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The Three Stages of Amigo

Baby Amigo, Fat Amigo and Racing Fit Amigo

3 December 2011

Best gallop in New Zealand.

Forest walk

Afternoon walk through the forest.

Kennel news

George ( Feral Fox ) is proving to be frustrating to say the least. Look here to see his form lines, hoping to see the penny drop soon. Skippy has come out of her season well and enjoying retirement with her sister Maggie.

Fatso not so Fat now!

A work out at the beach and then a cool down of the pads in the sea.....Amigo is looking sharp and showing a bit of pace as well.

13 November 2011 Beach Visit

Pup showing who is the boss

The new pup after his big gallop showing he is keen.

Kennel News

Amigo the new pup had his 4th gallop on the beach this afternoon and seemed to come down well but hard to judge in the strong breeze and soft sand of the upper beach.
Skippy is through her season and seems to be happy with retirement and having Maggie to chase around the paddock. Ridgy is as mad as ever but very loyal and is always full of fun.
Would be great to see Mildean Panther crack the 28.00 second barrier at Shelbourne Park in the near future and i reckon there is a dog called Dear Pa who is going places in Ireland. Here in NZ the Galaxy sprint looks wide open.

Feral Fox aka George 2nd at Forbury

Race 1 Otago First4 Maiden Sprint C0 310 $950.00 Photo Finish
PLACE DOG BOX ODDS WEIGHT RUNNING TRAINER MARGIN
1 Homebush Domino 1 1/1 26.6kg 111 J T Mc Inerney
2 Feral Fox 6 3/5 30.1kg 222 M M Grant 0.30
3 Full of Vino 4 2/2 23.5kg 333 R D Blackburn 1.80

George ran 2nd at the Otago meeting on Friday looking like he was going to win but went down by a neck to the Favourite.
Click on the photo to see a better image.

The problem with my gallop is...

A sealed gallop!

After the Gallop Reward

The pup after his third gallop on the beach. Keen on the seal and pulled like crazy to have a go at it. He was satisfied with the lure and made a good connection with Barney! I was pleased with his reaction and grabbing action. He is keen!

Feral Fox aka George

Result from Addington 28th Oct


Race 2 Challenge Opawa All Up Dash C0 295 $950.00 Photo Finish
PLACE DOG BOX ODDS WEIGHT RUNNING TRAINER MARGIN
1 Jumpin' Julia 3 1/1 27.0kg 111 J T Mc Inerney
2 Pied Warrior 8 8/7 30.3kg 422 J A McMillan 3.30
3 Feral Fox 6 4/6 30.0kg 643 M M Grant 6.60
4 Homebush Domino 2 2/2 25.9kg 234 J T Mc Inerney 9.10
17.51

New Lodger at the kennels

Just a few pictures of the 10 month old pup by Johnny Midnight here for a bit of West Coast air and a Jenny Craig Course! and plenty of galloping on the beach ready to be broke in!

Skippys win at Southland.

Feral Fox aka George

Feral Fox aka George to debut at Addington on Friday in a C0 sprint. Drawn trap two lets hope for a safe run.

George ran 4th , a pleasing run for a pup and the education will do him well.George is in the striped jacket.

Southland Greyhounds 6th Sept Skippy Strikes!

FULL RESULTS Race 5 20 YEARS GREYHOUND RACING AT ASCOT C1/2 457 $1,710.00
PLACE DOG BOX ODDS WEIGHT RUNNING TRAINER MARGIN
1 Feral Duchess 4 8/8 26.2kg 511 H G Cairns
2 Anytime Will Do 3 3/2 29.8kg 122 J T Mc Inerney 0.40
3 Brassed Off 7 2/3 33.6kg 743 M M Grant 4.40
4 Cawbourne Heidi 5 5/7 25.8kg 254 AJ McCook & JM Jopson 4.50
5 Sweet Appeal 8 4/5 24.3kg 665 AJ McCook & JM Jopson 4.80
6 Jimmy Cee 6 1/1 34.8kg 436 M J Flipp 5.60
7 Are Tee May 2 7/4 34.1kg 377 M J Flipp 7.40
8 Malroy 1 6/6 33.1kg 888 R S Hamilton 18.20
Scratched Mighty Prophet
Scratched Half Throttle
Winners Time: 26.39 | Margins: N4Ln | Owned/Raced by: H G Cairns | Trained by: H G Cairns

Great to see Skippy get up in the final strides after railing well around the final bend.

