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The $25,000 John Dallas Memorial Keystone Stake kicks off Wednesday afternoon at Wheeling Island with a field of 32 greyhounds. The favorite in the stakes event appears to be CTW Leona Brown, but several other 3/8 greyhounds, including TK Rock Of Ages, Boc’s Soup Nazi, Whiskey Babe, Agent Of Shield and Napa Know How, may have a say in the championship. Two sprinters moving up to the longer distance, WW’s Calculator and WW Fed Court, will be interesting to watch. 
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The Boeckenstedt Kennel produced five winners (in the 12 races) to open action in the $60,000 Secretary’s Choice on Wednesday, May 6, at Bluffs Run. Leading the charge was Boc’s Hank Jr, who ran off with a comfortable five-length decision in the day’s final race on the program. Hank Jr, 16-10-1-4, a 2014 All-Bluffs Run team selection, came into the Choice with the most wins of any of the 96 greyhounds in the field. He broke sixth from the sixth box but quickly assumed control on the way to his victory. Boeckenstedt also got wins in the first, second, fourth and sixth races.
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After the distance folks opened the Bluffs Run stakes series in 2015 with the 3-8 Mile Derby, the sprinters take center stage with the $60,000 Secretary’s Choice which starts on Wednesday, May 6. The 96-greyhound field will fill the entire program on Wednesday and again on Saturday, May 9, for the second round. Based simply on victories earned thus far in 2015, several of the opening-round races offer interesting showdowns. Also added in the mix is the decision by some kennels to bring their 3-8 milers over to the Secretary’s Choice field.
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As Yogi might say, it's deja vu all over again.
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Colorado breeding veteran Pat Collins will be honored at the NGA Spring Meet in April with the NGA’s 5th Annual Lifetime Achievement Award. The 2012 Hall Of Fame inductee transitioned from an early career as an iron worker into the greyhound game in the 1960s. He would build a breeding and racing dynasty, with his Longmont, Co., farm as its headquarters, that spanned the country and would become the most successful greyhound program in Colorado history. It was the “Pat C” prefix that would distinguish Pat’s greyhounds and his operation—a prefix that would endure on the national scene for many decades, right on up to today.
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Bluffs Run gets the 2015 stakes season underway Wednesday, March 18, with the opening round of the $60,000 3-8 Mile Derby. A field of 64 greyhounds will begin the chase. Leading the charge is the defending champion Splish Splash from the Black Kennel. Splish Splash, a 61 pounder born Sept. 2, 2011 out of Kiowa Mon Manny – Patch on Monday, shocked the field last year. A 22-1 longshot, she broke on top from the three box and ran away from her rivals in posting a box-to-wire triumph, winning by eight and a half lengths.
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Greyhound owner and breeder Richard Maddock, of Kirkwood, Mo., passed away Jan. 8. He was 72.
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Colorado breeding veteran Pat Collins will be honored at the NGA Spring Meet in April with the NGA’s 5th Annual Lifetime Achievement Award. The 2012 Hall Of Fame inductee transitioned from an early career as an iron worker into the greyhound game in the 1960s. He would build a breeding and racing dynasty (with his Longmont, Co., farm as its headquarters) that spanned the country and would become the most successful greyhound program in Colorado history. It was the “Pat C” prefix that would distinguish Pat’s greyhounds and his operation—a prefix that would endure on the national scene for many decades, right on up to today.
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Capabal kennel's JW B Ward (Aerial Battle x Corvette Lee) is one of sixteen greyhounds competing for a post in the 31st annual Matinee Idol stakes qualifiers Wednesday matinee January 14. The son of Aerial Battle and Corvette Lee won last year's stakes for trainer Belinda Parker by filling the final post during elimination rounds. The stakes format is a single elimination offering two qualifying heats. Each of the sixteen kennels has entered their star with hopes to finish among the top four in races six and ten on Wednesday. Those eight greyhounds will vie for the title and stakes purse in the $10,000 stakes to be held Monday matinee January 19th as part of the Dr. Martin Luther King matinee celebrations.
