'Swift Fantasy' racing this Thursday at Manukau Stadium!

By Fatima |

Monday, March 7, 2011

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Swift Fantasy and her trainer Kathy :)

I have written about the amazing Swift Fantasy before, here.
This little black girl stays waaaaay back till the very last part of the race, at which point she speeds up and wins! :) You can watch the video of one of her races here.
And yes, she was the winner of 2010 Silver Collar :)

I have also had the priviledge of seeing this amazing greyhound girl race in the flesh in Wanganui last year -she won of course, and for me, it was truly an incredible thing to see.

Swift Fantasy's trainer Kathy Wilson just emailed me to let me know that her lovely doggie is racing this Thursday at Manukau Stadium. Swift Fantasy has quite a few fans amongst GAP owners and foster parents and she even attends some of the GAP walks, as you can see on the pictures !

 She hasn’t raced since September last year which is when she came in season and once she got through that, there were no races suitable for her until now (ie over 700m). So if you want to see this amazing dog racing -do be at Manukau  Greyhound Racing Track at 7.22pm this Thursday!
The race coincides with our Auckland Cup week which the final will be on that night too with Little Mother and Sergio competing.

Swift Fantasy (wearing a white coat ) at GAP run in Auckland

Pictures of the day :-)

By Fatima |

Monday, October 11, 2010

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I was organizing all blog my pictures and  found a few that I wanted to share. Thank you all who sent them !

George (Kiwi George) from Palmerston North
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Ellie and Shawn (New Thing Now). YES, this is clever Shawn who qualified for racing yesterday :)
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Beryl (Winsome Deluxe): Confetti anyone..?
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Lucy The Ferret and Rachel doing the figure 8 weave
at Rally O competition last week in Wanganui
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Beryl (Winsome Deluxe) and her Mum Sue 
at Rally O competition last week in Wanganui
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Thomas (Smart Thomas) with his family :-)
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Two Schofield GAP greyhounds , Louie (Charlston State)
and Beryl (Winsome Deluxe): Hello Pam and Denis!
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Cute Luke (Lauretana Boy) who just went to his new home in Auckland
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Ele (Sister Saintly) from Tauranga
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Jodi (Kirsten Deal) babysitting a pet lamb :-)
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Hobbes (Real Classic) at a GAP walk
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Aucklanders Sonny (Fratianno) and his poodle sister Lucy :-)
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Tux (Not Suited) with his new friends in Auckland :-)

Whiskey (Chivas Regal) at the Animates Pet Day in Auckland

And last but not the least: Amazing "Swift Fantasy" with her trainers Steve Clark and Kathy Wilson at a recent 'Top Dog' Challenge in Auckland:

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Congratulations to Swift Fantasy!

By Fatima |

Sunday, June 6, 2010

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'Swift Fantasy' (trained by Steve Clark and Kathy Wilson, on the picture above) has just won the Duke of Edinburgh Silver Collar at Manukau!

Ben Craik's 'Rasmah' came second and Ray Adcock's 'Sudden Sam' third.

Steve and Kathy, as well as Ben Craik and Ray Adcock are all great GAP supporters too - congratulations to all of you on great race today!
We are looking forward to welcoming these amazing dogs to GAP programme once they retire!
Update:
One of my readers has just sent me a link to the video of the race (thanks a million Dan!). It was an AMAZING performance, with Swift Fantasy (in red rug) coming from the back and zooming past everybody! What a truly amazing dog - didn't she just LOVE reining that field in ? :-)
Video below:


Update 18/06/20101:
Tonight TV1's Closeup has had a feature on this race, with interview with Steve and Kathy. Link is here (click to open):
Kathy, Steve and Swift Fantasy on Closeup