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The Master McGrath again goes to prove the quality of the racing dogs in Northern Ireland. Others came from both neighbouring and further countries but never conquered!!!!!! A massive well done to both John with China, and Rose with Diego. I don't think anyone expected it to be soooooo close. In fact anyone near or on the line had no idea which dog was leading until they were a few yards from the line. It shouldn't be a shock to anyone as both John and Rose have travelled south and across the channel on many many occasions and won against the best. Anyone who expects to come to Northern Ireland and win needs to have one hell of a dog in top form. Again WELL DONE!!!!!!!! to the winner and runner up.

daz , mine in a bad way after taking a serious thumping in the all irelands , going to vets in the morning , his breathing really labouring , which makes me think hes got a punctured lung , but have to wait and see what the vet says tomorrow------ but hey , i'll be back , great show of speed machines at their best--my pup might i hope , be good enough next year

Stuart, sorry to hear about your dog. Everyone wants the dogs to come off sound and injury free. Hope its not as bad as you fear. Yes, your dog is just a big pup and you'd expect him to improve many lengths as he matures and developes.

darren----just back from the vets, ronnie not out of the woods just yet, he has bleeding on the lungs , as vet said theres gargling in the lungs as he breathes , which he said was 99% sure it's blood , after sustaining a severe thumping at the finnish in the all irelands, just got to keep mnitoring his breathing, he's on pain relief and antibiotics, so heres hoping for a speedy recovery , we wont see him racing again till at least october, if at all -----stuart

Stuart,

Dreadfully sorry to hear the latest diagnosis. Here's hoping for a full recovery.

Albert

 

[Debbie b]

The Master McGrath again goes to prove the quality of the racing dogs in Northern Ireland. Others came from both neighbouring and further countries but never conquered!!!!!! A massive well done to both John with China, and Rose with Diego. I don't think anyone expected it to be soooooo close. In fact anyone near or on the line had no idea which dog was leading until they were a few yards from the line. It shouldn't be a shock to anyone as both John and Rose have travelled south and across the channel on many many occasions and won against the best. Anyone who expects to come to Northern Ireland and win needs to have one hell of a dog in top form. Again WELL DONE!!!!!!!! to the winner and runner up.

daz , mine in a bad way after taking a serious thumping in the all irelands , going to vets in the morning , his breathing really labouring , which makes me think hes got a punctured lung , but have to wait and see what the vet says tomorrow------ but hey , i'll be back , great show of speed machines at their best--my pup might i hope , be good enough next year

Stuart, sorry to hear about your dog. Everyone wants the dogs to come off sound and injury free. Hope its not as bad as you fear. Yes, your dog is just a big pup and you'd expect him to improve many lengths as he matures and developes.

darren----just back from the vets, ronnie not out of the woods just yet, he has bleeding on the lungs , as vet said theres gargling in the lungs as he breathes , which he said was 99% sure it's blood , after sustaining a severe thumping at the finnish in the all irelands, just got to keep mnitoring his breathing, he's on pain relief and antibiotics, so heres hoping for a speedy recovery , we wont see him racing again till at least october, if at all -----stuart

Sorry to hear ronnie's not good at the moment i hope he has a speedy recovery, :thumbsup:

 

[dennned]

The Master McGrath again goes to prove the quality of the racing dogs in Northern Ireland. Others came from both neighbouring and further countries but never conquered!!!!!! A massive well done to both John with China, and Rose with Diego. I don't think anyone expected it to be soooooo close. In fact anyone near or on the line had no idea which dog was leading until they were a few yards from the line. It shouldn't be a shock to anyone as both John and Rose have travelled south and across the channel on many many occasions and won against the best. Anyone who expects to come to Northern Ireland and win needs to have one hell of a dog in top form. Again WELL DONE!!!!!!!! to the winner and runner up.

daz , mine in a bad way after taking a serious thumping in the all irelands , going to vets in the morning , his breathing really labouring , which makes me think hes got a punctured lung , but have to wait and see what the vet says tomorrow------ but hey , i'll be back , great show of speed machines at their best--my pup might i hope , be good enough next year

Stuart, sorry to hear about your dog. Everyone wants the dogs to come off sound and injury free. Hope its not as bad as you fear. Yes, your dog is just a big pup and you'd expect him to improve many lengths as he matures and developes.

darren----just back from the vets, ronnie not out of the woods just yet, he has bleeding on the lungs , as vet said theres gargling in the lungs as he breathes , which he said was 99% sure it's blood , after sustaining a severe thumping at the finnish in the all irelands, just got to keep mnitoring his breathing, he's on pain relief and antibiotics, so heres hoping for a speedy recovery , we wont see him racing again till at least october, if at all -----stuart

Sorry to hear ronnie's not good at the moment i hope he has a speedy recovery, :thumbsup:

thanks , i'm sure he'll be fine , but a long bout of rest beckons i think ??

