Please make note of the new blog on Block Sporthounds.com......"Finishing". All of Johnny Culbreath's finishing notes, pics and videos can be seen on the website. He is trying to make it easier on his clients by having a blog through the site. WELCOME CULBREATH GREYHOUNDS! Make sure to call Johnny for crate availabilty as he fills up very fast! Congrats Johnny on those speedy times today run by Scoot and Thunder!!!

Hondo Dingle* finished 2nd in the St. Leger Consolation this past Saturday night at Limerick. He suffered once again with a horrific trap draw, getting squeezed at the break and bounced around like a ping pong ball to still dig down deep and drive home and just missed the win. What is next for the great champion is yet to be decided. We will keep you updated as to his next big race.

Dolly Madison is in season for Henry Howe and will be re-bred to Lonesome Cry. We expect DC Brenda Lee and Future Prophet in next month. Also joining us will be Dance of Dreams from the D'Arcy Kennel purchased by Henry Howe. We are very excited to have Dancer join us here.

We have several pups leaving to train including the Fuzzys Cannon x Greys Eaglewings, Dodgem By Design x Dolly Madison and Brian Carpenter's Dodgem By Design x Fuzzys Phantom pups, Sly and Stanley. Good racing luck to all involved with these young stand outs!

And surprise, surprise...hottest stud in the barn last week....Fine Silver*! Good luck to everyone who bred to him! I hope they are a chip off the old block!

We are in the process of getting all the metal parts to put our new whirly gig together. Much of the material is being supplied by Doug Allen and we thank him for all he does for us around here!

Word from Jacksonville is that we will be seeing Meet The Creeper back in action as soon as they lift their quarantine and allow him in. KB's Maddancer has moved to Tampa to run with MJG Greyhounds.

Congrats to Donna Breda on her adoption of Xander Zone! He will be joining his cousin Jt's Two Ears and Kandy Korn on Donna and Doug's couch! Wanting a home....two loveable black boys (twins if you will!) Kingdom and Kingsleigh! They will be arriving soon and we will post some pics of them. Also newly available is one of my homegrown babies, Selena. Her mother was a wonderful girl and I loved her dearly. Selena is as sweet as her mom was! Selena spent her entire racing career with her owner/trainer and was loved and spoiled every minute! She is a beautiful brindle girl! We will hold all until Greyhound Crossroads can foster.

Pictured to the left is Hondo Dingle*. Dingle came up a head short (literally) of making the final of the prestigious Irish St. Leger. The great champion has nothing more to prove on the track but a St. Leger title would have done nicely on the resume. He may, however, be adding a new racing accomplishment to his resume. That of the American Derby held at Twin Rivers in Rhode Island! All parties involved are giving great thought and consideration to sending him for the big event this coming Fall. He has plenty of time to acclimate and can school over in Ireland on Pat Dalton's fantastic aldritt lure track. This will also give him time to be collected and frozen by Ann Bourke of the Newpark Stud for future use in Ireland and the UK. What a way to complete an already stellar racing career! I have had so many inquires as to when we will have semen available. Please keep in contact. We will do everything humanly possible to fill requests as soon as we are able to collect and freeze him here. Thank you also to Action Shots for their incredible photos of Dingle.

Chris Stivers has already chosen music and is working on Dingle's promotional DVD so everyone can watch and see what sold me on him as a sire for this country.

BIG THANK YOU....to MARTIN ROPER. If it wasn't for Martin Hondo Dingle would not have been brought to my attention. He was instrumental in getting all connections together to make decisions in the best interest of the dog and for his future career and more importantly his care.

Bouncing Bucky was bred to the fine bitch, Greys Outshine last week and currently has Switzler Portia in for Joe and Dianna Douglas.

Fine Silver* had four breedings in the past week including Tri-State standout, Nobody Like Me, Pfanny's CBT Ride, RC Power Abagail and Jr's Prelude for Ron Lies and myself.

Maryville Rumble* continues to be the hottest sire in the country. I am hearing rave reviews from everyone on their Rumble pups. Good luck to everyone!

The Red Thunder pups were moved into long runs in West Palm Beach and Tony Morris is continuing his training routine with these outstanding youngsters. Tony plans on running these fine pups out at the Nationals to show the country why they should include Red Thunder in their breeding program.

We will keep everyone updated as to the most current plans for Hondo Dingle.

Jr's Prelude has FINALLY ovulated and will be bred to Fine Silver* tomorrow! She has been in season since May 28th and I was wondering if I would ever get her bred! The big day has finally arrived. We will be expecting pups on August 17th.

