Pictured to the left is famed trainer, Graham Holland with Swahili Eile. Swahili Eile will be joining us in the coming weeks. Please view his sire page for more info!

Congrats to Hondo Dingle* on job well done! Once again we found our Dingle in the winners circle! This time in the Champion Stake Consolation at Shelbourne. He has also drawn in for Round One of the Irish Derby. He is in Heat 18 trap 2 on Sat. He *should* win this one handily. You can view his latest accomplishment by clicking on the link on either his sire page or our home page.

The BIG LITTER AWARD goes out to our friend Carey Tamarius....his bitch whelped a whopping 11 Maryville Rumble* pups this weekend. She had 12 but one didn't make it. Mum and babies are doing well!

Our own JR's Prelude is heavy with pups. The sire is Fine Silver*. We are hoping for a very uneventful whelp in mid-August!

That is all for now. GO DINGLE....TRAP TO LINE BIG GUY!

Word from Ireland is that Swahili Eile will be headed to us as soon as possible. Connections had his semen already checked and he will be ready to go as soon as we can figure out where to fly him in. It may have to be Boston as Atlanta may be too hot at this time of year. We will start reserving breedings on him now that we know his arrival is imminent.

We may have a big announcement about Hondo Dingle's retirement ceremony in the up coming weeks. He will be officially retired on Derby Night, September 7th. Then he will be collected for use in the UK/Ireland and then shipped to us.

Pictured to the left is Dr. Elizabeth Paquette and the now LARGE Red Thunder boys. As you can see they have been moved into the long runs! They are growing up to be fantastic looking dogs.

This weekend our favorite greyhound foster parents, Doug and Cindy Small came for a visit with "Martha". It was wonderful seeing Martha again and she ran right to me. Always makes you feel good! While they were visiting they took both Bug Bite and Task Bank next to foster for Greyhound Crossroads. It was VERY hard letting Bug Bite go but I knew I was giving her a good home.

We recieved word on Hondo Dingle this afternoon. He will be retired on Derby Night. After that semen will be collected on him for use in the UK and Ireland and he will then be shipped to the US. I have had so many people reserving vials and I am extremely hopeful that I will be able to fulfill those orders in October. PLEASE do not send money now. Let's make sure he get's here and I get a freeze on him first! I have had several people wanting to mail in their money.

Just had a call from my parents who are visiting Alaska for 2 weeks. They got to meet the top Iditarod sled team today and watch them workout. They said they are a lot faster than you would think. Pretty cool!

That is about it from here!

Hondo Dingle* has been invited!!! To WHAT??? Only the most prestigious Invitational race in Ireland! Our very own Hondo Dingle will be meeting up with Ireland's best of the best this weekend. The E60,000 Boylesport Champion Stakes gets underway on Saturday evening at Shelbourne Park. Only 18 of the best and toughest racing greyhounds have been invited. The top 2 finishers from Saturday evening will be in the Final. The 3rd and 4th place finishers will be in the consolation. Dingle has drawn an exceptionally tough field with last year's Irish Derby champ, Razldazl Billy, this year's St. Leger champ, Lughill Jo and the ever tough Team Captain. The good news is Dingle has got his trap. He will be wearing the red jacket come Saturday night. It will be a knock down drag out of the greatest champs in Ireland. GO DINGLE !!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

That's the news for today!

Oh.....before I forget...I am getting rave reviews about Johnny's blog! Keep checking back...he is posting pics on the pups weekly! Some of these pups will be headed to Nationals I hear!

Hondo Dingle* finally drew an inside trap and tonight emerged victorious in the Irish Derby Trial stake at Limerick. He was fast from the trap and never looked back winning in a speedy 29.66 by 4.5 L going away. From here he will go on to compete in the granddaddy of them all, the Paddy Power Irish Derby. Graham Holland is a fantastic trainer and I know Hondo Dingle will be in top form going into round 1. Graham Holland was also responsible for training Swahili Eile.

GO DINGLE!!!!

We have finalized plans to bring Swahili Eile from Ireland to the US. He will be standing here and is the son of Roanokee and Making Merry a former Brood Bitch of the Year. He was strictly an Open Class racer and contested the Semi- Final Rounds of last year's Irish Derby. He was a VERY fast 550 yd. dog and should cross extremely well with American stock. He will be here in the coming weeks it we can arrange that he be flown into Atlanta.

Hondo Dingle has made the final of the Irish Derby Trial Stake at Limerick and FINALLY drew an inside trap. He should be a betting favourite come Saturday evening. GO DINGLE!

The long anticipated whirly gig is finally a reality. BIG thanks to Rufty, Chris and Brett for all of their manhours to make it happen. It looks fantastic and we look forward to as always providing our clients with the best service that we can.

We sent off four litters to train last week and wish everyone the best of luck with their pups!!!

For those of you who read the message boards and have read the threads on promotion for the sport, please contact your district rep. and voice your wants and concerns. It is the ONLY way they will know what you want and impliment change! And VOTE!

Also...greyhound-auctions.com is sponsering an Auction for Charity. There are LOTS of good stud services and items up for bid. Take a look!

Check out the "Finishing" section of our website. Johnny Culbreath will be posting pics of the fastest greyhound of the week, the most improved etc along with all the schooling times and bloodlines on the pups! Check it out!!!

Congrats to Hondo Dingle* for making the final of the Irish Derby Trial Stake at Limerick. All connections are hoping for an inside trap for the great champion. Next up will be the Paddy Power Irish Derby!

Meet The Creeper is still stuck in limbo as Jacksonville has yet to lift their quarantine. Bill Lambert's BJ Kennel has been working him unofficially and word is he should be ready to go as soon as he can be moved into the racing kennel. KB's Maddancer has been moved to Tampa and word from MJG Greyounds is that she is looking extremely well in her AM workouts and we should see her school on in sprints in the next couple of weeks.

Not much other news....

Good luck to Hondo Dingle in next weekend's stake event!