Hove’s Dog of the Month for August was Who Needs Luck (Droopys Scolari-Thurlesbeg Bound Feb 13), owned by the Who Needs Syndicate and trained by Seamus Cahill
The middle grade runner went to traps five times and was successful on three occasions: A6, A5, A4.
100 RACES – Classy Molly owned by the Norahmac Racing Club and trained by Norah McEllistrim, Greenisle Court owned and trained by Doreen Walsh
3 IN A ROW – Ashington Prince owned by Mr and Mrs Croucher and trained by Ken Tester, Sizzlers Magpie owned by Mr D Cook and trained by Norah McEllistrim
Kinsley’s Owners and Trainers Association is in sight of a significant milestone with the 125th ex-racer due to be homed within the last twelve months.
In addition to its association with Kath Armitage (West Yorkshire RGT, Clare Yapp (Humber RGT), Fenbank Greyhound Sanctuary and Hull Greyhound Rescue, KOATA has been nurturing its own re-homing efforts via Tommy Siddall and Abbey Green.
KOATA chairman Mark Siddall said: “The rehoming kennels are at Goldthorpe, Rotherham and can house eight greyhounds at any one time in a new kennel block.
“Tommy takes responsibility for the dogs after they have been to the vets for neutering.
“Abbey, who is Tommy’s girlfriend, does a lot of the work assessing the greyhounds before their placement.
“She has only been involved with greyhounds for two years but her attitude and determination in believing there is a home out there for every retired greyhound is more than admirable.
“It is great to see youngsters with such enthusiasm for our sport and surely have great futures.
“The next 12 months will hopefully see us heading towards the 200 mark thanks to the efforts off all those involved.”
Mildenhall continues to see great crowds on its one night a week Friday meeting with the promotions team working hard to keep attendances up writes Mark Newberry.
The promoter has indicated that he has extended his current “Group-On” deal and is considering the race plans for the xmas period that may see some extra meetings scheduled (tbc).
As things stand the MOTA committee are finalising a meeting date with the promoter to seek his views and plans on the future of the stadium along with understanding its approach to its recent loss in the court room.
We are aware that the promoter is working up plans and a strategy to seek the support of the stadium users and greyhound and motor sports fans country wide to support RDC promotions in taking its fight to the European courts. As ever the uncertainty has seen it a struggle to increase the kennel strength with the promoter acknowledging this and increasing run money by £5 per runner to £20 run money.
On the racing front the track hosted its popular annual open race meeting kindly sponsored by Colin Buckle and featuring both the Lesley Manning and Jane Goodchild memorial stakes.
These ever popular and valuable “one offs” always result in duplications that are kindly sponsored by the Promoter & track Bookmakers. The evening inevitably sees a return to the track of Eric Cantillon, Heather Dimmock, Darren Whitton and Pam Dolby who rarely leave the venue without success and this meeting was no different.
Darren landed a 375m event with the Nicolaou and Perkins owned Laughill Rocket who used his early to win in 23.51. Half an hour later, Eric carried on where he left off when his popular veteran Blackrose Tyson landed odds of 4/5 in 34.31s for the 545m.
Next it was Pam Dolby who took the Lesley Manning over 700m when Mays Rainbow landed odds of 4/6 in a good 42.25s.
Regular readers will know that A4 at the Hall contains many dogs capable of landing provincial opens with one of the current top dogs at present being Derek Brighton and Waveney Racings Wajas Scout.
This veteran March 11 son of Scolari Me Daddy x Wajas Tail followed up a recent graded win in an electric 22.98s when blasting from the traps to beat the very useful Kokcha Blue in an excellent 23.09s for the 375m.
The final open of the night the Jane Goodhall Memorial (dup) was won by the Heather Dimmock trained and G Norman owned Sidarian Blitz who blasted from the traps doing an open class sprint split (13.43s) when leading throughout to hold on by half a length in 34.23s.
Racing on the local front has seen Anne Kirby maintain her excellent form landing a 6 timer in early September as well as landing the months A6 OBS final with Rhincrew Vicky in 23.85.
Since her switch from Eric Cantillon she has landed four from seven as this Sept 13 whelp progresses through the card.
Keith Munnings has also been in good form and landed a recent double with his top local runner Minor Budget in 23.15s and West Virginia in 23.69s.
Dog and Bitch of the month were the Ray Woods trained and J Murray owned Tromora Coby with Anne Kirby landing the bitches award with Tweet Tweet.
Monmore’s Dog of ther Month for August was Shaneboy Rocky (Milldean Panther-Shaneboy Dorie, Jun 12), owned and trained by Paul Slater.
The dual distance black rattled off a 48-1 treble in A4, S2, S1 having finished second in an S3.
Bitch of the Month was Tacos Magic (Head Bound-Sporting Game, Jun 13), trained by Pat Cowdrill and owned by Miss E Lowe.
The black won three consecutive A1s (completing a four-timer) with a best of 28.19 and was promoted to the Tracks Championship team.
There were 3 in a row jackets for the following
Starshineedifice (trained by Paul Sallis), Shinto ( trained by Mel Baker), Elderberry Aries( Trained by Patricia Cowdrill)
There were 100 up jackets for the following
Swift Ger ( Trained by Mel Baker), Blackhall Slippy (Trained by Paul Slater)
Pelaw Grange’s Greyhound of the Month winner for August was Be Tricky (Milldean Panther-Droopys Lynn, Feb 12).
Owned by Tom Carter and trained by George Carter (pictured), the black went to traps on five occasions for three wins (120-1 treble), one second, and one sixth place. In total, Be Tricky has won 15 of his 42 races at the track since making his debut last March
Romford’s Dog of the Month for August was Bolshoi Booze (Kinloch Brae-Breeze Hill Juli ,Sep 12) owned by GM & R Downes and trained by Phil Simmonds.
The black is one of the most consistent runners at the track and the three wins and a second, all in open company, came during a spell of eight races where he picked up five wins and three seconds.
Bitch of the Month was Dubai Jasmine (Flying Penske-Kincora Lee, Jul 13) owned by the Smugglers Den Syndicate and trained by Martyn Wiley.
The young black won A3, A2 and A1, with one second place during the month and was subsequently drafted into the Track Championship team.
Wimbledon’s Dog of the Month for August was True Champ (Westmead Hawk-Darkies Fungus, May 11), owned by Ms L A Canham and trained by Bernie Doyle. The blue won three times in the month, A5, A4, A4.
Bitch of the Month was School Bell (Tubbertelly Dubh-School Picture, May 12) owned by the Richard Rees Racing Club and trained by Richard.
The black won three or her four races: A6, A5, A4 and was joined on the ‘three win’ mark by Rathduff Max & Notting Hill Lil.
The next WGOA meeting will be on Friday September 25th
Yarmouth’s Greyhound of the Month award for August was shared by two bitches.
Mellery Robin (Flying Stanley-Optimus, Mar 12), owned by Mr Mr J S Whitfield and trained by Peter Witchell won three of her four races (A5, A5, A3) and finished fourth in the other.
That’s What I Do (Jackdaw Summer-Reference Point, Sep 12) is owned and trained By Irene Barnard.
The locally bred brindle completed her four timer by winning her first three races in August (A3, A2, S2) before contesting her first A1 race. The S2 was won in a career best time of 41.53.
