Greyhound Racing

Fans attending the first round heats on September 21st were treated to exciting qualifiers in the 7th annual stakes series at Derby Lane. They saw a win streak produce a new top dog; a fastest first round time; a “cruzing” finish, and a cool victory.

Red Oak Racing’s Flying Sebastian (BD’s Grayson x Flying Witness) kicked off the night with an exciting come from behind finish. The bet favorite didn’t disappoint his fans as he scored top points and a fifth in a row top grade win. Sebastian’s win broke the four-way tie for the “top dog” and moved him into the solo spot on top with 10 wins this season for trainer Alex Hall. Sebastian’s victory also halted the streak of the season’s fastest sprinter Craigie Beck (Cal Holland) that gave a winning effort and took second place. Third through eighth were Citizen’s Arrest (D’Arcy), Rams Contango (Marsella), Kaias Buttercup (Floyd & Porter), CRT Yakisha (Campbell Greyhound), Kay Big Blind (Patriot) and Drew A Winner (Alabama). 

Another weekend is upon us here at bestbet Orange Park and another round of great qualify greyhound racing is ready for you to watch, wager, and win on this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Top notch competitors over all three distances will be ready for action, so come along for the ride and let’s see if we can help you cash some tickets.

The best keeps getting better.

Bluffs Run’s top greyhound, SH Avatar (Hardison Kennel), added to his lead in August with a 6-5-1-0 record.

The reigning 2012 Greyhound of the Year at the track won with a box-to-wire effort; won after breaking sixth; won by a nose and won by nine lengths.

Bluffs Run’s best return en masse for the track’s next stakes series, the $60,000 Secretary’s Choice, which begins on Wednesday, Sept. 4 with a dozen races.

The field is set with 96 greyhounds but the focus has to be at the top where 16 of the track’s 20 leading greyhounds are entered.

Round one qualifying action for Palm Beach Kennel Club’s $20,000 Gallagher / Kinnaird Puppy Stakes gets underway Wednesday afternoon, August 14.

A total of 48 of the track’s most promising up-and-coming superstars will compete in six qualifying events.

The weekend is upon us once again and it’s time for some great live greyhound racing action here at bestbet Orange Park.

Loads of talented from stakes winners, to solid grade A runners, to up and comers, and even a greyhound that has rose through the ranks undefeated.

The summer heat was still a few weeks away in West Memphis, Arkansas, but a young pup debuted in official schooling that brought his own brand of heat.  You might have been able to predict it from this Northshore Kennel young star, but “Manhatin” (Kelsos Fusileer x Bakin) exploded on the scene in early June with a dominating 15 length romp in his very first official schooling race.  Three days later, the white and brindle male proved it was no fluke by easily handling another schooling field by seven lengths pulling away.

All through the month of October, Palm Beach Kennel Club will support area charities during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

For a $20 donation, patrons will receive an“On Track To Beat Cancer” T-shirt, with all proceeds benefitting local charities.

Twice, in the $60,000 Open and $60,000 Juvenile, Boc’s Sluicey had reached the final of the stakes only to be denied.

Not the third time.

Saturday, Sept. 21, in the final of the $60,000 Secretary’s Choice stakes at Bluffs Run, Boc’s Sluicey made an early lead stand up despite constant pressure in taking home the championship by a half length.

The $50,000 Fall Sprint starts Saturday night at Derby Lane, and the exciting line up includes 2012 winner Venus Espinosa and 2011 champ Craigie I Am Jak. 

The first round draw for $50,000 Fall Sprint series is finished and ready to begin. AND what an exciting series it will be. Two former stakes champions are included in the lineup. Patriot kennel’s  Venus Espinosa is back to defend his title. But wait! Campbell kennel's Craigie I Am Jak that won the 2011 stakes wants his title back, too! The drama will unfold in the powerful heats. Not only are Espinosa and Jak creating a fun buzz along with a multitude of established athletes. Among those in the lineup are the season’s top 660-yard athlete Budz Crosby (Alderson), who moved to the shorter run. Kiowa Jordan Doc (O’Donnell) and LK’s Instigator (Lashmet) also won stakes races this year and are in the opening line-up.

A notice carried here on the NGA website prompted a flurry of last-minute guesses in the latest Photo-At-The-Finish puzzle contest on p. 79 of the July/August Greyhound Review.

Only one of the responses was correct.

Howard Moshinsky of Howell, NJ, correctly identified the person in the 1940 photo, standing in front of a then-being-constructed Raynham Park, as Ted Lippold.

More than likely, the vast majority of people have heard the old adage “third time’s the charm.” In the case of Randy Finegan and the Magic City Kennel, those four words never rang more true.

In the 2011 Southland Derby, Radio Spirit ran second to the All-American Shanett. Last season, after winning the Spring Futurity with Nitro Stubby, the young star ran a respectable runner-up once again to the superstar known as Bella Infrared. “When you race at a place like Southland, especially over the past couple of years, the chances of racing against All- Americans in the finals of these stakes are a given,” stated Finegan. “We just happened to have run into one of the best females to have ever raced here in Shanett and one of the best ever to have raced period in Bella Infrared.”

Qualifying for Palm Beach Kennel Club’s $20,000 Gallagher / Kinnaird Puppy Stakes continues with third-round action Wednesday afternoon, August 21.

After two rounds and 12 qualifying races, only three Greyhounds will have the opportunity to enter the sweet 16 with unblemished records.

Dk’s Flow Meter’s impressive triumph in the $60,000 Open at Bluffs Run on Saturday, July 27, highlighted a big payday for the Hardison Kennel.

In addition to the victory, the kennel picked up a third-place finish from Sh Avatar and a fourth place from Chipper.