We will have puppies galore here in the next couple of months! DC Brenda Lee, Greys Eaglewings, KB's Curly Q are all in season. We have Greys Tarmac...pregnant. We have Cool Cat*......hopefully pregnant! By December 1st we should be full of pups! The visiting brood facility is full to the gills as well. I guess everything is popping into season! Dr. Barber has had it easy for the past month. We are gonna make up for it in a hurry 'round here!

I *expect* Swahili Eile's DNA kit here this coming week. Then I will be cleared to collect him!

Word from overseas is that Alf Ashe WILL be sponsering a spot in the upcoming Night Of Stars to profile Hondo Dingle*! Chris Stivers is working on an action packed 30 second spot for the Night of Stars.

Speaking of......word from Ireland is that Hondo Dingle has been a busy boy as of late. Between collections he has also been servicing a few bitches! We anticipate his arrival just after the Meet.

Both Bouncing Bucky and Fine Silver* had breedings this past week as well. I think once people view the Bucky DVD...see the stats...especially from Wheeling...that Bucky will prove to be "the" brother to breed to. Bring on your Craigie Whistler females for Bucky!!! Fine Silver* has been bred to an array of bloodline females. I would definately be trying my Gable Dodge females with him!

Well the countdown to the Meet has started and we hope to see a bunch of you out there!

Here are our Fine Silver* babies. They are growing like weeds and can eat and eat and eat! They are big, strong babies. I am very excited about them as they are a complete outcross to a 3x3 Commander female.

Swahili Eile* has settled in nicely. I am going to rest him another week and then probably begin collecting him. I may wait until after the Nationals to do so as his paperwork has been held up in Boston.

DC Brenda Lee (Brett Lee x San Tan Gem) is in season! Yes! She IS the littersister to Bouncing Bucky and Trent Lee! She will be bred to Maryville Rumble*. Obviously this mating would be one of the most desirous in the entire country! We are grateful to have partnered up with the Curry's on Brenda and her breedings. I hope we have a pack of All Americans in there! The highly anticipated litter should be born around the second week in December.

Hondo Dingle* is currently with the Dunphys in Ireland and being collected and stored for use in Ireland and the UK. He will be shipped over in the next few weeks. I ask that everyone be patient and I will get semen shipped on him ASAP. I know there are a lot of people waiting on him. I will do everything I possibly can to accomodate everyone.

Chris Stivers has put the finishing touches on both Hondo Dingle* and Swahili Eile's DVD's and is currently finishing up on Bouncing Bucky's. We will have "The New Blood" 2008 DVD available to breeders out at the Nationals. If Chris has time he will add an updated version of Maryville Rumble's offspring on it. Please see either Chris or I out at the Nationals for your copy.

Jade Alleway, Chris and Jaime Stivers, Martin Roper and I will be at the 2008 Derby Lane Million. Jade will be flying in from the UK and staying with us for a month to learn about greyhound racing in the UK. Jade is a trainer in the UK.

Congrats to Dave Cottle on his fantastic pair of Fortress Blue pups breaking in at Bluffs Run. I knew that was "the" breeding to Creative Whiz! Congrats Dave!

We were visited this weekend by our esteemed Webmaster, Brian Carpenter this weekend. We had a great visit, enjoyed some great Mexican food and beer and visited with all the dogs. Brian...I hope you make it back often!

Well that's all from here. Thanks to everyone for their continued support!

Swahili Eile* is here! He is pictured to the left. He is a wonderful dog. I was impressed with him upon first glance. It will be a couple of weeks before he will be ready for service as all paperwork still needs to be completed on him. He has settled in nicely.

Cool Cat* arrived as well with Dodgem By Design pups inutero. She is a lovely bitch with a very playful attitude. She loves attention and is very willing to give it back. Congrats to Henry Howe on this outstanding brood purchase. She is pretty near to being the female version of Maryville Rumble* if you look her pedigree up.

Thanks to Dan Ryan for all of his hospitality while Martin Roper and I were up in Lincoln. I was impressed with the track and how well the dogs held the bend. Dan informed me that the stange looking drag I noticed was the only one in this country. It is a very unique drag and seems to have greatly reduced the injury rate. We were also able to meet up with Cory Owens and Angela from RaceFor Adoption. We had a nice time visiting with them. We were all treated to a tour of the new adoption facility at Lincoln by Dan Ryan. It is a fantastic facility and I think we were all duly impressed. Later on Friday evening we watched round 2 of the American Derby. It was impressive to watch these dogs run live. We had a great time with Sean Bourke who accompanied the dogs over as well as FINALLY meeting Pat Dalton's trainer, Davey O'Keefe! I had spent a lot of phone calls back and forth with Davey about Energy Force* it was great to finally put a face with the voice! We also got to meet Wonderland track record holder, Scoobie Blue and trainer, Steve Perkins.

All in all I think Martin and I were both impressed by the friendiness of all the people we met this weekend. Everyone was extremely helpful and accomodating. Big THANK YOU to Sean and Ann Bourke who helped get all these dogs safely here and especially to Ann for all her work freezing Swahili Eile prior to his exportation.

Sean has informed us that some of the top Irish Derby class dogs will be coming over for the Million. It sounds like the 2008 Million could be one for the record books!!!

Pictured is "Lacey" the Fine Silver* x Jr's Prelude (San Tan Jammin x JR's Pastel). Lacey is proudly owned by Linda Russi....who wanted the spotted girl with the most spots!

Hondo Dingle* was officially retired on Sept. 7th. He finished 4th to Holyromanemperor in the Droopys Kewell Diamond stake. He will now commence stud duties. He is being bred in Ireland and will be collected and frozen for future use. We expect him here on our shores by November.

Swahili Eile* will be here next weekend. I will expedite his paperwork with the NGA as quickly as I possibly can to get vials available by October 1st.

Dolly Madison whelped a healthy litter of 8 Lonesome Crys for owner Henry Howe. She had an easy whelp and is a wonderful mom.

Dreamy Blossom won in the first round of the sprint stakes up at Twin Rivers. She hasn't quite hit her break yet but her patented monster rush had her comfortably in the lead at the first bend. Second round is Wed. Sept.12th. GO BLOSSOM!

Our friends at the Cahill and O'Connor kennel have set down their racing muzzles and have turned the kennel over to a new owner. We wish Tim and Cindy a wonderful retirement from the racing kennel and hope that you love life on the farm as much as we do. I am sure we have not heard the last of them as they will continue to raise and race dogs.

I will post pictures of Swahili Eile as soon as I have him in hand. Sean Bourke is graciously accompanying him and Cool Cat* over from Ireland. We look forward to visiting with Sean this weekend.

Also....congrats to our friends The Daltons on Express Ego's fanatastic 3rd place finish in the Irish Derby. It was so close I almost thought he had it. He is a wonderful dog and they can be very proud. He is a great champion in his own right!