for December, a fantastic achievement and a first for us :D , He won 4 from 5 and finished 3rd in the other , Well Done Russ :)
Wednesday 9 January 2008
Weekly Update
Gemma (0/1), Shelley (0/2) and Marvin (0/2) all took Bronze Medals on SAT night.
Janey (1/2) also finished 3rd on Tues.
Belle (0/2) 5th and Shelley (0/3) 6th (Badly Crowded) on Weds Bags
Marvin out FRI night 6 bend H'Cap and the rest (6 runners) on SAT for the HGOA night.
After a great December some of our runners are Graded a bit high at present so anything at the weekend will be a bonus.
Year to date (1/12)
Played a little poker this week and made my first FT of the year with a 4th place finish in the $800 GTD on Billies (wins 0 FT 1)
Janey (1/2) also finished 3rd on Tues.
Belle (0/2) 5th and Shelley (0/3) 6th (Badly Crowded) on Weds Bags
Marvin out FRI night 6 bend H'Cap and the rest (6 runners) on SAT for the HGOA night.
After a great December some of our runners are Graded a bit high at present so anything at the weekend will be a bonus.
Year to date (1/12)
Played a little poker this week and made my first FT of the year with a 4th place finish in the $800 GTD on Billies (wins 0 FT 1)
Friday 4 January 2008
Up And Running
Going for 50 wins this year and the first Ones in the bag :)
Weds Bags and we started the New Year with Two 2nds in MARVIN (0/1) and SHELLEY (0/1)
Fri Bags BELLE (0/1) finished 4th
Fri night JANEY (1/1) WON A6@2/1 her first race at the 14th attempt :) , TEDDY (0/1) 6th (Badly Crowded) and RUSS (0/1) 4th in a very hot A1.
so far 1/6 on year to date.
3 runners Sat night are GEMMA, SHELLEY and MARVIN gl and come back safe
Weds Bags and we started the New Year with Two 2nds in MARVIN (0/1) and SHELLEY (0/1)
Fri Bags BELLE (0/1) finished 4th
Fri night JANEY (1/1) WON A6@2/1 her first race at the 14th attempt :) , TEDDY (0/1) 6th (Badly Crowded) and RUSS (0/1) 4th in a very hot A1.
so far 1/6 on year to date.
3 runners Sat night are GEMMA, SHELLEY and MARVIN gl and come back safe
Tuesday 1 January 2008
2007 Review
Lets start with the Hounds (alphabetically)
BEANIE BEAR - Bea only had 5 races in 07 before injury cut short her career. 0/5 in 07 and 3/11 career. The RGT found her a home in September and she has settled in nicely.
BLUE HAWAII - Purchased at HG sales in March, Fivo has had many problems since arriving on these shores. His record of 4/29 doesn't set the world alight but he's a better dog than that.
Has won a A5 and Three at A4, wont be seen this year until probably February after his latest setback.
BLUE TAURUS - Well what can i say about this fella. 15/52 in 2007 a fantastic effort. Russ has improved throughout the year winning races from A5 up to the Top Grade of A1. In December he won 4/5 including our very first Hatrick.
CHANCERY GRA - Chelsey had her career abruptly ended in February when she broke her Hock whilst racing. She was 2/5 in 07 and moving nicely up the grades. Her career was 4/25 and after many trips back and forth to the vets she is living the life of luxury at home with us.
CHOCOBOBBLE - Bobby was purchased at HG sales in March,unfortunately his career (0/2) only lasted 2 races before injury struck. He also has the life of luxury our friend Eunice who took him home in August.
DEVON JANE - Janey was also purchased from the March HG sales, her record stands at 0/13 (oh dear). She has just come back from seasonal rest and we hope she can get her head in front in the near future !!!!!!!
HAPPIER NOTE - Purchased in September from PB sales. Belle's record is 2/11, she struggled early doors and won her first race at the 9th attempt at A8, she doubled up at A7 next time out and we think she will come into her own when stepped up in distance when old enough.
HILLCROFT GEM - Gemma was restricted to 19 races in 07 winning on two occasions in A8 company. Will we play it by ear and if she shows us shes had enough then retirement beckons.
KILAHARRY ARCHIE - RIP, Purchased in January. What a rollercoaster poor old Archie had. In Short he won 2/18 got a DQ, had clearing trials then got marked Awkward. Not wanting to go the Hurdles route he was retired in August. Whilst on the RGT waiting list he suddenly fell ill in November with heart problems and at only 2 years old he passed away. RIP.
