NAMETAB APACHE

" Jack ", is also for sale. One of the last pups from Jamacian Hero, he has been reared by us in a group of 4. Stop Press: " Jack " is in his first race from trap 6 in an N3 525 on Friday 22nd Feb at Thurles. He is in against some good puppies from the Liam Callaghan ( Cork ) and Graham Holland ( Golden ) kennels

We knew he would have a difficult race, being from Trap 6. He exited the boxes and after 3 strides, moved in on the 5 dog. He was last going down the back straight, but came round the last bend tight against the rails to finish 6th, with just 3 lengths covering the field. He improved his time by another 30 spots, so he is going the right way.

NAMETAB DELTA

Daphne was called in as first reserve at Thurles tonight. She was in trap 1 in her first race, a 360 sprint. She was quick away, and always led, winning by 4 lengths in a time of 19.95. There was no trouble in the race, and I was very pleased with her, as she has always been quick away in all of her trials. I think 525 may be a bit too far for her, but we shall see. SOLD WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ADVERTISING

Greyhound Feed Nuts

As an add-on to our herbal products, we now stock Greyhound feeds by Chudleys and Massbrook Feeds. Our prices are very competitive, and we will deliver within a reasonable distance of Thurles, without charge. Discounts of 11 bags for the price of 10, and they can be mixed. Already we have had one breeder place his third order with us.

NATIONAL COURSING MEETING--CLONMEL

We will be displaying our natural supplements for Greyhounds at the National Coursing Meeting, Clonmel for the three days. You will find us in Greyound and Petworlds Marquee.

NAMETAB APOLLO

This is my 9 month old puppy, Nametab Apollo. He is by Ningbo Jack x Bantiss Princess. He has be bred and reared by my good friend Johnny Moyles, and will be placed with Thurles trainer Liam McCormack at 12 months of age..
Text taken from Bantiss blog site.( Johnny Moyles is also in the photo. )

" The other blue dog with the green collar is Jake, and he is owned by Geoff Bateman. Geoff had his half brother Nametab Kiwi, and I am told this lad will be racing as Nametab Apollo. "

NAMETAB DELTA

A very young bitch who has had a season back in June, and has schooled very well. She currently weighs 61 pounds, een well hunted and well reared. The only reason she is in the sale is to give someone a chance to have a genuine young bitch in their kennels. as we have another of this age, but will require more time. As all other dogs I have sold, she has never been injured, is a quiet bitch, eats well, and will make someone a good , genuine runner. She is a wide runner and fast away, only has 3 official marks on her card at the moment, winning ALL 3 trials. The puppy she beat in her first official trial around Thurles, has been around Thurles track on 5 official trials previously. Daphne trialled again at Thurles yesterday, but missed the break. She overtook the dog in front of her on the third bend, and won by 3 lengths. This makes 3 wins from 3 trials for this very young bitch, and dont ask me what the going was, because it was absolutley slow again.

http://www.igb.ie/Trainers-Landing/Greyhounds/?gid=236405D9-6EE7-4670-840D-4D2329E2AE0E

The 3 Pups

Rooney, Dapne and Jack, all had a solo at Donneskeigh schooling track this morning. This was the second time in the traps at Donneskeigh, and their respective times were, Rooney 18-69, Daphne 18-55 and Jack 18-73. We have done no work with these pups whatsoever, indeed the 2 dogs are still out in the field, so I am very pleased as all 3 would qualify on the track.

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.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Rooney, Daphne and Jack, are off for their first 30 minute ride in the van tomorrow. They will be taken over to Tommy Noonins gallop at Fethard. I hope take some pictures of this fine gallop. This will be Rooneys first ever gallop behind a lure. The other two have been hanslipped at Thurles already.

TRAFFIC COMMAND

Traffic Command is in the sale at Thurles on Tuesday 30th October. No particular reason for him being in the sales, except he is a syndicate dog and one of the syndicate members wants to sell him. If he dosnt fetch decent money, I will buy him back myself, as I truly believe, and so does his trainer, that this is a sub 29 second dog at Shelbourne Park, in the making. He was in Trap 1 for his trial, a trap in which he had never been in before, but this is such a competitive dog, tht all traps are the same to him. He was once again, slow away, but ran his usual race between 2 and 3, to go into the lead at 3. He won the trial by 5.5 lengths, in a fifth fastest of the day 29.58. The track was back about -30, and some dogs were losing their footing on loose sand at the first bend. A number of people were asking about him throughout the auction, and he sold for 3100 to Daryll Porter attached to Swindon race track in England. I wish Daryll all the best with him, especially as he was the only trainer in the UK who won with a bitch of mine called Nametab Domino, and Daryll informed me that he had just retired her to a Homefinder scheme in Devon. I shall be watch "Rocky" with great interest http://www.igb.ie/Greyhounds.aspx?id=AF02F857-3409-48F9-8404-BB3D06FF4330

