Kristin's Blog @ Block Sporthounds

2009-02-05T22:19:00.001-06:00

Please read Kristin's new blog located at www.blocksporthounds.com!

2009-01-26T16:28:00.002-06:00

I am getting ready to leave for the UK and Jade Alleway's kennels. We will go racing on Thursday at Monmore and then head over to Ireland. In just this afternoon our itinerary has been filled! We will be visiting Michael Dunphy and the Droopys Stud, Blackcastle Kennels (home of the "Group"
dogs), attending the Popgun International at Thurles, then onto Newpark Stud for a tour and feast, over to Clonmel for racing then three days of coursing! I have tons of mobile numbers to call and people to meet up with. I will post pics in a scrapbook version when I return. I can be reached through the email on this site if you have a question about stud dogs or want to book a female. Or you can call Brett on 704-305-2099 and he can assist you in my absence.

I will update this blog in 2 weeks!

2009-01-23T16:24:00.004-06:00

Pictured is Group Singer*, full sister to stud dog, Group Rooster*. Singer arrived on the farm safely and we are working her back into fitness and she will hopefully be contesting the Derby Lane oval in the months to come. I galloped her hard today and she looked good and came out totally sound and full of herself. When I return from Ireland I will put her around the whirly gig in preparation for sending her to run an aldritt lure.

The Westmead Hawk pups arrived as well and are owned by the Arno Family. They are two of the black pups in the picture. They are beeing raised with two Hondo Black pups of the same age so it will be exciting to watch what these imported pups do over here on the track!

I am making final preparations for my trip to the UK/Ireland. We cannot accept any brood females that came in season between January 14-24.

Here are the four Group Rooster* pups out of Jr's Prelude getting big! We just moved them out into the "big" pens today. They are exceptional pups for their age.

The first litters of Swahili Eile* pups are in training and word from Roger Knauff who has two litters in training out in Keota, OK is that they are chasing well. "Blade" aka Sword Of Eile just arrived at Joey Lingle's farm last night so no word yet on him. Bob Rosko's pups are training with William Hays and are National Meet hopefuls. So this all sounds extremely positive. I will keep you updated on word from the finishers.

2009-01-18T10:40:00.003-06:00

Pictured is my friend, Kerry, holding "Popeye" owned by the Arno family. He is a Group Rooster* ex Jr's Prelude. Kerry was there to pick up Prelude as we have retired her.

Zam Turbo Blitz whelped her litter of Deco Deano pups on the 15th. All are huge, healthy pups.

Next up....Greys Nordic Ice with Fine Silver* pups. She is due mid February and followed in close procession by Brenda Lee, Cool Cat* Oooga Chockah and Honest Emigrant*. February is going to be extremely busy for us! Needless to say.

BB's Quick Deal has now reeled off another AA win at Southland for the Bussmann/Balakas Kennel and trainer, Jerry Cruce. This 2007 daughter of Maryville Rumble* has been very impressive lately.

Here is a pic of me in the new runs that were recently constructed. The pups in this pic are leaving for Joey Lingle's training facility on Wednesday.

I will have phone access in Ireland. It is my regular number. Please try sending me an email/text before calling as the phone rates are very high. Text messages are a wee $0.02 a piece. So if you are in Clonmel and looking for me....try sending a text from your mobile first. If you are on BlackBerry and would like to add me to be able to message on their network send me an invite from your BlackBerry. I can also be reached via the Shimba Lodge in Cashel from the 31st - 5th.

Don't forget Sunday/Wednesday night chat! See you there!!!

2009-01-10T19:28:00.003-06:00

Whoooosh......Lee Elvis strikes again by double digits! This is Maryville Rumble's new super pup at Palm Beach. Since breaking in this pup has been a monster. Here he is in his lastest romp to the wire!

Oneco Mais Oui finally had her babies, although not quite the way we wanted. She ended up having a c-section due to three large pups. Mom and babies are fine although Mais Oui's breeding days are over as soon as they started. She had to be spayed as her uterus was too badly damaged.

Zam Turbo Blitz (full sister to Ebony River) is due with a bellyfull of Deco Deano pups on Tuesday. This looks to be a large litter!

Our broods that are currently bred and due in February are :

Greys Nordic Ice - Fine Silver*

DC Brenda Lee (littersister to Bouncing Bucky/Trent Lee) - Fine Silver*

Cool Cat* - Group Rooster*

Oooga Chockah - Farloe Black*

Honest Emigrant*- Flying Hydrogen

Off to train this month are:

8 Flying Hydrogens owned by Henry Howe

1 Dodgem By Design owned by Henry Howe

1 Swahili Eile owned by Kristin Block or Doug Allen

Don't forget International Chat Sundays and Wednesday evenings at 5pm EST. 10PM over in Ireland! Hope to see you there!

Also do not forget if your brood bitch breaks season between Jan. 14-24 I will not be able to breed her as I will be out of the country from Jan 28th - Feb. 6th. Dr. Barber will be available to do implants in my place with I am gone!

2009-01-04T10:41:00.003-06:00

We just welcomed a new litter into the world in the wee hours of the morning. They are by Swahili Eile* ex Dance Of Dreams. Dance Of Dreams is a littersister to the recently exported stud dog, Kinloch Brae who is now standing with FFK in Ireland. Congratulations to owner Henry Howe on this beautiful litter!

Oneco Mais Oui (Gable Dodge ex Oneco Inquizitiv) is due with Maryville Rumble* pups tomorrow. This will be her first litter and they are similarly bred to the litter of Cool Princess see /http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?i=1298283. As you can see the same theory was used in this mating as the one that created Cool Princess. These will hopefully be a litter of flyers. We will be offering this litter for sale at earmark.

Many thanks to all the people who have inquired about the upcoming litter of Farloe Black* pups out of the great Oooga Chockah. If you want to reserve a pup I can add you to the list. I will retain 3 of the pups here the rest will be offered for sale and can be moved at earmark or boarded on here.

Check out this replay from last night on one of Maryville Rumble's* hottest young pups. Lee Elvis is in the 8 hole and wins in a sub 30 sec. time.

Please check out my breeding articles that are featured on the Greyhound Nuts Board. NO BULL is an on-line greyhound newspaper based in the UK/Ireland. I will be writing about many breeding topics in the coming months. Here is a link to the articles. http://forums.greyhoundnuts.com/index.php?topic=2897.0 The link for the Greyhound Nuts is featured on our Link tab on our website.

Group Singer and two wee Westmead Hawk pups will be arriving Stateside in a couple weeks. Congrats to Jon Arno and family on their new little "Hawk" pups. They will be raised here and finished by top trainer, Ferrell Pearson.

Lastly, we will be hosting an international chat every Wednesday and Sunday night beginning at 5pm EST (10pm in Ireland). Tonight will be the very first chat! We hope to visit with many of you on there tonight! Pedigree expert, Martin Roper will be present to answer questions as well! I hope to have featured guests in chat on different nights. If anyone has a suggestion as to who they would like to see as a guest please send us an email!

Cheers!

2008-12-30T16:34:00.002-06:00

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.

2008-12-28T16:30:00.002-06:00

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.

2008-12-23T17:24:00.002-06:00

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!

2008-12-17T16:07:00.003-06:00

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.

2008-12-14T15:50:00.005-06:00

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.

2008-12-08T16:18:00.006-06:00

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!

2008-12-07T10:53:00.003-06:00

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.

2008-12-01T16:22:00.000-06:00

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!

2008-11-29T17:03:00.002-06:00

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!!!!!!

2008-11-23T16:04:00.002-06:00

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.

2008-11-16T16:02:00.002-06:00

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!

2008-11-14T10:25:00.002-06:00

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.

2008-11-09T11:32:00.002-06:00

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!

2008-11-03T16:20:00.002-06:00

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!