Lastest News

Feral Duchess (Skippy) ran 5th at Addington on Friday. She totally missed the kick going up with the lids and trying to rail at the first got checked slightly. She ran on well to gain some ground up to finish fifth. Not disappointed apart from the draw again of trap 6. She needs the rail badly to be effective so hopefully soon!

Feral Fox (George) qualified at Addington last week
Date Venue Winner/Second Plc Box Starts Win BON Dist Cls Bend Marg. Wgt Stake
25 Aug 11 ADD Bubba Who 3rd 6 17.90 295m Trial 4qL1L1hL
Finishing 3rd in a 6 dog qualifier.

Feral Duchess Tuesday 9th Aug.

Skippy finishing 6th at Otago after fading from the last bend.
The Pink rug of trap 8.

Feral Duchess Returns

Skippy runs in race 4 1.02 pm tomorrow at Dunedin but out of trap 8 it will need a bit of luck and early pace to make the first bend in a good position. Lets hope she gets a good run and comes off safe and sound.

Feral Kennels lastest news.

Well Skippy ( Feral Duchess) has been back in training and we are waiting for a return to the track. She is working well and hopefully showing the form thats required to get competitive.
George is still waiting to be graded but is also showing that he has a nice turn of foot , so hopefully he will be running soon.
The two at the kennels are well with Ridgy just recovering from being speyed, the way she yaps i reckon the tongue should have come out!

Feral Duchess

Skippy aka Feral Duchess after her 400m gallop on the beach. Working well.

June at the beach

Still Here!

Not a lot of news really but George is doing OK in his preparation for his tilt at racing. Litter sister Ridgy is here at the kennels looking well and enjoying her runs on the beach chasing seagulls.
Skippy is working very well on the beach and looking good and seems to be enjoying her work.The chance to run 400 plus metres to chase seagulls is great to see and she comes back hardly panting! The cool off in the sea and the drink of sea water must be as good as electrolytes!
All good really and cant wait to watch the English Derby final on Sunday morning here, trap 1 looks a likely winner for Charlie Lister.

Pups Break ins.News 27th March 2011

Ridgy is now back at my kennels because her times do not really justify keeping her in training,although she does look the part she is several lengths behind some of the others in the litter. Can not fault her keen attitude towards the game though.
George is going well and his first time out the closed boxes left him a bit flat footed to say the least. The experience will do him good and improvement is likely.

Ridgy settled in well and ate up and decided Baxter the Labrador was still a friend and good for a laugh!

Pups Break ins.George

George and Ridgy at Chertsey Track 27th March

Sorry about the back straight guessing quality but the inside area was long grass! First time out of closed boxes.

March News

The two pups are learning their trade and George seems to be showing some promise. Ridgy is very keen but lacks a bit of pace so will be coming back to the kennels to mature. Skippy is now a few weeks out of season and seems to be coming right and enjoying the Coast and her sister Maggie. A hedgehog took a bit of a ear bashing but for some reason the dogs were not keen on attacking it but were certainly trying to deafen it!!!!
Skippy,s sister Utar Jet is running well on the north and is knocking on the door for another win.

Recent updates.

The two pups George and Ridgy by Scotexcited have gone to Supreme Kennels to learn the game. They have already been on the straight chasing the drag and both went very well.
Skippy is back home and is in season. She has been placed in the kennel with Maggie and both enjoy each others company. She was quickly back in to the routine of dragging her blankets out and taking her feed bowl on to her bed!!!!

Skippys Last race.

Made a big decision after her last run to retire Skippy ( Feral Duchess) from racing. She has been running consistently well in C1 class but felt it time to call it a day with several non placement runs. Its been great fun watching her run and cannot complain at her strike rate for places. She always gave her best but sadly like her owner was a bit one paced!!
She will come home to the Kennels in Kaniere and enjoy retirement on the West Coast.

Skippys change! Would she make it?

Skippy at 2 1/2 years and a racing career and Skippy the 10 week old pup!