CALOONA GREYHOUNDS

CALOONA GREYHOUNDS

One runner this weekend

CALOONA ICE from trap 1 ! on Saturday evening - another watching brief ?

CALOONA GREYHOUNDS

2 runners on Saturday evening

CALOONA ICE,  NEEDS TO LEAD TRAP 2 TO THE BEND, NOT WITHOUT A SHOUT.

 CALOONA SKYE ALTHOUGH SHE HAS THE MAGIC BOX OF TRAP 6, JURY IS  STILL OUT ON THIS ONE.

NEWS UPDATE 27.6.8 Pups doing well.. Just under two weeks old, the pups are doing very well and despite the fact that their mum, CALOONA MIST, was a 'scatty' bitch she cares for them very well and is very good with them - long may it continue - The vet has been round and checked Mum and pups out and given them the all clear. Roll on the next 15 months says the trainer! He's started dreaming already. Get some new tyres on that wagon trainer - Open racing here we come! Pleased to report that CALOONA BELLE came out of her handslip well last Monday but has already departed to Hove - watch out the Trott family, the Nicholls boyz are in town - lock up your daughters! Not so good news for CALOONA SKYE - it is believed she tore a gracilis muscle and will be out for some time. CALOONA ICE ran last Saturday evening (5th in an A8 - nobbled round the first bend) and was 3rd again about an hour ago...again trouble first bend but finished well so he is booked in for a trial before racing over 6 bends - it will be interesting what he does. CALOONA MINSTREL and CALOONA LANDING, both on the easy list, are like a couple of nutters, both winding each other up - both look well and are raring to go. CALOONA MINSTREL is now out on a regular basis with PONGO, pounding the forest walks and along the beach. Both seem to get on well together but I think MINSTREL generally has had enough when PONGO continuously licks him on the way home. To finish this weeks update, mention must go to the Trott family's star of the show CALOONA CRUZ who has rattled up three wins on the trot (no pun intended). Fantastic performance and long may it continue.

NEWS UPDATE 15.6.8 THE EAGLE HAS TRULY LANDED! Up all night last Friday but worthwhile as 6 pups duly arrived in the early hours of Saturday morning. 4 dogs and 2 bitches, Mum and pups all doing very well.Times of arrival were 1.05, 1.55; 2.00; 2.05; 3.00 and 4.00...Unfortunately I sat with her until 5.00 as I thought she had another one to come that in fact turned out to be the afterbirth! Totally knackered but worth the wait . Now we can start dreaming for the next 12 months of our potential Derby winners.

NEWS UPDATE  13.6.8  ICEMAN DUE TO OBLIGE! Tonight sees the return of CALOONA ICE to a grade that he can win, A9, No excuses tonight - it's not in the lap of the Gods but simply up to the ICEMAN to exit in his best set of trapping boots! Keep an eye on this page next week for excuses if it all goes wrong!.  CALOONA MINSTREL is getting better, flying from his kennel in the mornings before going into his hop and skip routine. is he simply taking the mick out of his trainer I ask? who hops and skips around at the best of times!  CALOONA MIST, due to whelp down on Wednesday (63rd day) kept us waiting until CALOONA CRUZ duly obliged Wednesday afternoon at Hove on BAGS card. Nice one Mr T. NEWS UPDATE 8.6.2008......TRAINER AWAITS THE STORK! ......blimey, I wish he would stop pacing up and down outside her kennel, we have another couple of days to go yet. CALOONA MIST is defintely in pup and due to whelp down on Tuesday. She's moved into the whelping kennel, new bed, new carpet, freshley painted walls - these pups better be somnthing special! they should be. Only one runner at the moment for us, CALOONA ICE. Smartly away last Frisday evening but he had his legs taken away from him round the first bend. Bad news really because he went from first to fifth to run on strong to second at the line, going ten clear to the pick up. Show a bit of patience lads, drop in A9 and he'll have his day before we try him over the extended trip of 6 bends. CALOONA MINSTREL has his bandages off and is now putting his foot to the floor. As mad as ever i think come the end of the summer he will be moving indoors on the old man's settee. CALOONA LANDING is on the easy list folliwng a wrist sprain last week. It's abugger this game as the faster they go the more injuries they pick up. CALOONA CRUZ came third again this week at Hove, a trophy race and he appears also to need a down grade or an extyended trip to oblige.