 

[dennned]

The Master McGrath again goes to prove the quality of the racing dogs in Northern Ireland. Others came from both neighbouring and further countries but never conquered!!!!!! A massive well done to both John with China, and Rose with Diego. I don't think anyone expected it to be soooooo close. In fact anyone near or on the line had no idea which dog was leading until they were a few yards from the line. It shouldn't be a shock to anyone as both John and Rose have travelled south and across the channel on many many occasions and won against the best. Anyone who expects to come to Northern Ireland and win needs to have one hell of a dog in top form. Again WELL DONE!!!!!!!! to the winner and runner up.

daz , mine in a bad way after taking a serious thumping in the all irelands , going to vets in the morning , his breathing really labouring , which makes me think hes got a punctured lung , but have to wait and see what the vet says tomorrow------ but hey , i'll be back , great show of speed machines at their best--my pup might i hope , be good enough next year

Stuart, sorry to hear about your dog. Everyone wants the dogs to come off sound and injury free. Hope its not as bad as you fear. Yes, your dog is just a big pup and you'd expect him to improve many lengths as he matures and developes.

darren----just back from the vets, ronnie not out of the woods just yet, he has bleeding on the lungs , as vet said theres gargling in the lungs as he breathes , which he said was 99% sure it's blood , after sustaining a severe thumping at the finnish in the all irelands, just got to keep mnitoring his breathing, he's on pain relief and antibiotics, so heres hoping for a speedy recovery , we wont see him racing again till at least october, if at all -----stuart

Stuart,

Dreadfully sorry to hear the latest diagnosis. Here's hoping for a full recovery.

Albert

albert , unfortunatly these things happen in dog racing aswell as hunting , i'm at no way passing any blame to any owner or dog , IT HAPPENS i fully accept that, stuart

 

[dazgail]

The Master McGrath again goes to prove the quality of the racing dogs in Northern Ireland. Others came from both neighbouring and further countries but never conquered!!!!!! A massive well done to both John with China, and Rose with Diego. I don't think anyone expected it to be soooooo close. In fact anyone near or on the line had no idea which dog was leading until they were a few yards from the line. It shouldn't be a shock to anyone as both John and Rose have travelled south and across the channel on many many occasions and won against the best. Anyone who expects to come to Northern Ireland and win needs to have one hell of a dog in top form. Again WELL DONE!!!!!!!! to the winner and runner up.

daz , mine in a bad way after taking a serious thumping in the all irelands , going to vets in the morning , his breathing really labouring , which makes me think hes got a punctured lung , but have to wait and see what the vet says tomorrow------ but hey , i'll be back , great show of speed machines at their best--my pup might i hope , be good enough next year

Stuart, sorry to hear about your dog. Everyone wants the dogs to come off sound and injury free. Hope its not as bad as you fear. Yes, your dog is just a big pup and you'd expect him to improve many lengths as he matures and developes.

darren----just back from the vets, ronnie not out of the woods just yet, he has bleeding on the lungs , as vet said theres gargling in the lungs as he breathes , which he said was 99% sure it's blood , after sustaining a severe thumping at the finnish in the all irelands, just got to keep mnitoring his breathing, he's on pain relief and antibiotics, so heres hoping for a speedy recovery , we wont see him racing again till at least october, if at all -----stuart

Stuart,

Hope Ronnie makes a full recovery. The rest should allow him to develop and mature and come back a stronger and faster dog as he is just a big pup. Got the dvd done today so will be in the post tomorrow.

Darren

 

[dazgail]

Has anyone heard any news on Diego as he got injured by an absolute idiot after his heat? Patsy was concerned about him and i think he was due to take him to the vets today. Hope there is no lasting damage done.

 

[slippy]

what won the whippet racing??

The lurcher that won the whippet racing at the last two game fairs won again on saturday Have a look at the pic its beside the terrier Roses

lurcher looks more like a whippet but then what would you expect when the organisers said if someone entered a dog with hair six inches long

on it and said it was a whippet they would agree They havent got a clue The racing after the master mcgrath was a disgrace never saw worse

dogs catching lure lure stopping it was hillarious at the last You would have thought it was their first but then this was the best team in the country according to Albert You need to wake up Albert and smell the coffee because yous are a disgrace

Eddie,

If a man comes up and tells Matt its a whippet, what is he supposed to do he has to take the mans word. He can hardly call the man a liar.

