MONDAY THE 10TH OF MARCH
A lovely day and it was 16 degrees at one stage today , the forecast is for it to get a lot colder starting tomorrow . At the kennels we prepared more hounds for schooling so we will have a full team at Kilkenny on Thursday for trials . I had to get the drag hare repaired again so its now nearly brand new. We did maintenance work. We checked the broods as the weather is good so they will all be coming in season. I posted all the paperwork off and the day went well. If Newcastle united want to finish in the top four its a must win game tonight.
ON THE OPEN RACES SCENE IN THE UK WE HAD TWO WINNERS YESTERDAY AT TOWCESTER TOO WRIGHT AND TIFFIELD TARQUIN WON WITH THE FASTEST TIME OF THE DAY 28.83 NORMAL GOING .
TUESDAY THE 11TH OF MARCH
We are doing Tuesday’s journal on Monday evening as I will be on the road early to collect meat. We will do more maintenance work and we will level more sand runs out. We have pups to worm and trim their nails. We also have broods due to pup so we will have to keep an eye on them. We need sawdust to get the gallop finished and I don’t know where all the rubbish comes from but I will have to have another trip to the dump. Following predictable defeats at Manchester City and Liverpool, Newcastle’s European hopes were revived by victory at one of their favourite venues on Monday. Two pups to watch out for swift hostile and his little brother Charlie loves me previous name swift Henrik, Swift Hostile won in Sheffield today in 28.83 in fastest time of the day and Charlie loves me did 29.05 first look at Towcester
WEDNESDAY THE 12TH OF MARCH
We needed fish which is a day’s job as it has to be collected. We got all the work on the gallop finished and she looks brand new again. We needed food for pups from the supermarket. The weather has been good but a bit colder and the traffic on the m50 on the way to collect fish and on the way back was very bad.
THURSDAY THE 13TH OF MARCH
We are doing Thursdays journal on Wednesday evening. The first job on Thursday is to pack to fish away in to the freezer. We will have to feed up early as we are trialing in Kilkenny. We have deliveries of supplies coming. We also have to the coming to do passport work so we can get the dogs that are sold gone to the UK..
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE ONE RUNNER AT NEWCASTLE SWIFT AGILE.
FRIDAY THE 14TH OF MARCH
The sales department has been very busy in the last few weeks. A big thanks to everybody who bought a hound. I was just out of bed this morning at 6am and I saw on my phone a text. I assumed it was someone who works for me saying they wouldnt be in, but it was another hound sold. The first job of the day was to collect meat, tripe and beef. At the kennels we had broods ready to have pups so they had to be monitored. We had the garages to tidy up. We had pups to worm and nails to trim. Swift Vicky had an off day.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAD ONE WINNER LAST NIGHT AT NEWCASTLE SWIFT AGILE. TODAY WE HAVE TWO RUNNERS AT ROMFORD SWIFT GIDDY AND UNANIMOUS LEON.
SATURDAY THE 15TH OF MARCH
The first job of the day was to collect more meat. We had John O’Reilly here to check hounds that are schooling. We put the photos onto greyhound data of our October and November 2023 saplings. Two broods had their pups. Mothers and pups are doing fantastic. We had frost this morning but as we do the journal at 1:30pm its a lovely day.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK AND IRELAND WE HAD ONE WINNER SWIFT GIDDY TONIGHT WE HAVE SIX RUNNER AT MONMORE SWIFT BULLSEYE IN THE PUPPY DERBY FINAL. AT DONCASTER INCA GERRY AND BLUEY BOY. AT OXFORD CALICO BRIN. AT CORK LESTERS COMET AND COLOUR MATCHER.
SUNDAY THE 16TH OF MARCH
It will be a typical Sunday were we cook, clean, feed and let hounds out of kennels. We will give my house a tidy and prepare for a busy week ahead. The main job for me today will be watching Newcastle United in the league cup final against Liverpool.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAD ONE WINNER LAST NIGHT AT DONCASTER BLUEY BOY . TODAY WE HAVE NINE RUNNERS AT SHEFFIELD SWIFT HOSTILE AND AT TOWCESTER SWIFT DELTA , SWIFT JARVIS , CHARLIE LOVES ME , TIFFIELD TARQUIN , TOO WRIGHT AND CHARLIE KNOWS AND THE VALLEY SWIFT URSELA AND SWIFT FROCK.