TRAFFIC COMMAND

I heard that Rocky won his second trial at Swindon recently in 29.26. That puts him straight into A1 grade. He has had to get used to a new kennel in the UK, and get accustommed to the UK traps. I sold this dog for handy money, and I am convinced he will be a good minor Open Race dog in the UK. Go on my son!!!!!!!!!

STOP PRESS: I have just noticed in Wednesdays Racing Post, that "Rocky" is in Heat 2 of the Hunt Cup at Reading tonight. Personally I think this distance may be a bit to far for him at this stage, and not having a look round at Reading is also of further concern. Best of luck tonight " Rocky " and I know Darryl wouldnt have thrown you in at the deep end if he didnt think you were capable of putting up a good show. No luck for " Rocky ". The stats read Slow away, hit rails at 1. I would think if he is entered at Swindon in a 480 or 509 next time, it would be a good time to back him.

The Blues Brothers

These are 2 Saplings being bred from Ningbo Jack x Bantiss Princess. They are being reared by my good friend John Moyles, from whom I have had 2 very good puppies from in the past.

This picture is taken from Johns Blogsite, and the one on the left is my dog, which I have named " Gilly " because he has an ear mark GIL in one ear. I have named him NAMETAB APPOLLO

John has thought a lot of this litter from very early days, and it looks as if his instincts have been proved correct.

RETIREMENT BECKONS

Creaking Bones has been retired, and will shortly be off to Latvia. He will be greatly missed by us, but as we have a 7 year old Greyhound in the house, we cant take them all, and he is a big dog, with a beautiful nature. Even as he was waiting to go for his operation, two small cats appeared about 3 feet from his nose, and he never blinked an eye at the. Was he a good racer?? You bet he was, and it was just a shame we could never get to the bottom of his career ending injury. He was castrated, vaccinated for Rabies and Parvo virus, and micro chipped. He came out of the surgery wagging his tail and jumped straight up into the car, without a bother. I have a feeling he may be thinking like this today!!!!!!!!

FIRST TIME ON GALLOPS

Nametab Zorro ( Rooney ) black dog, Nametab Delta ( Daphne) fawn bitch and Nametab Apache ( Jack ), black dog taken on 1st November at Tommy Noonins gallop in Fethard, Co.Tipperary. This was their first time on any gallop, and they all chased up very well. They were let go singly, with around 15 metres in between. They were all whelped in October 2006.