News from past years ::  2016   2015   2014   2013   2012   2011
2010   2009   2008   2007   2006   2005

November 18, 2007 - NOTRA Racing in Jacksonville, FL
Tigger picked up 2 NORC points - he now needs 2 points to finish his SORC title!
GiGi & Viva picked up 0.67 ORC points each!

November 17, 2007 - NOTRA Racing in Jacksonville, FL
Cuda & Torin both completed their OTRM-2 titles!
Gali completed her OTR title!

November 10, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in North Branch, New Jersey
Open Stake (14 dogs running)
1st place - Rupert - for a 4 point major to finish his FC and DC!!!
Specials (7 dogs running)
2nd place - Viva
3rd place - Bosley
4th place - GiGi

November 9, 2007
Derby got his CGC (Canine Good Citizen) title - he's the third from the Brooks x Kira litter to receive that title!

October 27, 2007 - Shows in Austin, TX
Leo takes Winners Dog, Best of Winners & Best of Opposite Sex for 2 points under Judge Mrs. Robert Smith.  This win officially singles him out!  Now he only needs majors to finish!

October 21, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Mt. Gilead, OH
Open Stake (19 dogs running)
5th place - Rupert
Specials (5 dogs running)
2nd place - GiGi
3rd place - Viva

October 20, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Mt. Gilead, OH
Open Stake (15 dogs running)
4th place - Rupert
Specials (5 dogs running)
1st place - GiGi
3rd place - Viva
4th place - Bosley
Veterans (1 dog running)
1st & BOB - Murphy - for a 5 point major to finish his FC!!!

October 14, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Cartersville, GA
Open Stake A (15 dogs running)
4th place - Anna
Open Stake B (16 dogs running)
2nd place - GiGi - for 3 LCX points
Specials (7 dogs running)
5th place - Bosley

October 13, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Cartersville, GA
Open Stake A (15 dogs running)
2nd place - Bosley for 3 LCX points
Veterans
1st place - Murphy

October 7, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing National in Reidsville, NC
Specials (16 dogs running)
1st place - Viva - for 5 LCX points!
This earned her High Combined Whippet for the weekend and made her a Breed Finalist for the National Coursing Championship!
4th place - GiGi

October 6, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Reidsville, NC
Open Stake (14 dogs running)
1st place - Winnie - to finish her FC!!!
4th place - Rupert
Veterans (7 dogs running)
5th place - Murphy

September 30, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Jamestown, VA
Open Stake (18 dogs running)
2nd place - Rupert - for 3 points
5th place - Ripley
Specials (6 dogs running)
2nd place - GiGi
4th place - Cuda
5th place - Bosley

September 29, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Jamestown, VA
Open Stake (17 dogs running)
1st place - Cuda - for a 5 point major to finish his FC!
3rd place - Ripley - for 2 points
4th place - Derby
Specials (6 dogs running)
2nd place - GiGi
3rd place - Aren
4th place - Bosley
5th place - Viva

Ripley & Derby are out of the Brooks x Kira litter bred by Joanne Ronning & Pat Taylor
Aren is also owned by Joanne Ronning - he is a Murphy son we are very proud of!

September 20-23, 2007 - Atlanta Specialty Shows
Quizzie takes WB Thursday and Friday for two 3 point majors and takes WB on Saturday for 2 points and WB/BOW on Sunday for another 2 points!!!  She only needs 1 point to finish now.  Quizzie is our token Chinese Crested here at Shannon Down
Brooks wins the Stud Dog class at the Southern Specialty with the help of his kids Choo & Amy
Choo Choo placed 4th in a very large Open dog class at the MAWA Specialty.
Amy wins the American Bred bitch class at the Southern Specialty.

September 16, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in East Ridge, TN
Open Stake A (17 dogs running)
3rd place - Rupert - for 2 points
Open Stake B (17 dogs running)
2nd place - Anna - for 3 points
Specials (7 dogs running)
2nd place - GiGi
3rd place - Viva
5th place - Bosley

September 15, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in East Ridge, TN
Specials (6 dogs running)
1st place - GiGi - for 2 LCX points
4th place - Viva

September 1, 2007 - SOMOS NOTRA Racing in Jacksonville, FL
Raku earns 1 ORC point!

