Acer Diamonds, Meenala Major, Fonic
Rock and Acer Lynx all successful at Sittingbourne as
Brian Booth secures a
four-timer.
13th Apr 06
Easter Cup Semis, Perry
Barr. Bat On and Courage Boy both
sailed through to the Final with impressive performances. Bat On
(28.18 secs) beat Mall Road 5 lengths in the first of the three
semis, whilst Courage Boy made all in 28.23 to beat
Brian Clemenson's
recent Olympic winner Son Of Phoebe. Kingsmill Again recorded a
trap-to-line success in his win over
Mark Wallis's Fear Rien
in 28.41.
13th Apr 06
As well as sending Son Of Phoebe
through to another Final
Brian Clemenson
was also on the mark at his home track Hove with three winners
courtesy of Johnny Liar (D1), Alias Anastasia (A7) and Harbob
(A2).
13th Apr 06
Martin Burt registers a
hat-trick at Monmore thanks to Boogy Boy, Zigzag Moss and
Tearful Tiff.
12th Apr 06
Peterborough Puppy Derby.
Heat 1. The opening Heat saw the
quickest time of the night from Blonde Jeannie (25.41 secs)
beating the David Pruhs
trained Bourne Special some 7 3/4 lengths.
Heat 2. Despite heading
for the rails from box 4
Carly Philpott's
Roxholme Freddie won in style, making all in 25.61. Heat 3.Jim Reynolds's
Horseshoe Ping bounced back to winning form when denying Droopys
Bruno by 1 1/2 lengths.
David Pruhs's Cuil Magic ran a blinder to take third after
meeting trouble. Heat 4. Steve Harrison holds
Silkey Sensation in some regard and she showed real courage in a
thrilling tussle with the
Mick Puzey trained Too Risky to land the spoils by a neck.
Both pulled a long way clear of the remainder. Heats 5. This went to
Ladwell Trick in 25.98. Heat 6. Cobra striking got up
close home to win going away by 1 1/4 lengths from Minimarket
Jim.
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11th Apr 06
Funkytown, Almost Hasty, Ellaha
Jack and Osmosis Joe all land the spoils at Wimbledon to give
John Simpson a
four-timer.
11th Apr 06
Carly Philpott's Ballymac Charley
looks to be heading to the Derby at Wimbledon with every chance
after winning his 8th consecutive start with a promising 2
lengths defeat of the very useful Amarillo Slim. Recording a
split time of 4.86, 'Charley' recorded 28.89 for the 480m trip.
11th Apr 06
Pall Mall Semi-Finals,
Oxford. Heat 1. Greenlough Power went
quickest of the night (26.73) with a 5 lengths victory over Cong
Rock. Brian
Clemenson's Bubbly Classic lost all chance of qualifying
when crowded early. Heat 2. Mick Puzey has done a
tremendous job to bring Siesta Frisby back to something like his
best and a 3 lengths win over
Barrie Draper's Camp
Bugler means he goes into next weeks Final with every chance.
Heat 3.Paul Garland's
Vancouver Sparky reached his second major Final of 2006 when
taking second behind runaway winner Seomra Rock. Favourite
Ningbo Jack is out.
11th Apr 06
Draw for the Final of the Pall
Mall. 1 Seomra Rock 2 Camp Bugler 3 Greenlough Power 4
Vancouver Sparky 5 Cong Rock 6 Siesta Frisby
11th Apr 06
Coral Regency, Hove.
This prestigious competition has lost
several contenders since the entries closed last week including
Roxholme Girl (see below). An unsatisfactory batch of Opening
Heats got under way where Call Girl, Blackmagic Guy (Mark
Wallis), Droopys Teddy (Paul
Young), Jordans Glory (Seamus
Cahill), Farleyhill Fifi and Sofem (Mark
Wallis) all qualified by simply turning up for 3-runner
affairs in Heats 3 & 4.
11th Apr 06
Coral Regency, Hove (contd).
Caloona Striker set the standard when stopping the clock in
41.08 in Heat 5. Greenacre Lin's decisive victory by 10 lengths
(41.30) in Heat 1 for
Brian Clemenson
saw her easily progress along with kennelmate Glengar Leader
(16/1) who took third. Heat 2 went to Westmead Aoifa in
41.45 whilst Coulombs Joy took Heat 6 in 41.78 from
Paul Young's Top Bombin.
