by Bajan Reporter / January 26th, 2021
Patrick Janssensâ obsession with Greyhounds stems back to when he was just a young boy growing up in Belgium. His father raced pigeons, but he took more of a liking to the dogs and from just the age of 10 he was a regular at tracks throughout Belgium and nearby Amsterdam. By his teenage years, he had already trained a runner-up in the Belgium Championships.
He then spent many years working in kennels across Ireland and England, and it wasnât until 2014 that he split away to form his own kennels, which he set up with his wife. Janssens has enjoyed his fair share of success in the last seven years or so, but 2020 was without doubt his best year to date as trainer.