The Pups at Nine Months

Kennel News

The pups are doing great but they are not going to be massive boned pups. They are very athletic and love to gallop. They are the sort that are never still! Very alert i know when there is a Hare in the paddock because they bark the place down! They chase anything that moves even the smallest of birds especially when out in the big paddock.
The retired dogs are well and so far Ridgy and George have had a Hare and a Possum, the possum decided to visit their pen, not a wise move!
Lizzie has settled in well but could do with her voice box removing! She has just come into season so if the days are good (vets open over xmas/new year) she will use a straw from Elite State.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY AND A HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR
CHEERS

Smash Amego in again.

Good to see Amego go in for his 4th win down in Southland. He got away well but rode trouble at the first bend to lead coming home.

 

 

His Race record is now

   

	Starts	Win	2nd	3rd	Win %	Place %	Stakes
Total	16	4	1	3	25.0%	0.0%	$3,644.50

Pups Update photos

Charlie the blue collar, Eva the pink collar
Click on photo to enlarge.

New Brood Bitch joins the Kennels

http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?z=RUWsJZ&d=Collison+risk

Lizzie was picked up from Trainer Stephen Clark on Wednesday and she has settled in really well at Feral Kennels. A big handsome black bitch by Collison we are looking forward and planning for when she comes in season.

Smash Amegos 3rd Southland win

The big fellow wins again at Ascot Park, out of trap one he broke pretty well and led at the 1st going on to win by 5L

FULL RESULTS

Race 1

CENTRAL WATER CARRIERS WELCOME

C1

390

$1,200.00

Photo Finish

PLACE	DOG	BOX	ODDS	WEIGHT	RUNNING	TRAINER
1	Smash Amego	1	2/3	34.0kg	211	M M Grant

Pups: Charlie Blue Collar, Eva Pink

Pups 2nd Hunt!

3 Hares decided to have a run in the paddock today, could not resist letting the pups out to have a hunt at them. Hares were hiding in the grass but the pups soon put one up and gave it a good hunt for about 200 metres until the Hare headed for safety. Eva came wondering back to me and put another one up so off she went until it found cover! The pups certainly like the chase and need no prompting!
Both coming on well reckon the dog pup weighs in at 26Kg and the bitch at 22Kg, and growing tall with it.

Smash Amego 2nd win

Irish Derby Final.....Skywalker Puma

The Hunt!

Spotted out of the window a Big Hare in the big paddock. Thought if only! Well the Hare could not be seen anymore but i thought i would take the pups in anyway. Off we go heading towards where i had seen him, pups a few metres behind off the lead as always and wooshh the Hare gets up and runs. Off the pups went chasing him luckily the Hare had got a 30 metre start but fair play to the pups they got within 10 metres of him before he dived through the deer netting in to the adjoining paddock. The pups were keen to follow but luckily could not get through. They come back very alert to say the least! NEXT TIME?

Amegos 2nd win.

Smash Amego won his 2nd race at Southland on Tuesday. Slow away he showed good pace up to led at the 2nd bend to go on win comfortably. An awesome run by any standards!

FULL RESULTS

Race 3

$25 YARD MUZZLE STAKES

C1

390

$1,090.00

Photo Finish

PLACE	DOG	BOX	ODDS	WEIGHT	RUNNING	TRAINER	MARGIN
1	Smash Amego	3	1/1	34.3kg	741	M M Grant

Greyhound racing NZ 2025?

Amegos first win.

Great to see The big boy led from trap rise to pull away from the field to win in 22.80 for the 390 trip at Southland today. He certainly showed his ability once he hit the front and paying $8 at the TAB. Shame i decided not to back him for his own sake!

PLACE	DOG	BOX	ODDS	WEIGHT	RUNNING	TRAINER	MARGIN
1	Smash Amego	5	5/5	34.7kg	211	M M Gran

Pups update.

The two new pups have settled in well and are full of life. Do they like their food or what! Let out in to the big paddock the dog took off and loved the room and for a young pup he showed a nice style of running. The bitch is a little less coordinated but will come good.
Photos to come once it stops raining!

Two new inmates arrive!

New Inmate to the Kennel Two Wiselee X Red Fox Grace Mar 12 pups have arrived at the kennel to be reared.Coming straight off the farm they have settled in very well and found their collars abit amusing!! The pictures are of Charlie the dog , pictures of Eva to come.

Ridgy and George

Ridgy and George deciding about whether they should come out and face the cold or not!