2008-10-28T17:16:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-10-22T16:55:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-10-19T16:16:00.003-05:00

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!

2008-10-13T16:34:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-10-09T16:17:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-10-04T16:15:00.002-05:00

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!!!

2008-09-27T16:55:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-09-17T16:23:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-09-11T17:20:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-09-05T17:18:00.003-05:00

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.

2008-08-30T10:48:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-08-28T17:14:00.002-05:00

"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.

2008-08-24T10:16:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-08-20T16:40:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-08-17T09:16:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-08-11T16:37:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-08-07T17:51:00.003-05:00

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.

2008-07-30T14:15:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-07-27T11:05:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-07-21T17:03:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-07-18T16:29:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-07-11T16:54:00.004-05:00

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.

2008-07-06T16:01:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-07-02T14:24:00.001-05:00

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!!!!

2008-06-29T16:53:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-06-27T16:19:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-06-24T16:35:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-06-22T09:14:00.003-05:00

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.

2008-06-17T17:01:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-06-11T19:13:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-06-08T11:46:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-06-03T17:28:00.003-05:00

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.

2008-05-31T15:50:00.002-05:00

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.

2008-05-25T17:23:00.002-05:00

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!

2008-05-22T19:23:00.002-05:00

Pictured is DC Brenda Lee. She was bred to Fine Silver*. She is a littersister to Bouncing Bucky and Trent Lee.

We have purchased Storz endoscopy equipment and will be starting to do transcervical inseminations here on the premise. The Storz equipment is the absolute gold standard in veterinary endoscopy equipment. Abilene Animal Hospital in Kansas uses the same equipment. We are the only ones in the greyhound industry that I know of using the Xenon light source. Most inseminators are using a cold light source. The Xenon light source is high definition with a much brighter light. With points down, and gas prices up, we decided to step out on our own and do the frozen inseminations in-house. We will be able to offer the breeder a less invasive (no surgery) and cost effective way to breed with frozen semen. We will be able to offer transcervial inseminations with fresh semen on most all of the stud dogs that we house here. We keep a "libarary" of the most popular studs dogs from all over the country in our tanks.

Keep an eye on Rumbleena.....this young bitch has been running some incredible come from behind races of late at Derby Lane. Even laying as far back as 6th or 7th you cannot count this young Maryville Rumble* pup out. Doug Allen's Blow You Away...another Rumble youngster has climbed up to the B ranks at Tri-State.

Good luck to Henry Howe in the up coming puppy stake qualifiers at Jacksonville. Three of his entries were raised right here!!!

2008-05-14T18:57:00.002-05:00

Pictured is a pup by Fine Silver* x Nobody Like Me. This is an Iowa bred litter owned by Gary Reicherts. We thank them for sending in the pictures.

DC Brenda Lee (Brett Lee x San Tan Gem) is in season and with the aide of several breeders who are veterans at breeding Brett Lee....we have decided that Fine Silver* will sire her litter. There is much evidence to prove that a Larkhill Jo son is the way to turn with her.

Danica Driver ran a pretty outstanding race yesterday afternoon. She was in the 8th race - 7 box. She ran a dramatic come from behind place finish.....absolutely flat out driving at the wire. She was laying 5th or 6th and there was no way I thought it possible to drive through traffic like she did. I hope she shows me many more races like this one. There is no doubt - she WILL be a brood bitch when she retires.

Thanks to everyone for the many well wishes and enquiries about Meet The Creeper aka "Cueball". We took him in for follow up x-rays and he is healing wonderfully. He uses all four legs 90% of the time. I think he will heal up better than anyone had ever even hoped for. I know now I absolutely made the right decision doing the surgery.

Word from Chris Stivers is the Hometown Boy promotional DVD will be ready in the next week or so. We will try and download it onto the site for easy viewing.

Also big news...the #1 studkeeper/inseminator in the UK will be paying us a visit soon. We look forward to hosting Chris Cronin and his lovely wife, Claire.

2008-05-12T14:36:00.002-05:00

This weekend brought BB Becool back in for an extended visit to be collected for Patti Cooley. "Cool" was the Wheeling win leader. He is the gorgeous black son of Oshkosh Slammer and Bipi. Contact Patti if you are interested in breeding to him

Also in is a pregnant Wheelie Cool for Henry Howe. This is a repeat breeding to Maryville Rumble*. One would think that this must be the first repeat customer for Rumble.....not so! There have already been several repeat breedings including the breeding to Valoris! There have also been many littersisters bred to him as well!

The litter of Maryville Rumble* x Park Top leave next week for training. We wish them luck with their beautiful pups.

2008-05-06T17:24:00.003-05:00

Pictured is the beautiful Hometown Boy! He is starting to settle in and getting used to a farm routine. He is very well mannered and affectionate. I am going to leave him to settle this week and will commence collections on him next week.

Congrats are in order for my dear friend Linda Russi on her first grade A racer, Oneco McDreamy. Derek moved into grade A after his box to wire win this afternoon. I am so happy for Linda and Derek! Linda and I picked him out of the "crowd" at the Fall Meet and I think I can safely say....Linda could not be more pleased with her purchase!

Meet "Bear". This 7 month old black male is the progeny of Fine Silver* x Jr's Prelude (San Tan Jammin x Jr's Pastel). He looks like his grandsire, Larkhill Jo and chases like there is no tomorrow. This litter is completely lead broke and have been around the whirly gig 3 times. They are very keen chasers and I could not be more pleased with them!

2008-05-03T10:16:00.002-05:00

Hometown Boy is HERE!!!! We welcome our newest star to the studbarn! I am going to let him settle into his new home this weekend and we will collect him the beginning of next week. We are very excited about Boy's second career and I think he will be as successful in the breeding barn as he was on the race track! His promotional DVD is in production and will be available in the coming weeks if you are thinking about breeding to "Boy" and would like a DVD please send us an email and we will add you to the list. Big thanks to Pat and Randy Floyd for the incredible opportunity to stand their Champion for them! One needs to only look at his lines to see how incredible he really was on the track. And his litter is the stuff dreams are made of. Brady Thomas, Legends Field, Miss Merle, Blue Deuce etc. By the late, great Stan's Boy Flyer out of #1 American brood, Touche Baby.

All the newborn pups are doing well and thriving. The moms are doing well and starting to take some time to themselves now that the pups are a week old. Park Top's 4 week olds are already out the doggy door and running around their pen! Smart babies they are!

JT's Petey Girl apprears to be in whelp to Maryville Rumble*. I am especially anxious as this is her first litter and her dam was not only one of my foundation females but a very cherished pet. I lost Joy Lynne 2 years ago and I have always hoped to carry on her bloodline.

Good luck to everyone participating in this years 2008 Palm Beach Grand Classic and English Derby. First round heats are underway today for the Grand Classic and the second day of first round heats for the Derby are today as well. There were some upsets in the first day of heats for the Derby.

2008-04-27T14:51:00.002-05:00

Puppies are here!!!! Oodles and oodles of them! Jr's Prelude had 8 Swahili Eile* pups born on Wednesday. Dance of Dreams had 8 Maryville Rumble* pups born on Friday and Dolly Madison had 6 Maryville Rumble* pups born on Saturday. All born whilst I was away....of course! Congrats to Henry Howe on his two Rumble litters. Chris and Jaime Stivers own one of the Eile pups as well as webmaster, Brian Carpenter! Congrats to then on their new hopefuls.

Packerbacker won at Orange Park for Henry Howe and I this weekend and Danica Driver ran 3rd in her first B grade race. She behaved herself this time!

I had a nice time with Linda Russi this weekend and we had fun working for Tim Cahill at the Meet. Linda got to experience more behind the scenes and I think she really enjoyed learning. Although Saturday brought chilly temps and wind gusts we still had fun catching pups for Tim. Thanks to Bob Crossland for that hot chocolate!

