Pictured is of course none other than the great Ozzie The Man. Ozzie was honored out in Abilene with a 2006 All American Team recognition. It was an honor to go up on stage and be presented with the award on behalf of the Morris' and the Cahill and O'Connor Kennel. The award will travel with Ozzie down to West Palm Beach at the end of May to make an appearance at the Palm Beach Grand Classic. Ozzie IS the man!

Spring Meet 2007......I anticipated it would be a sellers market and I was not surprised to see that it went exactly as I thought. There were few "deals" to be had. I felt the best purchase of the Meet was Mustang Ashlee*. She was bred and trained by Sean Bourke of Clonmel and ran a fantastic and impressive race in the finals. I was so happy to see Henry Howe purchase her. She ran with heart and guts and SMARTS! I hope to see her here in the breeding barn in a few years! The Trent Lee pups on the whole ran nicely and Mooch Olsen also had a very nice litter as did Bob Crossland. Dianna and Joe Douglas ran some nice Tempo Petrocelli pups through. We just bred Serazone to him this week for the Douglas'. On the whole the crowd seemed to be down this year. Some familar faces were not present and there were few new faces. It was so nice to finally meet Pat Dalton in person! I had a ton of fun with Sean Bourke and Robby Britton (public trainer from Oz) and his friend David (also a trainer from Oz). We compared notes on racing practices, breeding practices, and training practices. I was joined by Robby and David at the Woodlands on Saturday night as well and we closed the clubhouse. All in all I had a wonderful time with my new friends. I can't wait to get over to Clonmel to spend a little time at the Newpark Stud and visit my friend Sarah Mitchell who does all the implants for the Bourkes! I don't know about that 25 hour plane ride over to Victoria though guys! I also had a nice dinner with Henry and Beth Howe, Bill Lambert, The Parvins, Johnny Culbreath and Travis and Billy the haulers from Quick Trip. A great time was had by all.

It seems like the entire Palm Beach compound was present and accounted for. It was great to see everyone!

The Block Sire 2007 DVD and the "Got Rumble" T-shirts were an absolute smash! Many were worn during the auction! I have a few left that I will be giving out at the Palm Beach Grand Classic.

Energy Force* officially schooled on at Palm Beach yesterday in what looked like a final for the Derby Lane Million. Bigfoots Bust, Flying Britt, Hallo Mr. Finegan and Atlantic Flyer were all in "Pete's" schooler. Pete broke poorly and was stepped on by Britt out of the box. He gave the field a 10 yd advantage and started to suck up the field. He ended up 4th. But...you could have thrown a blanket over the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place dogs. If he hits his break Pete will be a tough cookie to handle.

Both Honest Emigrant* and Park Top are off their feed and would seem to be pregnant. Both are due around the 8th of June. DC's Brenda Lee is also in season and we hope to breed her to Maryville Rumble if she is having a good season. Brenda is the littersister to Trent Lee and Bouncing Bucky.

I guess that is enough news for now.

Pictured is Energy Force* he is our Palm Beach Grand Classic entry owned by Mr. Pat Dalton. We are honored to be entering the dog. "Pete" morning schooled on Monday and ran the fastest time of the morning. I have mailed his papers into the track so he should be on in the next week or so for official school. I will keep you updated on Pete's trek to the Grand Classic.

The Block Sporthounds DVD is almost complete. Dottie and Tony Morris have already put their stamp of approval on Red Thunder's video. I will have a few copies to hand out to major breeders out at the Nationals and I will be carrying a personal DVD player for people to view the DVD.

KB's Maddancer and Meet The Creeper are home for a visit. They are taking a short vacation before moving over to the B&J Kennel to compete on the Jacksonville circuit. We sprinted both this AM and both looked good and came off sound.

Chris Stivers is working on a Block Sporthounds limited edition 2007 Sire T-shirt. If you are interested in purchasing one please contact us via the website. These shirts are being made for the people who work here....but they are so darn cool we will let you buy one!

The Block Sporthounds 2007 Sire DVD will also be available soon!

HAPPY EASTER! Pictured is Nebo Aquarius. "Abby" is looking for her forever home and is available for adoption through Greyhound Crossroads. www.greyhoundcrossroads.com .

Maryville Rumble* has now had one pup in each of his first three litters make a Puppy Stake Final. Next weekend, WTD Relentless will be running in the Bob Balfe $20,000 Puppy Stake final at the Palm Beach Kennel Club.

Congrats go out to Henry Howe and B & J Kennel on their 1-2 finish in the Clay County Classic last night. Henry owns both Deco Deano and Hanks Beau.

Meet The Creeper and KB's Maddancer will both be coming home this weekend for a brief vacation and recharging of the batteries before returning to action. This time it will be in Jacksonville and for the B & J Kennel. We are hoping to enter Dancer in the upcoming Marathon Stake at Jacksonville.

Energy Force* will be moved into the Cahill and O'Connor Kennel this week and prepared for the Palm Beach Grand Classic. We are looking forward to watching this phenomenal athlete perform.

Chris Stivers is preparing a promotional DVD for the Nationals. He will feature four of our stud dogs and their offspring. See me for a sneak peek or a request for your own personal copy.

Featured is an awesome pre-race photo of Union Made. She races for the Wilma Edwards Kennel in Naples.

We bred Red Thunder to Irish import bitch, Honest Emigrant* yesterday and will be expecting pups on June 4th. This is a very highly anticipated litter. Gable Dodge and his sons and grandsons are crossing extremely well with Irish females.

Greys Eaglewings whelped a litter of Maryville Rumble* pups last night. Unfortunately a few had cleft paletes and the remaining litter will be small. But all are big healthy looking pups.

Chris Stivers has put together a fantastic DVD of Hondo Dingle's races and we will be showing the DVD to interested parties out at Nationals. Come see me if you want to see replays of this great champions races!

Doug Allen and I have our Palm Beach Grand Classic entry!!! His name is Energy Force*. He is owned by Pat Dalton and was imported earlier this year from Ireland where he won stakes at Shelbourne Park. We are very excited about this dog and hope he fares well for Pat, Doug and myself in the tournament. He will be running for the Cahill and O'Connor Kennel.

If you have bred to Maryville Rumble* please see me out at Nationals for your "thank you" gift from Tim Cahill and I. We are so proud of Rumble and his offspring. He recently reached his 100th breeding! I think he is well on his way to becoming not only our country's top import sire but also a top five sire overall.

If you want to breed to Red Thunder and have a female in mind contact me. You might not have to pay anything. But this won't last for long. He is chock full of the best in American bloodlines! His brother, Ozzie The Man was just honored with a 2nd All American title!