Hall of Fame class of 2018 Mr. Ross Lingle and Pecos Cannon will be the inductees to the Greyhound Hall of Fame. The ceremony is to be held at the Greyhound Hall of Fame, October 11, 2018. "Mr. Lingle raised, raced and represented the greyhound industry with integrity, honor and humility, always striving for something [...]
Cayman Went 2015 The highlight of Cayman Went's spectacular racing career occurred when he was named captain of the All-America Team and the winner of both the Rural Rube Award as the best sprinter and the Flashy Sir award as the best distance racer all in the same year, 2004. Only one other greyhound in [...]
Izz a Champ was named the very first Rural Rube Award winner by the National Greyhound Association as the nation’s top sprinter in 1971. The Fawn male, whelped on August 24, 1968 and owned by Dorothy and Pat Roban, was out of Tell Tom and Miss Ismay. His grandfathers included Hall of Fame honorees Tell [...]
Dodgem by Design was whelped on January 15, 2000, the son of Gable Dodge and Cruzin By Design. The red male was bred by Rod and Sue Boatright and owned and raced by the Charter Kennel. His career started in 2001 at Tampa, where he won Grade A in his 7th start. Sidelined for over [...]
Jack Kahn produced two greyhounds that were inducted into the Greyhound Hall of Fame, K’s Flack in 1987 and K’s Broadway nearly three decades later in 2015. K’s Flack was the first greyhound to be living at the time of his induction, he also won the Flashy Sir Award as the nation’s premier distance racer [...]
Wayside Carol was named the first Flashy Sir Award winner by the National Greyhound Association as the nation’s top distance runner in 1971. Ironically, Wayside Carol’s pedigree through her sire, Rinaker, traces back to Just Andrew*, who’s descendants include Flashy Sir, for which the award is named and who was, in 1963, one of the [...]
Rocky Gangster owned by Dennis Callaghan and trained by James Lawlor earned the title of 1947 Miami Beach Champion, March 28 by winning the Rickard Memorial (2079 feet). Earlier in the season Rocky Gangster won the gold Collar Championship thus adding two valuable trophies to the Callaghan collection. Rocky Gangster set a new record of [...]
Two record setting greyhounds and an industry legend have been tabbed for induction into the Greyhound Hall of Fame this coming fall. Vince Berland’s Flying Stanley, Pat Collins’ Pat C Rendezvous and owner/trainer Duane Randle will be inducted in ceremonies this October at the Hall in Abilene, KS. Duane Randle, part of a legendary racing [...]
