Pictured is the classic bred bitch, Group Singer. "Singer" is due to ship over in the coming weeks. She will hopefully be contesting the Derby Lane oval this spring for the D'Arcy Kennel. Singer is a full sister to Group Rooster*. We are very excited about Singer and anticipate she will make a top notch middle distance bitch.

Pictured is the great bitch, Oooga Chockah. We bred her this morning to Farloe Black*. This is a classic bred litter and we will be offering some for sale if she whelps more than three pups. I have been waiting all year for this bitch to break season and my dream breeding is finally a reality. She will be due on February 27th.

Tim Allen and I have partnered on the fine female, Flying Larned who will also be bred to Farloe Black*.

There is only a few days left on the special fee for Fine Silver*. His first litter is "racino" bound. They will be running Bluffs Run, Tri-State and the newest "racino", Flagler. The pups are ready to go but our trainer wants another couple months with them to put some age on them as they are just now 16 months old and too young in my opinion to be going to the track.

Don Jairett is working on hiring a private hauler just to travel between us and WV. This hauler will potentially run every single Tuesday. We need this route to happen! When he gets up and running we will be posting all his contact info. Haulers are at a premium and Don has gone way out of his way to try and make this happen. Most WV farms are only 4-5 hours from here. That is only a short trip for your females. Other facilities are approx 18 hours. We carry semen on all major studs and do trans cervical inseminations. We do FREE implants with a paid stud fee to any one of our studs and use fresh semen whenever possible! One of our clients just whelped a 10 pup litter this morning by Group Rooster* that was bred trans cervically with fresh semen.

We are working on updating the look of our website so check back frequently to see all the changes. We are planning on discontinuing our chat room as it never gets used. If you want to see the chat room stay - please email me and we will keep it.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas.

I hope everyone is all ready for the Christmas holidays! We wish you all a blessed Christmas season.

Exciting days are ahead as all the broods we bred are showing well now. Dc Brenda Lee is scheduled to be bred to Fine Silver* tomorrow with a due date of 22 February.

Big news is a Westmead Hawk pup will be arriving next month out of Annas Wishes. Congrats to the Arno Family on this purchase. She will be raised with the Hondo Black pups that we already have here. Many thanks to Laurie Kraynick for her tireless efforts of running back and forth to Boston to retrieve our greyhounds! Thanks lady!

It looks like we will be breeding Oooga Chockah on Sunday to Farloe Black* for a late February whelp!

Pictured are 2 hour old Fine Silver* pups out of EC Spellbinding and owned by breeder, Mike Thompson. Congrats to Mike on this colorful litter! They are absolutely adorable!

I think a pup to definately keep a watchful eye on is the young son of Maryville Rumble*, Lee Elvis. He won his second official school today by double digits again and ran the fastest time of the day! Congrats to Gene Gurley on this outstanding future star! Here is the replay from todays school.

Here is a picture of a much more mature Sword Of Eile (Swahili Eile* x To Shy To Say). "Blade" will be leaving the beginning of February to train.

The broods here are breaking season at an alarming rate (for me anyway!). Greys Nordic Ice is scheduled to be bred to Fine Silver* this week as well as Hanks Cool Cat* who will go to Group Rooster*. This week DC Brenda Lee (litterister to Bouncing Bucky & Trent Lee) broke season and she will go to Fine Silver* as well. Oooga Chockah decided to follow suit and she will go to the great Farloe Black*. We recently aquired Flying Larned with Champions Racing Team, Inc. and she will go to Farloe Black* as well. We only have 3 broods left that I think will break soon and that will basically leave me with a breeding barn full of pregnant females. Dance of Dreams and Oneco Mais Oui are due the first week in January followed by Zam Turbo Blitz two weeks later with the first litter of Deco Deano pups. The rest won't be due until after I return from Ireland.

Maryville Rumble* pups were on by the dozens this weekend. But two seriously caught my eye....our featured race on the homepage by Nitro Perdy Lady who is so far undefeated in puppy stakes competition. And this young guy....Lee Elvis. He breaks out of the 8 hole and wins by 14.5 lengths in his first official school. Congrats to Gene Gurley on this promising young male.

And finally a glimpse at the stunning younger Swahili Eile* pups...this is the young Duke Of Eile* owned by our webmaster, Brian Carpenter. This litter is absolutely stunning and the second litter out of Jr's Prelude. The first are the Fine Silver*pups that are so highly touted.

I am faced with a very busy week ahead as our visiting brood kennel is on full to overflow status. We now have broods in for implants from as far away as Conneticut! I am going to be pulling blood serum for progesterones all morning! We are so grateful to have such great and loyal clients who return again and again.

Pictured are Hushed Whispers* (Kiera) the black female and Drumscraw Di* the blue fawn female. They finally arrived on the farm last night after their long journey from Ireland. Many thanks to Paul McCusker as these girls are very sociable and well adjusted. We do anticipate racing them but of course...they will be future broods!

This is Sword of Eile aka "Blade" at 11 months. He is one of our best pups and we really look forward to his track career.

Good luck to all the Maryville Rumble* pups in the up coming Dick Andrews Futurity at the Palm Beach Kennel Club!

Pictured is a male Group Rooster* pup out of Jr's Prelude owned by the Arno family. This little boy is just 3 weeks old.

Congrats to Henry Howe and the entire B&J Kennel family on last night's win by Count Ivan in the juvenile stake.

The girls are once again popping in season. This time it's Greys Nordic Ice who will be bred to Fine Silver*. Carey Tamerius has a litter by Fuzzys Raven that are looking exceptional so we will repeat that breeding with Ice. Also in season is Hanks Cool Cat* a 3/4 sister to Rumble. She will be bred to Group Rooster. A slew of girls are due to come in season so I anticipate a busy December doing implants. And an even busier February whelping all these pups!

Maryville Rumble* pups have continued their winning ways this week. It is now not uncommon to see multiple Rumble pups in a race. We have seen many 1 - 2 finishes! Jawa Mr. Mrn's replay is up and worth viewing. He is a very nice young Rumble who went straight up the grade ladder. B's No Deal won a nice A last night as well for our friends at the Busmann-Balakas Kennel.

There has been some talk about Hometown Boy from overseas and they are impressed with his race record and track craft. I am clueless as to why this dominating greyhound is not getting more breedings! I will look at sending semen over to Ireland where I do believe this dog will get the breedings he deserves!

The wee Irish lass' will be here in a matter of a couple hours. I will get pics of them soon.

The Irish lass' have arrived in Boston!!! Many thanks to foster "mom" Laurie Kraynick for taking such good care of our babies. These beauties are Hondo Black*ex Mineola Di. Breeder is Paul McCusker. Our dream with Paul has now become reality and the girls are safely in the States! We hope they have the speed and courage of their half brother, Farloe Black*!

Welcome little ladies!

Danica Driver (5) has been officially retired and is enroute back to the farm and will join the rest of the broods here. She was injured earlier in this year and her last race she came off the track limping. She had a bit of larceny but was as fast as she cared to be. She will be bred to Hometown Boy when she comes in season. A lot of the elements in that mating are what made Ozzie The Man. She was a nice 68 pound bitch, racing weight so she will throw some size.

