Carmen showing her form at the Hamilton NOTRA meet July 9, 2000.
Carmen on her way to winning the Hamilton NOTRA meet July 9, 2000.
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Carmen attended her first race meet on September 11, 1999 where
she went *UNDEFETED* to become best puppy at the WRA NATIONAL
RACE MEET.
Carmen attended her *first* grownup race meet on
October 30, 1999 in St Louis where she placed 7/42
and brought home her very first WRCH point.
She finished her WRCh title at the WASIT meet on April 14, 2001.
It took a little longer than the oval titles, but not more meets.
Her primary interest being the oval track, she only ran in 7 WRA meets
during this time and got points in 6 of them, winning one.
She has since become a multiple meet winner on the straight track and is
more than half way to her WRChX.
Carmen started her "ovals" career Thanksgiving weekend of 1999,
where she placed 3/4 in the first heat, 2/4 in the second and won
the third and final heat. On March 18, 2000 she ran a refresher meet,
and brought home her first points on April 8th.
On April 30th.......TWENTY-THREE DAYS AND SIX MEETS LATER, she finished
her ORC. WOW are we pleased with this lit'l bundle of energy.
On November 5, 2000 she earned the 30th NOTRA Nat'l point, making her
the youngest SORC Bitch to date, at 24 months and 20 days. We have since
learned that this makes her the youngest whippet, dog or bitch, to ever earn a
SORC. Getting these titles in just under seven months 4/8 - 11/5, and this
time frame included both the summer lull and her first season.
During the 2000 season she became only the THIRD bitch in 19 years to win
the October Greater St Louis Whippet Club meet and bring home the "Trucker
Memorial Trophy". They also offer the "Sky Memorial Trophy" for hi-scoring
bitch, and Carmen is the first in the seven years it's been offered to get
both of them.
She finished her SORC-II at the CLCS meet held on 11/4/01.
She winds down her second racing season having finished her WRCh, her SORC-II,
accumulating 16 WRChX points and getting a start on her SORC-III. Carmen is a
multiple meet winner on both the straight and oval tracks. She also completed
both of the CARA racing titles during 2001.
Needless to say......
WE ARE QUITE PROUD OF THIS YOUNG LADY AND HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Carmen came to us from sunny Southern California. Special
thanks to breeder Pat Burlingame for letting her come to the
Midwest.