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"The old man showed us he's still got it," said trainer John Graham of 2013 All-American Kiowa Jordan Doc that turns four-years old this month. Last year Doc (Flying Penske x Kiowa Tiffany) made history in the same stakes by recording the fastest winning time of 30.30. The race was a thriller and Doc had his work cut out for him when he had to make up ground on the fleet-footed Husker Magic that was eyeing the prize. Doc won the stakes by a nose. “He is just awesome and to continue to win stakes races at his age against that phenomenal field says it all about Doc,” said Graham. Kiowa Jordan Doc recently returned to racing after being sidelined since July. “It was a bummer that he didn’t get to defend his title in the Fall Sprint but I wasn’t going to push him,” said Graham. Doc’s backers were paid $15.20 for Doc’s upset over the bet favorite Husker Magic in 30.51. Doc’s win last year was historic with his blazing time. This year he marked history again by becoming only one of three Greyhounds in the 90-year history of the stakes to win a back-to-back title. Fred Whitehead’s Como (1965 & ’66) was the first. Sixteen years later Keith Dillon’s Perceive repeated the feat (1982 & ’83).
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Valor Racing Kennel’s Kiowa Starstream has etched his name in the Wheeling Island record books. On Saturday evening, Jan. 3, Kiowa Starstream set a new marathon 7/16 track record when he stopped the clock in 41.79 to break Switzler Mustard’s mark of 41.82 established on May 8, 2012. Breaking from the one hole, Starstream jumped to an early lead and never let his foot off the gas as he romped to a 10-length victory.
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Round two qualifying action for Palm Beach Kennel Club’s $50,000 He’s My Man Classic takes place Saturday afternoon, January 3. Forty-seven Greyhounds who competed in the first round of qualifying last Wednesday afternoon will return for the second round, facing different Classic entries and all striving to be among the top 32 point earners. The above mentioned 32 will go on to compete in round three on Wednesday afternoon, January 7, with the top 16 point earners moving on to the Classic semifinals on Sunday afternoon, January 11. The $50,000 He’s My Man Classic finale will be contested Saturday afternoon, January 17.
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For the eighth time in the last 46 years, a Tucson-based greyhound has captured the North American Win Championship. L’s My Way, a 73-lb. son of sire champ Kiowa Sweet Trey (out of Make Me), has been declared the official win champion of 2014 with 52 victories at the southern Arizona track. His complete record for 2014 was 52-2-2 in 70 starts over the 5/16-mile distance. His last start in 2014 was a winning one (from his least favorite hole, the one box), on Monday, Dec. 29. Bred by Ken LeFebvre of Iowa, L’s My Way races for the Cliff Hale Jr. Kennel. He’s owned by Cliff’s mother, Jaci Hale (pronounced Jackie…short for Jacqueline), who also trains her son’s kennel.
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The twin trifecta recently was capped at $10,000 and will be forced out at Wheeling Island Saturday afternoon, May 9. The jackpot usually climbs to $30,000 or more.
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Seasonal tracks in Florida that recently closed, or are about to close, have announced their meet dates for their late 2015-16 seasons.
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When a dog or cat comes into the clinic with injuries caused by blunt-force trauma, it probably was hit by a car. Or was it? Veterinarians generally rely on their instincts to tell the difference between an accident and abuse. But eliminating some of the guesswork in suspected cases of cruelty or neglect could help get animals out of violent households and produce evidence to prosecute their abusers. Nida Intarapanich, a third-year veterinary student at Cummings School, took up that cause, one at the forefront of the emerging field of veterinary forensic science. She has developed a statistical modeling tool that looks at injury patterns to help veterinarians distinguish between accident and intent. And because an abused animal often signals more widespread violence in a household, her work could help human victims, too.
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The Tampa Greyhound Track has been sold to a subsidiary of Tampa’s local horse track, Tampa Bay Downs, it was announced in early January. Tampa Greyhound Track ended live racing in 2007, but the property still ranks among the largest in the state for pari-mutuel wagering on horse and greyhound racing and jai alai.
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loridians soundly reject converting greyhound facilities into casinos without a voter referendum, according to a new survey conducted on behalf of the Florida Greyhound Association (FGA), an advocacy group comprised of racing greyhound owners, breeders and kennel operators. The Mason-Dixon poll found that nearly 70 out of 10 voters (69 percent) believe the Legislature should not end live greyhound racing and then convert those pari-mutuel facilities into a casino without first receiving voter approval. “Floridians are sending a loud message to the Legislature, don’t turn greyhound tracks into casinos on your own,” said Jim Blanchard, president of the FGA. “So-called ‘decoupling’ would not only subvert the will of voters who have repeatedly rejected casino gaming but would also cost 3,000 Florida families their jobs.”