 

[chid21]

ill tell you wat i think is a balls up now days people taking lurcher racing to serious for f*** sake you win a rosette and a bag of dog food i thought game fairs where meant to be for working dogs if use want racing dogs go buy yourselfs a racing greyhound and leave gamefairs for working dogs

hit the nail on the head there mate :thumbsup:

albert you should try to make the lurcher and terrier events that show lurchers for what they are .... working dogs ...not greyhound saturated flimsy dogs ...get the high jump back ... hurdle racing ... and such .... the mourne lurcher and terrier show shows up all the big gamefairs imo and its only been going 3 years ...

and the main thing get judges who have actually worked a dog and not just talk a good hunt ...

 

[pepa]

The Master McGrath again goes to prove the quality of the racing dogs in Northern Ireland. Others came from both neighbouring and further countries but never conquered!!!!!! A massive well done to both John with China, and Rose with Diego. I don't think anyone expected it to be soooooo close. In fact anyone near or on the line had no idea which dog was leading until they were a few yards from the line. It shouldn't be a shock to anyone as both John and Rose have travelled south and across the channel on many many occasions and won against the best. Anyone who expects to come to Northern Ireland and win needs to have one hell of a dog in top form. Again WELL DONE!!!!!!!! to the winner and runner up.

daz , mine in a bad way after taking a serious thumping in the all irelands , going to vets in the morning , his breathing really labouring , which makes me think hes got a punctured lung , but have to wait and see what the vet says tomorrow------ but hey , i'll be back , great show of speed machines at their best--my pup might i hope , be good enough next year

Stuart, sorry to hear about your dog. Everyone wants the dogs to come off sound and injury free. Hope its not as bad as you fear. Yes, your dog is just a big pup and you'd expect him to improve many lengths as he matures and developes.

darren----just back from the vets, ronnie not out of the woods just yet, he has bleeding on the lungs , as vet said theres gargling in the lungs as he breathes , which he said was 99% sure it's blood , after sustaining a severe thumping at the finnish in the all irelands, just got to keep mnitoring his breathing, he's on pain relief and antibiotics, so heres hoping for a speedy recovery , we wont see him racing again till at least october, if at all -----stuart

Stuart,

Dreadfully sorry to hear the latest diagnosis. Here's hoping for a full recovery.

Albert

albert , unfortunatly these things happen in dog racing aswell as hunting , i'm at no way passing any blame to any owner or dog , IT HAPPENS i fully accept that, stuart

Hopping Ronny recovers soon good long rest for him remember seeing him at Raby last year was looking forward to seeing him again :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

[dennned]

The Master McGrath again goes to prove the quality of the racing dogs in Northern Ireland. Others came from both neighbouring and further countries but never conquered!!!!!! A massive well done to both John with China, and Rose with Diego. I don't think anyone expected it to be soooooo close. In fact anyone near or on the line had no idea which dog was leading until they were a few yards from the line. It shouldn't be a shock to anyone as both John and Rose have travelled south and across the channel on many many occasions and won against the best. Anyone who expects to come to Northern Ireland and win needs to have one hell of a dog in top form. Again WELL DONE!!!!!!!! to the winner and runner up.

daz , mine in a bad way after taking a serious thumping in the all irelands , going to vets in the morning , his breathing really labouring , which makes me think hes got a punctured lung , but have to wait and see what the vet says tomorrow------ but hey , i'll be back , great show of speed machines at their best--my pup might i hope , be good enough next year

Stuart, sorry to hear about your dog. Everyone wants the dogs to come off sound and injury free. Hope its not as bad as you fear. Yes, your dog is just a big pup and you'd expect him to improve many lengths as he matures and developes.

darren----just back from the vets, ronnie not out of the woods just yet, he has bleeding on the lungs , as vet said theres gargling in the lungs as he breathes , which he said was 99% sure it's blood , after sustaining a severe thumping at the finnish in the all irelands, just got to keep mnitoring his breathing, he's on pain relief and antibiotics, so heres hoping for a speedy recovery , we wont see him racing again till at least october, if at all -----stuart

Stuart,

Dreadfully sorry to hear the latest diagnosis. Here's hoping for a full recovery.

Albert

albert , unfortunatly these things happen in dog racing aswell as hunting , i'm at no way passing any blame to any owner or dog , IT HAPPENS i fully accept that, stuart

Hopping Ronny recovers soon good long rest for him remember seeing him at Raby last year was looking forward to seeing him again :wub: :wub: :wub:

we'll be at raby again , but no racing for my lad ,

 

[slippy]

ill tell you wat i think is a balls up now days people taking lurcher racing to serious for f*** sake you win a rosette and a bag of dog food i thought game fairs where meant to be for working dogs if use want racing dogs go buy yourselfs a racing greyhound and leave gamefairs for working dogs

hit the nail on the head there mate :thumbsup:

albert you should try to make the lurcher and terrier events that show lurchers for what they are .... working dogs ...not greyhound saturated flimsy dogs ...get the high jump back ... hurdle racing ... and such .... the mourne lurcher and terrier show shows up all the big gamefairs imo and its only been going 3 years ...

and the main thing get judges who have actually worked a dog and not just talk a good hunt ...

this show has more dogs than any other :thumbsup: so must be doing something right.

