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Just hours after Big Brown won the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Kentucky, “Big White,” DLT White Knight, took home Texas’ richest stakes race title, the $20,000 Texas Round Up at Gulf Greyhound Park in La Marque, Texas. The three year-old white male out of Gable Dodge and Tafe Phobia, earned the money and title in a big way Saturday night.
DLT White Knight’s kennel owner, David Lingle, picked last in the post-position drawing on Wednesday, but broke first from the five-hole on Saturday night. The great break was all he needed because the front running CL Skip A Bid from the High Star Kennel slashed in from the seven-post and rushed to the first-turn on top, taking the White Knight with him.
As the group passed the toteboard, White Knight made his move and left not only Skip A Bid behind, but the whole field would have a backseat view of the DLT White Knight show. He drew to a three-length advantage by the time he hit the stretch call and extended to a four-length victory to take home the coveted $20,000 Texas Round Up championship, the third and biggest stakes race win of his career. The David Tate owned three-year old ran an impressive 29.94 to completely dominate a very good field of greyhounds.
A very happy David Lingle and the rest of the crew from Lingle Kennel accepted the trophy and $10,000 check presented by Sally Briggs, GGP’s General Manager and Rod Neal and Gayle McElhinny, representatives of the Texas Greyhound Association in the Winner’s Circle. “This is the main event that a whole lot of Texas breeders and fans of the sport look forward to every year, and this year’s race lived up to the hype,” said Briggs. “DLT White Knight and the Lingle Kennel are a class act and deserve the accolades.” |
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LQK Kennels, Inc. |
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| Starts: |
61 |
| 1st: |
12 |
| 2nd: |
8 |
| 3rd: |
12 |
| 4th: |
4 |
| Earnings: |
$9,062.32 |
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Wow, now this is a big week of racing! The LQK Kennels put it together this week to take home a whole bunch of the money up for grabs and earn the Kennel of the Week award.
The Cam Hawkins led LQK Kennels used 61 starts to accumulate a huge 12 wins, with 8 seconds, 12 thirds, and 4 fourths. The big week of racing earned the kennel a week’s high $9,062.00 in purse money, a very fine week.
Congratulations to the kennel and crew in number 6 for taking home the big prize. |
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