WSOP Bracelet Winner. DroopysBookem, DemonHunter, TromoraSand, Blacklisted, Besafebelucky, Abigails Hugo, Goldstar Connie 🐕 🐶 🏴
Wynyard, England
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Where it all began - Rookies Fantasy (Rodney) my first ever runner 2nd April 2009. This was after a young naive me purchasing him and a bitch (Rookies Hawk - Cassie) at 12 weeks old and rearing them through until about 13 months in the back garden (!). This boy was a cracker - I picked him on his breeding off of data - Premier Fantasy x Gunboat Karen. The shrewdest of you out there will recognise this turned out to being the same breeding as the machine Barefoot Bolt.
Seeing him get to the track was incredible, I actually documented the whole journey on a poker forum at the time and often go back to read it even now. He had a big following as you can hear from the roar that went up as he turned too close down the back and we knew the boy was ready to pounce around the @Oxford_Stadium 450m trip. Absolutely loved this boy, he went on to win his first three races but unfortunately his career got cut short on 12th September 2009 due to a hock injury after he actually led round in top grade. It was devastating but I’ll never forget this lad and the joy he brought to me, my family and friends - phenomenal boy who loved everything he did and everyone he met.
The love, the anticipation, emotion, excitement and the buzz on the video captured forever and always one we revisit. Love you Rodders ❤️
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𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗿𝗹𝘆𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 🐾
DROOPYS ERLYBIRD is missing after slipping his lead at Clacket Services, between junctions five and six on the M25, on Sunday.
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On route @donnydogs - massive night looking for that first cat 1 winner! Really rate Mira, win lose or draw (again - sorry Marc) tonight she’s got plenty of big days ahead for me @Dxbradley
Safe and sound for both me and Mira will do tonight!!!
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🇪🇺EU backed Donald Tusk wants to overthrow the elected President
🇪🇺Needs constitutional court judges to do so. Tries to appoint 8...
🇵🇱President swears in the 3 Tusk is constitutionally allowed to
🇪🇺Tusk holds a fake swearing in for the other 5 anyway
🇵🇱President leaves country on planned trip
🇪🇺One of the fake judges order the removal of 2 existing legitimate judges
🇪🇺Tusk order police to blockade the constitutional court
🇪🇺Tusk announces to save Democracy he needs suspend Democracy
🇵🇱Constituional court declares a coup
🇵🇱President turns his plane around
🐷Police start hedging their involvment on X
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Omg Bash gave his money to CHOOSE LOVE - “for queer refugees and displaced people” - and Romesh donated his to the Refugee Council. The Refugee Council received £41,588,000 from taxpayers between 2021-25 and Choose Love’s total income for 2025 was £12,593,084! They do not need the money. So many small, struggling charities could have done with the help and publicity! #celebritytraitors
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What is happening right now at Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal is, in my view, nothing less than a COUP D’ÉTAT!
Donald Tusk is doing everything in his power to illegally seize control of yet another public institution, acting outside the law and trampling on Poland’s constitutional order.
His ultimate goal is to establish the supremacy of EU law over Polish law, force through the EU Migration Pact, and flood Poland with tens of thousands, potentially hundreds of thousands, of illegal migrants.
He wants Poland to stop being an island of safety, stability and prosperity in Europe. He wants our country to suffer the same economic destruction, social chaos and devastation that we are witnessing in other parts of Europe.
Donald Tusk is acting exclusively in Germany’s interests - NOT in the interests of the Polish people.
Poland is a sovereign nation. We will not surrender our independence, our security or our future!
Listen to what @D_Tarczynski has to say!
Freedom and democracy in action 🙄
🚨🇵🇱COUP UNDERWAY IN POLAND!
PM Donald Tusk has just sent police to storm Constitutional Tribunal building in Warsaw in the middle of the night.
Tusk waited until President Karol Nawrocki left the country before ordering the police takeover.
Nawrocki was halfway to Senegal when he abruptly turned his plane around and rushed back to Poland to confront the unfolding crisis.
The EU, which backs Donald Tusk, has STILL NOT issued a statement on this unprecedented crisis or condemned the attempted coup.
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Me on the first day of a 🇬🇧 Restore Britain government.
Gambling is not evil, and a Restore Britain Government will reduce taxes on the industry.
Adults should be free to make their own choices about how they spend their own money - a wild thing for a political party to say, I know.
Britain has a successful gambling industry that supports local economies all over the country.
In my constituency alone we have horse racing, a greyhound stadium, plenty of arcades and more.
We should be encouraging responsible operators to thrive, not taxing them into dust.
Problem gambling is an issue and should be properly addressed. But punishing an entire industry, costing thousands of jobs, for the actions of a very small number is not the answer.
Restore Britain will back British gambling.