There was a Rumble pup in a main stake that went to the lead and was caught at the wire. But...it was caught by a pup that was purchased 2 days prior for $27,000 and considered to be the prize of the meet. So I was extremely pleased with what the 3 Rumble pups did at the Meet. All made the final day and made good showings. None were offered for sale. The next Meet should be chock full of Rumble pups.

Hometown Boy was not brought up this weekend. The hauler had some mechanical issues and hopes to have him here mid-week. Thanks to everyone who has already enquired about him. I have several people confirmed to breed to him.

2008-04-22T15:36:00.002-05:00

Just a quick update before I leave for the Nationals. After Monday's first round TWO of the three Maryville Rumble pups had wins. One dominating by ten lengths!!! The third pup had a 3rd place finish! This speaks volumes about the ability that Rumble throws into his pups. These pups are not for sale and the owners are not connected with us in anyway! They had no reason to showcase these pups other than they are proud of their ability! Rumble is bar none the best value at stud today.

Jr's Prelude is going into labor now so it will be a long night before I get on the plane.

2008-04-20T15:24:00.002-05:00

Pictured is Deco Deano. "Dale" is here for a rest and to be collected and frozen. He is owned by Henry Howe and runs for the B&J Kennel in Jacksonville. What a beautiful creature he is! I will have semen available on him right after the Nationals. He is an Awesome Assasin x Deco Hexagram.

Danica Driver won for me today although the fast little witch got a "bore in"......again. She makes money almost every start and has been very good lately about keeping her head straight until today. If she turns her head again we will most likely send her to Flagler. I plan on breeding her to Hometown Boy when she retires. If you look at the pedigree of Ozzie The Man....it makes perfect sense.

Oneco McDreamy was 2nd in his race today for Linda Russi. He is getting better and stronger every start and should make a very nice grade A at Palm Beach.

Hometown Boy is scheduled to arrive on Wed. We will let him settle in the remainder of the week while I am out at the Nationals and collect him when I get back. His sire number is in hand so he is all set. If you have a brood in season and he is your guy....call me immediately and I will get semen out for your bitch.

Red Thunder's pups.....Thundering Sam and Thundering Dude are set to run the National oval in the AM. These are Thunder's very first babies. They are in the youngest age group and we anxiously await the results from Abilene.

Surprise, surprise....Maryville Rumble* also has several pups running tomorrow as well! We had no idea anyone had Rumblers out there. We are also anxious to see what they do!

Doug Allen had another win out of his Rumble litter....Amarillo Highway had a come from behind win at Tri-State for the McMillon Kennel!

Toxic Rocket had several pups in this weekend as well. As soon as I hear results from Dom I will update all of you.

BB Becool will also be making a return visit for collection. Call Patti Cooley if you are wanting to breed to her Wheeling champ! Semen is already available at Dr. Laws and KB's Greyhound Farm.

We have a very busy week coming up with new studs coming in, three bitches ready to whelp and me leaving for Nationals. I will update the news page as soon as I can. Brett, Chris and Jamie will all be here in my absence.

2008-04-16T15:56:00.002-05:00

Pictured is Doug Allen with Hey Say May aka "Tank" in the McMillon Kennel at Tri-State. Tank won his very first maiden start. He is a Maryville Rumble* x To Shy To Say. Congrats to Doug!

"Cue Ball" is home. Thanks to all of you who asked and called about him. He is doing remarkably well and is walking some on the bad leg.

Hometown Boy will be here this Saturday!!! I will let him rest and settle in and will collect him prior to me leaving for Nationals just to evaluate his semen. When I return his sire number should be in hand and I will proceed with freezing his semen. First shipment will be sent to Dr. Law. We feel that Hometown Boy will be a very special stud here and will be well utilized.

Red Thunder has two pups going 'round the National track. Keep your eyes peeled for these youngsters. They are in the absolute youngest age group out at Nationals and will not be offered for sale.

Next week will be VERY busy as we have three bitches to whelp. I will keep you updated as to the litter size etc. Jr's Prelude is due Tuesday and she is big as a house!

2008-04-10T16:10:00.002-05:00

Pictured is the Duchess Of Eile. One of Swahili Eile*'s firstborn. She is co-owned by Doug Allen and myself.

Puppies galore...that is what we will have here in the coming weeks. First up JR's Prelude with her belly of Swahili Eile* pups. Followed by Dolly Madison and Dance Of Dreams....both due with Maryville Rumble* pups. Followed a few weeks later with Hanks Cool Cat* and a litter of Fine Silver* pups....add JT's Petey Girl with a litter of Maryville Rumble* pups on the way and a possible Wheeliecool with little Rumblers and we have the makings for a full farm! And if that wasn't enough....we have a litter of Flying Hydrogen pups being shipped in from Texas this next week! To say the very least everyone is pretty fired up about all the new pups coming! With our first litters of Rumble's now at the track and the word on them is very positive. Word from veteran trainer, Pat McMillon is that Doug Allen owns one that just might turn out to be special. His name is Furnace Fan (Maryville Rumble* x PA's Shawnee Gal). Keep your eyes on the Tri-State results for this youngster!

I will be heading to Abilene for the Nationals on the 23rd and hope to see many of you out there! I will have Brookside Bear* DVD's to hand out to those of you who are interested. It is looking grim that we will have the Hometown Boy DVD done in time. But if you want one see my at Nationals and I will write down your name and mail you one!

2008-04-08T10:22:00.003-05:00

Pictured is Brookside Bear*. We will be representing him for owner, Jeff Bradley and studkeeper, Chris Cronin here in the States. We have DVD's available from Jeff for distribution. Please contact me if you are interested in breeding to this Rob Britton trained Aussie sensation! He is proven with many Open class pups throughout Ireland and the UK!

I received "the call" from Pat Floyd yesterday and Hometown Boy has been officially retired. He has been DNA'd and will make his way up to the farm in the next week or so. We are very excited to get him here and get a jump on his second career! Many thanks to the Floyds for this opportunity. We will have his DVD available soon. His first ad will appear in the July Review. We are starting his stud fee at $500 but will give a few breedings away to broods approved by myself and/or the Floyds. Please see his stud page for more information!

We are sending six pups out to Joey Lingle tomorrow. Three Maryville Rumble* x Greys Eaglewings for Henry Howe and three Loxahatchee Dash x TDM Sadie for Doug Allen and the Stivers. We wish them luck with their pups.

Deco Deano (Awesome Assassin x Deco Hexagram) will be joining us here next week for a wee vacation. While visiting we will be collecting and freezing the Jacksonville champ. If anyone is interested in breeding to this young, up and coming stud dog please contact me or Henry Howe.

For those of you who have asked about Cueball and is injury update.....word from Dr. Miller is that he is healing remarkably well. We hope to get him home in the near future.

With all the rain we have not been able to gig any of the pups. They are calling for sun and dry weather this week and I am hoping to get the gig surface reworked and be able to school pups possibly by the end of the week.

Red Thunder.....for you Thunder fans....his first offspring have landed in Abilene and are being schooled at AGP for the Nationals! Keep your eyes peeled for these nice youngsters!

Linda Russi won the Toxic Rocket contest on Global Greyhounds. We congratulate her on winning a breeding to Rocket! Thanks to Paula McVann who ran the contest and took those outstanding pics of Rocket! Rocket will be here in the coming weeks to be collected and frozen as well! We will have his DVD available soon as well. Contact me or Dom Esposito if you are interested in breeding to Rocket.

2008-04-01T17:20:00.003-05:00

Pictured is Toxic Rocket. We are now representing Toxic Rocket for his connections. Please check out his sire page and take a look at his race lines! He is the picture of consistency! We look forward to working with Dom Espisito and his crew on Rocket's bright stud career!

Park Top whelped a healthy litter of six for Team D'Arcy this AM. She was showing signs of going into labor yesterday AM but chose the wee hours of this morning to bring her new kids into the world. All are doing extremely well. Mom had an easy time of it and all the kids are big and healthy! Congrats to the D'Arcys on their new litter of future champions!

