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Introduced in 2023 to recognize the most accomplished greyhounds in the United States, The All Star Team is four of the top greyhounds at Wheeling Island and Mardi Gras Tristate.   NGA Board of Directors takes into account win totals, stakes wins and competition to determine that year's best of the best. All Star Teams Introduced in 2023 to recognize the most accomplished greyhounds in the United States, The All Star Team is comprised of the four of the top greyhounds at Wheeling Island and the top 4 at Mardi Gras Tristate. NGA Board of Directors takes into account win totals, stakes wins and competition to determine that year's best of the best. Filter by Year Select Year NGA All Star Teams Artex Pumba - Captain 2023 All Star 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. Tenacity 2023 All Star 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 2023 All Star 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. CG's Sun Storm 2023 All Star 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. CG's Nail Biter (Captain) 2024 All Star 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 . CG's Reactor 2024 All Star 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 2024 All Star 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 2024, 2025 All Star 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 2024 All Star 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 2025 All Star 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. TS Duramax 2025 All Star 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. GLS Arbor - Captain 2025 All Star 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 2023 All Star 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. JSP Rayzendacash 2023 All Star 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. JS Comin Undone 2023 All Star 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! JSP Burninmoney 2023 All Star 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 2024, 2025 All Star 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. JSP Burninmoney 2024 All Star 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. TNT Tarzan 2024 All Star 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. TR Hill 2024 All Star 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 2025 All Star 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 2025 All Star 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 2025 All Star 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.

< Back NGA Fall Meet Schooling Results—Thursday, October 10, 2024 Jim Gartland Oct 11, 2024 50 races scheduled: Dragged after every 10, no watering Track Condition: Fast Weather: Sunny, mild, 63° (SCR = Scratched - HS = Hand Slip, no time) TAPLIN KENNEL - (Race 1) 30.42 JAWS RACING - (Race 2) 30.87, 30.60, 31.17, 31.07, 30.94, 32.11, 30.94 (run back), 30.85, 30.35, 30.40, 30.63, 31.04, 31.01, 30.56, 30.48, 31.28, 31.07, 30.67. 31.17, 31.20, 30.87, 31.00 BO POWELL - (Race 3) 29.99, 30.52, 29.89 GLENN JONES - (Race 4) 31.72, 32.45 MIKE STRICKLAND - (Race 5) 30.16, 30.20, 30.83, 30.35, 30.92, 30.69, 30.80, 30.85 DAVID STRONG - (Race 12) 30.08, 29.68 , 30.20, 30.36 SEASTROM KENNELS - (Race 15) 30.77 MONTE JACOBS - (Race 19) 30.58, 30.30, 30.22, 30.90, 30.17, 30.99, 29.87 (run back), 30.48, 30.72, 30.30, 30.46 Previous Next

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< Back NOVA DOGS SHINE AT DERBY LANE Aug 10, 2020 It is a family affair at Derby Lane . . . and Nova kennel owner Hans Limmer couldn’t be any happier. Hi Noon Ruger, Hi Noon Ricochet and Hi Noon Recoil – all from a litter by two-time All-America first-team member SH Avatar and Hi Noon Wheezy – have entered the spotlight in the July-to-December meet. On Monday, Hi Noon Ruger led the win standings by a 6-5 margin over Hi Noon Ricochet. Hi Noon Recoil had clocked the fastest 550-yard time of 30.26 seconds on July 18 in an 11-length Grade A victory. Their efforts have led Nova to third place in the 14-kennel