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Glasscockfamily bittenby the bugIT took only two dogs for ShannonGlasscock and his family to be bitten, andbitten hard, by the greyhound racingbug.Shannon is 27, has a young family,and those two dogs, the littermatesUnpainted Angel and Gowrie King, havealready tempted him into looking for aproperty on which to breed, rear andtrain his team.Shannon, his wife Paula and theirchildren Bailey and Blake, live atKingsthorpe just a few minutes outsideToowoomba on the road to Oakey.His dad Rod lives just two minutesaway. The pair is a committed greyhoundracing team ... all the family is.“We went looking to get into racingand thought we would like to have somehorses,” Shannon told The Journal.But it didn’t take the Glasscockfamily long to realize horses were far tooexpensive.By chance, Rod Glasscock happenedto deliver sawdust to John Collins atPostman’s Ridge greyhound complex.It was through this connection thatShannon and Rod met Richie Wisener.They ended up with two pups from aYo Yo’s Boy-With Attitude litter.But it hasn’t all been plain sailing forthe Glasscocks.While Unpainted Angel has won sixraces including two at Albion Park, shehurt a hock at headquarters in May andhas been sidelined since.But Gowrie King broke his and was offthe track for 10 months.When the dog won his maiden atCapalaba early in July, it was an excitedShannon and Rod who celebrated thevictory.“It was very exciting to get him backto racing and win a race,” said Shannon.“The hock was broken pretty badly andLarry Jocumsen doubted we would get himback to the track.”One try failed, but on a second attempt,Gowrie King has won and been placedseveral times.Shannon and Rod Glasscockwith Gowrie King ... a winnerafter 10 months out with abroken hock.Unpainted Angel will be theGlasscock foundation broodbitch.A Coles Supermarket employee inToowoomba, Shannon is so hooked ongreyhound racing he and Paula havesold their home at Kingsthorpe and arelooking at buying a greyhound complexin the Lowood area.“Unpainted Angel has won two atAlbion Park on a Monday night and fourat Ipswich,” he said.“There is a great chance we will gether back racing, but she has earned theright to be a broodbitch already.”Shannon and his dad have JohnCollins, Gary Moore and Richie Wisenerto thank for all the help they havereceived in the learning curve that isgreyhound training.“We’ve already bought another pup,this one by Excite Ability, and the wholefamily loves the dogs and can’t wait toget out onto a property to rear andtrain,” said Shannon.He also has been given a broodbitch,a daughter of Black Shiraz called DrCassie a winner at Canberra for theDoctors Kennels.Shannon and his dad have beenstudying hard in the short time they havebeen in the industry. There is much tolearn.“We read a lot, all the magazines,papers and book we can get hold of,”said Shannon.It’s paying early dividends and thereis plenty more to come.Normally $625 -for Sept 2005 only $500The (September, 2005) Journal Page 15