Ballymac Swift

We decided to keep Swift for ourselves for at least 6 months and see where she is at 2 years old. The offers we received for her were pretty derogatory - seems the game has gone in UK when people offer a pittance for such well bred pups.

So we'll keep her at home and hopefully she'll improve. The breeding says she should, Liam Dowling thinks she should so we take the chance ourselves.

We still have 3 young pups to be schooled in April\May so fingers crossed we have something useful amongst them.

RIP Dior

Sorry to have to post up that we lost Dior today - Tumor in her womb.

She was 8 years old and we had her at home for 5+ years. You don't realise how much you miss them until they are gone, all of us are very sad.

But, I remember the good times with her, the Red FM night was brilliant for us, to us it was like winning the Oaks! She gave us 3 litters of pups that I am proud of. To move to Ireland and breed a few litters in the Cork countryside has been an experience many would love to do.

I'll never forget the time I took Dior to race at Curraheen Park rubbing shoulders with Paul Hennessy in the pre kennelling area and telling him his dog looked a few pound under weight -Hennessy's dog trounced us LOL!

RIP Dior

Ballymac Boudica SOLD

Happy New Year!

Good Luck to her new owners - she's heading over to Romford - unraced and no marks on her card. She's as keen as mustard and can hopefully win a few races for her new owners.

Ballymac Floss bitches

Well these two are so well bred Royal Impact x Ballymac Floss. They are coming along nicely having had 2 hand slips at Tralee chasing hard. Been in the boxes at home and ready for a sprint trial in the next 10 days. They should come on again in the next few weeks.

Kinloch Brae x Heatherfield Lass pups

2 x 6 month old bitches settled in well and very nice confirmation - as big as the 2 dogs in their paddock. They were very alert, I liked the look of them. Think they will make good sized bitches.

Boots the monster!

Boots is growing fast - he's in the paddock with a 12 month old pup and Boots is bigger than him and only 8 months old. Patience going to be the name of the game with this fella.


Well done to Newmac King 2 out of 2 at Romford over 575 metres - new owner well pleased having backed him both times - onwards and upwards King.

Two cracking bitches

Recently we have purchased two cracking looking 5 month old bitches out of Kinloch Brae * x Heatherhill Lass

Very well bred so fingers crossed in 8-9 months time we have some luck with them.


The Ballymac Floss bitches have been hand slipped and both went round no problems, another hand slip next week and then possibly we go for an unrecorded out of traps. No rush with them, patience as always.

The King has graded in at Romford - new owner thinks he'll start off in S2 over 575 metres so I'll be keeping an eye out for him.

Back to work now it's been really busy lately :-)