August 26, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Leesburg, VA
Open Stake A (15 dogs running)
3rd place - Cuda - for 2 points
5th place - Bosley
Open Stake B (15 dogs running)
4th place - Rupert
Specials (10 dogs running)
2nd - GiGi - for 1 LCX point
Veterans (3 dogs running)
2nd - Murphy

August 25, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Leesburg, VA
Open Stake A (15 dogs running)
4th place  - Anna
Open Stake B (15 dogs running)
3rd place - Rupert - for 2 points
Specials (8 dogs running)
4th place - Viva

August 18, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Reidsville, NC
Open Stake (15 dogs)
1st - Bosley - for a 5 point major to finish his AKC Field Championship!!!
4th - Tigger

August 12, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Pennsville, PA
Open Stake (15 dogs)
2nd - Avery - for her first 3 points (Avery is a sister to Derby who won the day before)
4th - Anna
Field Champion Stake (3 dogs)
1st & Best Of Breed - GiGi - for her first 5 LCX points!
Veterans (3 dogs)
1st - Murphy - for 1 poin
Quincy also completed his Junior Courser (JC) title!

August 11, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Pennsville, PA
Open Stake (16 dogs)
3rd - Derby - for his first 2 points (Derby is a Brooks x Kira son bred by Joanne Ronning & Pat Taylor)
4th - Bosley
Field Champion Stake (6 dogs)
2nd - Viva
4th - GiGi
Veterans (2 dogs)
1st - Murphy - 1 point

August 2, 2007 - Shows in Salem, VA
Anna was WB/BOW for two points under Judge Ms. Patricia Trotter!  She now only needs majors to finish!

July 22, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Rocky Mount, NC
Open (21 dogs)
1st - GiGi - 5 point major to finish her AKC Field Championship!!!!
5th - Rupert

July 21, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Rocky Mount, NC
Open Stake (22 dogs)
1st - Rupert - 5 point major!  (Just needs a major to finish his FC/DC!)
2nd - GiGi - 3 points
Field Champion Stake (6 dogs)
3rd - Viva
Veterans (1 dog)
1st & Best Of Breed - Murphy - 5 point major!!!!  (just needs a major to finish his FC!)

July 17, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Cartersville, GA
Open Stake (23 dogs)
4th - Rupert
5th - GiGi

July 1, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Rocky Mount, NC
Open Stake (22 dogs)
1st - Bosley for a 5 point major!
3rd - Rupert for 2 points

June 24, 2007 - NOTRA racing in Michigan
Cuda gained 1 point towards his ORC, placing 5th out of 37!

June 23, 2007 - Show in Richmond, VA 
Judge Dr. Alvin Krause
Trick (Shannon Down Pick A Card) was WD for his first point at his first show!!!  He is owned and loved by George and Michelle Evans and bred/co-owned by us.  He was handled to this win by Suzie Hughes.

June 20, 2007
Winnie x Bosley puppies born June 19, 2007!
7 puppies - 6 girls, 1 boy
Visit New Litters to see them!

June 16, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Cartersville, GA
Open Stake A - 15 dogs
1st & BOB - Viva, 5 point major & new FC and new SC!!!
2nd - GiGi, 3 points & new SC!
4th - Rupert
Open Stake B - 15 dogs
1st - Tigger, 5 point major!!!
2nd - Cuda, 3 points!
4th - Anna
Vets - 1 dog
1st - Murphy

May 28, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Hanover, PA
Open Stake (16 dogs)
1st & BOB - Viva for a 5 point major
3rd - Rupert for 2 points
4th - Cuda

May 6, 2007 - NOTRA race meet in Ohio
Entry of 45 Whippets
Tigger won the meet!  For another 5 National points, keeping him the #1 NOTRA dog right now!  He only needs 7 more points for his SORC.
Viva placed 8th - just out of the points!
Cuda placed 10th!
Rupert & Viva finished their OTRM and Josh got his OTR!

May 5, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Ohio
Open Stake A - 17 dogs
GiGi placed 3rd for 2 points - this was only her second trial and now has 7 points and a major!
Cuda placed 5th
Open Stake B - 17 dogs
Rupert placed 2nd for 3 points, he now has 5 points!
Veterans - 4 dogs
Murphy won the stake for another point!

April 22, 2007 - WRA meet in Mocksville, NC
Entry of 23 Whippets
Tigger placed 3rd for 3 WRCh points to finish his WRCh!!!!!!
Bosley placed 5th for 1 WRCh point to bring his total to 9.33
Viva placed 7th

April 21, 2007 - WRA meet in Mocksville, NC
Entry of 25 Whippets
Tigger placed 3rd for 3 WRCh points!
GiGi placed 7th

April 15, 2007 - NOTRA meet in Jacksonville, FL
Entry of 41 Whippets
Viva finishes 9th and picks up 1/3 of an ORC point - her first!
We also had 3 others finish in the Top 20
Cuda placed 11th
Bosley placed 14th
GiGi placed 17th
And Josh was the Turtle once again!

April 14, 2007 - NOTRA meet in Jacksonville, FL
Entry of 50 Whippets
Tigger wins the meet!!!!  This gives him 6 more National points!
This totals him at 25 Nationals for the year - keeping him the #1 NOTRA dog and
38 Nationals towards his SORC!!!  He's closing in on it.
We had 3 others finish in the Top 20
GiGi placed 8th
Viva placed 12th
Cuda placed 13th
Josh also ran his first NOTRA this day and was awarded the Turtle award!!!

