Set in the heart of the Buckinghamshire countryside, Rosewood Kennels can be found near the town of Langley, adjacent to Iver Golf Course. There is kennelling for up to 50 greyhounds and facilities include an all-weather gallop, physio, ultra-sound and laser equipment. The kennels are surrounded by good country walks and are close to Langley National Trust Park.

Gary became England's youngest ever trainer when aged just 20. He had previously spent 5 years working with experienced trainers including his Uncle, Mr W.P. Matthews and Mr William Riley at Romford. He took out his first license at Southend and whilst there he worked with Joe Cobbold who owned and bred the great Decoy dogs.

After Southend Gary moved onto Essex where he trained the well-bred dogs for Burt McCarthy for 4 years. He started out on the Open race scene when he moved to kennels in Tunbridge Wells but in 1986, with the need for more space, he moved to his present kennels nearly Langley. Just a year after moving to Langley Gary was offered a lucrative contract to train at top track Walthamstow.

Gary won his first Classic in 1979 (1000 Guineas) at Hendon and went on to train Signal Spark to win the Derby in 1987 and also won the Consolation Final the same night with Karen's Champ. The latter was a prolific Open race winner and reached both the Scottish and Yarmouth Derby Finals. Gary has also won 4 Puppy Derbies, The St Leger (Exile Energy), The Puppy Oaks, The Laurels (Echo Spark), The Springbok and the Irish Grand National. He has also sent out the winners of several other top class Opens from his base in Buckinghamshire.

Gary trained Keeper's Tom, who reached the Semi-Finals of The Derby and he met the legendary Ballregan Bob three times where he went down twice, beaten a short-head and beating him at Wimbledon. Lodge Prince was another great dog in Gary's care, a greyhound who held several track records, he recorded a sensational 28.37 seconds over Wimbledon's 480m.

Other starts include Smoking Barrel (owned by Vinnie Jones) who won the Pepsi-Cola Marathon at Walthamstow, Champagne Glory held the 575m track record at Romford for 8 years and Simon Simon, winner of the Springbok and Irish Grand National.  Gary also won the Stewards Cup in 2005 for the second year running.

A recent partnership with Dipping Dogs and has seen the venture develop a successful hydrotherapy pool in Uxbridge. A lot of trainers use the pool and it is also available to pets to help the treatments of any aches and sprains. You can contact Dipping Dogs on 01895 446 406 or visit their website www.dippingdogs.co.uk