MONDAY THE 30TH OF MARCH
A cool morning with a drop of rain when we started at 6am. We have John Nolans coming to earmark pups and mark hounds up in to their identity book. We need meat as we are preparing early for the easter weekend. At the kennels we have more swapping around to do with pups , saplings and kennel dogs and their is also a hound to deliver that is sold in Ireland. On this weeks greyhound star British performance of the week we have two hounds on this weeks list Tiffield Tarquin at Romford and Swift Depot at Yarmouth. The two write ups below are taken from the greyhound star
At Romford, there was another exceptional run from Tiffield Tarquin. He has a perfect 6/6 record at the track in 2026, adding a Hove win to his record for good measure back in February. 34.63 is the quickest time that he has stopped the clock which makes him the 11th fastest ever around the 575m distance.
Elsewhere in the East, it was time for another solid performance from Swift Depot at Yarmouth. The former track record holder got his head in front for the first time since November. He has won four straight three times in his career as well as rattling off a hat-trick on two occasions, so now that he has got his head back in front, he is the type to add to that quickly.
ON THE OPEN RACES SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE YWO RUNNERS TONIGHT AT NOTTINGHAM SWIFT MAXWELL AND SWIFT KIPPER.
TUESDAY THE 31ST OF MARCH
A nice day and when we started this morning it was 14 degrees an nice and dry. The plans today is doing more swapping around with pups , saplings and kennel dogs. We need a trip to the cash and carry and we got stud dogs to pick for our brood bitches that are in season. We will get the hounds checked that are schooling and we have supplies to collect as well.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAD ONE WINNER LAST NIGHT AT NOTTINGHAM SWIFT KIPPER WHO WON IN FASTEST TIME OF THE NIGHT. TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE RUNNER AT SUFFOLK DOWNS SWIFT BANKRUPT
WEDNESDAY THE 1ST OF APRIL
As soon as we get the open race runners we will add them to the weekly journal.
Another nice day and we have plenty to do. Best part of the day will be took up preparing hounds for schooling. We are going to wash the vans , do a tidy up around the yard and we will continue worming hounds and trimming their nails. We have the vet coming to do more passports and we will have to check all our stocks as there will be no deliveries over the Easter weekend
THURSDAY THE 2ND OF APRIL
I couldn’t believe at 6am when we started there was frost but it hasn’t been a bad day weather wise. I got all the waste away my first job today. We are going to the last of the fronts of the rearing paddocks over the easter weekend so I had bits and pieces to collect to start the work on the paddocks. We got a delivery of meat to save us collecting it and we had to be fed up early for the main job of the day trialing in Kilkenny
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAVE ONE RUNNERS AT NEWCASTLE UNAMINOUS LEON.
FRIDAY THE 3RD OF APRIL
I will start with the big news of the day I’m 69 years old today and its 31 year day to the date since I moved in to Lughill Kennels and the second big news is I just mated 10 broods at Droopys stud and brought the first three home today so definitely no plans of retiring. Swift Vicky was off colour over night and had us up and down all night and news has also reached me Nick Savva has passed away he stayed with me twice for the Irish derby and won it with the hound I breed Toms the best what a night and what a memory. At the kennels we have been to the vets and we have started doing the fronts of the rearing paddocks and we got one finished today and five left to do so hopefully we will get them done over the easter weekend and finally the sales department had a busy few days so thanks to everybody that bought a hound.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAD ONE WINNER LAST NIGHT AT NEWCASTLE UNAMINOUS LEON. TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO RUNNERS AT DUNSTALL PARK SWIFT HOSTILE AND AT ROMFORD SWIFT JASPER.
SATURDAY THE 4TH OF APRIL
Its a cool dry morning but theres a storm forecast for Ireland. We are working away at the front of the rearing paddocks but as expected we have met problems. We have been to the dump and we’ve also been to the Cash and Carry. To top a good days work off we are worming hounds and cutting their nails.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK AND IRELAND WE HAVE THIRTEEN RUNNERS AT CENTRAL PARK SWIFT BREE , SWIFT UBIQUITY , DEVONSHIRE LAD , DEVONSHIRE LADY , SWIFT KRAB AND EARLS JOKER. AT HOVE TIFFIELD TARQUIN , SWIFT MEGAN , ONE SLICK JAMIE AND RULES FOR SOME.. AT OXFORD SWIFT QUICK. AT SHELBOURNE PARK HARLEQUIN GEE UP AND AT DODCASTER SWIFT KEV.
SUNDAY THE 5TH OF APRIL
It will be a typical Sunday where we cook, clean, feed and let hounds out of kennels. We will also get caught up with the paperwork.
ON THE OPEN RACE SCENE IN THE UK WE HAD FOUR WINNERS LAST NIGHT AT CENTRAL PARK DEVONSHIRE LADY, EARLS JOKER, AT HOVE TIFFIELD TARQUIN AND SWIFT MEGAN. TODAY WE HAVE FOUR RUNNERS AT TOWCESTER TOO WRIGHT, CHARLIE LOVES ME, ALWAYS WRIGHTY, SWIFT MAGNISON