Hanks Cool Cat* and Its A Symphony were both bred to Fine Silver* this weekend. Silver's pups are looking fantastic here on the gig and we wish everyone luck with their Silver babies! Pictured is a pictures of Jim Jackson's Silver pups at Buddy Scitern's farm in Texas. Thanks to Jim and Buddy for the fantastic photos!

I just want to once again applaud Jade Alleway on her accomplishments. She won the Kennel Asst. of the Year Award out of 100 entrants! Her proud father, Colin, is recuprating from a very bad auto wreck....but his pride beamed right through the computer. I would recommend Jade as a TRAINER for any kennel. I have personally watched her interact with the dogs and go over dogs. She would put a few trainers to shame with her thoroughness in looking over a racer!

I am making definate plans to fly over to England and go with Jade (and friends) to Clonmel in February. I hope to meet up with Chris Cronin whilst in the UK and meet some of my Irish internet buddies as well as old friends I have met before!

JR's Prelude is definately in whelp to Swahili Eile*. As are Dolly Madison and Dance Of Dreams to Maryville Rumble*. All litters are due towards the end of this month.

2008-03-31T17:57:00.001-05:00

Huge CONGRATS to JADE ALLEWAY on winning KENNEL ASSISTANT OF THE YEAR in the UK!!!!! We love you Jade! Way to go!!!!!!!

2008-03-27T17:06:00.002-05:00

Pat Floyd graciously reminded me that Hometown Boy was on the cover of the Greyhound Review. This is the cover from the May 2007 Review. Looking back and really analyzing this dog's career makes one realize just how awesome he was on one of our country's toughest and most demanding ovals, Derby Lane. I was busy Googling him today and there are so many newspaper articles on him that I was not even aware of. I cannot wait to get Hometown Boy here and get a start on his second career. I know that the Floyd's and I are hoping he will be as successful in the breeding barn as he was on the track.

Danica Driver ran a nice 3rd for me at Palm Beach this afternoon. She didn't break well and honestly I thought she was in the back....but she obviously drove up from 7th to make a paycheck. She has no idea how fast she is.

Park Top is due for the D'Arcy's this weekend. We are all hoping for a very safe and easy whelp for our Miss Pork Chop. She is a cherished girl around here and one of the kennel clowns. Her first litter by Rumble is being put 'round the gig tomorrow for the first time! They look outstanding in the field we will see what they do tomorrow!

2008-03-26T16:43:00.002-05:00

Maryville Rumble*'s latest pup on to run a maiden is a bitch by the name of Beautiful N Red. She is owned and run by Randy Finegan / Magic City Kennel at Derby Lane. "Red" broke out on top and never looked back for a box to wire effort in her first maiden start! Congrats to Randy and trainer, Doug Flint on what looks to be a very deep litter!

Word is that Toxic Rocket has made his way to Abilene and will be photographed for his stud ad and DVD. Dom Espisito said he will be on his way in the coming week to WV then down to me to be collected, frozen and distributed to all facilities. If you are wanting a breeding to Rocket please contact me and I will see that you are a priority!

Brookside Bear* DVD's have arrived from Jeff Bradley and studkeeper, Chris Cronin. We will be offering semen on this Aussie sire. Please contact me or see me at Nationals for your DVD on "Bear" with kind regards from Jeff and Chris. Please contact me if you are interested in breeding to Bear as Chris needs to know how many vials to export! Please see Whitefort Bear and Whitefort Bomber. In my opinion some of Bear's best sons. Bear pups are flying in both Ireland and the UK!

Check out the latest tab on our website "Frozen Sires" this will feature overseas sires that we exclusively represent in America. All of their relevent information will be featured on their sire page! I hope you like the new feature AND patronise our international collection of sires!

Cueball update.....the word from Dr. Miller is that Cueball is doing very well and actually almost too well! He is hoping Cueball doesn't get over confident on his leg as he could undo everything he fixed. I want to sincerely thank everyone who has called and emailed about Cueball. He is a real special dog and will make a very special pet. I cannot say enough about Dr. Miller and his staff.

Check out Chris' Cache for Beautiful N Red's replay!

2008-03-22T16:43:00.002-05:00

Cueball update- Cueball is out of surgery and things went OK. Dr. Miller worked on him for 3 hours and felt pretty good this AM about the fix. The big thing now is to keep him infection free and limit him to hand walks for the time being. I cannot thank Dr. Miller and his staff enough for everything they have done for Cueball. Dr. Miller told me this AM a lady walked up to him and said how horrible "those racing people" treat those dogs. Well he lit into her and set her straight! Everyone at the Palm Beach Kennel Club loves Cueball and the vet staff had calls of enquiry to see how Cueball was faring! So much for us "racing people" not caring!

Huge congrats to my friend, Linda Russi on Oneco McDreamy's win. Linda hasn't had the best of luck so far in this business but "Derek" is sure turning things around for her!

We have heard from an owner of Bouncing Bucky pups that he likes Bucky's pups better than the pups out of his brother! And from now on....Bucky will be their man! Great news for our boy Bucky!

Congrats to Randy Finegan and the Magic City Kennel crew on their new litter of Maryville Rumble* pups. This looks to be a deep litter chock full of talent. I cannot wait to see what these youngsters do in graded competition.

I want to wish all of you a blessed Easter Sunday. We will all relax here and enjoy our day tomorrow.

2008-03-20T15:39:00.002-05:00

Pictured is Meet The Creeper aka "Cueball". Cueball was injured racing yesterday and is undergoing surgery to repair a lateral condral of the tibia. I will bring home Cueball as a pet in the near future.

BIG NEWS....Hometown Boy will be joining our stud barn in the coming weeks. We recieved the call today from Randy Floyd and we are all thrilled here to be getting this great champion. I am sure the West Virginia breeders will be utilizing him in the coming weeks as I think he will be a great sire for both Wheeling and Tri-State! We will have a DVD on him soon. Watch his sire page as well for replays, breeding info, pics and his pedigree. He hails from an incredibly deep litter which includes Brady Thomas, Legends Field and Miss Merle.

Baby's Got Heart won again for Henry Howe and Brett Gerst at Jacksonville. Congrats to both of them.

Also....watch out for the new litter of Maryville Rumble* pups breaking in at Southland and Derby Lane for Magic City Kennel owned by Randy Finegan. They are winning their schools by double digits going away. Several have come frm behind wins. This should definately put to rest any uneasiness that Rumble may throw short!

Red Thunder...... his first litter will be running out at the Nationals out of My Lil Mouse. Keep an eye on these monsters. I am hearing they can break the box and have strong rushes to the turn. Sharon Williams recently bred to Thunder.....that speaks volumes!

2008-03-17T17:48:00.002-05:00

Pictured is the fabulous and newly crowned, All American, Dreamy Blossom! Photo by "Coach" Chris Greib. Huge congrats to the entire D'Arcy family and also to Jack and Mary Butler who raised Blossom for the D'Arcy's. This has got to be an absolute dream come true for them. For us here as well! Maryville Rumble* sired an All American in his first litter! How many sires can brag of that feat.

The broods have been filing in at a rapid rate. All for AI's and all for our sires! Fine Silver*, Swahile Eile and Bouncing Bucky are all currently totally booked for the week and into next week! We thank everyone who is patronizing our world class sires.

Congrats to Doug Allen on John Mceuen's big win yesterday!

Also...a huge welcome to our new hauler, Silver Bullet Hauling owned by Kevin Blaske. Kevin's contact info will be posted on our homepage.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all!

2008-03-13T17:12:00.002-05:00

Pictured is Oneco McDreamy. He is our friend, Linda Russi's Fall auction purchase. He races for the B&B kennel at Palm Beach. "Derek" has grown up since we last saw him and looks wonderful. This photo was snapped right after a winning school! Handsome devil he is!

