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FOUR years ago, Victorian dog manClayton King got his brother Austin involvedin greyhound racing.It wasn’t as simple as it sounds becauseAustin lives in Oaklahoma City in the UnitedStates and, a long distance truck driver, hewas never one to be at home long enough totake an interest in greyhounds.But how that has all changed.Clayton, 44, who lives around Albury hasdeveloped his own passion for greyhoundracing in the past decade.He had trained a galloper or two withmoderate success, but says the attraction togreyhound racing is the obvious one.“I can have 20 greyhounds for the cost ofone racehorse,” he said.When Clayton started looking throughgreyhound pedigrees he quickly came to therealization that Australian greyhounds wereheavily in-bred, so much so that he thoughthe should do something about it, in his ownsmall way.“I’m no Paul Wheeler, but I’m doing mylittle bit,” he said.He turned to greyhound racing in theUnited States as the answer and in the processtempted his brother Austin into the industry.Austin has been in the US for 22 years.He went there chasing the rodeo circuit. Theirfather Paul, a blacksmith, soon followed andthey have been their ever since.“I believe we have got to introduce freshblood into the Australian greyhoundpopulation,” said Clayton.“So I thought it was time to give the USdogs a try.” Clayton’s first experiment wasn’ta success.“My brother bought two pups by GableDodge who was the champion sire in the US,but they arrived here at 12 months, the damwasn’t much good and we weren’t that happywith the rearing they’d had,” he said.“The pups were no chance, and they wereno good.” Not deterred, he decided to getbroodbitches in pup sent from the US.But along the way he and Austin havesnapped up a stud dog called Clappin Thunder(Molotov-Solar Bear) a former stakesperformer from Tampa who had already beento stud in the US.“Molotov was the supersire in the US. Tenmonths ago when we were negotiating to buythis dog, Clappin Thunder was running 110thon the sires list with his first pups to race andhe was only five years old,” said Clayton.“Now as a six-year-old, Clappin ThunderFor appointmentsor InquiriesPhone Rick FallSpecialists inRearing, BreakingIn, Arm & BoxRe-Education.(For Break InsPlease book at least 2Months ahead.)Lot 13 Wotan RdAtkinson Dam 4311.Ph 07 54264338or 0427 264338Trials byappointmentonly ...Tues, Thurs,Sat, SunMornings.VictorianClayton withState OfGlory andUSS Justice.Newsis already up to 24th on the sires list and lookscertain to be in the top 20 shortly.”There is a huge amount of frozen semenfrom Clappin Thunder left in the US with hisoriginal owner and Austin King also has 45straws to sell.Clappin Thunder is standing at a fee of$880 with Mark Bell alongside top sire GoCongratulations ...To the connections of our new break-in recordholder, a Collision bitch who ran 17.85.Encounter Kennels &Breaking In ComplexBreak-in Vacancies ...With the completion of our new kennel block forracing dogs, this has given us more space in ourbreaking-in kennel block.Phone us to inquire about a booking forbreaking-in and join the many satisfiedcustomers to have used our services.AkbarHB’s CommanderPrincess DonnaMolotovBlendwayMystic RoseTinglerCLAPPIN THUNDERTrouper ZekeMinski ZekeFrosty DaySolar BearKelso’s Hot RodLotus TurboBayside SandyWild Teddy. “And there has been a goodresponse to him,” said Clayton.About 14 months ago Clayton headed tothe US and he and his brother sorted out someof the finer details of their US invasion intoAustralia.Clayton had bought a proven broodbitchcalled USS Justice and got her into pup toFlying Penske. That litter is racing now andshowing promise of staying glory to come.“The Flying Penske pups have no earlypace and all they want to do is run on,” saidClayton. Trevor Salmoni at Casino has acouple of the pups racing successfully aroundsouth-east Queensland.“I’ve since put the bitch into pup to SurfLorian and she has produced nine now sevenmonth-oldpups to him. They are magnificent,much different to the Flying Penske litter.“Surf Lorian puts a bit of attitude into hispups and I love that in this litter,” he said.USS Justice is immaculately bred. She isby champion sire P’s Raising Kain and herdam Be Original was a litter sister tochampion US galloper and sire OswaldCobblepot.Since then a Fortress bitch called StateOf The Art has arrived and whelped four pupsto champion Irish stud Larkhill Jo. “She’s gotgreat bloodlines and being by Fortress I’llprobably put her to Surf Lorian as well to getthe same cross that produced Slater,” saidClayton.He also believes a son of Larkhill Jo couldbe a huge success at stud in Australia.Clayton and Austin have left no stonedunturned in the US.“On my trip there 14 months ago, weorganised for the Stricklands to rear all mybrother’s pups. They are the best in thebusiness in the US,” said Clayton.Two other broodbitches have arrived, bothformer racers for Austin.They are Abilene who has a litter toLarking About, and Sweet Monroe who has alitter to Brett Lee’s champion US son TrentLee.Sweet Monroe is a Kiowa Sweet Treybitch and a litter sister to a dog called GiftedTrey who won 93 races and made the secondAll American team.Plans for all broodbitches are for Claytonto keep a couple of bitches from each withthe purpose of putting them back to Australiansires in the future.“I’m all for bringing in a bit of freshblood,” said Clayton. “It’s an experiment andonly just starting.” And Clayton King isbacking his predictions.The (September, 2007) Journal Page 26
