Skippys Race on the 22nd Dec at Addington

Full Results Race 3 Wilson's Sports Bar & TAB Dash C0 295 $950.00
Place Dog Box Odds Weight Running Trainer Margin
1 Fast Teddy 7 1/1 32.7kg 421 B C Dann
2 Pride of South 1 2/2 29.9kg 112 R M McKenzie 0.10
3 Go Wild Shane 4 4/6 32.3kg 343 J T McInerney 3.40
4 Know Life 8 8/7 35.3kg 754 G A Cleeve 3.90
5 Life With Dexter 3 3/3 28.2kg 575 A Joyce & M May 4.90
6 Feral Duchess 6 7/5 26.5kg 666 M M Grant 5.10
7 Whitey's Way 5 5/4 25.9kg 237 P R Scott 5.80
8 Jump Start Jack 2 6/8 30.0kg 888 D R Kingston 21.30
Scratched Digitalis
Scratched Tukurua Syd
Winners Time: 17.93 | Margins: n3qLhL | Owned/Raced by: B C Dann | Trained by: B C Dann

Still no luck for Skippy!

The arrival of Litter Brothers and Sister running at Cambridge.

4 other pups from the litter will be running at Cambridge on Christmas eve

Annie (Utar Nana) races in the first at 11.15am.Boof (Utar Big Rig) race in the 5th at 12.19. Ping (Utar Jet) & Reuben (Central Skip) race against each other in the 7th at 12.51.

Who will be the first in the litter to win a race......exciting times for all

Skippy 15th Dec Race 3 Addington results.

Full Results Race 3 Clarkson Sign Studio Dash C0 295 $950.00
Place Dog Box Odds Weight Running Trainer Margin
1 Waterhouse 5 5/3 26.1kg 211 S Fagan & D Stapleton
2 Just Addison 8 7/6 27.5kg 122 D R Kingston 3.30
3 Cawbourne Spark 7 1/1 24.4kg 333 J T McInerney 3.60
4 Feral Duchess 3 2/2 26.6kg 544 M M Grant 5.60
5 Why Why Delilah 2 6/7 26.2kg 775 A Joyce & M May 6.90
6 Homebush Brock 1 4/5 30.4kg 666 J T McInerney 7.80
7 Fat Tony 6 3/4 38.6kg 457 R M McKenzie 0.50
Scratched Mini the Mooch
Scratched Cawbourne Quick
Scratched Sal Baxter
Winners Time: 17.74 | Margins: 3qLN2L | Owned/Raced by: K P Lawrence & S A Lockett | Trained by: S Fagan & D Stapleton

Tues 15th The lows of the game.

Maggie has been working hard so thought it was time to look at her ability on the track again. A sprint trial was in order but after a good first sectional 6.07 her second sectional was disappointing with a time of 12.61.Although chasing very gamely unfortunately the time of 18.68 proved she is not up to standard required to make it at the racing game.
SHE IS NOW OFFICIALLY RETIRED AND A LIFE AS A PET BECKONS.We will keep her here but if someone offers to take her and offers a kind home we will consider it.She even got a treat of a Moro bar on the way back from Christchurch and loved it.

Work day at the beach!

Maggie having a couple of 350 metre gallaps on the beach. Mad keen for the plastic Ginger beer bottle(lure). The stones dont seem to affect her but her feet and toes must be hard!!!

Skippy's First race Nov 17th Addington.

Skippy's first race prelims

First Race result. Tuesday 17th Addington

Full Results Race 10 Shirley Veterinary Centre Dash C0 295 $950.00
Place Dog Box Odds Weight Running Trainer Margin
1 Les Hart 6 1/1 33.3kg 111 A Hart & K Taylor
2 Know Soon 3 3/4 25.9kg 222 G A Cleeve 7.00
3 Homebush Brock 7 6/5 30.3kg 433 J T McInerney 9.50
4 Homebush Nestor 1 4/3 34.6kg 644 I S Kaye 10.50
5 Mustard Fudge 8 8/8 26.7kg 555 A Joyce & M May 11.50
6 Feral Duchess 2 2/2 26.4kg 366 M M Grant 14.00
7 Matagouri Mo 4 7/7 31.4kg 777 C Mitchell & W D Smith 14.50
8 Sal Baxter 5 5/6 24.3kg 888 J T McInerney 18.50
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Scratched Lauren's Legacy
Winners Time: 17.59 | Margins: 7L2hLL | Owned/Raced by: D M Hart | Trained by: A Hart & K Taylor.

