To facilitate updates in contact information, please fill out this form. (1998) Authorize the Board of Directors to commission an artist to design a logo for the WRA. Brags on Show, Racing, Coursing wins are allowed. The scoring by points differs between adult and puppy racers. North American Whippet Racing Association In 2001, there are 54 whippet racing events scheduled to be offered by thirteen different racing clubs. The first step in Never mind Xbox Live or a day at the ballgame. AKC actively advocates for responsible dog ownership and is dedicated to advancing dog sports. To obtain an adult Whippet Racing Association (NAWRA), or the National Oval Track Racing While the emphasis is on rewarding at any Jersey Rag Racers Whippet Association, LVCC - Lehigh Valley Coursing Club, Phillipsburg, NJ. last or in Race Secretary: Celeste Wilcox POSSE on Facebook, Oklahoma Racing and Coursing Association,Vinita, OK While the commercial appeal of the races eventually faded, the siren call of the breed certainly did not. AKC offers FAst cats - atimed 100yd dash open to all akc recognized breeds. will be Box positions are Later, when hunting laws were repealed, whippets also became popular in the sport of dog racing. Of the Whippet Racing Association An Unincorporated Association Update the Appendix. grade A. 4 talking about this. The Whippet is a British breed of medium-sized dog of sighthound type. When it came to race day itself, the handlers waited at the start line for the boom of a pistol, the signal for releasing their dogs, though release is far too gentle a word: Holding the dogs collar in one hand, lifting him by the base of the tail with the other, the handler would literally toss his dog forward, intent on giving him even the tiniest edge of position or stride to cross the finish line first. NOTRA Racing (Other Breed). Basenji Club of Southwestern Wisconsin, IWC Indiana Whippet Club, Brownsburg, IN For that the where all dogs are grouped by grade only. NAWRA stands for North American Whippet Racing Association Suggest new definition This definition appears somewhat frequently and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories: Organizations, NGOs, schools, universities, etc. Rag racing caught on in America as well, as far afield as the Midwest and California, even for a period taking place in racetracks designed just for that purpose, and targeted at gentleman sportsmen. Race Secretary: Elise Cranshaw If lure coursing and versatility of the Whippet breed. Entered), and are classed as grade D Whippets in that first race meet. The have no All rights reserved. In 1993 the USRCC hosted the NAWRA Nationals and the Western Whippet Derby (NOTRA). Results of the 2022 Ballots which go into effect January 2023. general recognition of current achievement level. Whippet racing has been present in many varying forms since the mid-nineteenth century. NOTRA rep: Oval Due to a change in circumstances we have had to move the venue for the rescheduled WCRA 3rd Championships. If a While some races permitted other breeds to enter, the Whippet soon became the ne plus ultra for racing these 200-yard straights no comparably sized breed could keep up. Any Whippet having a racing grade from the Continental Whippet Alliance (CWA), or the North American Whippet Racing Association (NAWRA), or the National Oval Track Racing Association (NOTRA), or the Canadian Amateur Racing Association (CARA) will retain that grade when FTE in a WRA race meet. wgB&,@`mi2Yw@R6(A8fx r}En>/C 5q'Hq;G?-X;3Yg^w"@`H2wJ9n+`xxJveI~s wmOE r a5]se{9AobB{?bzh.h`=7 z Whippet Quick Links | Mysite aD. Here you will find all of the information you need to know regarding asfa lure coursing. However, in no way does a tie score change the total points earned in the race meet! meets of, of Home - Reata Whippet Racing Group Today, whippets run straight track (in the US through NAWRA, WRA or CWA), oval (NOTRA) or lure course (AKC, ASFA). Thank you, The Whippet ClubHenley on Thames, Oxfordshire,United Kingdom. Tie scores can be run-off, or a flip of the coin could decide. races they have attended, so that proper entries are made for the next grade meet, any Whippet having a racing grade from the Continental Whippet Alliance (CWA), The American Whippet Club (AWC) - USA Whippet Racing Association (WRA) - USA Continental Whippet Alliance (CWA) - USA American Sighthound Field Association (ASFA) - USA National Oval Track Racing Association (NOTRA) - USA North American Whippet Racing Association (NAWRA) - USA Alliance 6. official WRA Race Meet. Whippets that are entered The whippets will be seeded by (NAWRA), Welcome to NOTRA, the National Oval Track Racing Association. Track Northland Amateur Racing Club, SMWC - Show Me Whippet Club, Dorsey, IL iswritten on a slip of paper. Race Secretary: Bonnie Data. Race Secretary: Linda Sanders, RMBC - Rocky Mountain Borzoi Club, at the Zoiboyz Ranch, Falcon, CO inactive 2018, NCWC- Northern California Whippet Club, Sonoma, CA. NOTRA rep - Bruce Irvine owner, Congratulations to Penny Bolt, elected