standings with 60 victories, behind reigning champion Lester Raines (71) and Abernathy (61). All three 29-month-old greyhounds are making their second appearances at Derby Lane. After starting their respective careers at the West Coast Florida facility in October, 2019, the dogs were moved two months later to Gulf Greyhound Park in La Marque, Texas. Limmer brought his athletes back to Derby Lane this past March, and they have flourished under trainer Missy Kubitz. Hi Noon Ruger, a 550-yard specialist who has won 15 of 32 career starts, is nearly perfect at the current Derby Lane meet. The female has six victories from eight appearances by a total of 23-1/2 lengths. Her two losses – both second-place showings – were by a nose and a neck. Hi Noon Ruger’s best time is 30.41 seconds on Aug. 1. She has won her past two races. All of Hi Noon Ruger’s wins for this meet have been at Grade A, Derby Lane’s top grade. Nova is the front-runner in Grade A wins with 25, 11 in front of Lester Raines. Hi Noon Ricochet’s five wins at the meet also have been solely against Grade A company. The male sprinter has made eight starts with one second, that coming in his most recent race this past Saturday. Hi Noon Ricochet’s best 550 time has been 30.56 seconds in a July 6 Grade A triumph. He has 15 lifetime victories from 36 starts. Hi Noon Recoil’s meet-best time was in one of three victories at this meet, all at Grade A. The male sprinter has won 14 of 33 lifetime starts. The trio is part of a seven-dog litter owned by Charles Haliburton III. Three other littermates have displayed talent at Derby Lane, with Hi Noon Revolt and Hi Noon Revolver competing at the Grade A level, and Hi Noon Revenge advancing to Grade B. High-performing Hi Noon athletes are nothing new to Nova, which captured a kennel win championship in the July-to-December 2016 meet. Hi Noon Renegade, a standout 550 sprinter who ran at Derby Lane in 2010-12, finished second in the meet win standings twice for Nova in the two six-month meets in 2011. That was Hi Noon Renegade’s best season, when he claimed his two stakes crowns in the $64,000 Sprint Classic and the $20,000 Gold Trophy Juvenile, and was chosen to the All-America eight-member first team. Also owned by Haliburton, Hi Noon Renegade won 56 of 100 career starts. Derby Lane features seven weekly performances with matinee racing Monday through Saturday, and a Saturday evening card. Previous Next

< Back Tri State Kennel Wins for Grade AA/A 550 & TAA 677 : Jan 16-20 P. Saul Jan 22, 2024 Due to winter storm conditions, races were cancelled Tuesday 1/16, Friday 1/19 and Saturday 1/20. Superior Kennel (trainer Jadwiga Kups) captured two Grade AA wins for Wild Cougar and Oya Thunderstorm. Abrahamson Kennel (trainer Todd Johnson) seized one Grade AA win from Cg’s Sun Storm with 8 straight wins. Lester Raines Kennel (trainer Jim Cochran) had one Grade AA win with Js Black Mamba Grade A wins went to racers CET Zap (Cet Kennels, trainer Scott Robinette), Bv Masked Man (Double G Racing Kennel, trainer Greg Geter), WW Oh My (Wayne R Ward Kennel, trainer Eric Griffin) and Apollo Justice (Rs Racing Kennel, trainer Joe Osborne). Previous Next

< Back CET DIRTY DILLY CAPTAINS 2021 ALL STAR TEAM Jim Gartland Mar 1, 2022 West Virginia superstar CET Dirty Dilly has been voted Captain of the 2021 All American team. The annual naming of the All-America team, dates back to 1963. The program pays tribute to the top eight greyhounds nationally. Others named to this year’s squad are: Craigie Delegate (Southland), Arkans Copper (Southland), JS Keephopealive (Southland), WW Got Rhythm (Wheeling/Southland), Killer Tolstoy (IGP/Tri-State), FGF Standin Bear (Southland) and Arkans Mabel (Southland). This year’s second team is comprised of: Teaser's Tickle (Wheeling), Barts Spot On (Southland), Abbi's Gusta Win (Wheeling), AD Black Falcon (Wheeling), JS Slush Fund (Wheeling), Arkans RB Taz (Southland), Casino Boogie (Southland) and KL's Colter (Southland). Heading up this year's team is it's