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Welcome to the Abacus Racing Website

The syndicate was formed with five members in 1999. Some of us had previously had shares in racehorse syndicates. Having become a little disillusioned with the way they were being run, we decided that we would buy a greyhound. This had the benefit that we could watch it race locally at Hove, on a regular basis, and own in its entirety.

Having decided this was what we wanted to do, contact was made with the Racing Office at Hove's Coral stadium. They in turn contacted one of their attached trainers on our behalf who duly rang us to talk about what we wanted to do. This turned out to be Derek Knight. After his initial contact and discussion amongst ourselves, it was agreed that Derek would ask one of his contacts in Ireland to look out for a dog at the sort of price that we were willing to pay.

In due course we were contacted by him and given plenty of reassurance that he would not rush into anything but would find a dog for us as soon as he could. A few weeks later we agreed to purchase our first greyhound, and money changed hands!                               

Our first greyhound, Ballin Star was purchased in March 1999.  After much deliberation, we gave him the kennel name of Rocky. As you can see from his photos, Rocky's sire was Frightful Flash. He last raced at Sittingbourne. Please visit Ballin Star's Page for more info on his racing career. 

Some of the dogs mentioned here are not owned under the syndicate name, but are still owned by the majority of the syndicate, our latest addition Droopys Charlize is the latest to run under the 'Abacus' banner.

Steer the Way, was the second greyhound we ever owned, although her career was relatively short, she was one of the fastest bitches over 475m at Hove. Ellie is now in Ireland with Michael Brennan and is the proud mother of our lone Pup, "Baby Ells". Ellie also has a litter of 5 pups to Droopy's Kewell

We purchased Toumpane Ruby mid 2002 in order to relieve some of the pressure from "Tubby".  "Ruby"  reached the semi-finals of the Brighton Belle at Hove in 2003 and won numerous Open Races during her short career.

Our exploits and the great times we have enjoyed with Druids Highline, throughout 2001 and beyond, will remain embedded within our memories for ever. Tubby reached the quarter finals of the 2001 Wimbledon Derby amongst many other achievements and, although he reached veteran status in Oct 2002, he went on to win a number of open veteran races after his comeback from a Gracillus injury. Tubby has now retired from racing after reaching the Veterans Derby final at Wimbledon in 2003.

 

Druids Emmey Jo, one of our current runners, has been a loyal servant to us since we have owned her, she is the first of the dogs we have owned to be able to run over the 6 bend trip at Hove & won a Maiden open back in August at Hove.

Droopys Charlize, the new kid on the block.

Baby Ells is the first Puppy we have bred from Steer the Way x Spiral Nikita.

Droopy Serena out of Droopys Kewell x Droopys Aisling.

Please take time to navigate the site using the links above, we hope you enjoy reading about our dogs as much as we enjoy owning them.