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Derby Lane’s top dog for 2012 and this year’s current win leader and season’s fastest Venus Espinosa won his first title race of the year. The 9th annual Rotary Governor’s Feature was held Saturday February 9. The impressive field included Lily Rose that was seeking her third title race this year. The Floyd & Porter beauty stormed the year by winning the Inaugural and the Matinee Idol. Also in the field was the defending champion Call Me Ishmael (D’Arcy) that won last year’s Rotary event. 
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The Gs Duo might have got all the hype and wagering dollars on them before the start of the 2013 Orange Park Derby, but the title went to a greyhound that seized the opportunity and stole the finals and the championship.
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Just 3 races left in qualifying in the 2013 Orange Par Derby, and after tonight we will know just who are the 8 finalist that will be headed into the finals on Saturday evening.
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bestbet at Orange Park Kennel Club is upping the ante this year and will be featuring a big promotion each and every month during the 2013 calendar year.
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Patriot Kennel’s Venus Espinosa is competing Wednesday matinee at Derby Lane for a shot at a second stakes title.
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Here at bestbet Orange Park we are starting the year off right with the 2013 edition of the Orange Park Derby. Seven full races full of the best 660 yard greyhounds around all vying for the cash in the crown in the finals on Saturday evening February 2nd, 2013.
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Both on and off-track fans witnessed the elite eight vying for the coveted Inaugural title at Derby Lane January 5. Five males and three females made up the event that saw Floyd & Porter kennel’s Lily Rose (Kiowa Sweet Trey x Miss Merle) hold off late pressure to win by a neck. Her victory gave the Floyd & Porter kennel a second Inaugural title.
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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 5. Sixty-three 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.
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It's a New Year and a new schedule for fans that will visit Derby Lane in St. Petersburg FL this year.
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SE's Jet Fuel, owned by Richard Armington and Jack Sherck, came from off the pace in the homestretch to win by 2 lengths in the Southland RLC Million Series (#2 660 Yds.) Saturday night, Dec. 29.
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The 2012 Greyhound Adoption Person of the Year is Lesley Tierney Ezkovich, co-founder of It’s a Grey Area Greyhound Adoption in Pearl River, La. Ezkovich was selected from 16 nominees for the prestigious award, which will be presented at the February meeting of the American Greyhound Council (AGC) and the American Greyhound Track Operators Association (AGTOA) in Las Vegas.
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The NGA has learned that former NGA member Larry Montgomery passed away after a lengthy illness in Chula Vista, CA, on Tuesday, Dec. 18.
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Bluffs Run is now taking kennel applications for the 2013 racing season.
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Second-round qualifying action for Palm Beach Kennel Club’s $50,000 James W. Paul 3/8ths Mile Derby takes place Saturday afternoon, February 9. Fifty-five Greyhounds from round one will compete Saturday afternoon in seven qualifying events.
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N.J. "Jack" Sherck of Juno Beach, Fl., had a big first-round in the prestigious $75,000 Hollywood World Classic at Mardi Gras, owning or co-owning three of the six first-round winners.
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Starting in February, bestbet Orange Park Kennel Club will be running weekly promotions throughout the year. Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday we will offer up some great cash, fun contests, and great information, and on the first and third Thursdays of the month our great Knockdown contest will continue on.
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The Florida Greyhound Association will resume its on-going legislative battle in the state capitol halls of Tallahassee this winter to preserve live greyhound racing in the Sunshine State. Supporters of the sport can help by participating in an on-line auction fund raiser later this month.
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There's something to be said about a greyhound that sets more than one track record during the course of his or her career...perhaps in the vein that that first record was no fluke.
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The World Greyhound Racing Federation (WGRF) has announced the appointment of Barry Faulkner of Great Britain as its new president, effective Jan. 1, 2013.
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The tenth race Saturday night January 5 features eight talented athletes to kick off Derby Lane’s 88th year of greyhound racing. The finalists are divided evenly with four males and four females seeking the title. Four of the kennels have won at least one Inaugural stakes, but in the past decade only one female captured the title. Flying Mancini (photo) was the last female to win the stakes.
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RCI-Industry-News's insight:
Vince Berland Kennel’s Flying Santonio has back-to-back Grade AA 3/8 victories for trainer Bobby McKinley. Kennel-mates Go Bon Wego (C, B, A) and Go Bon Coaltrain (M, C, B) have captured three out of their last four starts.
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Round one qualifying action for the $50,000 He’s My Man Classic gets underway Wednesday afternoon, January 2, at Palm Beach Kennel Club.
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Palm Beach Kennel Club proudly presents the fifteenth running of the $20,000 Dick Andrews Futurity Wednesday afternoon, December 26.
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KL's Suede remains the only undefeated entry after three rounds of the Southland RLC Million Series (#2, at 660 yds.) going into the last semi-final round on Saturday, Dec. 22. No other entry has more than one win in the competition. Stake final is on Saturday, Dec. 29.
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The Holidays are here and Derby Lane is wrapping up the Tampa at Derby Lane meet on December 31. The track located on Gandy Blvd. in St. Petersburg will offer live racing on Monday December 24, which is Christmas eve.
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