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On the turn

Dave Wood — 2010-03-04T10:04:56+00:00

I may be talking too soon but I feel we may be starting to see a change in the weather that is of some benefit to everyone, first we had the Rain in Dec, followed by the snow, then last week we had torrential rain which all in has left our place very very wet, however a few days of sunshine albeit not exactly tropical, have me believing that we may be seeing the change, lets keep our fingers crossed.

Due to the weather and the way the Brood Paddocks got hammered, I have decided to slab each Brood paddock 12 ft deep by the full width of each paddock, this will allow the broods to lie out no matter how muddy the grass gets, I am also building Beds within each Hut and lining each hut, this will cut down on dampness etc which can only help the Broods, some may think I am off my trolley as these huts are only for the Broods through the day, but I believe in trying to look after them the best I can possibly do and this will aid them.

All the broods have decided to drop in season but I have decided to just have Miss Wonderful and Final Rose mated as I do not want to have too many pups within such a close period of time, plenty time for the others and I am sure they won’t mind the extended rest.
All the pups are coming on fine and I will need to start cutting their feed back a little as I had increased it due to the very bad weather but now I have to drop it back or I will end up with very fat puppies, all are on the go a lot and I am more than happy with them.

On the racing front it was pleasing to see Rock It Jazz( Droopys Kewell x Jazz Hurricane) reach her 2nd final at Nottingham, whilst she was not lucky enough to win she has already shown that she has a good future ahead of her, well done to Esther who has done all the work on her, Baron Samedi(Rock) won his 1st Open recently at Hove over a trip that is far too demanding for him, would be great to see him dropped slightly in trip, Jazz Rasta has knocked on the door but not yet won an Open yet.

Shimano Loco has ran 3 times with 2 wins and a 2nd at Henlow, his win on Saturday was FTON and he is very much going in the right direction, this lad will have a good future ahead, his sister Rock It Diva has ran 4 times with 3 wins and a 2nd at Nottingham, this now sees her into A1 already and she is showing awesome early pace and yet another pup that Esther and Paul have guided through her life quite brilliantly, I believe that Big Chief is on the Sick list but has already shown that he has immense ability and will hopefully be showing it on a track real soon.
Questhouse Em has been brought back nearer home and is currently off for a few weeks with a slight Hock Strain that was picked up after being checked over, this may work in her favour as it will mean the weather will be changing which will help her greatly, I am certain she will do very well this year.

Savana Highlands mum Valentia Mist who is a House Pet now came in season around 10 weeks ago, she took on milk and when I went out the other day and returned she had decided to shred the Livingroom Carpet to pieces, if I did not know any better I would swear she thinks she is going to have pups and was kind of nesting up, guess whats on the shopping list now! Daisy is coming on well albeit she should be renamed shadow as thats exactly how she behaves, Knockeevan Angie has also been brought into the house and it now resembles Crufts as opposed a home, still its nice seeing them lying in front of an Open Fire as opposed in a kennel, they helped get me started and it is the least they deserve.

Top Racers

Dave Wood — 2010-02-28T22:30:54+00:00

I hope everyones finding the updated Open Race Stars useful and informative, it sure lets you see who places dogs well and who may not place them quite as well and is the reason I have included % for every trainer, very time consuming but hopefully worth it.
Here is a list of the Current Top Racers, have decided to just place this on the Blog for time being and once the year fully kicks in I shall have a separate file alongside the other stats.

6 wins
Raving Black
Rotar Wing
4 wins
Dazzle Special
Delwood Robbo
Gilbeyhall Jake
Jimmy Lollie
Stans Printer

Shimano Loco..Oi Oi!

Dave Wood — 2010-02-26T20:02:51+00:00

Heres Shimano Loco's race at Henlow, Ben as he is known was having his second ever start and was very pleasing to see him get off the mark so quickly, the confidence pups get from early wins is immense.
His sister Rock It Diva has won 2 from 3 at Nottingham and been very very impressive to boot, both are from Droopys Maldini x Droopys Lena litter, remember we still have 2 places left in Hondo Black x Droopys Lena pup, info can be found in Syndicate page.

Stats Update

Dave Wood — 2010-02-21T11:42:18+00:00

The new stats are up for period ending 20/2/2010. They are still be refined and standardised but a pattern is now starting to form.

Whats happening here?

Dave Wood — 2010-02-15T21:51:38+00:00

Things have been ticking away fine recently and the change in the weather has certainly made a difference, the pups are now into what I would call a proper routine and though the ground is being churned up due to the softness of the ground, it truly is a great site watching the pups run around like loonies.

Please feel free to offer up any suggestions that we may be able to encorporate on the website as we are always looking at building it up, you will see I have took it upon myself to collate Open Race Stats for all trainers and dogs in Uk and I hope it is a tool that will prove useful for some, obviously Peter Meldrum run this for many years in The Racing Post but as Peter has left I am unsure if anyone else will take up the mantle at the Racing Post.

On the Breeding front, I am very happy to finally announce that Final Rose has dropped in season and is, as I type, In Ireland waiting to be mated too Droopys Maldini, to be honest I was beginning to think that she would never come in but I decided to put her into 1 of the whelping blocks and put the Heat Lamp on overnight, not sure if this had the desired effect but the other whelping shed had Miss Wonderful in it and she too came in season, she has been mated today to Bit Chilli who is a son of Bombastic Shiraz who is 1 of Australias Top Sires, Chilli himself is making serious waves in Australia and is himself a Group 1 Winner, I really think we could strike gold with the mating.

We have 2 places left in 1 of the Droopys Lena Pup Syndicates, for a total of £50 p/month which gives you 20% share in her and all prize monies accrued will be equally split between all 5 members, great chance to be involved all the way through with very little outlay.

Recent Winners giving us a running Total of 915
Baron Samedi, The Last Baby x3, English Rose and Smoking Shady at Hove, Questhouse Flyer x2 at Newcastle, Foulden Vieri at Harlow, Opening Quest at Wimbledon, Vote For Pedro x2 at Belle Vue, Pretty Mentor at Romford, Foulden Rebel at Portsmouth, Questhouse Leigh and Advantage Marti at Monmore, Trejon Scholes at Perry Barr, Pendle Whojo at Crayford, Advantage Jonjo at Cork

New Open Race Stats Page

Dave Wood — 2010-02-14T15:04:02+00:00

Due to the recent loss of the open race statistics in The Racing Post, I have created a new stats page via the link on the left to keep track of open race winners and trainers.
Hopefully it will prove useful to people and I am always open to suggestions to improve the stats further.