Captain, CET Dirty Dilly (SH Avatar-CET Dirty Nicki) who was the National Win Leader, won multiple stakes and set a track record. Perhaps the most steady and consistent greyhound racing in 2021, Dirty Dilly won 42 races during the year capturing the WVGOBA Sprint and the $100,000 Tri State Challenge along the way. In September, she finished off a ten race win streak by breaking the 5/16 track record. Earlier in the year she had posted a record 16 wins in a row at the Tri State oval. She would finish the year with a 55-42-9-0 record and the well earned reward as Captain of the 2021 AA team. Craigie Delegate (Superior Panama-Craigiecrushnit) Breaking in at Southland in late 2020, Delegate went right up the grade ladder and was winning AA by early February of 2021. In May, he captured the Spring Futurity and followed that up with a victory in the Southland Derby in August. He put together win streaks of 5, 5, 8 and 6 and then picked up the Darby Henry Male Sprint Championship during the Festival of Stakes in October. He was the Southland win leader with 27 wins despite missing the last month of racing. His final stats would read 45-27-6-4. Another Southland star, Arkans Copper (Flying Hydrogen-Arkans Jazzy), makes the team coming off a 14 win season and winning of two Southland stakes; The Darby Henry Female Championship and the Kind & Queen's Stake. A consistent performer, Copper hit the Trifecta in 32 of her 45 starts and was a threat each time she went to post nearly always as a pre race favorite. Her last win came on November 12 but she still managed a 45-14-8-10 record for the year. JS Keephopealive (Superior Panama-CH Keepin Faith) makes the 2021 team as another dominant sprinter from Southland. The red fawn female made the finals of the Southland Derby, Great American Futurity and the Female Sprint Championship and won the Hound Madness Stake. Won five of six rounds each in the Futurity and Hound Madness stakes. She was able to garner 21 wins in 41 starts, good for 2nd most at the West Memphis track. Keephopealive finished the year making the trifecta in 29 starts going 41-21-5-3 on the year. WW Got Rhythm (Superior Panama-WW Oh Baby) broke in at Wheeling in March of last year and quickly moved up the ladder to AA. He was then shipped to Southland and took right to the West Memphis track with two wins and two place finishes in his first four starts. The youngster would compete in Southland Derby qualifying and then go on to a dominant win in the Barry Baldwin Juvenile on Festival of Stakes day. The youngest of this year's team, he recorded 5 wins at Wheeling and 15 at Southland which are included in his overall record of 40-20-7-1. Coming off of a 2020 2nd team All American nod, Killer Tolstoy (Superior Panama-Killer Torina) makes this year's first team after a successful year in which he competed at three different tracks and collected a win in the Iowa Breeder's Cup Championship at Dubuque. His year started off a bit sluggishly at Southland where he managed only a 2nd, 3rd and 4th in seven starts there before heading back to his home turf in Dubuque. He settled right in and only missed the pay sheet in 7 of his 35 starts as well as collecting the big check for the Iowa Breeders Cup. He would move on to Tri State after the IGP season where he would go 10-3-1-2. His overall record for the year was 52-17-11-6. One of two distance stars to make this year's team, FGF Standin Bear (SH Avatar-FGF Jamboree), joins the team off of a stellar 2021. He would make the finals of the Razorback Classic and the Middle distance Consolation on Festival day as well as set a new track record for the 660 yard distance in June, winning by seven lengths in 36.11. A crowd favorite, he went off at odds of more than 3 to 1 in only two of his thirty nine starts. His 14 wins would put him in the top ten at Southland despite missing the last month of the year. His final record was 39-14-3-3. Arkans Mabel (My Bro Fabio-Arkans BD Spring) is another Southland distance star and the second of