11th Apr 06
Pat The Chef, Swift Bow and Galtee
Lake give Seamus Cahill
at hat-trick of winners on Walthamstow's graded card, and an
across the card four-timer on the night after Jordans Glory's
win in the opening round of the Regency at Hove.
11th Apr 06
Carly Philpott's
Roxholme Girl in season and withdrawn from the Coral Regency at
Hove.
09th Apr 06
Seamus Cahill, who has
sent out plenty of winners at his his new track Walthamstow in
recent weeks, enjoyed a successful night away from the East
London venue. Well Presented, Senahel Agathe and Journey North
all win at Sittingbourne to register a hat-trick for the Keston
handler. Journey North, who is not 2-years-old until September,
has already won 4 races from 7 starts and took the Mini Puppy
Standard by 5 lengths.
08th Apr 06
Scottish Derby Final.Carly Philpott's
Ballymac Niloc could only finish third in a quality renewal
which saw Fear Me hold off the late surge of Westmead Hawk by
half a length. Ballymac Niloc, who did not trap as well as he
did in the opening rounds, suffered early crowding too, yet ran
a highly respectable race in 3rd, half a length and 3 3/4
lengths adrift of the front two.
08th Apr 06
Three Trainers dominated Saturday
night's Walthamstow card with
Seamus Cahill,
Mark Wallis and
Gary Baggs all sending
out 3 winners apiece.
08th Apr 06
Barrie Draper's Camp
Bugler is already through the Semis of the Pall Mall and a
hat-trick on Sheffield's card for the Rotherham handler confirms
his string are starting to hit top form. Farloe Level, Hidden
Fee and Magna Mike all win.
08th Apr 06
Hat-trick of winners for
Maxine Locke at Romford as
Sycamore Kay, Bitofabuzz and Urla Roy all score for the Wickford
handler.
08th Apr 06
Elaine Saville thinks
the world of Fleetwood Storm and the son of Hondo Black easily
took the A1 on Nottingham's card with a 2 3/4 lengths defeat of
Billady.
07th Apr 06
Paul Sallis landed the
biggest race of his career to-date when taking the Golden
Sprint at Romford with 20/1 outsider Driving Up Henry.
Sallis had warned punters not to be put off by the price and he
was duly proved right as his charge took up the running at the
second and had enough in reserve to hold off the fast finishing
Borna Sailor for
Jim Reynolds.
07th Apr 06
There were shocks aplenty in the
Pall Mall at Oxford as many of the leading contenders,
including Toms View, Horseshoe Ping, Mahers Boy and Fear No One
all failed to qualify.
Heat 1 saw Barrie
Draper's Camp Bugler make all to beat
Brian Clemenson's
Bubbly Classic 3/4 of a length with a further one and a quarter
back to Mick Puzey's
Siesta Frisby. Brian
Clemenson's Shelbourne Poopa was fastest of the night when
taking Heat 2 in 26.63 in trap-to-line fashion.
Gary Baggs's Hurling
Honcho and Paul Garland's
Vancouver Sparky took 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Mick Puzey's ever
reliable Clonbrin Show is also through after leading at the
run-in for a comfortable 2 1/4 lengths in Heat 4 in
26.98. Mark Wallis,
out of luck with Fear No One, still sent two through thanks to
Roswell Spaceman in Heat 5 (winner in 26.92) and Sol Late
Late (second in 27.10) in Heat 6.
07th Apr 06
Chris Allsopp's good run of form
continued at Monmore as he recorded his second hat-trick in two
days thanks to Borna Style, Patricks Fancy and Snewsgirl Rosie.
07th Apr 06
Jane Houfton took 3 of
the first 4 races on Sheffield's card to record a treble. Monty
Diamond, Royston Emma and Pound Queen all oblige.
07th Apr 06
Fully story in today's Racing Post.
Ballymac Niloc came out of Tuesday's Semi-Final with a slight
muscle injury but
Carly Philpott's dog is responding well to treatment and is
fully expected to make the Final.
07th Apr 06
Westmead Hawk a relatively
unfancied 100/30 shot with Blue Square as Fear Me and Ballymac
Niloc head the market for Saturday's Final of the Scottish
Derby.
06th Apr 06
Strong Flow spearheaded a hat-trick
for Gary Baggs at
Walthamstow when claiming his 12th success at the East London
track at the expense of Ronnies Callum. It was however
Mark Wallis's Star Of
Dromin who stole the show with another track record breaking
performance over 835m. Trapping smartly, the further she
travelled, the further she went clear, eventually coming home 13
lengths to the good over the running-on Bubbly Pebbles.