NEWS UPDATE  29.5.8 MIST is in pup....CALOONA MIST is in pup. The trainer came skipping back from the vets last week following a scan - mind you if we had waited another week a scan would have not been necessary as she has ballooned over the past few days - all very exciting stuff. Hence, we are now busy at home washing down, painting and preparing whelping stable. Pups are due 11 June? but I'm sure the trainer will have a few sleepless nights before that day dawns.  CALOONA MINSTREL is making a slow recovery with his broken toes, bandages all off this week and now lead walking but he's fine in himself and has put a few pounds on.  CALOONA ICE failed to shine last week and would be suited by a nice slow A9 to get his head back in front with a clear run. We think CALOONA LANDING  is a bit wristy following his poor showing last Saturday and he will now have yet another break to get him back to shape. He's not getting any younger so Barry and Emma get that Springer Spaniel off your settee! early days yet but we'll see how he progresses over next few weeks. Mr Trott txt me late one evening this week to inform me that CALOONA CRUZ ran Wednesday (BAGS) at Hove in the 3.48. Grade A8, trap 1 - slow away, trouble first bend, finished 4th.Hopefully downgraded next run?

NEWS UPDATE 16.5.8 Two non runners - one also ran  CALOONA ICE produced no surprises last Saturday evening at the home of champions! Well away, he lacks that much needed early toe and ended up with a first bend thump for his travels - race over. really needs a drop in class (A9) will do to see him in with a shout. Surprise of the evening, by their lack of absence, was the Nicholls connected  CALOONA BELLE and CALOONA SKYE. Both on the sick list and off for the next few weeks. So it looks like it's up to the mighty Attwater kennels to provide the entertainment for the near future! Fortunately, Emma Lavelle's  CALOONA LANDING trialled back last Monday covering two bends at Poole in a respectable 15.65, bearing mind he was up 2 kilos in weight! Needless to say he will have another 250 solo next week then go back on the card. CALOONA MIST is very well in herself - upsetting everything else at home - and we will be having her scanned the week after next to see if she is in pup. The trainer is pleased to say he thinks she's in - I hope so too trainer, we need some potential champions back at Ivydene. CALOONA CRUZ -is now back on the card at Hove. He ran this week but failed to get in the frame. Presumably, need a bit of time to regain form.

NEWS UPDATE  9.5.8  No winners, 2 near misses That's no good to anybody trainer unless you've started to lay your dogs to lose without telling anybody else! Fortunately Poole greyhounds does not yet appear on Betfair? We really thought that  CALOONA ICE was going to oblige and indeed would have doubled our stake money in running as he led. "Short of a run" was the trainers explanation but I don't think he'll be given the same opportunity next week! He simply couldn't go fast enough. Similar thoughts apply to CALOONA BELLE. The result read 'Led 1 to 3'. Again, couldn't go fast enough, she recorded her usual time of about 27.30 (+10). Good odds though, she returned at 5/1. Last but not least was CALOONA SKYE. Crowded start and good night nurse it was all over. Jury thinks she needs trap six with slow starters on her inside. Personally I'm not sure but time will tell. CALOONA MINSTREL is down the vets every few days to have his bandage/splints changed. He's well in himself and the trainer is giving him fresh bones daily to prevent him from chewing his bandages.  Just a point of note, I also saw roast potatoes and chicken in his bowl this week, damn dog eats better then me! CALOONA LANDING is buzzing around at home and would have trialled on Monday but there were no trials as it was bank holiday so he will trial next Monday over two bends and all being well will then be back on the card. CALOONA MIST is showing all the signs of being in pup but we will have her scanned in the next fortnight to find out for definite. Good news this week from Andy Trott and his CALOONA CRUZ. been off the track for 77 days and comes back to Hove in a trial before recording a sharp 30.58.!