Skippy boxed quite well going in to the 1st bend lying 2nd. She could not quite beat the 3 dog into the bend and like a typical puppy checked on the back legs of the dog. The 6 dog had already gone by this time and well on the way to victory scoring in 17.59.Skippy checked wide and lost momentum at the bend and ran on to finished 6th. Typical pups run and hopefully the experience will do her good for future races.

News Update

Skippy (Feral Duchess) qualified at Addington on Friday 6th Nov when being placed 2nd in a 4 dog qualifying trial.Now the fun begins!
Maggie has done heaps of beach work and is enjoying the freedom of the beach and the sea to cool down in after her speed gallops.

Superb Irish Coursing

Irish Coursing. Great picture of the super coursing Greyhound Wallace Green in action at a meeting this year.
Have a look at this super blog http://yvonneharrington.blogspot.com

Maggie on the beach

 

 

More Maggie on the beach.

Trial day at Addington

 

 

 

Skippy and Maggie at trial day in Addington.

Bath Time

 

Getting a salt water bath!

Pictures of Maggie back on the Coast with her new galloping partner Baxter the labrador

Close encounter!!

Took Maggie to the beach this Saturday with our Labrador, they get on well. Gave her a 200 metre Gallop and then a deserved run around. Unkown to me a big fat seal was in the soft sand about 30 metres from the sea. Maggie spotted it when it made its escape,being a greyhound just our of being broken in it look like a big lure! Luckily for both Maggie and the seal no real blows were struck but Maggie tried. After it made it escape Maggie and the Lab were looking for it in the sea and on the beach...Must remember to check the beach next time i gallop her!

Maggie in trial action..Tue

Maggie in action finishing her 300 handslip trial at Addington.Again can not fault her attitude towards chasing the lure. She has now returned back to the Feral kennels to have a spell and will take it from there after letting her mature for 3 months.Came back to the kennels and decided she had missed her favourite toy and ran around the pen for 10 minutes with it in her mouth!

Skippy 300 metre Trial at Addington...Tue 6th Oct 09

Skippy trialing over 300 metres at Addington on Tuesday. This was her first time out of the 300m Box. Time needs to be guessed! but it was inside grading but not C5 class Yet.Pleasing effort and you can see her keen attitude towards the lure!Sorry about the video quality.

College Causeway All Rounds Irish Derby 09

Latest update.

Both pups have been to Addington for a box trial and both chased with plenty of enthusiasm. No news about times etc but then thats not important at this stage in their education. Malcolm was pleased with the workout anyway!!

Two of the litter went around Manakau and will post news when recieved.

College Causeway wins the Irish Derby and what a run it was at Shelbourne Park in Dublin.....can be seen on youtube, well worth a look!

Latest update

Mixed news about the two Pups. Both have been to the break in Track at Chertsey and to Addington and chased strongly, the bad news is that Maggie seems to be on the slow side and is about nine lengths slower than Skippy and at the moment is doubtful whether she is going to make the grade as a race dog! Disappointing news but these things happen and who knows perhaps with a bit more time back on the coast she might strengthen up. Any way she will have a home here whatever.
Hopefully Skippy will continue to develop and apparently had no problems out of the traps.Time will tell.
Any donations towards the kennel bill will be gratefully recieved!LOL

Tralee Greyhounds July 09

A win for KAHARA RIVER Sept 07 (Brett Lee-Sahara Cailin) Time 28.86 a good time for a Grade A5 race at Tralee!

A night at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in Tralee Ireland

Tuesday night at Tralee dogs in July

Litter Brothers at Tokoroa

Litter Brothers taking in the action...ready for a go!
The two boys (reared in Kihikihi) have been twice to Tokoroa for their first runs and have been really impressive.

Update.....Latest news

Pups went off to Supreme kennels at Lowcliffe to be broken in and trained by Malcolm Grant. Early reports are encouraging and the pups have also settled in really well.
They were put behind the Drag lure and both chased extremely well, they were nutcases anyway! Then they were taken to on trip to Addington to get used to the vans and the noise of racing. Watched a few trials and apparently liked what they saw because the next weekend they were slipped behind the lure at Chertsey and chased really well.
Hopefully going the right way but no rush with them being only young.They enjoy the kennel life and apparently lick both Malcolm and Lisa when the feed bowls are collected. Think the trainers getting bored of this affection!!!

