We made it back from Florida! It was awesome to see many friends both foreign and domestic. While at Derby Lane our friend Robbie Britton won the Australian Cup. So that was special to see him glowing with pride. It was also fantastic to be with our dear friends, the D'Arcy family, as their dog, Kinloch Brae, totally dominated the Sprint Classic final and cruised home for an easy win.

Jade and I went with Rob Britton, Sean Bourke and Paul Kiely back to the Fillipelli Kennel to meet Ardkill Jamie in person. What a fantastic animal he is!

Jade and I were able to watch Linda Russi's Oneco McDreamy school. He looked to have taken to the Palm Beach oval quite well and will be cautiously targeted for Grand Classic competition based on his immediate future performances.

Packerbacker ran another cracking race and totally dominated to easily move into B competition for the B&J Kennel at Jacksonville. "Favre's" win came on the heels of his namesake announcing his retirement from the Green Bay Packers. Favre looks to be a special pup and should easily move into top grade competition in the coming weeks.

Word from Mick D'Arcy is the Maryville Rumble pups are AM schooling and doing everything right. They are very young and puppy-ish but are progressing nicely. The rest of the litter is moving in to the Patrick McMillon owned and trained kennel at Tri-State for Doug Allen. Our finishing trainer, Joey Lingle is extremely hopeful that these will be highly competitive, top grade pups for Doug.

Whilst in Florida my computer had a massive meltdown. Chris Stivers was able to get all info loaded onto an external drive. We have purchased a whole new system with computers networked. We are still working on loading software and figuring things out. If you have emailed through the website with no response in the past 7 days you may want to call. I am not certain the mail off the site is in fact being forwarded to me.

We are hoping (God willing) to have a very major stud announcement in the coming weeks. Hopefully in time to get a DVD done in time to hand out at Nationals. Stay tuned.....

Oh...and our dear friend, Colin Alleway is now at home and recovering. I am sure he will be joining us in our nightly chats again soon. I am hoping to get over to England for a visit in the coming months. I think Clonmel in February for a girls week out is in the plans as of right now.