06th Apr 06
Brian Clemenson is
already having a very good 2006 and his Son Of Phoebe done his
Championship hopes no harm at all when taking the John Smith's
Olympic with a trap to line success. Clocking 29.75 for the
515m, he came home 1 1/2 lengths clear of Hondo Dingle with a
further length back to Semi-Final conqueror Westmead Aoifa.
06th Apr 06
Seamus Cahill recorded
an across-the-card Open race four-timer as Noirs Ted, Caths
Queeny and Treanaree Jill won at Walthamstow and Well Presented
took his third race from 4 starts with a win at Reading.
06th Apr 06
Ballymac Rooster took the Gorton
Cup at Belle Vue, making all to claim the £3,000 first prize for
Carly Philpott.
Showing superb early pace out wide, the recent Cheltenham
Festival winner kept on well to deny Robbie De Niro by 1 1/4
lengths.
06th Apr 06
Chris Allsopp
was in treble form at Monmore as his Coyote Bessie, Coolemount
Hope and Borna Rolo all won.
04th Apr 06
Both Westmead Hawk and
Carly Philpott's
Ballymac Niloc suffered shock reversals in their respective
Semi-Finals of the Scottish Derby but both are safely through to
Saturday's £25,000 finale.
03rd Apr 06
In-form
Mel Baker got the week of
to a fine start as he dominated Monmore's card with a
five-timer. Target Tizer (A4), Passion N Pace (A7), Fast Fit
Classic (S7), All For Shane (A7) and Witton Stream (S4) all won
for the Rugeley handler.
03rd Apr 06
Questhouse Ellie initiated an Open
race double for Mark Wallis
at Henlow as she took the Henlow Monkey 550 (Heat 2) in a very
quick 33.45. Ronnies Flight returned to the winners enclosure
for the first time since January when taking Heat 3.
03rd Apr 06
Coral Romford Stayers. The
ultra-consistent Mercury Diamond for
Martyn Wiley took Heat 2
with a length defeat of Newlawn Jerry in 36.21 secs.
Paul Young's Honcho Away got
up close home to take Heat 3 in 36.23 secs. Quickest of the
night was Bossmans Bridge 35.88 in Heat 1.
03rd Apr 06
David Pruhs's
Ballydaniel Bozz took his 5th Open sprint from his last 8
starts, all at Nottingham when easily beating Street Magic 2 1/2
lengths. Fleetwood Storm, a promising type for
Elaine Saville
continued his progress from a recent lay-off when taking second
in the A1 on the same card.
03rd Apr 06
Gary Baggs, who has
sent out winners galore with relentless regularity in recent
months, secured another 5-timer at Walthamstow. Prince Rob, Miss
Totty, Grumpy Troopa, Droopys Tommo and Fionntra Gary all win.
Pat Rosney has some
nice pups in his kennel and Townbro Crespo, a daughter of Droops
Kewell took the opening Heat of the Coventry Stadium 480m Puppy
Cup in 29.88, beating Lodgeview Pete 3/4 lengths. Asia took Heat
3 for Mick Puzey in
29.86.
01st Apr 06
Carly Philpott's Ballymac Niloc is now
as short as 11/8 favourite after powering into the Semi-Finals
of the Scottish Derby. Last year's Finalist took Heat 3 of the
second round by 10 lengths in the fastest time of the night
(28.96).
01st Apr 06
Mark Wallis was out of
luck in the Scottish Derby but secured an Open race hat-trick at
his home track Walthamstow. Star Of Dromin broke her own track
record when taking the Marathon by 13 1/2 lengths in 52.62 secs.
Yanks Deel and Snappy Girl also scored for Imperial Kennels.
01st Apr 06
Steve Gammon sent out a four-timer at Crayford. Larkmans Fox
(A4), Call Time (A5), Knockard Cash (H3) and Bowbells Johnny
(A6) were all successful for the Keston handler.
01st Apr 06
Westmead Aoifa is now as short as
11/10 favourite to take the Olympic at Hove after recording the
fastest time of the qualifiers with a slick 29.63. She got up on
the line to deny
Brian Clemenson's Son Of Phoebe who had looked set to make
all. Clemenson's inmate is next best in the betting at 7/4 for
the Final on Thursday.