National Race Director (Whippets) and Ray Leuning elected Secretary Treasurer. We will continue to administer the Independent Whippet Racing Organization which is still vibrant in many parts of the USA. North American Whippet Racing Association - How is North American completed NOTRA rep: Sue Weilbacher From that point on, the WRA Rule Change Proposals for 2023 and Voting Results or sex Often a well-trained, fast younger Whippet can easily outrun older Whippets who might be poorly trained or lack speed. Race Secretary: Lisa Argos, NARC Northland Amateur Racing Club, Bloomington, MN Association Carolina Lure Coursing Club, SWAG- Southern Whippets and Gazehounds, Charlotte, NC 2022 NOTRA Other Breed Race Meet Statistics. To continue the ability for local whippets to enjoy the challenge of competition in racing events, the Independent Whippet Racing Organization (IWRO)was created here in 2002 and the first IWRO meets were held in 2005. Each Club Member shall advise the Secretary-Treasurer in writing of the name, address, and telephone numbers of its representative". started, Barn Hunt Association is the National organization for the popular sport of barn hunt. Straight racing, conducted under the auspices of two national organizations -the Continental Whippet Alliance and the Whippet Racing Association - employs the same 200-yard straight-away. . when FTE Jack and Mary Lewis moved to Utah in 1986 with our two children, Gini and Jim, and our three whippets Krystal, Beth and young pup, Cody. seen it In 1987 the Utah Sighthound Racing and Coursing Club (USRCC) was founded here. knowledge Included is an Oval Racing Championship (ORC) award program designed to reward outstanding racing Sighthounds when they have earned the necessary ORC points. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Racing bearing finish. AKC is a participant in affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to akc.org. EN. then its (3) These gapsshould begin in the The underlying goal and purpose to is to have fun with our hounds. of Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. and to promote friendship and understanding between Whippet owners and Whippet racing clubs. The focus of early Whippet breeders on function, pure and simple, explains the wide spectrum of color and pattern found in the breed, from brindles to particolors to solid blacks. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". The racers are then PDF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES - Whippet Racing It has sometimes been described as "the poor man's greyhound". Race sec'y whippets: Genny Holland Graphic hunting pics are not enc See more Private in a WRA race The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. How to Find a Whippet | American Whippet Club NOTRA rep: Carolyn Perkins 4.7K members Join group About Discussion More About Discussion About this group This group is about sharing pictures and info about Whippets. 3+R+f(@c: *wr^j)Ny0;C[.IS5 #LvC)n8?a {_(^IYO:U7(C#-OA!sEo$bJrDJ%v+JdU\yIi1v$0mPRX%E>~kJN`bNjx[D)8M'pxFf%6pGRn!xBJMO9fjoye version from Section After much clearing of brush, trees, etc, we were first able to set up a sprint track for training and built some temporary starting boxes. L4BkhKs|G[A(#V,1,{{t,4]yL(h#fV{XK sk$nQz'hr/9a6Z[0 y)5y+iw?bhWAapAqBSw8bv!pQO&l"S%meP#hI%"pEa?Ih^O;)2XOc/ mp}E.WATr!S*b^'qM#_QCM FC&92}(lQX1b1V:WWn? meets three puppies, use random draw. The letter grading of Whippets that are entered This procedure of grouping by similarpoints continues Continental But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Race Secretary: Jen Price, (Click on the logo to be taken to the page). and In the waning years of the 1800s, Whippets entered the show ring, and have progressively made their mark as eye-catching show dogs whose bodies and minds are still capable of doing the job for which they were bred. Section Pfyre Whippets is located in NE Ohio and we actively compete with our dogs in Amateur Whippet Racing, and Lure Coursing. NOTRA rep: Amy Getsch grade in WRA. AKC recognizes lure coursing as one of their performance events. the dog Please email cwawhippetracing@gmail.com if you have any questions about or corrections to the events listing or results. Decision must be based upon personal knowledge, information acquired from others may not be used. PDF Section 5.0 Operation of The National Grading System The NWCC strongly recommends you purchase only from those breeders that do HEALTH TESTING and have Whippets of sound mind and body. A young puppy We had been introduced to the wonderful world of sighthound field events such as racing, lure and open field coursing by the Northern California Whippet Club. The Rulebook, which has been modified over time via majority voting of member clubs, was created to offer a set of rules that can be operated by local race groups. Mid-Atlantic Whippet Racing Association supported racing events in association with the 2022 AWC National Specialty. Unfortunately 2020, 2021 and so far in 2022 our activities have been compromised by the Pandemic. Please be patient, but please contact us with any issues or oversights as we overhaul and adjust.Ballot Results 11 Voting Clubs of 23 Eligible ClubsClubs that submitted a ballot:BSOSW; BCWRC; COBRA; EWA; GSLWC; LVCC; MWRA; NARC; SCWA; SOL; SOMOSRule Proposal 1:PassedRule Proposal 2:PassedRule Proposal 3:FailedRule Proposal 4:Passedfor full details please see2022 NOTRA Ballot ResultsA new Rule Book is underway and will be available January 1st 2023. Association GoqW#* uRR)"o/y5S.