Still haven't decided yet mate. I do have about 6 months to make a my choice of sire. Just glad he is getting winners as there are a lot of people bagging him. GO SLATER !!!!!

Another winner for Slater tonight at Richmond with Oh Olivia trained by Larry Procopio.

Dougie, I have no reason to push the Slater barrow but I am in accord with you re the "baggers", in fact, I usually love to see the baggers eat humble pie as in most cases they are just a lot of dumb arses who like nothing better than to heap you know what on any sire who happens to produce a few non chasers or whatever, as if producing a non chaser or two or three is so uncommon. However, there really is no sire out there that excites me much. I have asked about Collision one or more times but no one seems to have any special opinion about him. I expect he does not give you much more chance of producing a good litter than any one of many other sires.

I love it when people laugh at me when I tell them what the sires are of the pups I've got at the time!! One of them by a dog called Zealous Guy went on to win a Syd Cup and the next best was by Jack Jnr and she won 18 races and around 70k!! On both occasions I was ridiculed for buying the pups buy "Experienced" dog people and told I had just waisted my $$!! The bitch that won the 18 races, I have just put to Big Daddy Cool and nearly everyone has told me what a mistake that was, so fingers crossed!!!!!!

Yes Gippy there are many opinions within the world of greyhound racing, that's OK but some think their opinions are tantamount to the "greyhound gospel". You know how "mixed up" I am and this "mixed upness" extends to not really having a clue which sire is better than another. Dougie's Sires Lists he regularly posts is terrific, I always look at it but I find it difficult to draw too many conclusions from it. Good luck with your Big Daddy Cool, I have a very small share in a tiny Big Daddy Cool bitch which is currently being broken in but unfortunately it is part of the Team Bundy debacle with a "you know what" fight going on at present. Very unpleasant. Actually I think Dougie's good litter might have been Big Daddy Cools, maybe I am wrong, again.

HA...I have spoken to alot of people who dont want to go to Big Daddy due to the "type" of dogs it produces. On pure numbers, Big Daddy is actually up there with the best... Well was 6 months ago when I was monitoring it closely lol

Go Slater !!!, Another good win by Ten Bandannas last night at Cranbourne. Began average but flew down the back past the leader going into home straight to score easily for a good win. Big future for this dog. cheers Dougie

Cranbourne, Monday 1st February, 2010

Race 4 KINGSTON TROPHIES 8:06pm
Grade 5 520m
Place Dog Trainer Box Rug Weight Start Price Hdcp Margin Margin
1 TEN BANDANNAS G M Rounds 2 2 33.4 $1.60F
2 GABINO BALE S J Collins 3 3 33.2 $18.10 5.75 5.75
3 MAGGIE LEW L Vassallo 7 7 29.8 $33.50 8.00 2.25
4 SPECIAL STRIKE G R Scott 1 1 36.0 $11.20 13.00 5.00
5 MRAKOV F E Alister 5 5 30.3 $10.40 14.50 1.50
6 LET IT RIDE N G Wakefield 4 4 34.0 $6.90 15.00 0.50
7 ELSIE'S GOLD I Bradshaw 6 6 26.8 $39.90 19.00 4.00
8 FLEETING TIME C W Mizzi 8 8 28.2 $7.20 19.50 0.50
R CARRAMAR FLYER W C Harvey 9
R TEXAS NED B F Courts 10

Time 30.47 Split 1 5.44 (8) Split 2 21.72 (3) Split 3 N/A
Win $1.60 Place 1st $1.20 Place 2nd $3.50 Place 3rd $4.20
Quin $11.90 Exa $19.40 Trif $124.20 First 4 $1217.80
Run/Dble $3.90 Dly/Dble N/A Quad N/A .

Will definetly need to clean up his act over the first few 100m's..No doubting his talent, but when he finally reaches a field which has even one or two handy dogs in (up till now he has raced against complete spastics), he may be tested in the early stages and his true colours will get to be proven one way or the other..

Regardless..Any dog that clock around 30.20 at Cranbourne is airborn...defiently a dog to follow

If this dog is in the Glen Rounds kennel then it CAN run!!!!!! Rounds would have to be pound for pound one of the best trainers around, he would not keep the dog unless it is top city class!!!! For a young dog to come out and run times like he can at Cranbourne, then he's got a big future.IMO!!

Just like me. I only have dogs that are city class and eat cockatoo's, alpaca's, rats, goats, cars, kennel mats, barbed wire and fence posts.

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