The cover of the February 1998 Greyhound Review featured 1997 national win champ EK Maedarling (Ion Fast Trax x Win D Puff). She won 55 races at Pensacola including 16-straight to close out the year.
Oshkosh Slammer (Oshkosh Racey x Oshkosh Video) won the 1998 Derby Lane Inaugural in the quick time of 30.45 and Flying Hades (Flying Gunman x Willowrun Mom) captured the Derby Lane Puppy Preview.
At Tri-State, Jimbo Okie (Star Chariot* x Little Portion) won the $50,000 Holiday Distance Classic over a field that included Fortified Power and Ole Harry. Jimbo Okie also won the 1998 Tri-State $50,000 Sprint and was from a remarkable litter that included 1997 New Hamphire Lottery Stake winner Jimbo Scotty and 1998 St. Pete Derby winner Jimbo’s Chelsie.
Ballots for the 1997 Rural Rube and Flashy Sir awards featured Beams Full Moon, Bean Brewer, Bomb Threat, brothers Galilee and Lord Dempsey, Grace Land Blaze, Leo’s Midas, ML Dusty Trail, My Thane, SC’s Mask Rider, and Scott Free among the sprinters; and Cee Bar Snow, Granny, Hey Father John, Kiowa Bet Dutch, Slatex Shell, and Winsome Doe for the routers.
Southland’s Phoebe Ann (Great Son x Skitch) won the 1997 American Derby at Lincoln over Wake Up Alarm and Slatex Shell and Okie Kail won the Fred Cairone Memorial Countdown.
Kiowa Chippewa (My Rooster x Kiowa Day War) kicked off a terrific career with a win in the Hollywood Futurity.
Among the interesting whelpings reported was the Fortress* - Greys Julianna cross that produced 2000 All American Greys Free Bird, a repeat breeding of a December 1995 litter that featured Greys Flamebeau.
Has it really been 10 years?
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