Both Dolly Madison and JR's Prelude went off feed on schedule. We are looking forward to FOUR new litters in the coming weeks!

All of our sires have been extremely busy....especially Rumble (of course!), Swahili Eile and Bouncing Bucky! We thank all for their continued patronage of our world class sires.

Jade Alleway made it safely back to England and has resumed kennel duties for Chris Allsop. We miss her and wish her well. Her dad, Colin, has returned home from the hospital and is on the mend. We wish him a continued speedy recovery.

Several new Maryville Rumble litters are now at race tracks. Doug Allen's are at the Patrick McMillon owned and trained kennel at Tri-State. News from Patrick is if they run as good as they look we have champs. Thanks to Joey Lingle, our finishing trainer for all the hard work he put into our pups! Randy Finegan's litter out of Wheeliecool are official schooling at both Southland and DerbyLane. We wish Randy luck with his Rumbles! The D'Arcy Kennel at St.Pete also have three Rumbles bred, born and raised here. We have great expectations for these Mick D'Arcy trained youngsters!

Congrats to Henry Howe on Take It Over. "Mudd" is one of the most highly respected racing greyhounds in the country. This young lad was a homegrown Jacksonville pup. He is turning heads all over the world. We wish Henry and the entire B&J Kennel clan continued success with this outstanding, once in a lifetime pup.

2008-03-10T18:31:00.002-05:00

Pictured is Jade Alleway with Ozzie (of course). Jade returned home to England this evening. We will miss her. She was a joy to have on the farm.

HOT...HOT....HOT....word from the Patrick McMillon kennel is that Roger Knauff's Rumble pup can RUN! Set one of the fastest times of the day at Tri-State and came from 3rd to win her school. Doug Allen's Rumble's arrive in the McMillon kennel tomorrow. Patrick trains the track record holder, Jimi Hendrix owned by Plum Creek. We wish Roger the best of luck with RCK Cleopatra!

I am back to the grindstone in the AM and will be back in the lab full time freezing semen tomorrow. Vacation in Florida was great....now back to work!

Also we will all be back in chat at the regular time. Come join us for greyhound fellowship every night right here at Block Sporthounds.com.

2008-03-09T12:32:00.002-05:00

This is Jade's last full day on the farm. Tomorrow she will pack and return to England on a red-eye. We will miss her a lot. If she ever wants a job as a trainer here any kennel would be lucky to get her. She is great with the dogs and knows how to go over racers like a veteran trainer. I think everyone who met her was impressed.

We had another bitch brought in by Tim Allen. This girl is for our Swahili Eile*. Speaking of Eile*, we met many Irish whilst in FL including top studkeeper, Michael Dunphy and breeder of the unstoppable bitch, Alexandrova, Paul Kiely. ALL had only great things to say about Eile. I truly believe he will make a great impact here in the States. He seems to have nothing but respect from the Irish. That spoke volumes as to the decision Ricky Fitzgerald and I made to import Eile to the States. His pups here look special.

Packer Backer is in this afternoon at Jacksonville for his first "B" start. Danica Driver just ran and finished 3rd in her "C" race. Meet The Creeper is on this afternoon as well.

We wish Jade a safe journey home and I hope to visit her and experience racing in England soon!

2008-03-07T08:39:00.002-06:00

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.

2008-02-24T16:42:00.003-06:00

Jade Alleway has arrived and we are having a wonderful time. She has gotten to witness an AI breeding of Swahili Eile* to JR's Prelude, the surgical implant of Dolly Madison, sprinted pups, played with young pups, fed the farm etc. Martin Roper came by today to pay her a visit and see how all the pups are progressing.

Jade and I are planning our trip to Florida which will be highlighted by the Derby Lane Sprint Classic. I look forward to see some of my Aussie and Irish friends while there as well! "Dad" Tim Cahill and "Mom" Cindy O'Connor are meeting us at DerbyLane for the evening on March 1st. From Derby we will tour tracks, take in some attractions, see Daytona Bike Week, shop at the St. Augustine Outlet and end our trip with the B&J gang up in Jacksonville! We are looking forward to seeing as many people and greyhounds and tracks as we can in a weeks time!

Congrats to Baby's Got Heart for Brett Gerst and Henry Howe......another win. Block raised, B&J trained! A winning combination!

An oldie but a goodie.....Meet The Creeper is back! Back in Palm Beach but this time with veteran trainer Bernie McClellen and the B&B Kennel. "Cueball" schooled this AM and looked to be back to the "old" Cueball with his dramatic late kick. I love this dog and I hope he can win me a couple more before he hits the couch!

Well Wishes to Jade's dad, Colin, on a very speedy recovery from his auto accident. We are hoping Colin will be out of the hospital by the time Jade returns to England.

Plans are in the works....the English Derby just might be in my immediate future!!!!

2008-02-21T12:55:00.002-06:00

Pictured is a gorgeous Fine Silver* x Fuzzys Raven pup owned by Carey Tamerius and raised by Penny McDonald. Penny does an awesome job with Carey's pups!

Jade Alleway is enroute to the US right now and we will be picking her up at the airport this afternoon. Her father, Colin, was involved in a very serious head on collision in England on his way to work. He is currently in intensive care. Jade wanted to cancel her trip but Colin insisted she come over to the US as this trip has been planned for months. We wish Colin, who is one of our regular chatters and a great friend to us, well wishes and prayers for a speedy recovery.

Jade and I will be departing for Florida later next week. First track will be Derby Lane! We have an appointment to meet Ardkill Jamie as well as tour the D'Arcy's kennels to meet some of our own babies and a meeting with Pat and Randy Floyd to meet Brady Thomas and Hometown Boy! Top Australian trainer, Rob Britton will be there as well as many other Australian greyhound fans. We look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. From Derby Lane we will definately be visiting our "home team" in Jacksonville - the B&J Kennel to see everyone and see our babies who are down there running. The rest of the trip is up in the air....Disney World is a possibilty. We want to see as many people/tracks/ kennels as we can.

As usual Dr. Barber and I have been crazy with implants...as soon as a load leaves more come in from all directions!

Doug Allen's Rumble pups will be going to the McMillon Kennel in Tri-State and three to MJG Greyhounds in Florida. We are pretty excited about this crop of pups. Good luck to Doug with his Rumbles!

We have discussed setting up a blog for Jade. I will see if this is something she wants to do when she gets here. We will be posting tons of pics from our Florida trip too!

2008-02-18T13:39:00.003-06:00

I just recieved a phone call from Roger Knauff and Fuzzys Derby (Craigie Whistler x Greys Freeflight) just whelped a whopping 13 pups with 11 survivors. He now has 18 Swahili Eile* pups. He doesn't have enough runs to accomodate all of these pups so he will be offering some for sale at tattoo. These will be the absolute first Swahili Eile* pups available for sale anywhere and they are beautifully bred out of Mary Butler's best bitchline. If you are one of the people who has enquired about wanting an Eile pup....here is your chance to pickup one of the firstborn at a reasonable price. Roger's phone number is in the NGA Directory and I suggest you call him and work out a deal if you want one. He said he would sell about 6-9 of the pups. Between the litter of Fuzzys Derby and Greys Dancin Lady. Both Butler bred and raised females. These will be first come first served and sold at tattoo. They will go fast.

And for those of you who don't know...Greys Freeflight is a littersister to the dam of Valoris who is the dam of Dreamy Blossom. This breeding also is an Australian/Irish/American cross.

Congrats to Roger Knauff on his new litters!

2008-02-16T16:01:00.002-06:00

We had a nice visit today by Elizabeth Bryson and her son and the two pictured on the left....Lp's Tiger and her SON, "Junior". They have bonded like no other and it is marvelous to see the two interact. Elizabeth is a regular visitor and was amazed at how big the two Swahili Eile's have gotten!

