Retired Greyhounds Gala Charity night . 

Alban shows the full Monte

Walthamstow Report 21 Apr 2007

Lews Trickster and Remember Bill produced decent starts in the opening P9 , but Lews Trickster attacked Remember Bill off the second bend. Aero Zeppelin was the benefactor and he made all. He held on from The Wizard, who plugged on for second. The Wizard attracted some support in the ring.

Bowlers Bullet went off a short price in the P8, but she was upstaged by her kennelmate Twilight Fantasy. Twilight Fantasy had been running middle/wide and getting done at the start in here recent starts. She did it again, but this time had a slow starter in Mix Em Up along side her. She was a good winner in 29.18. Bowlers Bullet was slow away and stayed on for second without ever looking like quite getting on terms.

In a repeat of the previous race, Fear Blackjack was another poorly drawn dog on the fence. Fear Blackjack ran middle and hammered into Four Minutes, but the pair still dominated the hurdles event. Retribution led them up to near the 3rd bend before Four Minutes and Fear Blackjack swept by. Fear Blackjack had a major dwell up when challenging on the run in and gifted the race to Four Minutes.

Granary Smurf missed the break in the S3 and handed the race on a plate to the well backed Jolly Time Connection, in the S3 race. Time Connection cracked out and made all for a comfortable success. Rumour Has It kept on for second. The excellent Walthamstow commentator Colin Hoyles bellowed out "If you've backed the favourite in blue, get in the queue!"

Figile Hot Shot led up in the A7 before losing the plot at half way. Fitzie briefly hit the front, but looked extremely reluctant to stay there for any length of time. He quickly faded to nothing. Fancy Woods picked up the pieces after a slow start to lead at the 3rd bend.

Gleaming Carly, Matts Idea and Solaire broke level in the A6.Gleaming Carly took the outright lead at the second bend, but Daphs Star stayed on the better and took it up at the 3rd bend. Special Eyes was slow away, eased at the first and third bend, but still managed to grab second spot.

Clonbrin Jo pinged the lids and led up in the A5, but his stamina gave out and Wise Digger swept by to win in a fair 29.06. Bobs Express stayed on for second. Following last weeks decent showing,  Fall In Line fell out of the boxes and had a major check up at the first bend. I doubt he'll be winning for a while.

Loughteen Laura broke well to lead the field in the A4. The well backed favourite Josim Darkie missed the up, but showed real determination and fearlessly threw himself round the bend. Mystical Sloth came at him off the last bend, but went down in a photo to Josim Darkie.

Coolanga Flyer set a brisk early pace up front in the S1 and Big Brett Coal had to dif deep to take the lead from him at the 5th bend after a tardy start. Big Brett Coal went on to win in a smart 39.80 and Coolanga Flyer lost no caste in defeat. Coolanga Flyer will not be long in winning. Mitzie's run may have disappointed some, and she probably did not perform at her absolute peak. However, I think she just met two rivals who brought their A games to the table.

Adamant Laser produced  a devastating burst of early pace in the A3 race, but he just failed to sustain the gallop and was nailed on the line. Tipsy Tarquin had not won for ages, but grabbed the lead from his hennel mate in the shadow of the post. Iona Prince broke well but stumbled badly coming out of the second bend. Milldean Thunder did a pirouette at the start and that was the end of his chances.

Fionntra Dara produced a fast start and made all in the second A3. Droopys Fabregas was probably closer to the pace than last week down the back straight, but failed to pick up this time. Boy Becca gave up the ghost after failing to lead up. True Fowler kept on for second place.

Monte Alban had been in top form coming into the A2 and continued in that vein of form with a trap to line success. He did so in a very decent 28.69, though the track was obviously running a bit fast. The 475 times seemed to be a bit disjointed from the 640 times. Sligo Next kept on for a fairly distant second.

The A1 looked like it was worth making the journey over to watch on it's own. The veteran Clonbrin Show had been in really good form. He reversed previous form with Farloe Focus in the veterans event last week. Special Deal had also been running very well, beating an in-form Ross Fortune recently. Who Needs Wings produced a top notch effort, beating Discreet Cat in a fast 28.49 a fortnight ago. Who Needs Wings missed the start badly and could never get in a blow. Special Deal didn't take the 3rd bend fluently and never looked like getting on terms with the runaway winner Clonbrin Show. Clonbrin Show has been a grand servant to connections and was completing his 18th win in 67 starts, 16 of them were opens.

Toosey Tina made all to land the finale. It was a horrid excuse for a greyhound race. Why do we have to have a shoddy stayers race for the last race of the evening?

On this retired greyhound gala charity night, there was a parade of an army of greyhounds that have been homed by that lovely lady, Johanna Beumer and her hard working team. It really was quite a spectacle.

The Dunphy brothers and Gary Noble kindly donated pups to the charity auction. Let's hope they sold for bundles and the purchasers get the luck that their generosity deserves.

Walthamstow Retired Greyhounds 2006

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