Racing fun & placements!

Last weekend was our meet for MAWRA (Mid-Atlantic Whippet Racing Association) under the CWA program. Butters (Ch. Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) practiced on Saturday then entered as the only puppy on Sunday. He had 3 beautiful runs. He qualified for the match for being High Score Puppy and took a 2nd place behind his beautiful half-sister Caper, Surrey Hill's Petaluma.

Baby Bernie (Mariner's Drunken Sailor) is now box broken at 7.5 months of age and will start puppy racing in July.

ASFA Coursing 1st for Jewel

Jewel (Surrey Hill's Ripon Jewel) continues her winning ways, this time on the coursing field by going 1st in the Open stake under Judge Vanessa Johnson at the CHAMP ASFA field trial in Leesburg, VA. Jewel was piloted to this win by Ian and Carlee Davies (ASLAN Rhodesian Ridgebacks). This is her first placement toward her Field Champion title.

New Champion Butters!

Announcing a new champion--Surrey Hill's Golden Boy (Ch. Chelsea Chalcedoney x Ch. Diablesse Surrey Hill Say Yaha), bred by Karen Lee & Leila Anchini-Downen, and owned by Kristen Fredericks and Karen Lee.

"Butters" has had quite a week--he did well at the National and had his first cross-country flights, and now he is a champion, finishing today under Avery Gaudin at Bucks County KC in PA.

He only needed one point, so WD was sufficient. Butters is not quite 13 months old."Butters" is the first champion for his sire, and is out of "Jasper's" first litter. He is the third champion son for his dam. Butters" was presented today by Laura Kieffer, who has handled him throughout his class career. Thanks, as always, to Laura for the fabulous job she does presenting our dogs.

First Dog Show success!

Bernie (Mariner's Drunken Sailor) went RWD and best puppy at the Chesapeake, VA shows under judge Denny Mounce. He went on to a Puppy Group 2! We're very proud of our Meghan puppy.

Also, showing under the Mariner Whippets banner for the first time was recently acquired "Jewel" (Surrey Hill's Ripon Jewel). She is a full sister to Inga (Group-placing Surrey Hill Ice Queen of Mariner) from an earlier litter of the same pedigree. Jewel went Winners Bitch!

An excellent day for two young dogs. Both will be shown sparingly in the ring this year as Bernie and Jewel make up part of our 2008/2009 coursing and racing team.

Both dogs were handled by Laura Kieffer who has done an excellent job with their ringcraft over the last few weeks.

Butters wins 2 classes at AWC National!

Butters (Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) wins the 12-18 month class at the American Whippet Club National in Eugene, OR under judge Cindy Scott, handled by his breeder Karen Lee.

Butters also won the 12-14 month class in the puppy Futurity under judge Donna Lynch (Hamrya Whippets) , handled by Linda Buchholz (Swiftsure Whippets, Canada)

New Delta & Butters running photos!

Two very cool pictures landed in my inbox this evening - beautiful sequential photos of Delta (Ch. Taejaan Innocent Eyes) and Butters (Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) running at race practice taken by Terri Kieffer. Terri is going to be the official photographer of the CWA Nationals in August. I'm excited to see her use this technology at our race meet! How fun!

Butters is a Cover Boy!

Butters is the cover story on the latest edition of Whippet Watch magazine! Cover photo by Terri Kieffer. This was taken on the beautiful Colonial Parkway. Part of the Colonial National Historic Park in Williamsburg, VA.

Bernie at 6 months

Bernie (Mariner's Drunken Sailor) turned 6 months old on March 26th and on March 29th he went to the MAWRA club race practice. While he was there Laura Kieffer (Pixel Whippets) took the opportunity to stack him up for a impromtu photoshoot with her mother and professional photographer, Terri Kieffer.

Bernie is a mix of old American and Canadian dual purpose and racing lines. I'm very pleased with his progress! He'll be shown a little this Spring and Summer before we commit to racing him later this year.

Butters 2nd Major!

Butters (Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) received his second major from the 9-12 puppy class at the Lancaster KC show in York, PA under judge Harry Smith by going Winners Dog, Best of Winners, and Best Opposite Sex over Specials. He was also Best puppy and went on to a Puppy Group 3! He was handled by Laura Kieffer. Also pictures, Breeder and Co-Owner Karen Bowers Lee.

WD, WB, BOW, BOS, BOB & Group 4 in Buffalo!

Inga (Surrey Hill Ice Queen of Mariner) broke out of the starting gates at full speed! In her first show at the Wyoming Kennel Club in Buffalo, NY she was Winners Bitch, Best of Winners, and then Best of Breed over specials for 2 points! She wasn't satisfied to stop there! Inga went on to a Group 4 under breed and hound group Judge Sharon Krough. Inga was handled by Laura Kieffer. She is co-owned and co-bred by Karen Bowers Lee (Surrey Hill)

Inga is out of DC Surrey Hill's Pep Talk and the lovely English import Bluestreak Belle Du Jour from the world famous Bluestreak Kennels in England.

Her kennelmate Butters also went Winners Dog for another 2 points bringing him to 9 points and a major from the puppy classes ! Handled by Laura Kieffer.

WD & WB in Florida under Isabel Stoffers

Butters (Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) and Delta (Taejaan Innocent Eyes) did very well at the Pasco Florida Kennel Club. Delta was WB for 2 points and Butters was WD, BOW, BOS for 2 points. The judge was renowned whippet breeder Isabel Stoffers (Runners). Butters and Delta were handled by Laura Kieffer.

Butters 4 pt major on the Florida Circuit!

Butters took his first major on the highly competitive Florida Circuit at the Tampa Bay Kennel Club dog show under Judge Jacqueline Stacy from the 9-12 puppy class. Handled by Laura Kieffer.