GCWC Fall Race Meets

September 22 & 23, 2005

Eyleland Kennels - Antioch, IL

Bulletin! The GCWC is now offering Race Meets, and practices, for Silken Windhounds!

We are happy to announce that we will be holding our Silken Windhound meets on this weekend.  As with the WRA & LGRA meets there will be one meet on each day.

Points will be awarded toward the Gazehound Racing Champion (GRC) title and Superior Gazehound Racing Champion (SGRC).

All LGRA and Silken Windhound meets will be held in conjunction with the Whippet Racing Association sanctioned Whippet Race meets held by the GCWC .

Whippet measuring and inspection will begin at [8:00 A.M.] with races beginning immediately following the draw of the races.

LGRA Inspection will begin immediately after whippet inspection is complete and during the first heat of whippet races.

Bitches in season and lame sighthounds are ineligible to race in WRA, Silken Windhound and LGRA meets.

Pre-Entry fee is $10.00 per dog with a $30 limit per kennel for pre entries. Post entries will be $18 per dog with a $54 kennel limit.

Any entry not received by 11:59 p.m. CDT Thursday, September 20, 2007 will be considered a post entry with any additional amount for late mail entries collected at the day of the meet. E-mail entries paid on race day are considered pre-entries

A kennel is defined as dogs brought and handled by one family and owned, or co-owned, by the members of that family. Kennel entries need not be of the same breed.

Send ALL Entries To:

Registration with the WRA or LGRA:

All entrants must be registered with the WRA or LGRA. Registration is a one time thing for each dog. Bring a photocopy of your dogs registration papers and $2, for each dog to the race meet. This registration fee and the copy of the dogs papers will be sent to the WRA or LGRA. This is in addition to the entry fee for each dog. Pre-registration may be sent to the WRA or LGRA so that it arrives at least two weeks before the date of the race meet you desire to enter.

LGRA Eligible Breeds: Only purebred Afghan Hounds, Basenji, Borzoi, Chart Polski Cirneco dell'Etna, Greyhounds, Ibezan Hounds, Irish Wolfhounds, Italian Greyhounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Salukis, Scottish Deerhounds and Sloughi may enter.

LGRA Registration Requirements: All hounds participating must be individually registered with the American Kennel Club (AKC), Canadian Kennel Club (CKC), United Kennel Club UKC, National Greyhound Association (NGA), or with any foreign registry for pure-bred progeny of Gazehound breeds. Hounds registered with the AKC under Indefinite Listing Privilege (ILP) or the CKC equivalent may also be entered. All hounds entered must be recognized by the LGRA. Foreign registered Gazehounds not yet registered in the United States may register provisionally until an approved registration is obtained.

Silken Windhounds must be pre-registered with Bobbie Deis, the Silken Windhound Registrar, to race in these meets. Contact her at: bunnydeis@yahoo.com. A copy of the dogs registration and $4 Must be sent to Bobby with enough time for a reply to come back to you before the meets.

The person entering a hound for racing must be the actual owner, or agent of the owner, or in possession of papers transferring said ownership to the person entering the hound.

All racers will run with both Muzzles and numbered Racing Blankets.

Racers will be hand slipped from the Tally-Ho. If ALL owners desire, and the breed will comfortably fit in the starting boxes, the dogs may be started from the starting box. Usually this means that Basenjis, Greyhounds, I.G.'s, Pharoah Hounds, Afghans, Sloughi's, Ibizan's, Silken's and Rhodesians are boxed. Three Heats of LGRA and Silken Races will be run each day for each breed. Each race will consist of up to four gazehounds running a 200 yard sprint race. With two or four judges for the finish of each race. The minimum number of starters for each breed is two for an official race meet for that breed.

Whippets will run 4 heats of races with up to 6 whippets in each race.

Click Here for Directions to the Antioch, IL Race site

A Porta-Potty will be provided. A Sprayer to cool the dogs will be provided if needed. There is no water or electricity at the site, so bring water, chairs and whatever else you will need for a day out.

Camping is permitted. The gate will be unlocked, though it will be held shut with a bungy cord, Friday morning. You must remove all of your trash from the grounds when you leave.

There will be a POT LUCK LUNCH both days in between Heats so please bring a dish to pass.

Local Motels which take dogs:
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