April 4-7, 2007 - AWC National
AWC National held in Kansas City, KS - judge Ms. Clair Newcombe
In 9-12 dogs - Quincy makes the cut down the 5th
In Novice bitches - Frenchie makes the cut down to 5th
In Race Ch. dogs - Bosley places 2nd
In Race Ch. bitches - Winnie places 3rd
In Extended Brood Bitches - Sweet Pea places 4th with help from Scarlet & Charlize

April 1, 2007 - WRA meet in Winnsboro, SC
Entry of 21 Whippets
Tigger won the meet and took home another 3 WRCh and 3 National points,
he is now up to 10 WRCh points!

March 31, 2007 - WRA meet in Winnsboro, SC
Entry of 24 Whippets
Bosley placed 4th and received 1 WRCh point,
he is now up to 8.33 WRCh points!

March 11, 2007
AKC Lure Coursing in Cartersville, GA
In Open Whippets - 38 running
GiGi wins her Open stake and goes on to take Best Open AND Best of Breed for a 5 point major her very first time AKC coursing!  She and her sister Viva did awesome the only days they ran!
Winnie was 2nd in her Open stake for another 3 points!
Rupert was 3rd in his Open stake for his first 2 points!

March 10, 2007 - AKC Lure Coursing in Cartersville, GA
In Open Whippets - 31 running
Viva wins her stake and is Best Open for a 5 point major her very first time AKC coursing!
Winnie is 2nd in her Open stake for 3 points!

March 3-4, 2007
Tigger, Viva, GiGi & Gali all complete their JC titles!

February 25, 2007 - NOTRA meet in Jacksonville, FL
Entry of 61 Whippets
We had 5 dogs in the Top 20!!!
2. TIGGER - 5 National points!
7. RAKU
11. VIVA
16. JOKER
18. CUDA

Again, what a wonderful day and lots of great competition.  Raku was just out of the points and really pushed Tigger when she ran... all the dogs had a great time and all ran safe with no injuries what so ever.  Bosley got to run again, but we ran him for two runs this day.  Again, he held up great and his toe is wonderful, no soreness at all and is back on the couch resting up to hopefully run a full meet next month!  We had a great time!

February 24, 2007 - NOTRA meet in Jacksonville, FL 
Entry of 60 Whippets
We had 5 dogs in the Top 20!!!
1. TIGGER - 7 National points!
4. RAKU - 4 ORC points & 0.5 Nationals!
12. VIVA
15. JOKER
20. CUDA

What a great day, Tigger won a very nice 60 dog meet with a LOT of VERY nice running dogs, Brooks finished his OTRM-2 title and is now one of a few dogs to have their Bench Championship, CRX-3 & OTRM-2 titles!  Lola also finished her OTR title and had tons of fun as she has not been racing in a while.  Gali was also entered for the first time and ran great and had lots of fun!  Bosley, who is just coming off of toe surgery, ran once this day and did great... his toe held up great and he was so happy to get to run after many weeks of couch time.  We pulled him after the first run as he is just coming back and we didn't want to push him.

January 28, 2007 - NOTRA meet in Jacksonville, FL
Entry of 42 Whippets
We had 6 dogs in the Top 20!!!
2. TIGGER - 3 National points
6. RAKU
8. CUDA
9. VIVA
14. BROOKS
15. GIGI

What a weekend!  GiGi, Viva & Raku all finished their OTR titles this weekend!

January 27, 2007 - NOTRA meet in Jacksonville, FL
Entry of 43 Whippets
We had 7 dogs in the Top 20!!!
1. (Meet Winner) TIGGER - 4 National points towards SORC
3. RAKU - 5 ORC & 0.5 National point
4. WINNIE - 0.5 National point
7. VIVA
10. GIGI
14. CUDA
16. RUPERT

January 13, 2007 - ASFA Coursing in Camden, SC
In an Open stake of 9...
Viva placed 3rd!
In a FCh stake of 16...
Winnie placed 2nd!
Rupert placed 3rd!
In Singles, 6 ran...
Cuda won singles, he's running in singles due to all our bitches being in season, he's thinking with the wrong end!
Scarlet was tied for 2-3!  Scarlet hasn't coursed in over a year and she ran beautifully!

January 1, 2007 -ASFA Coursing in Cartersville, GA
In an Open stake of 12...
GiGi was 1st!  Her first 1st placement!
Sister Viva was 3rd!
In an FCh stake of 10
Rupert was 1st, making it his first 1st placement in FCh!
Winnie placed NBQ!

Not a bad start to the year!