Xander Zone and Warhammer have officially retired and will be returning to NC. Xander has been pre-adopted by Donna Breda who has been a long time adopter of mine and dear friend. This will be her FIFTH adoption from us! She has been anxiously waiting and cheering on Xander for close to a year and the time has finally come for him to grace her couch with Ears and Kandy! Congrats to Donna and Doug on their new boy!!! Warhammer aka Cherokee will be for adoption through Greyhound Crossroads. She is a young pup who turned her head on the track and is not even 2 yet. A pretty white female with half a red face. Contact Greyhound Crossrounds if you are interested in this young female pup!!! We are also looking for a forever home for two dear dog friends of mine, Kingdom and Kingsleigh. They are brothers and we are hoping to keep them together as a pair. I cannot tell you how wonderful they are! Both are talkers and huggers!

I also heard that the semi-final of the St. Leger is SUNDAY not Saturday as I originally thought! Go Dingle!!!

We just sent more semen on Maryville Rumble*, Fine Silver* and Red Thunder to Spiro Vet Clinic in Spiro, OK. We will be sending more to Dr. David Moses next week or so. Everyone should now have plenty of Rumble semen.

Speaking of Rumble.....I just asked the NGA for breeding stats on him! I can say I was overjoyed at what I was told. Between 2005-2007 he has been bred over 125 times and has had only 15 misses total! Some of that semen was from Ireland. In 2007, Jan- April he was bred 85 times with only 5 misses. The best part...the AVERAGE litter size is a whopping EIGHT pups!!! All but one litter here had 8 pups!

WTD Moonshine just ripped off another win by a zip code at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. The 2005 son of Maryville Rumble* and ML Chico looks to be a young stand out right now.

Hondo Dingle* has advanced to the semi-final heats of the Irish St. Leger with a 2nd place run this past Saturday. His biggest rival, Bar The Devil finished a lackluster 3rd but will be up against our boy Dingle in the semi-final heat. Dingle has drawn a very disappointing outside trap again. He will need that big hemi of his to power by Bar The Devil for the win! I think if he can get out and rush up in 3rd or better to the first bend he will be in the cat bird's seat.

Maryville Rumble* blessed us with a whopping eleven breedings this past week! Bouncing Bucky was bred to the outstanding female, Greys Outshine and Fine Silver* to the outstanding AA racer from Tri-State, Nobodys Like Me. Thanks to everyone who has bred and will be breeding to our sires!

JR's Flashy has his second litter on the ground by JR's Automatic at Johnny Culbreaths'. Congrats to Jen and Johnny on their new litter!

Park Top whelped a nice, healthy litter of eight pups here for the D'Arcy clan. Mum and babies are doing well. "Pork Chop" is as excellent of a mother as we anticipated she would be. These little "Rumblers" are 3/4 siblings to the champion female, Dreamy Blossom. We expect great things from these youngsters!

Chris and Jaime Stivers are on vacation this week so forgive us if we are a little slow or behind this week!!!

Pictured is Ozzie's All American award ceremony at the Palm Beach Kennel Club. His nephews, Dude, Sam and Jake were well behaved during the entire thing! They are the 4 month old Red Thunder pups owned by the Morris' and Elizabeth Paquette!

BIG NEWS from Ireland last night. Hondo Dingle* set the 550 yd. track record at Limerick last night in round 2 action for the St. Legers! We originally thought this was the WORLD record but it is the 2nd fastest. Shaun Gresham rang this afternoon and the champ has a bad trap draw in the quarter-final. We will pray for some racing luck. If he comes away healthy the next big one will be the Irish Derby. Chris Stivers is frantically putting the final touches on Dingle's public DVD which will include TWO track records and several stake championships. Dingle will be making his way to the farm upon retirement. We are thrilled to be adding to the already incredible stud line up here! Dingle's sire page is already up and we will be adding a photo as soon as we can get one from Ireland. Shaun is working on it and we should have video and photos up in the next couple of days...so check back! GO DINGLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the days following the Grand Classic final Maryville Rumble* has continued to be the hottest sire in the country. Last week I sent 40 vials to Dr. Law and will be sending a dozen to Ken Biehle as soon as my tank returns. Fine Silver's* breedings have also skyrocketed in the past week. I think the fact that he is a pure Irish sire and people are craving a total outcross has made him a popular choice. Red Thunder has gotten many inquiries and should be a top choice for any breeder with a Molotov or Molotov son female or an import female. His pups out of My Lil Mouse are absolutely brilliant and are already bombing the box. And that is a true statement! They are 4 mo. old!!! Johnny Culbreath continues to rave about his JR's Flashy pups. We are all dying to see photos of these young phenoms! Jr's Automatic is huge with Flashy pups and due mid-month.

That is about all from here...we are all still on cloud nine after Blossom's big win and now Dingle's track record!!! Big Thank You to Martin Roper for alerting me to Hondo Dingle several months ago!