Head Iton Jason to retire

Head Iton Jason has had to be retired today. He sustained an injury at Monmore Green in a sprint solo trial, rupturing an FCU tendon. 

Jason will be giving a great home with his owner Neil Britton, I would like to thank Neil and also Andy Pelley for being great owners.

Since we bought Jason off Steve Race in February he has given us all a great deal of fun and what a dog he been for the kennel. He has won 16 from 30 races (7 on the bounce) for us and earning over £18,000 in prize money.  He went unbeaten at Monmore winning 6 from 6 and his big race wins were at Monmore, the Category 1 Summer Classic and August Festival Stayers. 

Jason is still the leading Sky dog with 5 wins live on Sky Sports this year, his greatest on Sky race I think was his race at Hall Green when first time round the track he did a 39.14 over the 645 trip, this was the 2nd fastest ever time over that distance and he was close to breaking the great Palace Issue clock which stands at 39.01.

I would like to thank Steve Race for selling me this great dog and also don't forget Steve won the 3 steps to victory with Jason back in 2010, so the dogs total career earnings would be well over £25,000.

It would be great if Jason could hold on and win the Top Sky Dog award for 2011, and also Jason could still win Stayer of the year for 2011, he would have to get more votes than the great Blonde Fletch but Jason had a knack of beating Fletch when they ran against each other.