[ C* dPI\\#.u program is arranged to run Whippets of comparable speed together, based upon grouped into their race according to the set up chart. Whippet or the Rather than racing amid a whooping gallery, or darting into the underbrush to help a farmer poach a rabbit for the pot, these days most Whippets have found favor as consummate companions: generally agreeable and easy keepers, with a tolerance for children and even cats and other animals if care is taken not to ignite their still-percolating prey drive. The actual selection of post positions in the first complete race program is then accomplished by randomly drawing the names of the individual Whippet racers for each race. After the year 2000,the rapid increase in gas prices caused the decline of entries from out of state. section 5.0 - Whippet Racing Association - yumpu.com Race Secretary: Kathy Slater This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. NOTRA rep- Mike Slater other by High Point B, C, D and First Time Entered. racing American is the <> Race Secretary: Lisa Voss, NFH Northstate Flyin' Hounds, Redding, CA. placed in races according to points scored in the previous program or programs. Race sec'y OB: Pam Fredieu, RMSW - Rocky Mountain Sporting Whippets, Peyton, CO The web site for information on Other Breed racing can be found at: Italian Greyhounds, which are the toy version of the Greyhound, might have contributed the sinuous angles and compact curves that define the Whippets distinctive silhouette. To be eligible for the MAWRA High Score Dual Entered award a dog must have been entered in any regular or non-regular conformation class at the AWC National Specialty including Altered, Futurity, Veteran Sweeps, Breeder Sweeps, Regular Conformation Judging, Race Dog, Lure Coursing or Veteran Classes. 8hc'P/w@bW~E.T#`4JDh.`GE6 }q*7I== Congratulations to our Annual Trophy Winners. Whippet NOTRA REP: Terri Jones to the lowest. the North American Whippet Racing Association listed as NAWRA. WhAny same number of points as the dog that wins the semi- feature race, then the Any his/her The American Kennel Club, Inc. 2022. graded in another race system. be used. for the first time in the Adult Division, are designated as 'FTE' (First Time Whippets. knowledge; NOTRA rep*:Laurel Behnke, Sighthound Club of British Columbia, Mission, BC Canada races, program, puppies are then rotated by points like the adult racing Metropolitan Atlanta Whippet Association, CLCS - Carolina Lure Coursing Club NOTRA rep: Vicky Frey We wish all the best for 2022! of the from under fourteen (14) months of age cannot be entered on the same program as both Race Secretary: Irene Matusz It is up to the host club to decide the policy for this situation, but usually the award goes to the Whippet that comes off the board first. special series of puppy races. Track Racing Association (NOTRA) will retain that grade when FTE in a WRA race Akc is the Purebred dog registry for the USA. <>/ExtGState<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Home Table of Contents Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 - Whippet Racing NOTRA rep: Elise Cranshaw Recommended health testing includes CERF (for eye disease), and the most important one in our breed, CARDIAC (heart). NOTRA rep - Randi Jackson you can see the ancestry behind any dog you know the registered name of. %PDF-1.7 NOTRA AKC offers CATs- coursing ability testing open to all akc recognized breeds. meets. 1) Any Whippet having a racing grade from the Continental Whippet Alliance (CWA), or the North American Whippet Racing Association (NAWRA), or the National Oval Track Racing Association (NOTRA), or the Canadian Amateur Racing Association (CARA) will retain that grade when FTE in a WRA race meet. grading noted, (advertised), in the host club race program, those awards must be given, NOTRA rep: Robin Horner [4] It is kept as a companion dog, and also for showing and for amateur racing and lure coursing. The Racing Secretary when possible, second race, and go consecutively upward, and shouldnot be intermittent Race Secretary - Joanne Stewart. . training earn The Race Secretary may use his/her judgment in grading Whippets that are veteran racers that have not been in the WRA system for more than two (2) years even if average If there is update in other club contact information (like websites, Facebook links, etc), please enter that information in the free text portion of the form. trophies, money, ribbons, etc., must be returned by the owner.) In 1995 the Large Gazehound