They are the new army.

A shot in the arm the greyhound industry needs.

According to greyhound owner Dean Miner of Wheeling, adoption groups across the country as well as in Canada can bring a positive impact to the racing business.

“They are our greatest hope for our industry to flourish. Their passion is unmatched and they spend hours battling anti-racing people online and in various news media,” Miner said. “Their technical knowledge is unmatched, a lesson we in the industry should take note of. We should find any way possible to include them in our business.” [Read more…]

The two of us were talking one day back in May and came up with an idea. We thought that wouldn’t it be fun with the Greyhound Hall of Fame celebrating their 50th year this year and with 50 years of All-American teams to assemble a group of “experts” to vote on whom they thought was the Best of the Best from the past 50 Years of All- Americans.

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NGA Fall Meet Schedule

Sunday, Oct. 6 to Friday Oct. 11
8:30a.m.——–Pre-Stake Schooling [Read more…]

On Wednesday afternoon June 12, two important scratches of SOS Awesome from Currid Racing and Golddust Hades from D.Q. Williams Kennel reduced the number of Texas-bred competitors to twenty two and creating a mad scramble placing a premium on earning points in search of making the finals of the $50,000 Diane Whiteley Memorial Sprint Championship. [Read more…]

Gulf Greyhound Park offered a special 17 race matinee performance on Saturday June 8 in accordance with the third jewel of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes.
Gulf Greyhound Park offered a special 17 race matinee performance on Saturday June 8 in accordance with the third jewel of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes. Included in the exciting racing action on the Texas Gulf Coast were six second round races filled with forty-seven Texas-bred athletes seeking the ultimate prize as the $50,000 Diane Whiteley Memorial Sprint Champion. [Read more…]

from: http://ngagreyhounds.com/issue/march-april-2013/article/nga-spring-meet-wraps-up

An electrifying auction that resulted in more than $1 million in pup sales brought the curtain down on a highly successful NGA Spring Meet in Abilene, Ks., on Saturday, Apr. 27.

Final figures won’t be in for a few days, but a quick tally of the figures from the auction showed an unofficial total of $1,093,850 in pup sales from Friday night and Saturday morning. Of the 311 young pups competing at the NGA Spring Meet Track Stakes, 273 had been consigned to the sale.

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from: http://ngagreyhounds.com/issue/march-april-2013/article/biehle-sweeps-again

Old habits die hard.

So it should come as no big surprise that Texas breeder Ken Biehle–who’s swept the oldest division of the NGA Track Stakes in two of the last three meets–did it once again earlier today (Friday, Apr. 26) at the NGA Spring Meet in Abilene.

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from:  http://ngagreyhounds.com/issue/march-april-2013/article/final-winners-at-meet

Six main stakes finals were staged for the younger pups at the NGA Spring Meet on Thursday (Apr. 25), with six different owners emerging.

Kevin Dalton’s Great Play (CTW Speedy Trent-Oneco Esmerelda) started the day in the November One, winning from the one box in a 30.16, one of the quickest times of the day. Littermate Final Vote was second, and Steve Ward’s SE’s Redneck Rob (Red Ranger-Trophy Snatcher) was third.

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