Prelude's Group Rooster* pups turned 2 weeks today. They weigh in at a whopping 5 pounds! They are so big and fat!

We wish Randy Finegant he best of luck tonight with Irish Angel in the Ebro Derby. Angel is a Maryville Rumble* pup. Her sister, Cynthia Smoot will be an entry in the Derby Lane distance stakes that are forthcoming.

Word from our exporter is that he has Drumscraw Di ( Little Di) and Secret Whispers (Kiera) in hand and they will be exported from Ireland to Boston tomorrow. Laurie Krayick will foster them. My good friend, Ron, from Country Roads Kennel will retrieve them in WV off Blaske's hauler and bring them to the farm sometime next week. Their pedigrees are second to none and we expect great things from these girls! They are Hondo Black ex Mineola Di. I will post pics as soon as I have them in hand.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. My big shopping excursion was to go buy an iPod dock for the lab today.

Go IRISH ANGEL!!!!!!

Pictured is Jr's Prelude with her son owned by Dick Ciampa. These pups are as big and fat as they could possibly be. We want to welcome the Arno family to the farm as they have purchased the other male in this litter.

Maryville Rumble* pups are starting to run wild all over the country. There is hardly a track that doesn't have at least one Rumble running. They have hit all the major tracks in fine style. You can see by the lines from a few pups this week on our homepage that they are showing many come from behind dramatic finishes.

Dance of Dreams (littersister to FFK's new US import, Kinloch Brae) has gone off feed right on schedule and we will be expecting a litter of strapping young Swahili Eile* pups on or about 3 January. Oneco Mais Oui, bred to Maryville Rumble* is due to come off feed this week and looks to be showing already. These pups will be offered for sale. Wheelie Cool is due to Group Rooster* on 19 December.

Tommy Commander now has plenty of vials to ship. Owner Ly Do is offering free breedings on his champ. He will be featured on the inside back cover of the Greyhound Review January - April 2009. We can of course due a TCI with fresh semen on him here.

It was a bit of a sad week around here as two of my pet greyhounds passed away. Cassie passed away suddenly of renal failure/probable pancreatic cancer and Greys Wildbird (13 yrs) had osteo. My two little girls will be missed.

Pictured are the wee newborn Group Rooster* babies. We had 2 males and 2 females. Jr's Prelude is a good mom and all are doing great. The black male and white/black female are owned by Dick Ciampa and the white/black male and black female are not for sale. We were hoping for more pups but since this is Prelude's last litter we are retaining the last two pups.

We will have an entire litter for sale in January by Maryville Rumble* and Oneco Mais Oui (Gable Dodge ex Oneco Inquizitiv). They will be $500 until tattoo and $750 after. Mais Oui's sister, Oneco Faux Pas is a top AA/S bitch at Lincoln. She was a Lincoln Sprint finalist. She has the famous Burnpark Sally damline that is the foundation for most of the Begley's greyhounds.

With most of the implants behind me I am going to concentrate on collecting and freezing this week. We anticipate Fine Silver* will be in great demand in the coming months and I want to be prepared.

It was quite a racing weekend for our Mr. Rumble. He had winners literally all over the country with a 2nd in the puppy stake at Derby Lane by Fearless Fella who got picked off right at the wire. He had many pups that won by double digits and many wins in 3/8ths!

This has been a very busy week for us. We have done implants literally everyday as well as collecting and freezing semen. Jr's Prelude is in labor right now and we expect to be seeing our wee Group Rooster* pups this afternoon. Congrats to Dick Gerst and Dick Ciampa who have already purchased several of the pups in this most anticipated litter. With the word out on Prelude's first litter by Fine Silver* we feel these will also be exceptional babies.

We were visited this week by Norm and Janice Rinaldi of New South Wales in Australia. They arrived Tuesday AM and just left a bit ago. What incredible people. They are heading to Florida in the coming week and will be meeting up with the B&J Kennel in Jacksonville as well as being guests of the Palm Beach Kennel Club. They will continue on to Derby Lane and the D'Arcy Kennel. With a quick stop to meet Pat Begley and tour his farm. They will be in America for several more months and we are hoping they decide to attend Spring nationals in Abilene. I told them we will meet again if not here, in Australia! Whilst here they sat in on several TCI procedures, looked at progesterone data to understand how to properly time a breeding, watching the collection of semen and assisted with schooling a dozen pups on the whirlygig. We had great meals and many laughs and a good time. They will be missed! Thanks to Leon of the Seastrom Kennel for suggesting they visit!

I will update as soon as Prelude has completed her whelp.

Jr's Prelude is getting ready to whelp and the excitement around here is building as word is her first litter is smokin' fast.

Oneco Mais Oui was bred to Maryville Rumble* and she will be due early in January. Zam Turbo Blitz should be bred to Deco Deano this week as well.

We schooled the Hanks Cool Cat* litter on the gig. There are a few very special ones in there. "Kit Kat" is the standout so far. Their education will continue down in Jacksonville next month.

We now have done a collection and freeze on Tommy Commander and owner Ly Do is offering a free breeding to him with fresh semen here while he is being collected. He will be returning to the C&C Kennel at Wheeling in the beginning of January. Please contacted either Ly Do or me if you would like a breeding to Tommy!

Our wee Irish lassies will be shipping over soon. Breeder Paul McCusker has informed us that paperwork is well underway and the little ladies should ship the end of the month. They are brilliantly bred and should make good trackers but even better broods!

Pictured is "Blade" a Swahili Eile* pup taken today. He will be our first Eile pup in training in January. He is quite the looker.

We have some updated info from our finishing trainer, Joey Lingle on the Fine Silver* pups in training. He has said this is the best bunch of pups I have ever sent him and they are turning very impressive times for their stage in training. They have been boxed 3 times and are very competitive. These are out of Jr's Prelude. Her next litter is due to whelp next week by Group Rooster*. At this time I would say all pups in this litter are already spoken for.

Congrats to John Kelly as only minutes ago Kelsos Granola, a Maryville Rumble* pup smoked a grade A field up at Wheeling which included Starz Jenko. This is a very, very special pup and we wish John and the Raines Kennel the best of luck with her.

The broods are literally flying in for implants. We had two more delivered a few minutes ago with more coming tomorrow! Tommy Commander is due here any minute and Ly Do will be offering free breedings while he is here being collected!!! If you are interested contact either Ly or myself!

Martin Roper and myself were down at our "sister farm" in Live Oak this weekend and had a wonderful time with all of our friends at the Champions Farm and Bussmann and Balakas Kennels. The renovations of the farm were extremely impressive and we look forward to going back down again.

We also took in the Night of Stars at the Orange Park Kennel Club with the Balakas crew and were joined by Chris "Coach" Grieb for a nice dinner, great conversation and watching Paula Balakas pick winner after winner after winner!

