All Star Teams

Heading up the team is it's Captain, Artex Pumbaa (Flying Hydrogen-Arkans Cancer) who was the co-win leader at Wheeling and finished in the money in 82% of his starts. Perhaps the most steady and consistent greyhound at Wheeling in 2023, Pumbaa competed against the best, day in and day out, and closed the year winning six in a row. He would finish the season with a 51-22-8-6 record and the well earned reward as Captain of the 2023 AA team.

The second youngest member of the team, Tenacity broke her maiden in March of 2023, reached AA in May, and never looked back picking up 17 of her 21 wins in the AA ranks. Her 21 wins tied her with Florentine for 2nd most at the meet. She could win from the lead or come from behind and when clear of traffic was perhaps the fastest greyhound at the track. Her final record was 50-21-10-5-6 for the 2023 season.

CET Dirty Dilly (SH Avatar-CET Dirty Nicki) receives national honors, once again, making it three straight years as a recognized All Star in the greyhound industry despite racing only half the year. "The Queen" retired in June of 2023 finishing with a 14 race win streak including the WBGOBA Sprint Championship. Her twenty two wins were good enough for 2nd in the final standings even though she had roughly half the starts of her competitors. She ended the year early with a 26-23-2-0-1 record. CET Dirty Dilly was Captain of the 2021 and 2022 All American Teams, the 2022 Rural Rube Winner.

The youngest member of this year's squad is CG's Sun Storm (Jax Yardley-CG's Lady Bug) who broke in at Tri State in May and soon after became one of the top sprinters at the track. He won 24 races in 2023 including a couple at Wheeling. He finished 2nd in the WVGBOA Juvenile stake at Wheeling to littermate, CG's Honesty. He ran out of the money only once over the course of the year finishing with an outstanding 34-24-6-3-0 record.

A 2021 son of Jax Yardley-CG's Lady Bug, CG's Nail Biter finished with 36 wins for the year easily making him the top winning greyhound in America. He finished out of the money in only three of his starts all year. He had win streaks of 5, 7 and 8 (twice) over the course of the season and was easily chosen as the Best Sprinter for the year. He would finish the season with a 50-36-6-2-3 record and was also named Captain of the 2024 All Star team. Owned by Janice Abrahamson, Nail Biter was raced by the Abrahamson Kennel at Tri State .

The final member of the team is from Tri State and joins two other littermates on the team. CG's Reactor (Jax Yardley-CG's Lady Bug) was a 19 race winner at the Charleston oval while finishing on the pay sheet 83% of the time. During a stretch from March 7th to July 26th, Reactor finished out of the quinella in only three races, running third in those efforts. His record for that period was 18-9-6-3 while compiling a masterful 42-19-9-6-1 overall record for the year.

DD Florence (Oya Stan The Man-LK's Alexis ) led all greyhounds in wins at Wheeling in 2024 compiling a record of 61-23-9-8-6 despite missing a month of racing. She competed against the best, running with AA competition nearly the entire year. She managed to finish in the money 46 times in her 61 starts racing at the highest level over the 2024 racing season.

FF Vespa (Atascocita Gray-FF Biscayne). He finished the year (2024) with a 57-19-9-10-4 record including a couple of three and four race win streaks. The 2nd youngest All Star, Vespa was a force throughout the year racing against the best at Wheeling. His 19 wins were good for third best for the year at Wheeling and he finished in the money in over 73% of his starts.

For 2025, For the 2nd straight year from Wheeling Downs FF Vespa joins the NGA All Star Team. Vespa finished the year as the track's win leader with 28 wins and an impressive 61-28-13-6-3 overall record. He started the year where he left off in 2024 winning his first start of the new year and eleven of his first fourteen altogether. Let's watch him capture one of four straight this past June, running his best time of the year in the process. He finished in the money in 50 of his 61 starts with an impressive 46% win clip. He is an April 2022 son of Atascocita Gray-FF Biscayne, is owned by Joe Fusaro and Phil Carpenter, and raced for Fusaro's Code Red Kennel at Wheeling.