LAGGANMORE POWER - Teddy is the latest edition to the clan and what a start he made for us winning on his first start in A3 company on 7th December. He is now 2/5 and has contested A1 races without success. His future probably lies over 6 bends in the near future.
PANDORAS HOPE - (Pandoras Hope-less) as i renamed her !!!!!!! This gorgeous blue bitch had a 1/21 record in 07 and a career of 3/33 for us before we retired her in August due to slowness and niggling injuries. She now has a lovely home with our friends Pam and Alan.
SHEAR HEAVEN - Purchased early January Marvin's record of 5/44 in 07 is an injustice to him.
A fast dog on his day he has been anchored by being seeded Wide for all but 2 of his races. He races over both 4 and 6 bends winning 3 and 2 respectively. His win record % will definately improve now the (W) has been taken off.
STEEPLE RD JO - Unfortunately never raced for us. Purchased way back in October 2006 Jo went lame trialling in. We persevered with him until his Wrist couldn't stand up to it in January. Jo then went on the HG RGT and he found a loving home in September.
WERE JUST BACK - Shelley a bargain basement buy won 10/48 in 07 winning in grades from A8 up to A5. A very consistent laid back bitch she is a joy to own.
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Purchased at HG sales in October were
RELIGHT MY FIRE - Lulu has had 2 trials before coming into season.
LUCY SCHOLES - Lucy is trialling in now after a slight setback.
KEVITT RUBY - RIP , Ruby died at the vets after contracting a life ending illness (complicated, story for another day).
BETTYS HOTPOT - Betty is a youngster who was a replacement for Ruby. Came over in December and will probably trial in at the end of February.
So with 45 wins in 2007, our best ever year we look forward to beating that in 2008 with the help of Mark and Stuart.
POKER
Strange year where i played lots at some stages and then not at all for a long period of time. (probably due to work and Dog commitments)
Ended the year with 6 wins and 70 more FTs (thanks to Gats and the £2 thread on the Betfair Poker Forum)
Will play more when the NFL season winds down and my aim is to win a nice tournament around the $5K GTD mark, see you at the tables soon.
ASTON VILLA and MIAMI DOLPHINS
Well Martin has got us playing decent football and the young kids are improving fast. Interesting in the window if we can pick up a target man to rival Carew (who has done well but dont think he takes us to the next level) so the young guns can feed off. Think we will finish pretty much where we are now but with a good second half to the season who knows we might even geta European spot :) heres hoping anyway !!!!
Miami Dolphins finished the regular season with a dismal 1-15 record :( , the only game we won was against the Ravens and that was in OT after a missed FG by them.
Injuries to key players as Green, Brown, Thomas etc etc didn't help the cause but in plain truth we were garbage. We now have the First pick in the Draft but we need Parcells and co to get quality Free Agency players to turn the team around. Frankly i think it will take a while to get a winning season again but in the NFL you never know.
A big up to the NE Patriots who went 16-0 in the regular season , now lets see if they can emulate the 72 Dolphins by going Undefeated.
OTHER MATTERS
We did finally move house in September and we have settled in well. Wondered why we didn't do it a long time ago the extra space is great.
A big thanks to my Vauxhall Cavalier who i spent 8 years with but time had come to move on and i now have a Civic (please be as reliable as the Cavvy)
Work is as frustrating as ever and i do hope this time next year i will be out of this shitty shop.
There we go then i finally got round to updating :)
Thanx for dropping by and GL everyone and have a great 2008 :)
BEANIE BEAR - Bea only had 5 races in 07 before injury cut short her career. 0/5 in 07 and 3/11 career. The RGT found her a home in September and she has settled in nicely.
BLUE HAWAII - Purchased at HG sales in March, Fivo has had many problems since arriving on these shores. His record of 4/29 doesn't set the world alight but he's a better dog than that.
Has won a A5 and Three at A4, wont be seen this year until probably February after his latest setback.
BLUE TAURUS - Well what can i say about this fella. 15/52 in 2007 a fantastic effort. Russ has improved throughout the year winning races from A5 up to the Top Grade of A1. In December he won 4/5 including our very first Hatrick.
CHANCERY GRA - Chelsey had her career abruptly ended in February when she broke her Hock whilst racing. She was 2/5 in 07 and moving nicely up the grades. Her career was 4/25 and after many trips back and forth to the vets she is living the life of luxury at home with us.
CHOCOBOBBLE - Bobby was purchased at HG sales in March,unfortunately his career (0/2) only lasted 2 races before injury struck. He also has the life of luxury our friend Eunice who took him home in August.