Then it was a speedy trip home so I could breed Dance Of Dreams, littersister to 2008 Derby Lane Sprint champ, Kinloch Brae to Swahili Eile*. "Dancer" has a litter by Rumble in the runs and we felt that Eile was the logical choice for her as we are keeping the Aussie/Irish cross and with his strong damline we feel these will be serious major track pups and suited to strong galloping tracks.

It's going to be a busy week!

Pictured is the beautiful Zam Turbo Blitz, a full sister to stud dog, Ebony River. She has broke season and will be bred to Deco Deano. This mating will add the bit of bottom we feel she needs.

Also on season is Dance Of Dreams and Oneco Mais Oui. We are thinking of breeing Mais Oui to Maryville Rumble* and will be offering those pups for sale. She is a littersister to stakes bitch Oneco Faux Pas. Mais Oui ran top grade at Palm Beach.

Our wee Hondo Black ex Mineola Di pups are earmarked and we are in the beginning stages of planning their export to the US.

Red Thunder's son, Thundering Sam has quietly taken the Palm Beach Kennel Club by storm! This pup in 8 starts is in top grade! His lines on our homepage will be updated. We will also be adding more pics this weekend on him. DQ and Sharon Williams believed in Red Thunder enough to breed to him...how about you???? The proof is in the pudding....and his name is Thundering Sam! I made a promise to Dottie and Tony Morris...this pup makes the puppy stake finals...and I will be in Palm Beach!

Wheelie Cool was bred yesterday to Group Rooster*. Dance Of Dreams....littersister to 2008 Derby Lane Sprint Classic champ, Kinloch Brae, is in season. We are mulling over who to breed her to at this point. We have several broods in and this Holiday season should be a busy whelping time for us here.

Some of you may note that our multimedia page is missing. Webmaster Brian is working on downloading replays etc. on all of our sires. We have made some recent staff changes and Brian will be resuming those duties on the website. We will be adding a Recent Replays tab soon which will feature hot races from our sires offspring! We will also have "Race Of the Week" on there so check back often!

Also...on a very sad note.....Fortress Blue has passed. He gave us 12 good years. He was the 1999 North American National Win Leader and #12 in All Time Wins. His top offspring include the Jacksonville star.....All Hail Eddie......Derby Lane star......Red Coat.....the router......Meet The Creeper.....amongst others. He was a special dog. We have plenty of semen on him left in our tanks. I still have a daughter, Danica Driver racing at Palm Beach with the B&B kennel. Blue is gone but he won't be forgotten. After a racing accident that was career ending, Meet The Creeper found a couch in my house! As well as his half brother, Ray-Ray. Martin Roper brought his star Red Coat home to his couch as well. So there are constant reminders to all of us here of Blue every single day. Fortress Blue was owned by Henry Howe and myself. R.I.P. old buddy.

Two words.....Maryville Rumble*. Rumble's coming out party happened at the Fall Meet and it was a big party! His pups were incredible. They were headlined by the incredible SR Boogieman. He won the first day by a whopping 21 lengths and captured the attention of the biggest buyers out there. Doug Riches made the decision to hang on to his budding racer and lease him to the D'Arcy Kennel of St. Petersburg, FL. Boogieman is pictured on the right.

Although Rumble was the talk of Abilene, Fine Silver* quietly had a pup by the name of Pfannys Kid Crae run. Kid Crae is a wee 14 mo. old brindle male. He ran 3rd the first day. I know....so what, right? Well the story got around...this pup had gotten loose BEFORE his race and ran a total of 2 laps 'round the perimeter of the race track and then went to the box to RACE! He caught the attention of finishing trainers and was actually purchased by one and I think maybe making a repeat performance at the Spring Meet. I was so impressed with this pup. I also saw Cary Tamarius out at the Meet and he was beaming with pride over his Silver pups in training with Johnny Culbreath. We wish him and Johnny much luck with their Silver babies as well. Silver is off to a very promising start. It was so neat to see Silver brought into this country and watch his very first pup run live. I was actually a little emotional over it.

We purchased some very fine broods for our good friends at Champions Racing Team, Inc. I want to thank Lance Berland for the great purchases we made as well as Wayne Strong.

Wheeliecool is in season and should be bred to Group Rooster* this week. Roger Knauff brought down one of his good broods this AM and she will also be going to the Rooster. Jr's Prelude is huge with Rooster pups and isn't due until mid November!

It was nice seeing old and new friends at the Meet. The sale surprisingly hit a million dollars. It will be interesting to see who the big buyers were.

I hope everyone had a great weekend!

Pictured is Sword of Eile a son of Swahili Eile*. This is the fastest thing on the farm right now. We are hearing rave reviews from all the breeders who have Eile pups. I think he is the perfect sire for those who have already bred to Maryville Rumble* and are looking for another Aussie/Irish sire. Group Rooster* is the other sire to keep in mind when breeding those females who already have some Rumble pups out there!

Speaking of Maryville Rumble*........I have recieved several calls throughout the day today from Abilene and the results at the track today for the Rumble pups have been outstanding. I am hearing that the litter out of the bitch, Molly, a Gable Dodge female all won their races except for one and that pup finished 2nd! Sounds like Rumble is really making some noise out there. We wish everyone the best of luck this week at the National Meet with their Rumbles. We will also see the one and only Fine Silver* entry (a wee 14 mo. old) back in on Thursday. According to a witness the pup ran a strong race. This pup is a bit younger than our Silver pups and they are only beginning training! And the pup was NOT short a bit!

Results for the Meet can be seen on the NGA website!

Pictured is Liquid Silver aka "Bear". He is a Fine Silver* ex Jr's Prelude pup. The reports we are hearing from Silver's pups in training are outstanding...and for that very reason, because I am so excited about Silver....if you call me we will discount his stud fee until November 15th to $375!!! We want everyone to get in on this fanstastic son of Larkhill Jo! You can email me through the website or call. But you mus contact me to get the discount! All implant fees and progesterone are not included. Semen is available at most facilites!

What a glorious day! It was absolutely gorgeous outside and we were able to get a ton done around here. I tilled up the whirly gig first thing this AM and we put the litter of Dodgem By Design ex Hanks Cool Cat* around for the first time. They did everything right. Cat is a Smooth Rumble female and she will be bred to Group Rooster* as soon as she breaks season. She is due to break any day now.

We had word from our finishing trainer that the Fine Silver* pups are exceding expectations in training. Our trainer said this is the best bunch yet! Word is they are very aggressive and have chase +++ !!!!

Brood for implants have been coming in at a pretty good pace....we have been "hitting" with both fresh and frozen semen!!!

Group Rooster*'s first American born litter was whelped in Kansas yesterday to D'Bulls Irish. Congrats to Dick Bullard on his young Roosters.

Maryville Rumble* had a finalist in the Bluffs Run puppy stake and a pup out of Wheelie Cool has made the Southland Consolation. This is still just the very first pups out of the second wave of Rumble pups breaking in.

I have heard that my first TCI with frozen semen resulted in a litter of 9 pups. The second has 10 pups. So we are definately open for business now to do implants on a regular basis. We are doing radioimmunioassay progesterone tests. That is the absolute gold standard in the industry. Timing is everything and we will use nothing but the best sources for our outside lab work.

