I delivered Belle myself on Saturday morning down to Portlaw and into the safe hands of the Dunphy brothers. She could have went down with a transporter on Tuesday night but Michael told me they do a round of testing on Saturday mornings so I felt it was for the best if she had her progesterone tested ASAP as she missed when last mated.
After many hours of looking at a very long list of potential sires I eventually plumped for Boherduff Light. I felt Belle needed a speed sire and this ruled out the obvious choice of Hondo Black who is proven with both Top Honcho bitches and more importantly with Belle's damline. I also felt it was important that the sire was Irish bred, as Belle is a result of an outcross, and any potential success would come from crossing back into Irish early pace lines.
Boherduff is starting to get a few nice pups and they are all displaying great early which is what I'm after. That influence I feel is coming from He Knows and Tapwatcher in his pedigree who were renowned for early pace. I seen the dog when I was down and he looked an absolute picture.
A word about the Dunphys. They are renowned throughout Ireland and the U.K. for the exploits of their pups and also their stud dogs, its not hard to see why after seeing their establishment. Yesterday was the first time I had dealt with them personally and I cant speak highly enough of them. Absolute gentlemen.
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The Dunphys are total gents - and very professional!
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