Packer Backer won his maiden start today for Henry Howe and myself in a mighty speedy puppy time of a 30.97 at Orange Park. Thanks to the entire B&J team for all of their good work with our pups!

Danica Driver ran a nice race for me yesterday. As usual was completely capable of winning it...but chose not to. This time she was handed a "bore in" ticket. Hopefully Bernie will get that out of her before her next start. I am still absolutely certain that she is headed to the breeding barn when done. She is as fast as she wants to be, is a nice 67# female, and is beautifully bred.

Fine Silver's brother, Disguised, has a few pups showing up at the tracks in Ireland. Comeontheblack just won a maiden puppy race at Limerick. This is what I was waiting for and hoping for.....Disguised appears to be throwing pups that come from off the pace in Ireland. Disguised was a top class 525/550 yd. dog in Ireland. Their littersister, Frazzled, was bar none the fastest bitch in Ireland when she was running. Silver was the top class 575 yd. brother. So...as of right now I am very confident Silver will throw strong 550 yd dogs and possibly even some who could go to the backside! This bodes very well for Silver's US stud career.

Red Thunder was bred this week by non other than DQ Williams!!! We received a breeding report in the mail today and I think this speaks volumes as to the depth of this young sire. He will have some extremely nice pups making a showing at the Nationals for Dottie and Tony Morris along with Elizabeth Paquette. We cannot wait to see the debut of Thunder's first offspring!

Bouncing Bucky is literally flying this week. I think it is becoming apparent as breeders do their homework who the best male was in the litter....and the resounding consensus is BUCKY! The breeding community is stepping up and chosing Bucky for their top females. A Keith Dillon bred and raced female was bred to him this week! An AA from Tri-State was bred to him this week! Another AA from Tri-State was bred to him last week! All top class females from top class kennels!

We thank everyone who patronizes our sires. We believe in each and everyone of them!

2008-02-11T16:37:00.000-06:00

Godspeed to my little buddy, Larry The Lurcher. Larry suffered a stroke this weekend and we chose to humanely euthanize him this AM. We will miss him. He was a victim of the "Orange County Rescue". A pet horder had over 60 dogs in her house.....mostly sighthounds. This poor guy was starved and living in his own filth. I can't tell you how much joy Larry brought to us here. We will miss him.

Baby DOES have Heart. "Tinker" won AGAIN for Henry Howe and Brett Gerst. The good news is that Tinker's mom, Dolly Madison is in season and will be bred to Maryville Rumble*! Dance Of Dreams from the phenominal litter of the D'Arcy's currently racing at Derby Lane was purchased by Henry Howe and is also in season! Miss Dancer will have a date with Mr. Rumble as well!

As usual we have been busy, busy, busy. And we anticipate a farm chock full of new hopefuls in the coming months!

Bob Rosko reports that Rosmore Lady Luck whelped her litter of Swahili Eile* pups this weekend. All are HUGE healthy pups. They averaged over 1.5# each!!!! We will be posting pics of them as Bob has already sent a nice one in!

Also...welcome to the brood barn Oooga Chockah! Chris Stivers will be posting some of Oooga's AA races from Southland....they are a MUST see! She will be bred to Bouncing Bucky when she breaks season.

Speaking of.....Bouncing Bucky has been a VERY busy young stud dog. He was bred to Keith Dillon's phenominally bred bitch, Sweetest. Sweetest hails from the Mc Millon kennel at Tri-State. And in from the Johnson farm of Sissonville, WV is K Angel Tamra (Craigie Whistler x Jr's Tamra) also in for Bucky. I had Tamra for the beginning of her brood career here and I can say she was a VERY nice female. This bitch has some very nice AA littermates! These two broods should throw extremely well with Bucky!

Next week.....the arrival of Jade Alleway of the Chris Allsop kennel in the UK!!!!

2008-02-05T16:38:00.000-06:00

Seems like as soon as we think we can breathe more broods come flying in from everywhere and anywhere to be bred! I cannot remember it ever being this busy!!! I must say though that Dr. Barber and I have stayed calm and cool and we are humming right along and haven't missed a beat. Thank you all for using us and patronizing our stud dogs!

Speaking of....it was reported to me by Carol Staggs that our own Red Thunder was bred yesterday at their facility by none other than DQ and Sharon Williams!!! That bodes very well for Thunder's future as a top stud dog!

We got Oooga Chocka home today. She reminds me so much of Whistlers Ike...I got a little nostalgic! She is a very tall, long female and will be taken to Bouncing Bucky as soon as she breaks season.

JR's Prelude is being timed right now and will be bred to Swahili Eile* as soon as she has ovulated. The first Eile pups here look fantastic and we want more!!!

Packer Backer runs tomorrow night for Henry Howe and myself at OP. He is up against a tough DQ dog but we say "GO FAVRE"!!!!! This litter really looks to be firing away and I think they will be a nice top grade litter for Henry!

2008-02-03T16:04:00.000-06:00

Yes...it's a name you haven't heard recently....HONDO DINGLE*!!!! The biggest and baddest of them all stomped an international field in the Popgun 600 at Thurles last night to defend his title! It was a blistering time as well! When I heard Dingle has trialed at Clonmel I was as skeptical as the rest of you.....but champion trainer, Graham Holland proved all naysayers wrong and Dingle emerged once again as a winner!

Baby's Got Heart won today for Henry Howe and Brett Gerst in an absolutely BLISTERING time for a maiden pup!! There are more where she came from and we look forward to this fantastic litter breaking in.

JR's Prelude is in season and will be bred to Swahili Eile*. We have had many people wanting pups from Swahili Eile and if she has a decent sized litter will offer some for sale.

Oooga Chocka will arrive here on Tuesday and will be bred to Bouncing Bucky as soon as she breaks season.

We are slam bam full of females here for implants and once again we thank everyone for their business. The goal is large, healthy litters of pups and we do everything humanly possible to ensure that happens!

Check out The Roper Report...it was updated today!!!! VERY interesting read!!!!

2008-01-30T17:17:00.000-06:00

We learned last night that the slots have passed in Miami-Dade! That means the Flagler dog track will now be able to offer Las Vegas style slots! This could definately turn things around in South Florida for us dog people!

Well...the broods have not stopped flying in! We are busting at the seams! We have all managed to keep un-stressed and calm! Business is booming and we couldn't be happier. We thank everyone who entrusts us to implant their valuable broods.

Park Top (D'Arcy) will be due to whelp March 30th and we are looking forward to her 2nd litter. Her litter of beautiful Maryville Rumble* pups are an awesome sight to behold in the sprint field and we look for great things out of these youngsters.

Deco Deano has indeed made another stakes final! We wish him, owner, Henry Howe and the entire team at B&J Kennel the very best of luck with "Dale"!

Chris Stivers is continuing to heal from his surgery and should be back on the farm sometime in March. UK Assistant trainer, Jade Alleway will be here helping out whilst Chris is recouping. Jade and I will be making a full "tour" of the Florida greyhound tracks highlighted by the Sprint Classic at Derby Lane. Not sure of our exact route or schedule but we look forward to seeing as many people as we can on our trip.

2008-01-28T16:22:00.000-06:00

Pictured are "Junior" and "Tiger". They are son and mother both adopted from us by Elizabeth Bryson. I have encouraged Elizabeth to enter this photo in the Night of Stars photo contest! How sweet! Junior looks very protective of his mum!

We have been incredibly busy with broods in for implants. We are so full we had to bust out temporary crates and we have another hauler arriving tonight. We had haulers here Sat, Sun and now today! Three days in a row! I told Dr. Barber we all need to take our happy pills this week and not get too overly stressed....especially since she is out of town for a therio board conference Fri and Sat!