Please check out the Farloe Black* sire movie on our homepage and on Chris' Cache. Chris Stivers has done another outstanding job!

Both Chris and I will be attending the Fall Meet in Abilene and we look forward to any questions any of you may have about our stud dogs and/or TCI procedure for breeding.

IGOBY BRADY - ALL AMERICAN

Tonight one of his first offspring, Coach Fancy Dove will make her first official start in not a maiden race, but the first round of the puppy STAKES! She won all three of her official schooling races at the tough Tri-State greyhound track. We wish Greg and Susan Geter the best with their young flyer! Igoby Brady has semen at most outlets and is here on premise. We just recieved a bitch in for him this afternoon. This is Kiowa Sweet Trey' first All American son and he should not be ignored.

Fine Silver*........we have word back from our veteran finishing trainer, Joey Lingle that the very first litter of Silver pups are doing "excellent" and he "couldn't be more pleased" as well as "they are extremely aggressive". We will cross all fingers and toes that these Silver pups live up to their potential.

Lab news......I have gotten word back that my first TCI done with frozen semen DID in fact whelp a viable litter of pups on the exact day they were due. That just goes to show that proper timing IS everything. I have now opened up to all outside clients for both fresh and frozen semen inseminations via trans cervical insemination.

Please take a minute to watch Bar The Devil's replay on the homepage and read the write up via the IGB website. This dog will be worth waiting for! I think it is becoming extremely obvious that the CORRECT import sires are working and working well in this country. All of our import sires have had multiple breedings. And I have yet to have one breeder report back with a negative! Swahili Eile* seems to be a big breeder favorite and is throwing himself into his pups. Group Rooster* will throw tenacity, guts, aggression and stamina, Farloe Black* will throw speed, speed and more speed along with an unrivaled drive home. Maryville Rumble*.....we all know what he throws....All Americans, stakes competitors and top grade pups at all the top tracks in the country! With Fine Silver......his pups are just around the corner and we will not be disappointed!

Group Rooster* has been successfully bred to Jr's Prelude. We will be expecting pups on or around November 11th. This is an exciting breeding. All of the pups are already spoken for too! I was very flustered about this breeding as my vial of blood serum arrived at the lab crushed in shipment! I had no idea what my "number" was. Thankfully Prelude was still early and we were able to get the job done on the correct day!

My uncle, Ron Niedfeldt DVM will be with us all day tomorrow! What a treat to have a licensed veterinarian at our disposal for an entire day! We will perform a TCI together as well as do several other duties around the farm.

Good luck to Bar The Devil* on Derby Final Night! What an honor to run in the 600 yd race on this prestigious night! You can watch the Derby LIVE on www.RTE.ie! 4pm EST.

I will get an update next week on the first Fine Silver*'s in training and post an update.

RED THUNDER..............have you seen Thundering Dude????? If not tune in to the Palm Beach Kennel Club to watch Red Thunder's firstborn tear it up! This boy can run! He has won 3 out of his last 4 starts and shows no signs of slowing! His brother, Thundering Sam is no slouch either!

Igoby Brady has a hot one schooling on at Tri-State.....keep your eyes peeled on this youngster as I am told he can part the wind!

That is about all from here.....we wish all the Irish Derby finalists a safe trip around Shelbourne!

Pictured are some 12mo.old pups by Fine Silver*. They are oned by (left to right) Henry Howe, Dick Gerst and Dick Ciampa. They left Wednesday for Joey Lingle's farm to be finished. We wish all the owners luck with these beauties!

This pup is Sword Of Eile aka "Blade". We are pretty proud of this guy. He is a wee 8 mo. old but showing us a ton of promise. He is of course one of Swahili Eile's firstborns.

Maryville Rumble*......I am hearing that the Rumble's schooling on the Abilene track are setting some pretty fast times. This looks like it could be an exciting Meet for Rumble.

Jr's Prelude is back in season and will be bred to Group Rooster*. We are very excited about this litter. Her previous litters look very good.

Congrats to Doug Allen and his pups. Doug's dogs have quietly climbed into the top grades at several major tracks. Most recently Hey Say May went to AA at Tri-State. John McEuen is also back up in grade A at Palm Beach.

Good luck to our friends at the B&J Kennel and Henry Howe on their two finalists in this weekends $50K stakes final.

TS Hanna is due to hit tonight and we also wish everyone well in Hurricane Ike's path.

Red Thunder's firstborn son, Thundering Dude, won his maiden start in box to wire fashion. Congrats to Dr. Elizabeth Paquette and Dottie Morris on their pup's first big win! More congrats to the Morris' as My Lil Mouse (repeat breeding to Thunder) whelped a litter of TEN Red Thunder babies on Thursday.

Please check out the Roper Report! Martin has penned another informative, must-read article about "Irish Racing 101". He helps us to understand the grading system in Ireland and how it works compared to the American system.

"ACCEPT NO IMITATIONS" there is only ONE Rumble and his name is Maryville Rumble*. Do not be fooled by a similar pedigree. The race record speaks for itself. You cannot compare a derby class dog to a grader. Would you ACCEPT Mankato or Mischevious Mix in place of their brother, Molotov???? I didn't think so! The real Rumble is the only import in the history of American greyhound racing to throw an All American in his first litter. Look at his track aged litters! All but one have at least one grade A at a major venue. Our latest litter out of To Shy To Say already has an AA at Tri-State. Just because it is FREE.....is it really worth it to breed to an imitation???? Ask all those owners of Molotov females if it was worth it!

Farloe Black* kicked off his stud career to a stellar bitch out of a deep damline. Kay V Foxy was bred to Black. This dog is an HONOR to have in this country. The Irish breeders view him as an incredible loss to their country. I sincerely hope the American breeders realize exactly how good this dog really was. He is a mere baby at 3 years of age. Look at his accomplishments! He was bar none the fastest dog in Ireland last year at this time. A year ago he was absolutely dominating the Irish Derby.

Bar The Devil* http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?z=YfsV_-&d=bar+the+devil&x=24&y=16 unfortunately finished 4th in his 3rd round Derby heat and has exited the tournament. This was Devil's 3rd consectutive running of the tournament, a modern day record. He hangs up his muzzle with no less than FIVE Group 1 finals! The Devil will be another addition to our world class stud barn.

Maryville Rumble* now has at least one grade A in every single litter, with top grade pups at Derby Lane, Tri-State, Jacksonville, Palm Beach, Dubuque, Bluffs Run and Southland. This is still just a sampling of what is yet to come as I count only 20 litters and at least 5 of those litters represent pups just now breaking in for their maidens.

Congrats to Henry Howe and the B&J Kennel on Deco Deano's first round win in the $50,000 Sunshine State Silver Cup. Go Dale!

Hometown Boy was bred again this week and continues to have a steady flow of females in for him. We will be seeing lots of little Boys running around the Tri-State oval in about 18 months! Congrats to all the breeders on their nice litters of Hometown Boy pups!

Chris Stiver's is putting the finishing touches on the Farloe Black* sire video. We hope to get is up soon. He was a world class dog and Chris wants a world class video! I am sure it will be worth the wait! Chris has quite a fanbase for his videos.