CREAKING BONES

Tonsils in Semi Final of A2 stake at Thurles on Friday night. Drawn trap 5. He will be retired if he dosnt finish in the first 3. Tonsils finished 6th in this race, and never looked like the dog he used to be. He is a very happy lad, and thankfully he has no serious injury, so he will be retired to the settee.

TRAFFIC COMMAND

Traffic Command is racing in another A3 570 race at Thurles on Saturday night, from Trap 5. This will be his last race for us before going to the sale at Thurles on 30th October. .Rocky was slow away as usual, but his pace from the 2nd to the 3rd bend is quite fantastic. He has always run his races this way, and he never knows when he is beaten. He was in front at the pick-up. The race was messy with a dog getting knocked over on the first bend, and another on the third bend, but at no time was Rocky involved in this crowding. Although he wins from the 5 box, he rails like a cat on the bends, and it would be good to see what he could do from the inside boxes.

CREAKING BONES

Creaking Bones, aka " Tonsils " is in the second heat of an A2 stake at Thurles on Friday night. He has drawn trap 6, which must be the coffin box for him, as and he has never run from this box before in his life. If he fails to impress me this time, he will definatley be retired. Its a shame really, because he busts a gut to win, but this niggling injury, which nobody can get to the bottom of, just stops him running a bend with fluency. Good luck in this Stake "Tonsils", 'cos I feel that you will need it. He finished in third place, beaten a long way. He will contest the semi final next week. I really dont hold out much of a chance of him getting to the final, so it will be off to the settee for him I fear.

NAMETAB APACHE

Nice day in Thurles today, so I decided to get " Jack " out of the paddock, and take him in the carto the track, for his first handslip. I let him watch about 6-7 lots go round, then hand slipped him on the third bend. He chased right away, and when he got to the box, he sniffed around it, then ran the reverse way around the track, and I collected him on the back straight. Well pleased with this little lad.

TRAFFIC COMMAND and CREAKING BONES and OKEE DANCER

Both "Rocky" and "Tonsils" are out on Saturday night at Thurles. " Rocky" is in the last race, a 570 A3, where he led until the run in last week, and was beaten half a length. I hope he would run a better race this week, as he has the benefit of that race last week under his belt, and that was his first race for 5 weeks. Not a good weekend, winning wise. Rocky was the meat in the sandwich at the first bend, and could never get back into the race.

"Tonsils" is a different matter. He has a problem that we cant get to the bottom off, even Bonemen, Musclemen, and an X-Ray by a Vet, cant get to the bottom of it. It would appear that he has a calcium build up on the top of his metacarpals. The Vet did give it a technical name, and he said some dogs will run through it, and some wont. If he dosnt run well this week, I will try him once more in a 525 race, and if still not good, will retire him to the settee. Tonsils gave them a 3 length start after walking from the boxes, then made up the ground to be badly baulked at the first bend. Its an A2 stake for Tonsils next week, and if he dosnt perform well in this 525 stake, then its off to the sette for this lovely big dog.

"Okee" is also out in an Open Sprint at Thurles on Friday night. He has drawn Trap He opened the hot favourite at 4/6, but he was baulked at the first bend, and that was his race over, finishing in third place.

NAMETAB ZORRO

"Rooney" was also taken from the paddock today and had a lead put on him. This time the story was so different to the other 2 pups. He is a big pup, going around 74 pounds already, and he made his weight felt. He wouldnt have it for about half an hour, and I had to use all my strength to pull him along. Was I puffing and blowing!!!!. It took him half an hour to realize what was needed, but he will need some more lead training before we could walk him properly. "Rooney" was marked up today by Jim Ryan, and weighed in at 77 pounds ( 35 kg).

NAMETAB APACHE

"Jack" was given his first lesson on lead training today. Taken straight from the paddock, he was resistant for a short while, but then realised what was wanted, and we went for a nice walk on the road for about a mile. He saw a small terrier and went mad to chase after it. I dont think there will be any chasing problems with this pup either. " Jack " was marked up by Jim Ryan today. He wieghed in at 66 pounds (30 kg)