Letter tothe EditorDear Sir,The GRA appear to totally lackforesight.The Logan City Council has for yearsoffered the GRA the lease of a site on thecorner of Kingston and Compton Roads,Slacks Creek, for a greyhound complex.Surely, the GRA’s first priority is aseven-day-a-week complex to guaranteeGreyhounds Queensland’s future.It is an irrefutable fact the Gold CoastClub is on borrowed time from theuniversity while the Brisbane Club’s leaseagreement with the Albion Park Trustshould automatically be nullified if theBrisbane Club is forced to close downfor redevelopment.A golden opportunity exists to leasethe above site and would be an ace upthe sleeve of the GRA when these eventseventuate.Allowing for the cost of relocating thegreyhound complex at Albion Park, (aridiculous high seven figure amount) itmakes more sense to relocate to LoganCity.It is about time the GRA was moretransparent and accountable to greyhoundparticipants and called an industrymeeting to seek a mandate regardingGreyhounds Qld’s futureIt would be traitorous to sell outGreyhounds Qld without a mandate fromlicensees. Alternatively with foresightand determination this GRA will be thebest ever.K GallowayMember QGBOTABrad Newman2006-07 afantastic yearThe past year has been a great yearfor the Association, which has seen a lotof growth and innovation.We have brought back sponsorship, anewsletter and introduced a MembersJackpot in the past 12 months.I would like to thank everyone whohas contributed to the Association.I would like to especially thank ourout-going treasurer Rob Gaunt for notonly his tremendous work guiding ourAssociation financially, but for his hardwork in running our BBQ over the pastfew years.Much of the thanks must also go tohis wife Wendy who has done a lot of thework involved with the BBQ.The committee and members of theQGBOTA thank you.After a rewarding year, I lookforward to seeing the QGBOTA grow inthe next.And I wish the new committee for 07/08 all the best. If I am a part of it or not,GBOTA NewsI will always be a passionate supporter ofthe QGBOTA as a member.SeptemberMembers JackpotsCapalaba – Saturday September 1 –Race 2 - $100Gold Coast – Tuesday September 4 –Race 2 - $100Ipswich – Wednesday September 12 –Race 2 - $100Albion Park – Friday September 28 –Race 2 – (August to be raced)AnnualGeneral MeetingThe QGBOTA will hold its AGM onSunday September 2.The meeting will be held at AlbionPark this year, at the Pace Setters bar.All members will be forwardedofficial notification.ReminderCapalaba Trial DiscountRemember QGBOTA membersreceive $1 off trials at Capalaba whenpresenting their membership card.Anyone interested in saving somemoney on trialing who isn’t a member, Iinvite you to join the QGBOTA.MembershipMembership forms are available onour website QGBOTA.com, in ourmonthly newsletter, at our weekly BBQat Albion Park on Fridays or bycontacting a committee member.Cost is $10 for individualmembership or $15 for a family.For further membership detailsplease contact out Secretary PatMarchant on 3901-0932.Brad Newman – 0400880295 – allstar@iinet.net.auCASINO GREYHOUND RACING CLUBOCTOBER CARNIVALFRIDAY AfternoonOCTOBER 5 (TAB)Heats Casino RSM Club/DonWaldron Anniversary 484m. (1-5 wins,no city wins) $750 winnersMaiden and Graded races for a12-event TAB MeetingFRIDAY AfternoonOCTOBER 12 (TAB)Final Casino RSM Club/Don WaldronAnniversay 484m. $5000 to winnerHeats Westlawn Finance Trophy411m. (1-5 wins, no city wins) $750winnersMaiden and Graded Races for a 12-event TAB MeetingSUNDAY AfternoonOCTOBER 14(Non TAB)Heats Nature Vet “Pop Northfield”Maiden 411m (8-dog fields) $200winners.Graded if required for 12-race card.FRIDAY AfternoonOCTOBER 19 (TAB)4 Heats Group 3 Charcoal Inn CasinoCup 484m. $1000 winners.4 Semi-finals Nature Vet “Pop”Northfield Maiden 411m, $750 winners.FINAL Westlawn Finance Trophy 411m,$1500 to WinnerGraded races for a 12-Race TAB MeetingFRIDAY AfternoonOCTOBER 26 (TAB)FINAL Group 3 Charcoal Inn CasinoCup 484m. $15,000 to WinnerFINAL Nature Vet “Pop” NorthfieldMaiden 411m. $4000 to WinnerMaiden and Graded races for a 12-raceTAB MeetingFor further inquiriesContactBruce Knight(02) 66623161Fax (02) 66624546casgrey2@nor.com.auPO Box 9, Casino, 2470The (September, 2007) Journal Page 27
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