I hope everyone had a successful week and lots of wins!

Red Thunder's first born son, Thundering Dude has hit the track in style, soundly winning both of his schools. He looks to have a bit of bottom in him. We wish Dottie & Tony Morris and Elizabeth Paquette the best of luck with their rising young star!

Maryville Rumble*'s "A Team" keeps growing with each passing day. I don't think there has ever been an imported stud dog that has accomplished what Rumble has. He is a special dog and his pups are proving it, day in and day out on the track.

Bar The Devil* just might make the history books as the only modern day dog to run THREE consecutive Irish Derby tournaments! Our racing legend will compete in another round this Saturday on the famed Shelbourne Park oval. He has some stiff competition but we are hopefully he will advance. Some very good dogs including last year's Derby winner have already fallen out of the competition. You can get the results live via the IGB website and see the replay on Greyhound-data.

We hope all of our friends stay safe down in Florida during tropical storm Fay. The wind has picked up a bit here but no rain is in the forcast for now until they determine what path Fay is going to take.

This has been an outstanding weekend for Maryville Rumble*. Hey Say May went to AA for Doug Allen and the McMillan Kennel in Tri-State. Fearless Fella went to top grade for the D'Arcy Kennel at Derby Lane and WTD Moonshine won a very tough top grade race for the Bill Davidson kennel and trainer, Harry Bellisle. Jan Alderson's litter out Winter Walk have been on for their official schools at Derby Lane and have also shown their winning ways. Steve Schlacter's maiden pup also won up at Tri-State. Congrats to all on their fantastic wins by their Rumble pups! These are just the very beginning of the second wave of Maryville Rumble* pups hitting tracks. There are over 200 litters to follow!!

Bar The Devil* has advanced to the 3rd round of the Irish Derby and has drawn trap 1 for Saturday's heats. He is in against the tough Shelbourne Aston. I am hopeful he will advance again. This is his THIRD Irish Derby appearance!

We are still awaiting broods to break season. It is very frustrating breeding everyone's bitches but your own, to dogs like Group Rooster, Hometown Boy and Farloe Black! I am actually hoping no bitches come in in the next few days for Rooster as he has been so busy here it has literally been impossible to keep him on a freezing schedule properly! Hometown Boy has another bitch in but I am well caught up on vials to ship on him.

Many thanks to all of you who have patronised our studs in the past week. We wish all of you the best of luck.

On a somber note, our thoughts go out to the owners, breeders and trainers who have been loyal patrons of Walthamstow Stadium in England. We hope that Save Our 'Stow can somehow manage to work something out to re-open England's flagship track.

Pictured is the phenominal Farloe Black*. Black is on the premise and ready for stud duties. This fellow simply dominated last year's Irish Derby rounds. He was for a time last year, bar none, the fastest dog in Ireland. I am quoting several Irishmen when I say that. As I was writing this diary, I recieved a call from a breeder wishing to breed to "Black" I will have semen available at KB's Greyhound Farm on Friday of this week on "Black". This is a very serious dog and he deserves the attention he is already receiving in the stud barn.

Bar The Devil has drawn the "hot" trap 4 at Shelbourne for Round 2 of this year's Irish Derby. We wish the Rooster Syndicate the best of luck with our future stud dog! Who by the way is getting enquiries of his own. It sounds like there are quite a few ladies waiting to meet him!

Toxic Rocket is now in permanent residence. We had a bit of a scare with him as his semen was unfreezable upon arrival. I immediately conferred with Dr. Barber and we put him on a variety of medication and supplements and I am very happy to report that I collected him today and put 4 vials in our tank! This is 2 more vials than anyone has ever got on him. That shows what proactive veterinary attention can do to turn a bad scenario into a happy one.

Maryville Rumble* pups continue to impress with top grade pups at literally all major tracks! He had pups make top grade this weekend at Dubuque. The Iowa Breeders continue to patronize him at a very sharp clip. We appreciate their continued business!

Plans have been finalized for Jade Alleway (UK Kennel Help of the Year) and I to attend the 2009 Coursing Festival in Clonmel. We will be staying at the Shimba Lodge B&B for the festivities. I am hoping to visit several farms and tracks whilst in Ireland. I will also be spending a bit of time with Jade at her kennels and going racing with her at Monmore in England. I hope I get to meet as many of my Irish clients as possible. I am really looking forward to the trip.

That's about all from here. We are waiting patiently for broods to break season. Several are due in and we are anxious to get them bred.

Farloe Black* is here! He arrived last night. He is a monsterous solid black dog. He is the picture of strength. His personality is wonderful. He is a happy and loving dog. No nerves about him at all. He has taken is move over to the States with a grain of salt and ate like the champion he is. Many thanks to Laurie Kraynick for picking him up in Boston and fostering him and for my kennel assistants, Chris and Jamie Stiver for picking him up from Kevin Blaske late last night!

Greys Tarmac whelped a litter of nine Maryville Rumble* pups on Monday night/Tuesday Am. We are supplementing with a bottle right now as Mackie is not producing much milk at the moment. All are holding strong.

The wee Hondo Black x Mineola Di pups were born a few days ago. Martin Roper and I each own a female. They will be exported to the US upon earmark and raced here. Many thanks to Paul McCucker of the Drumscraw Kennels for allowing us to purchase these two females! Pictured (blue pup) is my Drumscraw Di. "Little Di" as she will be called.

Group Rooster* is being bred and bred and bred! I want to say I am surprised...but actually I am not. The only disappointment is none of our broods are in season!

Bar The Devil ( our future sire) finished 2nd in his Derby heat behind Express Ego. The Devil was closing fast after a bit of bumping he came flying home. Now on to the 2nd round!

Maryville Rumble pups are winning everywhere this week! And many in 3/8ths! So much for that "Imports only thow early foot and short" myth! I think the difference is with the advent of Greyhound-data and the fact that replays from the Irish tracks are now readily available it has enabled us to pick and choose the "right" type of dog for stud services in the US. It is no big secret that the imports, headed by Maryville Rumble are producing winning dogs.

Many thanks to all of you who have called and booked to our dogs this past week! We wish you continued success with your breeding programs.

As you can see from our homepage Farloe Black* will be joining us here next week. Black is an incredible coup for this country as he was highly regarded in Ireland as a desirable stud prospect. Black dominated last years Irish Derby rounds and was unlucky in the semi. He came back in the Derby Consolation to win in a faster time than the Derby winner himself. From there he broke the track record at his home track of Lifford, came back and broke it again. A gracillus muscle tear, although repaired, proved to be career ending after a come back in the 2008 English Derby. The "Lifford Flyer" will facilitate the 75/25 Breeding Theory. Please watch the Roper Report for an indepth look at what the 75/25 Breeding Theory is and some historic examples of why this works and why a dog like Farloe Black who himself is half American will provide American breeders with the 75/25 cross.