two for the Darren Henry operation making the 2021 team . Racing almost exclusively at 660 yards, Mabel captured the Middle Distance Championship on Festival day and finished 2nd in the Razorback Classic to her kennelmate Arkans RB Taz. She would reel off six wins in a row and eight of nine at one stretch on her way to a 4th place finish in the win standings at Southland. She finished the year at 44-16-5-8, a 65% in the trifecta percentage. These eight represent the 1st team and will be honored with All-America plaques at the Greyhound Hall Of Fame awards ceremony on Thursday night, Apr. 28, during the NGA Spring Meet in Abilene, KS. Mountaineer Classic Champ, Teaser's Tickle (Bella Infrared-Beautiful Tease) leads the Second Team of All-Americans. She charted a 21-9-2-1 record after breaking in at Wheeling in August including her $100,000 Mountaineer Classic win. Barts Spot O n (KC And All-Barts Imashowoff) makes this year's 2nd team after a fabulous year at Southland continuing where he left off in 2020. He won his first seven starts of the year. He made the finals of the Southland Derby and Male Sprint Championship and finished tied for third in wins at Southland with a 42-18-7-2 record despite missing an entire month of racing due to injury. Abbi's Gusta Win (Superior Panama-Abs Almighty) finished tied for 2nd in wins at Wheeling despite missing almost three months of racing due to various setbacks. He put together win streaks of 5 and 3 and was a betting favorite in nearly every race he ran, rarely going off at more than three to one. His final record was 36-19-7-2. AD Black Falcon (SH Avatar-Hey Hey Mamma) was a distance star at Wheeling in 2021 becoming the win leader at the track with 20 wins, all at 3/8ths of a mile. He started the year off going 9-2-1 in his first 12 starts. He ended the year going 12-6-2-3 prior to being injured in early December. His final tally was 51-20-8-5. Shannon Henry's JS Slush Fund (Superior Panama-JS Speedypebbles) makes the 2nd team as one of the best from Wheeling in 2021. Breaking in late in 2020, Slush Fund moved right up into AA and was consistently one of the best sprinters at the track finishing tied for 2nd in wins with 19. She finished in the trifecta 66% of the time going 50-19-8-6 on the year. Arkans RB Taz (Craigie Whistler-Arkansportabella) owned by Rachelle Henry & Rashad Boyd is the oldest member of the 2nd team and was a super distance runner at Southland winning the Razorback Championship and making the finals of the Middle Distance Championship as part of his 13 win season. He also finished second 12 times and had an overall record of 42-13-12-7. Southland standout Casino Boogie (Djays Octane-Bella Release) was one of the best distance dogs at Southland last year, winning the Ansel Styles Marathon Championship and, in December, broke the track record for 703 yards, a record which had been set by his kennelmate and fellow 2nd team member KL's Colter in August. He was equally tough at 660 yards and ended the year with a record of 42-13-5-11. Completing the 2nd team is the aforementioned KL's Colter (Pat C Clement-KL's Christy). Another star at longer distances, Colter ran mostly marathons while piling up 17 wins in 38 starts and finished 3rd in the Ansel Styles Marathon. He set the track record for the distance in August at 39.07 only to see in broken later by his kennelmate. He finished the year at 41-18-9-4. Previous Next

