Pictured to the left is Mrs. Dottie Morris and "Dude" he is a Red Thunder x My Lil Mouse pup. Dude and his littermates joined their Uncle, Ozzie The Man for a presentation on the track surface for the Palm Beach Grand Classic. The pups mingled amongst the race fans and the reception was overwhelming! Martin Roper who was escorting "Jake" around the kennel club met a couple who came out specifically to meet the puppies! Ozzie was presented with his 2006 All American award after the Chris Stiver's Ozzie The Man DVD was played over the monitors.

I had an incredible time down in West Palm in the days leading up to the Classic. Lunches and Dinners with friends. And a breakfast too with Steve Schlacter and Martin Roper! But the real story was Dreamy Blossom! She is one of the most incredible racing greyhounds I have ever seen. It was an honor to watch her live. The Palm Beach Grand Classic has to go down as one of the best races in the history of our sport!

I am so happy for the D'Arcy's. There were tears of joy all around. They are the nicest family. This was their own pup, from birth. It was so special. I hope to see their Blossom go on to do many, many more great things. I am also happy for Mountain Kennel. Ron works real hard and deserved to have something good happen to him. He looked on cloud nine!

And thank you to EVERYONE who flooded my phone with messages. We are VERY proud of Rumble's offspring and are so humbled by this. It is an incredible feeling to handle a dog like him and know you are touching a dog that will certainly make an impact on our country's bloodlines for generations to come. I just sent FORTY vials to Dr. Law and will be sending 20 to Ken Biehle come Monday. Thank you to everyone who has bred to him thus far and continues to breed to him. He is truly a phenominal animal and is throwing such incredible heart and guts.

In kennel news....we have started construction on our new whirly gig and should have it up and running by mid-June. JR's Prelude is in season and will be bred. The new Block Sporthounds T shirts and done and Chris will be posting pictures of them and they will be for sale. They come in many colors and are pretty darn cool! Thanks to Chris and Jaime for designing them.

That is all for now...Ozzie and I are exhausted but we both had a great time! Thank you to the Morris' for opening up their home to me during the Grand Classic!

Obviously the picture on the left needs no introduction....TWO time All American Ozzie The Man with his 2006 All American Award and Palm Beach Kennel Club blanket.

The Palm Beach Grand Classic is fast approaching. The final round was run on Sunday and the finalists post position draw will be Friday. We wish Maryville Rumble's premier daughter, Dreamy Blossom, a safe and speedy trip around the oval. Her last outing she posted a 29.18! She is fast approaching Ozzie's best of 29.15 and the track record of 29.14! We hope to see Blossom in the winner's blanket on Monday!!!! GO BLOSSOM!

Park Top D'Arcy is huge with Rumble pups and her due date is quickly approaching. This female is out of the same dam as Valoris who produced Dreamy Blossom when bred to Maryville Rumble*. We look for great things from Park Top and her offspring.

We are ever expanding and improving around here and will be adding the Tony Morris designed whirly gig specifically for younger aged pups. We will work younger pups on the gig prior to being shipped out for finishing. This is the same size and style gig that Ozzie The Man was started on. Chris and Brett will be schooling on Wednesdays and Saturdays on the gig.

Ozzie and I hope to see many of you down in Palm Beach for the big race this holiday weekend. Good luck to all the finalists! A special "good luck" to Kansas Ruler who is trained by our friend, Joy Mayne! And of course Dreamy Blossom's trainer, Ron Lies!

Pictured to the left is Bouncing Bucky (Brett Lee x San Tan Gem) the ONLY Stakes winning son of Brett Lee in this country. He is owned by Dennis and Wanda Curry and arrived here this past weekend. He is already recieving breedings! Please contact me if you have a qualified female for a free breeding to this outstanding dog.

Congrats to Dreamy Blossom the future All American daughter of Maryville Rumble on her 2nd consectutive win at Palm Beach in Grand Classic qualifying rounds. She is the only runner to have two wins and is obviously the top point getter. Kudos out to the D'Arcy's on their awesome girl, trainerRon Lies, for the Mountain Kennel whom she is running with for this tournament. We will be cheering the Dreamy One on!

Our entry, Energy Force* once again was robbed of a clean trip and ended up a very disappointing 6th. He is mathmatically out of the tournament and has no hope of making the final. I met him in person this weekend and what a beautiful animal he is. He has shown so much heart in every race he has run. I wish I could see what he could do with a clean trip around the oval!

Park Top is beginning to show and will be whelping a litter of Maryville Rumble* pups for the D'Arcys. Honest Emigrant* is not showing and I am afraid she might have missed. However she is not due until the second week of June.

I had an awesome time with Dottie and Tony Morris for the first round of the Grand Classic and thank them for their hospitality. I had the pleasure to watch the first litter of Red Thunder pups pop out of the box for the first time and run the whirly gig. With Tony training...they will be special! Also had a great time with Dr. Liz Paquette, Joe Marlin and TDM Mazie at the Night of Stars. Joy Mayne and Elite Greyhound Adoptions also joined us in the Clubhouse!

We wish Hondo Dingle luck in the St. Ledger at Limerick. He holds a track record there and should be a betting favorite! Go Dingle!!!

I wish everyone a safe trip in the 3rd round at Palm Beach.

News from the stud barn......arriving this weekend will be Bouncing Bucky! Bouncing Bucky (Brett Lee x San Tan Gem) hails as the only Brett Lee son in this country to win a stakes race. He broke in at Dairyland and dominated. From there Bucky proceeded straight to the AA ranks at Wheeling. Winning several top grade races and was a dominating force until a broken hock sidelined him for a year. Today with a little bit of sadness Tom Ferris and Dennis Curry announced Bouncing Buckys retirement from the race track. He already has frozen semen available and it is just now available to the public. His introductory stud fee is $500. He is the litterbother of Trent Lee, whose pups made an outstanding showing two weeks ago at the Spring Meet in Abilene. One sold for $41,000.00.

I am flying to West Pam Beach this Saturday for first round action of the Palm Beach Grand Classic and Night of Stars. Energy Force* will once again meet Flying Stanley. This time in stakes competition in the Night of Stars. "Pete" ran a monster race his last outting and went from last to 4th place after being lifted off his front feet by Flying Stanley.

GO PETE!!!!

Jt's Petey Girl and myself to the left! Petey is out of my beloved Miz Joy Lynne! I will be keeping Petey as a pet once her brood bitch duties are finished.

We welcome AA from Lincoln.....DC's Brenda Lee to the family. Brenda is owned by Denny and Wanda Curry and will be jointly bred by myself and the Currys! First in line is Maryville Rumble*! Followed by (hopefully) Hondo Dingle* and Fine Silver*. Do the testmatings and you will see why I chose those three sires. Brenda is the littersister to Trent Lee.

Energy Force* ran in an official race today and had trouble throughout. He broke very well and when in tournament competition hopefully it will be "game on" with him. The best 24 dogs in the country will be taking him on!

Good luck to everyone competing in the Palm Beach Grand Classic and I wish everyone safe trips!