Hometown Boy and Group Rooster* have both been flying off the shelves as of late. Hometown Boy's, sire, Stans Boy Flyer has recently been talked about as "the" Gable Dodge son. His untimely death let this country with only a handful of vials at best. Hometown Boy and his litterbrother, Brady Thomas should be the obvious choice for anyone wishing that they had bred to Stans Boy Flyer and didn't.

This is proving to be an incredibly busy week for us here. We are trying to get semen expedited as quickly as we can. I had a bitch in for Rooster and had to forego a freeze in order to breed her. I plan on freezing him again tomorrow and will have semen at EZ Greyhound by next Wed. If anyone needs Judy to have it sooner than that, call her, immediately, and I will get it shipped out.

The Busman and Balakas Rumbles ARE at Southland.....keep your eyes peeled for them to pop up to official school any time now!

Pictured is a cute Maryville Rumble* pup. Doug Allen's litters of Rumbles are all running in the upper grades at the incredibly tough Tri-State greyhound park. Congrats to Doug Allen on his pups accomplishments so far! Word from our friend, Tim Balakas is that his highly touted litter of Rumbles are in fact sitting in the Southland compound right now. They will begin morning work this week. They are already up on Track Data. They are very highly anticipated. We see that Tracey Wildey of the Seastrom Kennel has her Rumbles out of the nice bitch, Pooches Gracies schooling on at Dubuque today. There are many,many exciting new litters of Rumbles that will be hitting tracks everywhere in the next few weeks.

Group Rooster*......is flying! I have only done one breeding here to him to an outside female. The rest are at other facilities! The female I have here is an Irish born and raised, Pat Dalton female. By the end of net week Rooster will have been bred 5 times already! Unreal start to his stud career!

Hometown Boy is also picking up the pace. We bred one here for the McMillon Kennel and I am hearing that Judy Jones down at the EZ Greyhound Farm in Terrell, TX has one in for him as well. Good luck to all with their "Boy" pups! I bet anyone who breeds to him will be back for more!!!

Our very first trans cervical implant was a hit! I got the call this AM. She is showing. That gives me the confidence to move forward with this full time.

In the next couple of days we should have the Group Rooster sire video done. I have looked at the rough copy and as usual - another hit for Chris Stivers!

I have also recieved another very important overseas email that I have been waiting for since last year. We may have a very big and very important announcement to make in the coming week. Keep checking back regularly for an announcement!

We had a nice visit today from Ron Clark of the Country Roads Kennel. It was a pleasure to meet Ron in person and show him around the farm. But along with Ron came Greys Concourse....littersister to of course..the Million Dollar girl....Greys Calibrator. Miss Concourse will be of course be going to Mr. Rumble! A dream litter in the making! Best of luck to Brent and Ron and the entire Country Roads crew on their upcoming litter!

Toxic Rocket will be in permenent residence as of tomorrow. We will get some updated pics of him and post them right here! Toxic Rocket pups have been turning heads as of late and it was time that he take up residence here on the farm to accomodate our Tri-State breeders especially!

We sent a HUGE load of semen to Dr. Law today. Included is Hometown Boy and Group Rooster*! We have also replenished his supply of Fine Silver*, Swahili Eile* and Maryville Rumble*! The next load of Rooster semen will be sent to EZ Greyhound Farm in Terrell, TX.

We have been very busy again with visiting broods in and out. We cannot thank our clients enough.

Pictured is Hanks Cody aka "Cowboy". Cowboy has quietly been racking up grade A win after grade A win whilst his famous kennelmate, Take It Over continues to dominate the spotlight. Congrats to Henry Howe on BOTH of these young males. You can see both in the upcoming $50,000 stakes at Jacksonville.

It has been a very, very successful race week for Maryville Rumble* with multiple wins from the repeat breeding to Valoris, headlined by a dramatic come from behind win in the rain by Evening Blossom. The entire litter is showing it's winning ways. But older full brother, Ebor Hero, showed they weren't the only ones who could win this week. Winning a route for the Magic City kennel was Cynthia Smoot as well. There are a whopping TEN Rumble pups on tonight across the country. We wish all the owners continued success with their Rumblers!

Swahili Eile.....this guy is definately the darkhorse out in the stud barn. He has been racking up breedings all over the country. Word is that the people who have Eile pups....LOVE THEM. "Blade" here on the farm has been tagged as "one to watch". He is showing tons of early pace but can run all day. We are targeting this boy for DerbyLane in the spring.

We have tattooed the Swahili Eile x Jr's Prelude litter and all pups are now picked by their new owners. We wish everyone luck with their Eile babies.

Doug Allen and I have purchased Greys Pistolfire and Greys Nordic Ice from Mary Butler. The plan is to breed "Icee" to Group Rooster* and Pistol to Hometown Boy.

Speaking of Hometown Boy.... he will have semen at most locations by next week and was just bred here by the McMillon kennel.

Group Rooster* semen will be at Dr. Laws early next week and as soon as my tank is back I will be sending semen to EZ Greyhound farm. Rooster has broods waiting at both locations.

I have done several TCI's this week and I am getting more confident each time. I am really enjoying the process and the broods really seem to be at ease with the endoscope. We will see what the fruits of my labor bring in about 60 days!

Don't forget to check out Chris' Cache for the latest replays. The Roper Report is on vacation this week.

Well wishes out to our own Chris Stivers...he underwent surgery earlier this week.

Group Rooster* is here! Paperwork has been sent off to the NGA and we should have semen available on him next week! First shipment will be going to Dr. Law. I have already collected him to evaluate his semen and everything looks perfect. I cannot say enough about this dog's incredible attitude. He has taken everything in stride and is as laid back and loving as a dog could possibly be. Everyone who meets him is enamoured with him.

Great big thanks to Laurie Kraynick for picking Rooster up at the Boston airport and caring for him for a couple of days and taking him at o'dark thirty in the AM to meet our hauler, Kevin Blaske.

Pictured is Dr. Elizabeth Paquette and Thundering Dude. "Dude" is the first offspring of Red Thunder to hit the track. I have heard great things about this youngster. Watch for him to be breaking in soon at the Palm Beach Kennel Club!

HOT HOT HOT.....Toxic Rocket pups are kicking butt down in Palm Beach! I would love to see some Rocket pups at Southland as these "come from behind" youngsters run them down in dramatic fashion! If you were a fan of Oshkosh Slammer...you need to take a look at Rocket and add him to your breeding program. I feel he would be the perfect sire for tracks like Southland, Jacksonville and Derby Lane.

We enjoyed a visit with Linda Russi this week. It was great that she was finally able to see the

farm and meet her pup. We had a nice cookout last night with the Stivers and had a nice time visiting. We let her participate in every daily activity and routine on the farm. She was here to meet Group Rooster when he first arrived as well.

I have also heard that there is a seriously fast Igoby Brady pup. Word is he will be arriving via Kevin Blaske next week to Tri-State to run for the Geter Kennel. We wish Greg and connections the best of luck with this talented youngster!

We have several broods in now for trans cervical inseminations. And I will be doing my first TCI with frozen semen as well. If all goes as planned I will open it up for all to come in for FI.

Thanks to everyone who patronises our farm and stud dogs.