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< Back Tri State Kennel Wins for Grade AA 550 /A 550 /TAA 677 - Dec 19-23 P. Saul Dec 25, 2023 Abrahamson Kennel captured three Grade AA wins with Cg’s Styxnstones (TS-5-2-0-1-0), CG’s Sun Storm (TS-29-21-5-2-0) and littermate Cg’s Honesty (TS-34-9-6-4-6). Heather Lomax Kennel had three Grade AA wins from littermates (2) Hl’s Brian (TS-44-15-13-4-2) and Hl’s Antonio (TS-51-10-5-9-1). Two Grade A winners were Arroyo Demetris (TS-25-4-4-7-1) and Kfb Lb’s Legacy (TS-48-10-2-4-3). Lester Raines Kennel seized two Grade AA wins for Js Stay Humble (TS-9-6-1-0-0) and Js Outer Limits (TS-49-9-13-10-4). Double G Kennel grabbed one Grade AA win with Ab Draconium (TS-26-17-1-1-4). Two racers, Tnt Scotsman (TS-23-5-10-1-2) and Coach Heath (TS-18-5-3-0-4) had Grade A wins. Rs Racing took two Grade A wins with Apollo Justice (TS-42-10-9-5-4) and Speedin Miss (TS-53-11-14-6-4). Superior Kennel captured two Grade A wins from Oya Jessie Jane (TS-36-6-11-4-6) and O Ya Good Looken (TS-53-9-5-6-9). On Line Racing Kennel had two Grade TAA wins with Army (TS-42-15-11-5-6). Kennels capturing one Grade A win were Blanchard Kennel (Bgr Bottoms Up, TS-25-5-3-1-5), CET Kennel (Cet Dirty Tom, TS-16-6-3-1-0) and JS Kennel (Od Red Romer, TS-45-4-12-10-5). Previous Next

< Back RS'S DARK NIGHT TOPS QUALIFIERS FOR WVGOBA PANHANDLE FINAL Stan Pawloski Oct 18, 2022 Lester Raines Kennel’s RS’s Dark Night tops all qualifiers for the Friday afternoon, Oct. 21, championship final of the $65,000 West Virginia Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association Panhandle Championship at Wheeling Island. RS’s Dark Night posted his third consecutive victory Sunday afternoon in the semifinal round, bumping his point total to 45. The sprinter was the only greyhound to make it through the early rounds undefeated. Completing the championship final field are CET Dirty Dan (Steve Sarras), 40 points; CET Barracuda (Imark), 36 points; CET Fernando (Imark), 30 points; CET Marlin (Imark), 27 points; RS’s Railhauler (Lester Raines), 24 points; RS’s Dunkindylan (Lester Raines) and CET Tiger Boy (Steve Sarras), 23 points each. RS’s Happyharper (Lester Raines) and TS Pretty Boy (Steve Sarras) both had 23 points but lost the tie-breaker as RS’s Dunkindylan and CET Tiger Boy posted victories in the qualifying rounds. Capsule looks at the semifinal races follow: RS’s Dark Night rushed to an early lead and pulled away to a 9 ½-length victory in 29.96. CET Fernando finished second while RS’s Railhauler rounded out the trifecta ticket. CET Barracuda broke on top early and never challenged in posting a 6 ½-length victory in 30.50. CET Dirty Dan was second followed by RS’s Blue Heaven. CET Marlin took charge early in racing to a 5 ½-length victory in 30.13. RS’s Happyharper came in second while Mac’s Sidnyjames settled for third. Points after the semifinal round (the top eight greyhounds advance to the stake final): RS’s Dark Night (Lester Raines), 45 points CET Dirty Dan (Steve Sarras), 40 points CET Barracuda (Imark), 35 points CET Fernando (Imark), 30 points CET Marlin (Imark), 27 points RS’s Railhauler (Lester Raines), 24 points CET Tiger Boy (Steve Sarras), 23 points RS’s Dunkindylan (Lester Raines), 23 points (The following greyhounds were eliminated from the stakes event). TS Pretty Boy (Steve Sarras), 23 points RS’s Happyharper (Lester Raines), 23 points Mac’s Sidnyjames (A Ray), 19 points RS’s Super Freak (Lester Raines), 18 points CET Dirty Mike (Steve Sarras), 17 points RS’s Blue Heaven (Lester Raines), 14 points CET Sashaligotti (Steve Sarras), 14 points GLS Blondie (Jacobs Racing), 13 points RS’s Power House (Lester Raines), 11 points Rico’s Hell Yeah (A Ray), 7 points CET Musketeer (Steve Sarras), 6 points Previous Next

< Back PALM BEACH KENNEL CLUB PRESENTS THE $50,000 ARTHUR J. ROONEY, SR. ST. PATRICK'S INVITATIONAL Nov 2, 2020 Palm Beach Kennel Club has named the eight Greyhounds who will be competing Saturday afternoon, November 7, in the 44th and final running of the $50,000 Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. St. Patrick’s Invitational. The Invitational was cancelled last March due to the pandemic. The Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. St. Patrick’s Invitational has gone through several machinations since its inception in 1976. It started off as a match race between the kennel club and finalists of Hollywood Greyhound Track’s World Classic, and then a match race between Orange Park Kennel Club before becoming strictly a hometown event. And what a line-up of superstars galore for this year’s