We have refreshed Dr. Moses' supply of Maryville Rumble* semen and added Bouncing Bucky and Swahili Eile* to the roster available through him. We will be restocking Dr. Holden at Spiro Vet in Spiro, OK this week as well.

Henry Howe's litter of Fuzzys Cannon's out of Greys Eaglewings will be schooling on this week at OP and the Dolly Madison litter is on for maidens and official schoolers. Packer Backer owned by Henry and I ran the best of the 3 that have been on for their maidens finishing 2nd by a nose. Good luck and safe racing to all of our B&J Racers this week!!! Special luck to Deco Deano!

Well wishes to our own Chris Stivers as he is recovering from foot surgery. He will be off of work at the farm for 8-12 weeks.

KB's Maddancer is back at home and VERY entertaining. She is quickly becoming the kennel clown. Ummm....a pen won't hold her in...she makes surprise appearances in the kennel!!! Dancer tweaked both ankles and we will see if we can work her back in a couple months. In the mean time...she can entertain us all.

Maryville Rumble breedings are WAY up......five breedings last week...that I know of. Swahili Eile and Bucky have both been flying off the shelves as well. The latest was Flying Alone for Swahili Eile*.

2008-01-24T16:43:00.000-06:00

Here are the Swahili Eile* pups, Blade and Duchy at 4.5 weeks. They weigh well over 10 pounds and are growing like weeds. Their great sire as been very busy lately and now has semen available at Dr. David Moses in Ocala, FL.

I also have sent Bouncing Bucky semen down to Dr. Moses. We now have semen on Bucky at all NGA approved facilities.

I also need to comment on the recent discussion on the message boards about imported stud dogs. We have brought over sires that are well suited to the American tracks and the stamina and durability that they demand. When considering an imported stud dog you must be mindful of the differences in track configuration, radius of the turns, as well as the distance the dog is capable of running. As a rule of thumb, minus 25 yds. from a dog's best distance in Ireland and you will have approx. the distance he is capable of running here. For instance, a dog that can barely make the 550yds at Shelbourne would be hard pressed to make 525 yds. here in America. You want a STRONG 575 yd. dog that is extending at the line. Also pedigrees dosed with distance blood is important. You will note that top American breeder, Vince Berland, regularly imports "Westmead" females for his stud dogs here. The "Westmead" dogs are noted for their strong staying abilities. We have imported dogs who we KNOW could stay a strong 550 yd. course here in America, are bred in the purple and were raced at Ireland's premier track, Shelbourne Park in OPEN CLASS competition. Anything that we import for use here has months of homework behind him.

Racing....Oneco Mc Dreamy is on at St. Pete tonight! GO DEREK. Both Packer Backer and Baby's Got Heart will be on for their maiden races this weekend at Orange Park. This looks to be a litter with serious ability. We thank our "teammates" at B&J Kennel for getting these youngsters ready to go and schooling them on in dominating fashion.

2008-01-22T16:07:00.000-06:00

Danica Driver pictured in the 5 blanket courtesy of "Coach" pulled off another impressive win at Palm Beach Saturday night. She had a nice conversation most of the way 'round with my future brood bitch, Oneco Mais Oui. We're not sure but they may have been discussing the play schedule on the farm with their future pups. But Danica did decide to bid Mais Oui goodbye and went on for the win. She "decided" to win. This is a bitch who can "decide" to win anytime she wants to. It's just many times she wants to say HI to too many dogs as she passes them.

The Dolly Madison litter by Dodgem By Design is breaking in nicely at Orange Park. Packer Backer won his official schooler the other night by 10 lens going away in the 2nd fastest time of the night. Baby's Got Heart has a 1st and 2nd in official schooling and Hanks Dolly pulled off an impressive come from behind win in official schooling. We look for these youngsters to make their maiden starts this week.

Deco Deano is looking mighty impressive in 3/8ths Derby qualifiers at Orange Park. We wish Henry Howe and the B&J gang the best of luck with "Dale". Dale will be making a guest appearance here soon to have semen collected and stored.

The pups out at Joey Lingle's will be leaving for Southland (Magic City-Doug Allen), Orange Park (B&J-Henry Howe) and St.Pete ( D'Arcy-Gerst, Gerst and Ciampa). We wish these owners the best of luck with their Rumble pups!

Next batch to leave to train will be more Rumbles and the Loxahatchee Dash pups.

The heat is kinda, sorta back on in the house. We are missing the main heat strips but they should be in stock by tomorrow. It has been a rough go of it but we will make it through.

2008-01-19T15:34:00.000-06:00

What is it called the "Siberian Blast" or some such thing? Well...even though we live in the deep South it is forecasted to get cold here. Even colder in my house. I woke up thinking my house was a wee bit chilly. Turns out my furnace died. I need a new one! It will be mid-week before we have heat and it is predicted to be around 15 degrees here at night. And of course what hurt most was the estimate on a new one!

The Dolly Madison litter by Dodgem By Design schooled on nicely, headlined by, Baby's Got Heart for co-owners Henry Howe and Brett Gerst with a big win. Also a huge come from behind win by Hanks Dolly. Hanks Dolly should be on for her maiden now.

The phone has been ringing off the hook for the sires here the past few days. Swahili Eile* has been a big request. We thank each and every one of you who patronize our top sires.

Once again we are full with broods in for implants and stud dogs in for collection. We had a bit of a break during the Holidays and are making up for it now!

2008-01-15T18:08:00.000-06:00

I am shipping semen to Dr. Law's in the AM on Swahili Eile*. For those of you who have been waiting on it, it is now available in Abilene! I am very pleased with the Eile pups here and have already bred another to him!

I am sending more Bouncing Bucky semen to Dr. Law as well. Don't forget we are giving away FREE BREEDINGS on approved females!

Oneco Mc Dreamy hits the Derby Lane oval in the first race of the matinee tomorrow. We wish owner, Linda Russi another winning trip! GO DEREK!

Doug and Donna Allen are in Palm Beach this week and will be at the track on Saturday night to watch John McEuen run in person. Good luck to the Allen's and all of their track dogs!

That is about it from here...I have a busy, busy day tomorrow....stud dog coming in for collection, broods in for implants, broods inplanted and leaving...Eunice and Dancer coming home...plus I need to freeze semen and get it shipped out! Whew....and it is supposed to be cold tomorrow. Stay warm everybody!

2008-01-11T16:11:00.000-06:00

Union Made has been officially retired and will be returning home. "Eunice" will be adopted by Chris and Jaime Stivers. Eunice will join her sire, Teamster, in the Stivers household.

KB's Maddancer is also retired and we will be seeking a pet home for her as well.

2008-01-07T16:52:00.000-06:00

Pictured is wee "Duchy" and "Blade". They are Swahili Eile* pups owned by Doug Allen and myself. Very healthy HUGE pups.

I received excellent news from Bob Rosko in California this afternoon....his female was ultrasounded today and has seven Swahili Eile* babies! We wish an easy and healthy whelp!

I froze semen on Bouncing Bucky today and put up another 8 vials. I was extremely pleased with the high count and quality of his semen! I will be forwarding the next tank to Dr. David Moses in Ocala, FL. Don't forget contact me to get your female pre-approved for a breeding to Bucky! He is the heir apparent of Brett Lee in this country!

Good luck to the Davidson Kennel in West Palm Beach! They have three Maryville Rumble* pups entered in the prestigious He's My Man Classic at the Palm Beach Kennel Club.

2008-01-06T10:13:00.000-06:00

I want to thank everyone who has enquired about a breeding to Bouncing Bucky! We are very proud of him, his accomplishments on the track and the future of his offspring. We believe he is THE Brett Lee son in this country and we are offering a rare opportunity to breed to this great champion free to your approved females! We now also have vials at EZ Greyhound Farm in TX.

Please check out the latest Roper Report! Martin has some extremely insightful and useful tips and observations about imported sires!