CG's Maggi was an almost unanimous choice for the best distance dog in the land award finishing the year with 14 wins (12 distance) at Tri State despite missing the last three months of racing. Moving to the backside in late March, she immediately went on a tear, winning nine of her first twelve starts including the $65,000 West Virginia Breeders distance stake.

Maggi is a January 2022 daughter of CG's October-Jax Freida. She is owned by Janice Abrahamson and raced for the Abrahamson Kennel at Tri State. She finished her abbreviated racing year with a record of 37-14-4-3-6.

WW Let's Getiton, a sprinter from Wheeling who broke in late in 2024. After struggling early in her career she found her stride early in '25. After finally reaching AA, she reeled off six straight top grade victories including this romp back on March 29. Getiton is March, 2023 daughter of WW Kung Fu Po & WW's Hard Cash, owned by Jaws Racing & Warp Drive Kennel. She raced for the Wayne Ward Kennel and finished with the third most wins in the Wheeling year end standings.

Tri State's TS Duramax makes this year's All Star squad off a stellar season where he compiled a 51-24-8-7-4 record. Duramax is a Black Male whelped in March of 2023 out of CET Dirty Dan-TS Paige Vanzant. He broke in late in 2024 and moved up the ladder quickly. After just twelve starts, he was entered in the West Virginia Bred Juvenile Stake. After two wins, a 2nd and a 3rd in qualifying rounds, he would capture the Stake final as the odds on favorite. Here he is ripping off a speedy 29.59 while winning the championship. He finished the year with the third most wins at Tri State. He is owned by Nikolas Sarras and raced for the RS Kennel at Tri State.

Heading up the team is it's Captain, GLS Arbor, who won stakes, tied for the win lead at Tri State, and finished in the money an astonishing 46 out of the 47 times he went to post. He is the fawn son of Gigawatt-Super C Kick whelped in November of 2022. He is owned by, and races for, Greg and Louise Strong. Coming off a brief but stellar year in 2024 in which he would win the West Virginia Bred Juvenile, Arbor picked up right where he left off winning four out of his first five outings of 2025. Then, on March 11, he would finish 6th in a race where he encountered much trouble and that would be the only race of the year in which he failed to finish in the money. He would demolish the field in capturing the $65,000 West Virginia Bred stake, as witnessed here. He would have several win streaks throughout the year, most notably, finishing the season by winning ten in a row, one of which we see here from last November. Arbor would finish the year with a 47-30-8-5-3 record. He was, by far, the best sprinter of 2025 and is most deserving of the All Star Captaincy.

Florentine (Rob Gronkowski-PJ Sour Diesel) is a return honoree from last years' All American team. Florentine continued her winning ways in 2023, finishing tied for 2nd in wins at the Wheeling oval. Early speed is her game and although she may have lost a step, she was still tough to beat once on the lead. A couple of three and four race win streaks helped contribute to her overall record of 58-21-11-8-6.

Wheeling sprinter, JSP Rayzendacash (Superior Panama-Gonz Mani) who's 22 wins tied him for the win lead at the meet with Artex Pumbaa, many of those wins coming in dominant fashion. He finished the year with a 54-22-4-9-5 record including a couple of three and four race win streaks.

The only distance star to make this year's team, JS Comin Undone (Show On The Road-CH Keepin Faith), dominated 3/8ths mile racing at Tri State during 2023. He won 19 races over the 660 yard course despite missing an entire month of racing and finished in the money in 30 of his 37 starts. His record for the year was 37-19-5-4-2 and included 5 in a row in a September stretch winning one of those races by 12-1/2 lengths!

The final member of the team is Tri State and American win leader, JSP Burninmoney (Show On The Road-Gonz Mani). His 34 win in 2023 were, by far, the most for any greyhound racing in the U.S. and ten wins ahead of the 2nd place finisher in the Tri State standings. He put together win streaks of seven and eight races during the year while dominating top level competition at the Charleston track. He finished in the money 45 out of 49 times with a final record of 49-34-6-4-1.