The next day

The day after they chased the hare across the paddock the dogs nearly ripped my arms off when we stepped through the gate into the field. George in particular thrashed around like a mad dog. Once they were let off their leads they sprinted across the paddock to the part of the field they last saw/smelled the hare then ran up and down the fence line. Once bored with that they retraced the path they had followed the hare. George spotted Tessa, the old Labrador, across the other side and took off once again like a dog on a mission followed by the others. They are on high alert. Not a good paddock to graze in if you are hare.

The hare in the paddock

The retired dogs having fun in the paddock. Skippy is obviously having a quiet word about her racing days!

Gutted as George fights (Marring)

STEWARDS REPORT

FERAL FOX was then observed by the Steward to turn its head outwards and make contact with GRANT A DOLLAR with an open mouth. FERAL FOX was charged under Rule 80.1.a with marring the running of another greyhound. Trainer MM Grant admitted the charge and the dog was suspended for 28 days and required to complete a Satisfactory Trial. Mr Grant advised that the dog would be retired from racing.

It was extremely disappointing to see George turn his head and Fight Grant a Dollar very aggressively when he was in the lead.Apologies to the connection of that dog. Sorry for Malcolm and Lisa who have put in heaps of effort in with the dog. George now will come home and find a seat on the settee If i let him!!!

The snow at the Kennels was pretty deep as the dogs found out. Ridgy did have a coat but was taken off for the photo shoot! No hate mails please!

The dogs having a ball in the 2ft of snow that fell on Thursday.
Sorry about the video quality!

A bit of fun in the paddock with the retirees

Ridgy

Skippy and Maggie

Baxter,the labrador, in the lead on the gallop... for now!

Maggie sizing up the gallop.

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The new kennels in progress. The beds will be next. Maggie modelling the kennels and giving them the once over. She seemed to approve!

Runs completed, Kennels arrived.

The Runs have now been completed and are all secure with the gates completed. The indoor kennels have arrived and will be placed in the shed in the next few weeks. On the racing front Feral Fox (George)ran a third place at Ascot Park Southland on Tuesday which was great to see.

New runs and kennels nearly finished

Runs and kennels almost ready. Gates to be put on and run kennels to be built. Four runs all up. Approx 50 x 20 meters. Almost set up for some serious rearing. All the runs have access the 8 acre field.

George (Feral Fox) gets his head in front!

FULL RESULTS Race 1 Otago First4 Maiden Sprint C0 310 $950.00 Photo Finish
PLACE DOG BOX ODDS WEIGHT RUNNING TRAINER MARGIN
1 Feral Fox 1 5/3 30.3kg 111 M M Grant
2 Miss Fit 2 4/5 25.6kg 322 M G C Roberts 1.80
3 New York Affair 5 7/8 27.1kg 233 A Joyce & M May 3.10

Led from trap rise and got on the bunny straight away, looks like the fall last week never did him any harm and possibly knocked a bit of sense in to him..

Recent News

The move to a new place in Oxford went well but poor old Ridgy had to have a temporary kennel made from 4 Hay Bales and corrugated iron roofing!! Luckily a new Kennel has now been made so she is happy and enjoying the 2 acre field she gallops in daily with the other retirees!

Still need to do the new runs but eh Rome wasnt built in a day!

On the track George (Feral Fox)has come back from a rest/spell and is now showing some real pace and his last two efforts have resulted in a 3rd at Otago and a 2nd at Southland. Lets hope his next is a win!

The big Fellow Amigo has pleased Malcolm and showed him a bit of ability so he is now in cotton wool until further notice!

New Kennel number is 03 3106912

Feral Greyhound kennels have moved.

We are no longer situated on the West Coast and have now moved to Oxford in North Canterbury. We are now situated on a 4 hectare block and are in the process of building kennels. Hopefully the runs and kennels will be ready in the next couple of months. It was hard to leave the Coast and the especially the wild open beach which was such a great gallop for the pups.
Hopefully the move will mean more chance of racing a few once everything is complete or even rearing a few more!

The big lad chased the drag lure first time and was a natural so lets hope he now shows the pace required. He left weighing 38 kilos so he will be a heavy dog when racing!

Home address is now
535 Depot Road
Rd 1
Oxford.
All donations to help pay the mortgage accepted!!!!

The big boy's last gallop on the Coast

The Big lad goes back tomorrow to Malcolm Grants 'Supreme Kennels' to learn the ropes of racing. Hopefully he will take to it and show some pace and talent, lets hope so.

Amigo and Barney

Latching on to Barney after a gallop on the beach. It takes a long time to get Barney off him after he has latched on hard. Barney might be history in the early childhood circles but Amigo is his biggest fan.