DEVON JANE - Janey was also purchased from the March HG sales, her record stands at 0/13 (oh dear). She has just come back from seasonal rest and we hope she can get her head in front in the near future !!!!!!!
HAPPIER NOTE - Purchased in September from PB sales. Belle's record is 2/11, she struggled early doors and won her first race at the 9th attempt at A8, she doubled up at A7 next time out and we think she will come into her own when stepped up in distance when old enough.
HILLCROFT GEM - Gemma was restricted to 19 races in 07 winning on two occasions in A8 company. Will we play it by ear and if she shows us shes had enough then retirement beckons.
KILAHARRY ARCHIE - RIP, Purchased in January. What a rollercoaster poor old Archie had. In Short he won 2/18 got a DQ, had clearing trials then got marked Awkward. Not wanting to go the Hurdles route he was retired in August. Whilst on the RGT waiting list he suddenly fell ill in November with heart problems and at only 2 years old he passed away. RIP.
LAGGANMORE POWER - Teddy is the latest edition to the clan and what a start he made for us winning on his first start in A3 company on 7th December. He is now 2/5 and has contested A1 races without success. His future probably lies over 6 bends in the near future.
PANDORAS HOPE - (Pandoras Hope-less) as i renamed her !!!!!!! This gorgeous blue bitch had a 1/21 record in 07 and a career of 3/33 for us before we retired her in August due to slowness and niggling injuries. She now has a lovely home with our friends Pam and Alan.
SHEAR HEAVEN - Purchased early January Marvin's record of 5/44 in 07 is an injustice to him.
A fast dog on his day he has been anchored by being seeded Wide for all but 2 of his races. He races over both 4 and 6 bends winning 3 and 2 respectively. His win record % will definately improve now the (W) has been taken off.
STEEPLE RD JO - Unfortunately never raced for us. Purchased way back in October 2006 Jo went lame trialling in. We persevered with him until his Wrist couldn't stand up to it in January. Jo then went on the HG RGT and he found a loving home in September.
WERE JUST BACK - Shelley a bargain basement buy won 10/48 in 07 winning in grades from A8 up to A5. A very consistent laid back bitch she is a joy to own.
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Purchased at HG sales in October were
RELIGHT MY FIRE - Lulu has had 2 trials before coming into season.
LUCY SCHOLES - Lucy is trialling in now after a slight setback.
KEVITT RUBY - RIP , Ruby died at the vets after contracting a life ending illness (complicated, story for another day).
BETTYS HOTPOT - Betty is a youngster who was a replacement for Ruby. Came over in December and will probably trial in at the end of February.
So with 45 wins in 2007, our best ever year we look forward to beating that in 2008 with the help of Mark and Stuart.
POKER
Strange year where i played lots at some stages and then not at all for a long period of time. (probably due to work and Dog commitments)
Ended the year with 6 wins and 70 more FTs (thanks to Gats and the £2 thread on the Betfair Poker Forum)
Will play more when the NFL season winds down and my aim is to win a nice tournament around the $5K GTD mark, see you at the tables soon.
ASTON VILLA and MIAMI DOLPHINS
Well Martin has got us playing decent football and the young kids are improving fast. Interesting in the window if we can pick up a target man to rival Carew (who has done well but dont think he takes us to the next level) so the young guns can feed off. Think we will finish pretty much where we are now but with a good second half to the season who knows we might even geta European spot :) heres hoping anyway !!!!
Miami Dolphins finished the regular season with a dismal 1-15 record :( , the only game we won was against the Ravens and that was in OT after a missed FG by them.
Injuries to key players as Green, Brown, Thomas etc etc didn't help the cause but in plain truth we were garbage. We now have the First pick in the Draft but we need Parcells and co to get quality Free Agency players to turn the team around. Frankly i think it will take a while to get a winning season again but in the NFL you never know.
A big up to the NE Patriots who went 16-0 in the regular season , now lets see if they can emulate the 72 Dolphins by going Undefeated.
OTHER MATTERS
We did finally move house in September and we have settled in well. Wondered why we didn't do it a long time ago the extra space is great.
A big thanks to my Vauxhall Cavalier who i spent 8 years with but time had come to move on and i now have a Civic (please be as reliable as the Cavvy)
Work is as frustrating as ever and i do hope this time next year i will be out of this shitty shop.
There we go then i finally got round to updating :)
Thanx for dropping by and GL everyone and have a great 2008 :)
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