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I earn £100 grand a year.
I have a detached house. 2 cars and my wife is a full time home maker.
I can just about afford this. I probably couldn’t afford the house I own if I was buying for the first time today.
My salary puts me in the top 5% of earners in the UK.
Top 5% to have a similar standard of living to Homer Simpson.
That is a disgrace.
We have a flatter salary distribution than Soviet Russia and the highest taxes and borrowing costs we’ve seen in generations.
Success is almost impossible because our tax system means hard work makes you a stressed out tax cow, not wealthy and certainly not free.
We need something radical.
Less state.
More family.
Less handouts.
More reward for risk.
Instead. Tomorrow, Labour will offer another batch of policies which will send one message to aspirational Brits: why bother.
I read a piece in the FT this week about the price of being middle class in Britain now and it said a couple earning £436,000 combined take home £216,000. That’s a crazy amount of tax, and it doesn't include VAT on purchases, council tax, stamp duty or other taxes (I think does include pension contributions). I can’t stop thinking about it.
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New vlog uploaded to YouTube 📸
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@Time_Nutrition_
@donnydogs
@BetwayTowcester
@RPGreyhounds
@shelbournepark
@GreyhoundBoard
@romfordracing
I genuinely don’t understand how people can get so far in life, so successfully, without knowing something as basic as this.
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DUO THROUGH TO THE DONCASTER PUPPY DERBY!
Aero Molly (ex Epic Molly) – an £8,000 Doncaster Sales purchase, sold by @Kennedygreys.
Demon Hunter (ex Theyreallwaiting) – a £5,000 Online Auction purchase, sold by @SeanConway61334.
Best of luck to both in the £10,000 decider!
Our stunning Cat 1 finalist in great spirits this morning 😍 @Dxbradley @LinkKennels
Took Danno and new boy Boris for a short walk as well but was a bit windy for us!!
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Greyhound racing is worth protecting and we are proud of our people for taking our case to Downing Street.
A huge thank you to the owners, trainers, staff and greyhounds who travelled to No. 10 and No. 10 North to deliver a letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham, signed by over 1,000 people from across greyhound racing. 👏
Those 1,000+ names are trainers, kennel staff, vets, caterers, bookmakers, track workers and more. Together they’re the heart of a sport that has brought communities together for 100 years.
Our ask is simple: fairness.
From April 2027, the tax on online bets is set to rise from 15% to 25%. UK horse racing has been exempted. Greyhound racing hasn’t. This exemption is the right thing to do - but it needs to be applied to us as well.
Greyhound racing supports 7,000 jobs, contributes £160m a year to the economy and gives towns like ours an affordable night out that’s been part of local life for generations. That’s worth protecting. Our sport is worth protecting.
With the Budget just days away, here’s how you can help:
✅ Write to Luke Akehurst, MP for North Durham, and ask them to back the same exemption for greyhound racing as horse racing
✅ Share this post
✅ Come and support us trackside
Let’s show everyone what our sport means to us. 🐾
#BackOurTracks #GreyhoundRacing #Budget2026 #TaxParity
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Greyhound racing is worth protecting and we are proud of our people for taking our case to Downing Street.
A huge thank you to the owners, trainers, staff and greyhounds who travelled to No. 10 and No. 10 North to deliver a letter to Prime Minister @andyburnham, signed by over 1,000 people from across greyhound racing. 👏
Those 1,000+ names are trainers, kennel staff, vets, caterers, bookmakers, track workers and more. Together they’re the heart of a sport that has brought communities together for 100 years.
Our ask is simple: fairness.
From April 2027, the tax on online bets is set to rise from 15% to 25%. UK horse racing has been exempted. Greyhound racing hasn’t. This exemption is the right thing to do - but it needs to be applied to us as well.
Greyhound racing supports 7,000 jobs, contributes £160m a year to the economy and gives towns like ours an affordable night out that’s been part of local life for generations. That’s worth protecting. Our sport is worth protecting.
With the Budget just days away, here’s how you can help:
✅ Write to Peter Kyle, MP for Hove and Portslade constituency, and ask them to back the same exemption for greyhound racing as horse racing
✅ Share this post
✅ Come and support us trackside
Let’s show everyone what our sport means to us. 🐾
#BackOurTracks #GreyhoundRacing #Budget2026 #TaxParity
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TRAP DRAW FOR THE DONCASTER PUPPY DERBY FINAL🏆
T1-Carrigoon Cece
T2- Demon Hunter
T3-My Twilight Zone
T4- Aero Molly
T5-Cluain Denis
T6-Shado Earth
Fortunate to win a coin flip in the dead heat but what a race she’s ran (T5 Demon Hunter) to get a coin flip!
That means a Cat 1 final for Mira next week, drawn trap 2, absolutely delighted!
