Swift wins the Final OI OI

Swift reaches A4 Final 550 at Cork

Over the moon with our young girl Ballymac Swift - all the hard work up and down the lane with her all worthwhile - win lose or draw next week it's a great feeling going out to feed her this morning and she looks a picture and is bouncing - only an A4 stake but to me it's like a Derby final. 


Her sister Boudica is up to A2 at Romford and flying - seems Liam Dowling was right when he said they just seem to improve around 2 years old and still only August 10's


Swift will be going up to 6 bends before to long and she looks likely to stay the way she finishes at the pick up - great fun she is bringing us and she seems to be loving every minute of it :-)

Swift & Boots Update

Swift had her 2nd race last night at Tralee in the Lee Strand 550 for A3 dogs so a big step up in class and she was unlucky not to qualify squeezed on the run up and didn't start going until after 400 yards then stayed like a train finishing 4th in a photo with her litter sister Tact - I'd like to step her up in trip but will wait a couple of months yet. So she's up to A4 now without winning but she's going the right way. A clear run would be nice!

Boots has been brought in from the field 3 or 4 weeks now so would expect him to have a hand slip in the next few weeks and then a trial at Tralee.

Off to the English Derby 1st round this Thursday - well excited - best trip of the year :-)

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.