Chris' Cache highlights the schooling races of Oneco McDreamy purchased by our friend Linda Russi and bred by Pat Begley. McDreamy aka "Derek" ran a very strong and impressive school Friday night for the famous D'Arcy Kennel in St. Petersburg, FL.

We are told that Danica Driver has shucked a nail and will be off for a bit down in Palm Beach for the B&B Kennel. Bernie has also said that Meet The Creeper will be off at least another month with an injuried whip muscle. He pulled up his last start.

Joey Lingle as told us that the Maryville Rumble* pups in training are progressing nicely. At this early stage he feels they will be suited to Southland.

2007-12-31T14:23:00.000-06:00

Today Derby Lane announced the cancellation of the 2008 Derby Lane Million. We were all looking forward to this historic international race as some of the best dogs from Ireland and Australia were going to attend. I have already cancelled my hotel room and I will remind everyone to do the same so they don't forget and get charged.

We wish everyone a safe and happy New Year!

2007-12-29T15:54:00.000-06:00

Last night Danica Driver ran 2nd at Palm Beach. She could have easily won it but was busy pacing, then got passed and drove up to pace that dog! At least she hasn't turned her head. Nice bitch, extremely fast but focuses on the competition not the lure. She IS headed back to the breeding shed when she is done "playing" on the track.

John McEuen rushed up beautiful in his first ever "B" start and had the lead for several calls he got caught late in the race. But a promising effort from this puppy.

Dolly Madison is having a split season and has come back in. We are hoping she will in fact ovulate this time and will be bred to Maryville Rumble*.

The Fine Silver* litter was sprinted for the first time in the field and was so impressive I am thinking of repeating the breeding. However, I may follow the D'Arcys and how they bred Valoris and breed JR's Prelude to Swahili Eile* this season and then back to Fine Silver*.

For all of you following the discussions on Global Greyhounds....please contact me if you would like to get your female approved for a FREE BREEDING to Bouncing Bucky. Bucky IS the better of the two brothers and now I intend to prove that! We all know the proof is in the pudding so to speak. I believe in Bucky and I believe he is "the one". Denny Curry and I have decided that we will give some breedings away right now on Bucky! I am breeding my best Craigie Whistler female to him as soon as she comes in season.

Word from B&J Kennel is that Henry Howe and co-owner Brett Gerst have a hot, hot, hot young female getting ready to officially school out of our Dolly Madison! Baby's Got Heart is her name.....watch Jacksonville for this youngster trained by the B&J Kennel!

2007-12-27T12:54:00.000-06:00

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of the stud dog, Hey Buzz. We were informed today by his adoptive owner, Jeff, that Buzz had passed this AM. His most notable offspring were; Bokars Memory, Smooth Criminal and Henry Longfellow. He was a lightly used sire but had a string of good useable track dogs. Buzz...I hope there are plenty of Poptarts up there for you boy! I know Jeff is hurting right now and I am grateful to him for giving Buzz a good home for his last years! Thank you Jeff!

2007-12-23T16:25:00.000-06:00

As Track Dog Mike said "A Walk in the Park!" John McEuen WINS BY 9.5 in a 29.97!!!! Big congrats to owner, Doug Allen. He always believed in John even as a pup still in the whelping box. He said he is "the one". We certainly appreciate trainer/kennel owner Bernie McClellan taking the time to completely rework and retrain this pup. Bernie saw something as well in John and took the time and had the patience. For all you Fortress Blue naysayers....better take a second look! This stud dog NEVER has gotten a top female and yet has produced many nice grade A's at top tracks.

2007-12-22T14:19:00.000-06:00

Pupdate- Both of Kyra's little Swahili Eile* pups are doing well. Eating like hogs! She is being a good mom although very sore I am sure.

We want to wish Dottie and Tony Morris the very best of luck in their upcoming Stakes final on Wednesday afternoon! GO JUNIOR GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! For those of you who don't know....Junior aka "Lil Ozzie" is a full brother to Ozzie The Man!

We see that American Greyhounds is back up and running under new ownership. This will in no way change our chat schedule! We look forward to seeing all of our regulars in there for our nightly chat discussions! We were thrilled to have Geoff Collins of World Class Sires in Australia in chat the other night to get an update on the Australian Team for the Derby Lane Million! We are so thrilled to have trainers, owners and studmasters from all over the world in our chat. We learn so much from our friends overseas!

Check out the Pedigree Corner! Martin shares his outlook on what the 2009 Sire Standings will look like...and why!

Update on Mark Ortiz....our friend who was in the hit and run accident on his bicycle.....Mark was in a nursing home and attending physical therapy. He developed an infection and was readmitted to Carolinas Medical Center. Mark was released yesterday and is staying with a close friend and will attempt rehab on his own. We continue to wish Mark the speediest of recoveries!

2007-12-20T13:52:00.000-06:00

The little Swahili Eile's are here! They were born via c-section this am. They were simply too big for Kyra to whelp. She went into labor approx. 12:30am and I decided at 5:30am to do the surgery. We have one HUGE boy and one HUGE girl. The third was still born as he was crammed way up in the horn. They are just the picture of health though. Kyra's incision is quite large due to the enormous size of the pups. She is resting well and taking very good care of the "twins". Doug Allen and I have already named the male, "Blade". His racing name will be Sword of Eile. He is mirror image of his sire.

It has been a long and exhausting day. Fuzzys Derby was also bred to Swahili Eile this afternoon.

I guess it is time to start thinking about Christmas. I have been so busy I haven't thought a thing about it yet!

2007-12-17T12:48:00.000-06:00

Please click on Pedigrees and check out Martin's latest blog entry. He interviewed Mick D'Arcy and has written an interesting bio on Mick D'Arcy's greyhound achievements and some of his thoughts on "The Big One", the Derby Lane Million.

Zam Turbo Blitz (full sister to Ebony River- the 2006 Million runner up) has been bred to Swahili Eile* this AM. Pups will be due on February 17th. Martin and I conferred on this breeding and we both felt this mating would produce outstanding track dogs.

To Shy To Say is being stubborn about going into labor. Her temp. has yet to drop and Dr. Jane and I did consult this AM and decided to do a cautious "wait and see" on her. We are not yet overly concerned and have not scheduled a c-section at this time. Those little Swahili Eile's are just not ready yet!

We wish the Davidson Kennel at Palm Beach luck in this Wednesday's semi final round of the puppy stake. WTD There You Go will be carrying the banner for Maryville Rumble. If he makes the final every litter has has multiple stakes finalists! Quite a feat for the handful of pups on the track!

Dolly Madison is having a split season and is currently no longer in. We will keep a careful eye on her as usually they fully come in season within 2 or 3 weeks.

2007-12-14T10:36:00.000-06:00

Swahili Eile's* firstborn male will be named Sword Of Eile. The shield on the left is the Sword of Eile. Very regal name for a pup bred in the purple. There isn't a weak link in this pedigree.

I took mum, To Shy To Say to visit Dr. Jane this AM. We indeed have 3 very nice sized pups. If "Kyra" has any sort of an inkling of a problem we will do an immediate c-section. These pups are extremely important to Doug Allen and myself. It has been a hard week all the way 'round and we will take the extra precaution with Kyra.

Another German Shepherd breeder friend of mine who works for Dr. Jane also lost a imported bitch in whelp this week. So obviously this week has been devestating for a bunch of people and dogs.

We are enjoying our last warm day before Winter sets in for real.

We have done more progesterones this AM on Dolly Madison and Fuzzys Derby. Both were very low in the beginning of the week. Dolly is a notorious late ovulator. Dolly is being bred to supersire, Maryville Rumble* and Fuzzys Derby to Swahili Eile* for Roger Knauff. Roger has bred two females in a row to Eile.....this ought to speak volumes! Hint....he saw Eile in person!!! The pictures do not do this great champion credit. Eile is an outstanding looking athlete.