Will post some pictures and videos of Greyhound racing at Tralee in Ireland soon after our visit to the Nortern Hemesphere.

Latest news Saturday 20th June

The pups travelled well to Malcolm and Lisa Grants kennels at Lowcliffe in Canterbury.They have been kennelled seperately for the first time and hopefully will quickly settle in to the new surroundings.Hopefully they will be put behind the drag lure and then the arm in the next few months to get a taste of life as a racer.
Kennels here at Kaniere seem very quiet and the beach walks will be missed.

Last few days on he beach....off to try to earn a living soon!

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Beginning of June

Sunday gallop/play

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Messing around on the beach with the dummy lure. Mad as hatters.

May 17th Update.

The Pups have been to the beach on 3 occasions this week , with lots of free gallops and playing with the dummy rabbit.Both pups are muscling up and gaining a good base fitness level.
See the videos and pictures below.

Skippy in charge!

Its my Rabbit !

Stormy day at the beach for exercise.

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Big Sam Junior

Sire of the Pups.Hope they turn out half as good.

Skippy's turn

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Maggie and the Lure

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This week!

Both bitches have visited the beach three times for a gallop this week , twice for a free gallop and today,Sunday for a lure workout. Both showed a fair amount of speed on a good surface with Skippy possibly showing a touch more.Both love getting the lure at the end ( plastic bottle in a sock!)and show it off by running up and the beach teasing each other and giving me a headache on how to catch them!
Pictures to follow shortly.

25 April 2009 Usual walk on Excavator World's road, Kaniere

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This is the walk the pups go on most days. They show more and more interest in the surrounding area each day. It is full of wildlife which stimulates this interest.

Skippy 20 April 2009 at the Golf Links Beach

Enjoying a gallop. Very keen to have a run.

Paddock Photos

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Pups in Paddock 12th April

April 4th

Pups were again taken to the beach for a small gallop. Skippy was mad keen for the homemade lure and finished on it.Maggie followed suit but seemed a little more immature with a more playful attitude.Both are physically bulking up and are getting a good back and muscle formation.Jacqui my partner and kennelhand though was distracted from her duties by a pod of dolphins playing just off the shoreline!!!

Update Sat 28th March.

The pups were again taken to the beach and both galloped along the shore line.Maggie came straight back but Skippy decided to investigate the local paddock, obviously getting a smell of the rabbits!!!! Maggie seems a little more immature in her attitude compared to Skippy but both are very keen on any movement. Both dogs came back to the kennel and ate up well.

Skippy leading Maggie in beach gallop.

Maggie at Golf links Beach South Hokitika.

Weigh in

The pups were weighed today and both weighed in at 26 KG.

Beach Exercise Photos

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Just a few photos of Maggie and Skippy enjoying the beach scenery and the opportunity to have a gallop.

Beach exercise

The dogs exercising on the beach south of Hokitika. Having fun chasing the seagulls.
March 22 2009.

Litter Mates on North Island

These are just some of the rest of the Litter that are being reared on the North Island.

Pups Video Jan 09

Pups Life from 13 weeks to 8 months

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These are the Pups from 13 weeks through to 8 months old.First pictures are of the pups at 13 weeks being transported from Christchurch having at stop at Lake Lyndon before moving on to Kaniere.
The latter pictues are at 8 months and both bitches weigh in at 24kg.

Pups at 8 months

Both the bitches have been fed on Pedigree nuts and Fresh Meat and veggies and have a morning feed of Milk and Weet-bix. They have both been wormed on a 5 weekly basis.They have been lead trained at 8 months and have a keen interest in the local wildlife and house cats!They are left out in a run which is 45 x 20 and have an insulated shed 3 metres by 2 with a height of 2 metres for them to sleep in. Most of the time they choose the outside to sleep until the Famous West Coast rain appears!
Both have different charactors and builds, the brindle and white(Skippy)has a calm attitude but very keen, where as the black and white(Maggie)has a more boisterous and Yappy attitude. Both are mad keen on anything that moves!

Pups at 4 Months

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Pups BY BIG SAM JUNIOR X MONTANA MONARCH JULY 08

Pups were bred by Ross and Kirstie McGrail on the North Island and arrived in Kaniere, Westland, South Island at 13 weeks.