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A Derby Lane duo—Joey Ice and Odd Grayson—are the respective recipients of the 2014 NGA Rural Rube Award and Flashy Sir Award, the NGA announced today(Wednesday, Mar. 4). Joey Lingle’s Joey Ice, who last month was named captain of the 2014 All-America team, captured the 44th Annual Rural Rube as the year’s top sprinter, while NGA members and Greyhound Review subscribers voted Linda Jones’ Odd Grayson the recipient of the 44th Annual Flashy Sir Award as the sport’s best router last year. The battles for the two honors were not close, as both winners received more than twice as many votes as their nearest rivals in the balloting.
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Starting post positions for the 2015 BetAmerica Daytona 550 National Championship will be drawn live Friday, January 16, 2015 starting at 7:00pm at Daytona Beach Kennel Club & Poker Room. Daytona Beach Kennel Club officials will use a pill shake method, which register a small numbered ball in a blind draw. Pull order will be determined by the selection of cards with the name of the respective greyhound face down.
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The first of the major stakes races kicked off Saturday matinee January 10th at Naples Fort Myers track in Bonita Springs, FL when eighty Greyhounds competed in ten 550-yard races vying for top points in the five-round $30,000 Sprint Championship qualifying series. "I don't have a set elimination cut off," said Racing Secretary Ronnie DePari. "We usually go two rounds possibly three before we start cutting based on how the points are lining up." Seven males and three females captured the win points in the first round series. Hess Racing won back-to-back qualifiers with KB's Wild Bronco in race two and WS Sprang Over in race three. Sprang Over clocked the fastest qualifying time of 30.12. The highly competitive fields only allowed for the largest win margin of four-lengths. Those were Hess Racing's Sprang Over and Everett Racing's Kiowa India Trey that won race nine.
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It’s been over 10 years since someone has dominated the racetrack like Flying Facepaint is right not, and with his 14th straight win last evening, he ties one of the all time greats for the most wins ever in a row on our circuit. Everyone remembers the monster of the distance course, Burt Road, you know the All-American, Flashy Sir winner who ended up with 86 career victories, well Flying Facepaint just joined him as the only greyhounds ever to race here to win 14 straight races.
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Palm Beach Kennel Club presents third-round action for the $50,000 He’s My Man Classic Wednesday afternoon, January 7. Following two rounds of point earnings, the original field of 48 hopefuls has been reduced to 32 athletes, all willing and eager to make it to the top 16. And of those score plus 12 athletes, Janie Carroll Kennel’s Just For Kicks and Koppe, Staats & Collin’s rock of ages JS Speedypebbles have the opportunity to enter the semifinals undefeated.
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What a great way to start off the New Year here at bestbet Orange Park. Loads of talent on tap this weekend, including the hottest greyhounds over 550 and 660 yards. If you are looking for diversity, we have you covered as we have feature races over all three distances this coming weekend. Let’s check out the races and see if we can get you cashing some tickets.
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Last year’s All America Team member Kiowa Jordan Doc (Flying Penske x Kiowa Tiffany) is back to defend his title in Derby Lane’s 90th year opening Inaugural stakes that will kick off the New Year and the 90th for the St. Petersburg, FL facility. The accomplished 66-pound male has participated in twelve prior stakes. Last year Doc turned in a box to wire in the final and recorded the fastest winning time in the Inaugural stakes history of 30.30 for trainer John Graham. Co-owner Kay Smith proudly picked up her award at the 2014 Spring Nationals for Doc’s dual-distance accomplishments in 2013. Kiowa Jordan Doc began his career at Derby Lane in 2012 by winning his maiden debut by six lengths. The Pauline O’Donnell kennel star has circled the track 174 times boasting a 77% money finish in his career and has been a quiniela finisher 52% of his starts. A win in the race by Doc would be historic. Only two greyhounds in the history of the Inaugural lay claim to a repeat win. Fred Whitehead kennel’s Como won back-to-back titles in 1965 and 1966. Sixteen years later Keith Dillon’s Perceive won in 1982 and opened the 1983 meet with a consecutive Inaugural title.
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