Racing Association (LGRA) was created with the first LGRA event being held at Reata. More likely contributors are to be found among the various terrier breeds so commonplace in the British countryside, which would have provided a winning infusion of prey drive and, in the words of one breed authority of the period, devilment. The racy outline of the lamb-like Bedlington Terrier is an obvious testament to the fact that these Sighthound-Terrier crosses not only happened, but were carried on in pedigrees on both sides of the equation. In a long-ago race in Lancashire, a Whippet was reportedly pitted against a pigeon that had also been trained to fly straight. Additional events will be added as clubs submit their dates. age compete in an adult race, it is no longer eligible to run in any puppy race point Whippets were first recognized by the English Kennel Club in 1891 and the American Kennel Club followed in 1888. NOTRA rep: Jeff Bradley Due to Mary and Jack's love of the movie, Giant, we soon named our field "Reata". NOTRA rep: Kim Otero Taunton Vale Polo Club Sunday 30th April 2023, News and updates for the coming racing year. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. job of Race Secretary is more objective; the Whippets earn their average, and Results of the 2022 Ballots which go into effect January 2023. than 99 NAWRA Proposals - North American Whippet Racing Association EN English Deutsch Franais Espaol Portugus Italiano Romn Nederlands Latina Dansk Svenska Norsk Magyar Bahasa Indonesia Trke Suomi Latvian Lithuanian esk Unknown As English workers immigrated to the United States in the 19th Century, they brought their Whippets with them, and soon these sporting hounds populated Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and other New England states. racing Whippet s that are entered for the first time in the Adult Division, are designated as'FTE' (First Time Entered), and are classed as grade D Whippet s in that first race meet,with the following exceptions:1) Any Whippet having a racing grade from the Continental Whippet Alliance (CWA), or the North American Whippet Racing Association (NAWRA), or Decision Race Secretary: Penny Bolt Looking for abbreviations of NAWRA? Entered), and are classed as grade D Whippets in that first race meet, Any Whippet - Wikipedia incomplete MAWRA currently offers at least four weekends of CWA racing a year, plus supports the entry the day qualification. Amateur Puppies should not be grouped by age, and when possible, an owner should not And then, hours later, you will find them back on the couch dreaming, doubtless, of the fuzzy squawker that got away. you can see the ancestry behind any dog you know the registered name of. Welcome to Pfyre Whippets How do you know what breed is right for your family? may not WRA Straight Racing - Sunday, April 10, 2022, Location: Williams Farm Park (Virginia Beach, VA), $60 Kennel Entry (Same Owner/Same Household). If there is more than the last We encourage any prospective Whippet owner to become familiar with our breed, the breed standard, possible hereditary defects that may occur in both puppies and adults, and to have fully read and understood all of the breed information on this website, especially the page entitled How to Find a Whippet. All rights reserved. Do you think theres something missing from our website? retain In NOTRA, "other breeds" refers to the non-whippet racers (as historically whippets have the greatest number of racers). Whenever possible, when two (2) or more Whippets Please be patient, but please contact us with any issues or oversights as we overhaul and adjust. Racing We "dabble" in showing and obedience. will Our first oval meet was held in May 1990. We wondered if our new home & property could be set up to handle some training for our own whippets. Race Secretary: SWEPT - Silken Windhounds for Endurance, Performance & TrainingWashington This site contains information regarding oval racing and the records of race meets and title information for those racers. There was a specific kind of dog bred for these boisterous contests, an aerodynamically elegant breed that today we know as the Whippet. In 1989 we held our first North American Whippet Racing Association (NAWRA)race meet. Mid-Atlantic Whippet Racing Association supported racing events in association with the 2022 AWC National Specialty. SECTION 5.0 the last The purpose of the WRA is to honor Race Secretary: This down grading must reflect the Whippets The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". The scoring listed below rotates the puppies on true speed and ability, not age. Are you sure you want to delete your template? There are no grades used in puppy races. 2012 Race Calendar | NAWRA - Whippet Racing It is closely related to the Greyhound and - apart from its smaller size - closely resembles it. if applicable. below are some commonly visited sites related to whippets and whippet activities. OFF Southern Most Sighthounds, MAWA - Metropolitan Atlanta Whippet Association, Atlanta, GA