Pictured is Hanks Cody. This beautiful shot is from the talents of Chris "Coach" Grieb of the B&J Kennel for which our dear boy Cody runs. Cody won another top grade race for Henry Howe this weekend and Hanks Madison won his race as well.

It has been a Rumbleful weekend full of racing. Out of ten Rumble pups on yesterday all but two hit the board. Rumble has firmly cemented himself as the #1 import in America today.

The Rooster will be landing tomorrow!!!! We are all on pins and needles waiting his arrival in Boston. He already has females booked so we need to get him here and semen frozen as quickly as possible as Paul Kopa will be shipping his good bitch to Texas this week for him! We are checking our own To Shy To Say daily as she is due to break season any moment and will be going to the Rooster.

Word from one of our best breeders is....his Swahili Eile's can run! Target track for them is Lincoln!!!!

One of the Red Thunder pups was due in Palm Beach this week. Look for this pup to be schooling on soon!!!! The first litter is so good they have already repeated the mating!!!! Sharon and DQ Wiliams were blessed with a litter of 7 Red Thunder babies recently.

Bouncing Bucky breedings continue to stream in. If you want to breed to Bucky or have been considering him for your program, now is the time to jump. As of August 1st he will be $500 and we will be discontinuing any free breedings at that time. We thank all of your who have patronised him.

We hope that everyone had a safe and healthy Fourth Of July weekend!

We made Michael Fortune's column over in Ireland! Click on the link to read the news story!
http://www.igb.ie/top/News/News-Item/?itemID=159
Five more days til the Rooster crows in America!!!!

The auction to benefit the NGA is going brilliantly. Our dogs have already raised over $2000 and there is 4 more hours left to bid. The biggest surprise was Group Rooster* bringing in $500 so far.

The Rooster will be landing on July 7th. Our dear friend Laurie Kraynick will be fostering him until the 9th when our regular hauler will bring him South to us.

I performed a TCI on Fuzzys Derby this afternoon to Bouncing Bucky the procedure went off without a hitch and went very smoothly.

We had Stephen Morgan visiting from Galway Ireland today. We had a great time touring the farm and chatting. Martin Roper was present as well. Stephen was enamoured with Ozzie The Man and had his picture taken with the Rural Rube Award and Ozzie. A great souvenier to take back to Ireland!!!! We spoke of Group Rooster and he couldn't say enough good things. I am sure we will be meeting again both here and in Ireland.

Yes....it is true! Group Rooster* is now part of our stud line up! We had been watching this dog his entire career. We knew he belonged in America for stud duties and now it is a reality. This is a very important dog and he will cross with anything American. His damline is the stuff legends are made of. With that dose of coursing blood running through his veins you know he will throw a most genuine pup on the track. He was as hard of a tryer as they come. We have offered the first breeding up for the charity auction to benefit the NGA's Legal Fund. You do not have to be a member of Global Greyhounds to participate!

Hometown Boy, Fine Silver, Maryville Rumble and Swahili Eile are all offered as well. I would like to see their advertised stud fee bid to raise as much as we can for our sport!

We have a vistor from Ireland coming on Sunday and will post pics of our visit. Steven Morgan will be here to meet Ozzie The Man this weekend. He is a huge fan and cannot wait to meet the champ in person!

We have plenty of semen frozen on Hometown Boy now if you are wanting to breed to him please let me know and I will expedite the semen. Currently EZ Greyhound Farm carries it. I will be sending a tank to Dr. Law next.

Don't forget the auction this weekend....it starts in 1.5 hours and will end Sunday evening...there are tons of goodies on it besides stud services!!! Bid high and bid often!

Pictured is a wee Maryville Rumble* male out of Dolly Madison (Molotov x Solar Bear). Word is there is a monster headed to Southland!!! Keep your eyes peeled for B's Big Deal to school. The littermates are named similar....B's Deal Or No Deal, B's Done Deal etc. The word is this litter is HOT! I am hearing this pup B's Big Deal is the fastest pup the Robans have ever schooled. And that included Talentedmrripley, Cayman Went and Red Dirt Road. She is headed to Southland so watch for her and her littermates!

Swahili Eile* continues to be patronised at a fast clip. I think he will make a huge impact on the stud scene here in the US. He is bred to the nines and appears to be throwing himself which is the perfect blend of blazing early with plenty of gas left in the tank to blaze home.

Both Wheelie Cool and JT's Petey Girl's pups are growing like weeds. Both are being fantastic mums and we couldn't be more pleased with the pups.

Our Trans Cervical Insemination Lab IS up and running. We are only offering TCI with fresh or chilled semen for the immediate future until I become proficient enough with the cytoscope to use frozen semen. I already have a flood of bitches in for TCI so I expect my learning curve will be very short. We are doing radioimmunassay (RIA) for progesterone assays....this is the gold standard in the industry and highly accurate. Our equipment is the "latest and greatest" in technology and should mimimize the event of a miss.

Our condolences to our webmaster Brian who lost his pup, raised here, "Stanley" to cancer. He was off on his shoulder and they spotted a lump. It turned out to be osteosarcoma. He will be missed.

Pictured are the 1.5 week old Maryville Rumble* x JT's Petey Girl litter. There are 9 pups total. They are growing like weeds and Petey is a very good first time mum.

Swahili Eile breedings are skyrocketing. We could not be more pleased with his activity in the stud barn. Right now he appears to be throwing himself.....meaning that blazing boxspeed of Roanokee but the stay inherited from his mum, Making Merry. Duchy and Blade are extremely impressive youngsters at this stage. Pictured is Duchess Of Eile a Jan. 2008 female out of To Shy To Say. She is co-owned by Doug Allen and myself.

A reminder that the Global Greyhounds on-line auction to benefit the NGA's Legislative Fund is next weekend. We have offered stud services to Maryville Rumble, Swahili Eile and Fine Silver. If you are thinking of breeding to any of these boys please bid on a stud service that will benefit the NGA.

I performed my first trans cervical insemination today! The Storz rep. was out today to set up my equipment. I had Kelsos Fanfare in for Swahili Eile* and I asked him if we could give it a go and he said "sure". It was absolutely fasinating! I am hooked! I did the entire procedure. I cannot say enough about the xenon light source from Storz.....the scope even has buttons on it to adjust the brightness! They could not make it any easier. I just happened to have a bunch of cathedars from my uncle Ron who is also a vet. They were a perfect fit and even with a maiden bitch, unrestrained it was a great experience. The bitch did not resist at all and was a perfect trooper with a rookie behind the scope. I want to do the procedure only with fresh semen at the moment until I get skilled enough. Then I will move on to frozen semen. The rep. said I did smashing for my first go. I was on cloud nine...of course! I will take some pics of the new lab soon!

Chris is having problems getting the replays from Tri-State we have a few new wins to post and Chris will get them up as soon as everything is sorted with Track-Data.

Swahili Eile* was just bred to Simone this past week for Donny and Joy Burke....we wish them much success with their up coming litter of Eile babies.

Martin Roper will be out this week to assist on building the new long runs. We have been so busy putting the new lab together we haven't had any time to put in posts. We hope with Martin's help we will get a ton of building done this week.