 

[chid21]

ill tell you wat i think is a balls up now days people taking lurcher racing to serious for f*** sake you win a rosette and a bag of dog food i thought game fairs where meant to be for working dogs if use want racing dogs go buy yourselfs a racing greyhound and leave gamefairs for working dogs

hit the nail on the head there mate :thumbsup:

albert you should try to make the lurcher and terrier events that show lurchers for what they are .... working dogs ...not greyhound saturated flimsy dogs ...get the high jump back ... hurdle racing ... and such .... the mourne lurcher and terrier show shows up all the big gamefairs imo and its only been going 3 years ...

and the main thing get judges who have actually worked a dog and not just talk a good hunt ...

this show has more dogs than any other :thumbsup: so must be doing something right.

aye and how many of the dogs have seen a days work ...... bet 3/4 of the dogs that attend shanes have never seen a rabbit, hare, fox or deer ...... which are legal quarry over here .... and i bet those 3/4 of dogs are bred as close to greyhound as possible to up there chances of winning a race

 

[rodders]

Chid21,hope you don't mind a question.Do you enter any of the racing events?

 

[dennned]

Chid21,hope you don't mind a question.Do you enter any of the racing events?

rodders , i'll answer that for poor little chid-----------------no cos theyre no fast enough , theyre real lurchers , aint that right chid , lol

 

[longstone lass]

ill tell you wat i think is a balls up now days people taking lurcher racing to serious for f*** sake you win a rosette and a bag of dog food i thought game fairs where meant to be for working dogs if use want racing dogs go buy yourselfs a racing greyhound and leave gamefairs for working dogs

hit the nail on the head there mate :thumbsup:

albert you should try to make the lurcher and terrier events that show lurchers for what they are .... working dogs ...not greyhound saturated flimsy dogs ...get the high jump back ... hurdle racing ... and such .... the mourne lurcher and terrier show shows up all the big gamefairs imo and its only been going 3 years ...

and the main thing get judges who have actually worked a dog and not just talk a good hunt ...

2 losers comes to mind as well as postage stamp will tell yous that when i see you twats

 

[chid21]

Chid21,hope you don't mind a question.Do you enter any of the racing events?

rodders , i'll answer that for poor little chid-----------------no cos theyre no fast enough , theyre real lurchers , aint that right chid , lol

yes i do/have entered my dog into races and he as won a few heats .... never won a final ...

yes den thats right he aint quick enough ... as he is a real lurcher lol

 

[rodders]

Chid21,hope you don't mind a question.Do you enter any of the racing events?

rodders , i'll answer that for poor little chid-----------------no cos theyre no fast enough , theyre real lurchers , aint that right chid , lol

Your no fun,Stuart,you ought to give him the chance to say how his dogs do what lurchers are meant for,and then we can explain that for lurchers to do there job in the field,there's bound to have been a bit of speed bred into them,and we all know where the speed comes from,don't we chid,it comes from the likes of the dogs racing in the Master Mcgrath Challenge :thumbsup: Don't knock em cause without them you wouldn't have a lurcher to run.Just be grateful that an event has been put on that raises the awareness of lurchers to the outside world,and looking at the pics that Deirdre has put on Albert and co have done a grand job for all you lurcher owners in Ireland and beyond :thumbsup:

 

[chid21]

edited double post

 

[rodders]

Chid21,hope you don't mind a question.Do you enter any of the racing events?

rodders , i'll answer that for poor little chid-----------------no cos theyre no fast enough , theyre real lurchers , aint that right chid , lol

Your no fun,Stuart,you ought to give him the chance to say how his dogs do what lurchers are meant for,and then we can explain that for lurchers to do there job in the field,there's bound to have been a bit of speed bred into them,and we all know where the speed comes from,don't we chid,it comes from the likes of the dogs racing in the Master Mcgrath Challenge :thumbsup: Don't knock em cause without them you wouldn't have a lurcher to run.Just be grateful that an event has been put on that raises the awareness of lurchers to the outside world,and looking at the pics that Deirdre has put on Albert and co have done a grand job for all you lurcher owners in Ireland and beyond :thumbsup:

 

[longstone lass]

the chid boy got himself a racing dog of billy harpur and couldnt do anything with it god loves a tryer (w00t)