CG's Sun Storm (Jax Yardley-CG's Lady Bug) receives national honors, once again, making his 2nd All Star team in as many years. For 2024, Storm had another phenomenal year winning 22 races in just 29 starts between starts at Tri State and Wheeling and accomplished this despite missing three months of racing! He missed the pay sheet on only two occasions and joins two littermates, CG's Nail Biter and CG's Reactor, on this year's squad. He ended the 2024 year with a 29-22-4-1-0 record.

In 2025, CG's Sun Storm, makes an amazing 3rd straight All Star appearance, continuing his winning ways from '23 and '24. Storm had another phenomenal year winning 30 races in 53 starts and finished in the money an impressive 50 times overall. Sun Storm is a Red Male out of Jax Yardley-CG's Lady Bug, whelped in September of 2021, making him the oldest member of this year's team. He is owned by Janice Abrahamson and raced by the Abrahamson Kennel. Here is Sun Storm running his fastest winning time of the year in route to another victory. He ended the year with a 53-30-12-7-1 record and tied with All Star Captain, GLS Arbor, for the win lead at Tri State.

Another returning member to this year's All Star team is JSP Burninmoney (Show On The Road-Gonz Mani), who battled injuries throughout the year and still managed to win 16 races. Missing nearly four months of racing limited the star to just 31 starts, but a couple of three and four race win streaks and consistent efforts throughout propelled him to a 77% in the money finish clip. The oldest member of this year's team, Burninmoney finished with a 31-16-4-3-1 record at Tri State.

A super sprinter joins the team for 2024 as TNT Tarzan (Djays Octane-SE's Nekoma), a 3/16ths specialist from Wheeling and the youngest member of the team, found his groove over the shorter distance and picked up 22 wins and 45 in the money finishes in 52 starts, with all but ten of those coming at the 3/16ths distance. After switching to the shorter distance in May, he quickly reeled of five straight wins and put together a couple of other nice win streaks along the way, earning the 2nd most wins at Wheeling.

Wheeling's TR Hill (Konomi-JW Jamaica) makes this year's team off of a stellar season where he compiled a 56-17-15-9-7 record. Climbing back into AA in late February, he would never drop out of top grade contention for the rest of the year. His 57% quinella finishes and 85% in the money stats, put him near the top in the country in those categories. He had two, 3 race win streaks that helped his totals but consistency was the key to his All Star credentials, missing the pay sheet only eight times over the entire year.

Calmbefordastorm finished in 2nd place for wins at Wheeling in 2025 compiling a record of 60-27-7-7-8 despite missing nearly a month of racing. She is a Red Brindle daughter of Superior Panama-Stormsagathering and is owned by Linda Leitinger and Claire Dozier. She had a couple of nice win streaks and numerous blazing fast times throughout the year running for the Lester Raines Kennel. Let's watch Calmbefordastrom in one of her romps from Wheeling last April where she ripped off a blistering 29.17; She managed to finish in the money 49 times in her 60 starts racing at the highest level over the 2025 racing season.

Imark Kinslee. Helped by a nine race win streak over the summer, Kinslee wound up winning twenty four races for the year, 4th best at Wheeling for 2025. She consistently battled the top grade competition at Wheeling racing for the Imark Kennel, finishing in the money 50 times in her 69 starts. Kinslee is a January, 2022 daughter of JS Flamin Ace-Imark Red and is the 2nd oldest member of this year's team. She is owned by Terry Haber's Imark Kennel and finished with a 69-24-7-6-13 record at Wheeling. Here is the star in the middle of her nine win streak last Summer.

Arroyo Amanda, who captured the $65,000 West Virginia Owners and Breeders Panhandle stake in November at Wheeling. Amanda broke in late in 2024 but really found her stride in early 2025. She raced mostly against top grade competition throughout the year compiling a 65-15-5-8-6 record racing for the Code Red Kennel. Let's watch her in action in the stake win from November. She is a March 2023 daughter of LK's Crush N It-Loco And All, and was raised and owned by Wheeling's own Gus Cerino.