Our own Doug Allen is back from his missionary work in a third world country. Doug was there to help build a new church. It is good to have Doug back here safe. He will be out Thursday as well to help design the new puppy houses for the long runs!

JT's Petey Girl (pictured) gave birth to nine Maryville Rumble* puppies yesterday. Wheelie Cool had ten. And reports from the Cahill and O'Connor Kennel is that they also had ten born yesterday! That is a lot of little Rumbles! This is Petey's first litter. Her mom, Miz Joy Lynne, was not only a great racer but also a great producer for me. She lived out her days in retirement in my house until her death. This whelp was very special to me and I must admit I cried like a baby when Petey produced her first beautiful pup. A brindle female with a white collar of fur around her neck. Joy Lynne will now live on through her grandbabies!

Now we look forward to the whelps of KB's Curly Q (Howe), DC Brenda Lee (Curry/Block) and Greys Tarmac (D'Arcy). The sires in order are Deco Deano, Fine Silver* and Maryville Rumble.

A new Rumble pup just hit the "backside" with outstanding results! Randy Finegan's Wanna Rumble won it's first 3/8ths start on the tough Derby Lane oval! Congrats to Randy!

Linda Russi will be here in the coming weeks to spend some time with her pup, Lacey, (Fine Silver* x Jr's Prelude) and learn how the farm operates. She should be able to also witness Curly Q's whelp!

I am off to go check on the oodles of newborns! All seem to be doing well. Wheelie Cool is a veteran and Petey seems to have embraced motherhood.

Pictured courtesy of Chris Greib is Hanks Cody. "Cowboy" was bred, born and raised here and finished third in last night's JGR Puppy Stake final at Orange Park. Hanks Cody along with the winner, Take It Over, are owned by our dear friend, Henry Howe. CONGRATS HENRY! There isn't a more deserving owner than Henry!

Wheelie Cool is whelping her litter of Maryville Rumble* pups right now. She has 9 so far but I still think there may be a couple more. She was absolutely enormous. Both mom and pups are doing well.

Jt's Petey Girl is due with her first litter in 48 hours. She is suffering from swollen legs and is also enormous. Her mother's legs always swelled too. This will be a Rumble litter too.

This past week Greys Tarmac was bred here to Rumble for the D'Arcy kennel.

The Endoscopy Lab is almost complete. We will be up and running very shortly!!!

Please take a look at Chris' Cache.....most of our Sire movies are now on YouTube and viewable on Chris' Cache.

Our site will be taking on a new look in the coming weeks. Webmaster Brian is working on some new things I think you will like.

We will do updates as the new litters arrive!

And the wins keep on rolling in.....Maryville Rumble*'s latest crop of pups are all winning at major tracks all over the country. JS Xtrememachine (Dubuque) has now won two in a row. One of Doug Allen's bitches just ran the fastest time of the day! Randy Finegan's litter keeps on winning and winning! Congrats to all the owners on their outstanding Rumble pups. Henry Howe are I are truly grateful for your continued patronising of Rumble.

I had a wonderful surprise in a phone call today from Fine Silver's trainer, Anthony Rooney in Ireland. He was calling to check up on Silver and was so pleased with all of the breedings that Silver is receiving! If anyone believes in this dog more than me it is definately Anthony!

Pups, pups and more pups....Wheelie Cool is due on Friday with her litter of Maryville Rumble* pups. A more pregnant female I have never seen! She is absolutely enormous! Jt's Petey Girl is also due with her litter of Rumble's on Tuesday. We have a months break after that!

Our dear friend Linda Russi is flying in for a visit to the farm - we can't wait to see her and show her around!

The endoscope equipment is here!!!! The Storz Rep. is planning on coming out the end of next week to set it all up. We should be up and running very quickly!

Construction on the new paddocks is about to commence. We have been buying all the materials we need and will make another trip for fencing materials tomorrow. These new runs will house the oldest pups on the farm.

And in saving the best for last.....two of the pups that were bred, born and raised here have made the final of the puppy stake at Orange Park. We wish owner Henry Howe, the safest of racing and the best of luck. Henry owns three of the finalists including top point getter Take It Over. All race for the B&J Kennel. Final is Friday night...we wish we could be present but with pups due....oh well.

Rumble pups have been winning and winning. This afternoon Rumble pups won at Orange Park and Derby Lane. They are showing a lot of come from behind wins. Winning from as far back as 7th or 8th. I have been amazed at the intestinal fortitude the second wave of Rumble pups are showing. If I had to sum it up in one word I think I would have to say "guts". Obviously people are noticing the pups as Rumble's breedings once again have skyrocketed making him by far the busiest import sire in America today.

Hometown Boy now has vials of semen available. His DVD is done and we are hoping to actually load it onto the website for viewing. We will be able to reach a wider audience that way.

We have added a few sires under our "Frozen" Sires" link. If you are interested in Brookside Bear please contact me. If you are interested in any of the other sires listed please contact the person whose contact info is listed.

Congrats to Henry Howe on Take It Over running undefeated so far in the puppy stakes at Orange Park.

Also congrats to the D'Arcys on their 2nd and 4th place finishes in the Palm Beach Grand Classic.

We are offering some stud services on the Global Greyhounds auction to assist the NGA with their Special Legislative Fund. I hope you check it out and bid high and bid often.

Everything for our new Endoscopy Lab has been ordered and purchased. We anticipate the equipment being delivered mid-June.

Check out the Roper Report as Martin writes about a potential North Carolina Hall of Fame canine athlete!

Chris' Cache features all the latest replays of our pups running and winning at the track.

Congrats to Doug Allen (pictured at left) on TWO wins on Saturday afternoon up at the tough Tri-State oval! The night before he had a 2nd and a 3rd up at Tri-State! Not a bad weekend for the "Double Down Greyhounds" owned by Doug and Donna Allen!

Congrats out to Henry Howe on his impressive runs in puppy stake qualifiers. Take It Over dominated by 11 lengths to win. Hanks Madison won his heat (raised here) followed by Hanks Blackhawk (also raised here). Hanks Cody (raised here) finished 2nd in his heat. We hope Henry puts all four in the final.

Best of luck to everyone in tomorrow's Palm Beach Grand Classic. Our dear friends, the D'Arcys have two in the final. We wish them the best of luck for a repeat win. They won it last year with All American, Dreamy Blossom (Maryville Rumble* x Valoris).

Even though the industry is in a decline we are expanding!!! We are building more runs! I have not built runs in 6 years! We will be putting in 4 20'X200' runs in the coming weeks. As well as expanding the lab!!!!

Walking down memory lane....it was over decade ago that I boarded a private plane at 3am headed to Indianapolis. I was at the Indy 500, hopped a helicopter, another private jet, another helicopter and landed right before the start of the Coca-Cola 600. I admit...I was looking through some old photographs last night and it made me remember that long day that never seemed to end. Congrats to Scott Dixon on his Indy win.....the 600 is still in progress....we will see who ends up a winner after a long night of 600 miles of racing!