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meet winner - 4 programs 5 or 6 dogs per race - box start - 200 yards - 13 seconds flat Payton in red blanket dwight

at this point there is none in Oklahoma - there are about 30 clubs that run oval in the us and scattered from coast to coast - there are two that are within reasonable driving distance - in St Louis MO (about 6 hour drive) and one in Paris, Texas (about 4 hours drive) dwight

16 years - 2 months - 27 days -

Our big boy Payton has just recently started racing - his first weekend he finished 11th on Sat and 10th on Sunday - The picture is his 2nd weekend - Saturday he finished 5th and Sunday he finished 3rd for his first race point - Payton is #5 in the black blanket - dwight

we are in a severe drough - down nearly 9" of rain this year - yet not one of the 32 whippets had pad problems on this track .............. dwight

Saturday, last weekend at a CWA race meet the three littermate brothers, by luck of the draw, were matched in the third race in boxes next to each other - it was a 5 dog race - Payton in box 4, Sully in box 5 and Mango in box 6 - this was the first time since puppyhood all 3 had seen each...

there are differences in USA & UK whippets - in particular size - two of our males are 22+ inches but under 22.5 so they are within the standard - one weighted in at 48 lbs and the other is 54 lbs both in running weight - Mango is the smallest male we have ever bred - 21 1/2 " and 35 lbs -...

There are 4 main racing associations in the USA - Whippet Racing Association (WRA) - North American Whippet Racing Association (NAWRA) and Contintental Whippet Association (CWA) - the final one is National Oval Track racing association - the streight races are all from 150 to 200 yards long -...

what is the difference in "Ped" and "non-ped" racing? I'm in the states - just curious dwight

I forgot to mention that the courses were held in Colorado at an altitude of 5000 feet - the II is the annual event with the hottest hounds in the nation and Canada running - Mango's home is near Chicago at 300 feet - the day before he had run two 800+ yard courses - quite a weekend - he is...