much-anticipated running. We offer for your approval the best and brightest of our early speedsters and monster finishers. Early in the $50,000 Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. St. Patrick’s Invitational be looking for the fleet-footed entries of Bug Brush, JD Replicate and Opal Long. On the back and home stretches, keep a keen eye on the impressive powerhouse closers Barts Sea Hawk, CBJ Shocker, Freedom’s Fawn, Mineral Spirits and Pat C Inferno. It should be noted that Barts Sea Hawk is the only $50,000 Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. St. Patrick’s Invitational entry who was originally selected to compete in last March’s cancelled event. The 2020 running of the Invitational will certainly go down in the history books as being one of the most competitive ever! Irish eyes and Turkey legs will be smiling on one these elite eight athletes Saturday afternoon, listed in alphabetical order: Barts Sea Hawk (Gold Town* - Seadon Traveler, James Douglas Kennel) Bug Brush (SH Avatar – Flying Lipstick, Lester Raines Kennel) CBJ Shocker (Kiowa Mon Manny – CBJ Waterford, Arthur Agganis Kennel) Freedom’s Fawn (Buzz Around – Flying Unrest, Janie Carroll Kennel) JD Replicate (KC And All – JD Andromeda, Brindle Kennel) Mineral Spirits (Who Says I Can’t – Good Luck Ruby, D. Q Williams Kennel) Opal Long (Pat C Clement – Winta Garoppolo, Radar Racing Kennel) Pat C Inferno (Flying Fired Up – Pat C Pop In, Koppe, Staats & Collins) Post positions will be drawn at a press conference in the track’s Terrace Restaurant Thursday afternoon, November 5. The press conference will begin at 11:45 a.m. The 44th and final running of the $50,000 St. Patrick’s Invitational will be held in Saturday afternoon’s twelfth race with an approximate post time of 4:00pm. Special activities for this exceptional afternoon of championship Greyhound and horse racing include: WATCH, WAGER & WIN ON THE BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY! Friday - Gates Open at 11am, Keenland Post Time - 11:30am Saturday - Gates Open at 9:30am, Keenland Post Time - 10:15am * National Anthem Performed by Bailee Bonick (Noon) * 15 Superfecta Races! * On-Track for Autism Walk (Noon) * Irish Music performed by Walt Rooney (Noon-3pm) and Jody Pollard (3-6pm) * For the Kids, Balloon Artist Karl Koppertop and Ace The Bear! (1-3pm) * Enter to Cash & Prizes in True Oldies Breeders’ Cup Handicapping Contest! (Enter by 2pm) * Greyhound Adoption Representatives will be on hand to answer questions you may have about adopting one of these loving dogs! * The 44th running of the $50,000 Arthur J. Rooney, Sr. St. Patrick’s Invitational! (Race 12) * Advance Wager on the Breeders’ Cup Friday! Previous Next

Notable individuals who dedicated their life's work to stewarding the greyhound breed and the National Greyhound Association membership. NGA Lifetime Acheivement Notable individuals who dedicated their life's work to stewarding the greyhound breed and the National Greyhound Association membership. 2011 Herb "Dutch" Koerner 2013 Pat Dalton 2015 Pat Collins 2017 W.H. O'Donnell 2012 Cary Alsobrook 2014 Bill Janecek 2016 Donald Ryan

< Back Wheeling Hot Dogs ( as July 18, all races 5/16 unless otherwise noted ) Stan Pawloski Jul 18, 2022 Lester Raines Kennel’s SNL Ramey has won five out of her last six Grade TAA 3/16 races for trainer Joel Roden. Imark Kennel’s Limpopo (AA) and Saber Jagger (C, B, A) have captured three out of their last four starts for trainer DiAnn Derr. Kennel-mate Imark Trixie has back-to-back Grade AA wins. Charter Kennel’s Oshkosh Edward has three straight victories (A, AA) for trainer James Campbell. Kennel-mate Shy Away has back-to-back wins (B, A). Rangel Kennel’s VJ Slim Shady has four 3/16 victories in a row (D, TC, TB, TAA) for trainer Sheri Comer. Xtrem Hess Racing Kennel’s Kayjay Bashful has back-to-back 3/8 wins (TB, TAA) for trainer Jill Spicer. Jacobs Racing Kennel’s Top Honors has three straight victories (M, D, C) for trainer Louise Strong. Previous Next