Mariner Whippets

Racing fun & placements!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:32:00 +0000

Last weekend was our meet for MAWRA (Mid-Atlantic Whippet Racing Association) under the CWA program. Butters (Ch. Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) practiced on Saturday then entered as the only puppy on Sunday. He had 3 beautiful runs. He qualified for the match for being High Score Puppy and took a 2nd place behind his beautiful half-sister Caper, Surrey Hill's Petaluma.

Baby Bernie (Mariner's Drunken Sailor) is now box broken at 7.5 months of age and will start puppy racing in July.

ASFA Coursing 1st for Jewel

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:07:00 +0000

Jewel (Surrey Hill's Ripon Jewel) continues her winning ways, this time on the coursing field by going 1st in the Open stake under Judge Vanessa Johnson at the CHAMP ASFA field trial in Leesburg, VA. Jewel was piloted to this win by Ian and Carlee Davies (ASLAN Rhodesian Ridgebacks). This is her first placement toward her Field Champion title.

New Champion Butters!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Sat, 03 May 2008 14:45:00 +0000

Announcing a new champion--Surrey Hill's Golden Boy (Ch. Chelsea Chalcedoney x Ch. Diablesse Surrey Hill Say Yaha), bred by Karen Lee & Leila Anchini-Downen, and owned by Kristen Fredericks and Karen Lee.

"Butters" has had quite a week--he did well at the National and had his first cross-country flights, and now he is a champion, finishing today under Avery Gaudin at Bucks County KC in PA.

He only needed one point, so WD was sufficient. Butters is not quite 13 months old."Butters" is the first champion for his sire, and is out of "Jasper's" first litter. He is the third champion son for his dam. Butters" was presented today by Laura Kieffer, who has handled him throughout his class career. Thanks, as always, to Laura for the fabulous job she does presenting our dogs.

First Dog Show success!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:24:00 +0000

Bernie (Mariner's Drunken Sailor) went RWD and best puppy at the Chesapeake, VA shows under judge Denny Mounce. He went on to a Puppy Group 2! We're very proud of our Meghan puppy.

Also, showing under the Mariner Whippets banner for the first time was recently acquired "Jewel" (Surrey Hill's Ripon Jewel). She is a full sister to Inga (Group-placing Surrey Hill Ice Queen of Mariner) from an earlier litter of the same pedigree. Jewel went Winners Bitch!

An excellent day for two young dogs. Both will be shown sparingly in the ring this year as Bernie and Jewel make up part of our 2008/2009 coursing and racing team.

Both dogs were handled by Laura Kieffer who has done an excellent job with their ringcraft over the last few weeks.

Butters wins 2 classes at AWC National!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +0000

Butters (Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) wins the 12-18 month class at the American Whippet Club National in Eugene, OR under judge Cindy Scott, handled by his breeder Karen Lee.

Butters also won the 12-14 month class in the puppy Futurity under judge Donna Lynch (Hamrya Whippets) , handled by Linda Buchholz (Swiftsure Whippets, Canada)

New Delta & Butters running photos!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:42:00 +0000

Two very cool pictures landed in my inbox this evening - beautiful sequential photos of Delta (Ch. Taejaan Innocent Eyes) and Butters (Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) running at race practice taken by Terri Kieffer. Terri is going to be the official photographer of the CWA Nationals in August. I'm excited to see her use this technology at our race meet! How fun!

Butters is a Cover Boy!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:12:00 +0000

Butters is the cover story on the latest edition of Whippet Watch magazine! Cover photo by Terri Kieffer. This was taken on the beautiful Colonial Parkway. Part of the Colonial National Historic Park in Williamsburg, VA.

Bernie at 6 months

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Bernie (Mariner's Drunken Sailor) turned 6 months old on March 26th and on March 29th he went to the MAWRA club race practice. While he was there Laura Kieffer (Pixel Whippets) took the opportunity to stack him up for a impromtu photoshoot with her mother and professional photographer, Terri Kieffer.

Bernie is a mix of old American and Canadian dual purpose and racing lines. I'm very pleased with his progress! He'll be shown a little this Spring and Summer before we commit to racing him later this year.

Butters 2nd Major!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:09:00 +0000

Butters (Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) received his second major from the 9-12 puppy class at the Lancaster KC show in York, PA under judge Harry Smith by going Winners Dog, Best of Winners, and Best Opposite Sex over Specials. He was also Best puppy and went on to a Puppy Group 3! He was handled by Laura Kieffer. Also pictures, Breeder and Co-Owner Karen Bowers Lee.

WD, WB, BOW, BOS, BOB & Group 4 in Buffalo!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:13:00 +0000

Inga (Surrey Hill Ice Queen of Mariner) broke out of the starting gates at full speed! In her first show at the Wyoming Kennel Club in Buffalo, NY she was Winners Bitch, Best of Winners, and then Best of Breed over specials for 2 points! She wasn't satisfied to stop there! Inga went on to a Group 4 under breed and hound group Judge Sharon Krough. Inga was handled by Laura Kieffer. She is co-owned and co-bred by Karen Bowers Lee (Surrey Hill)

Inga is out of DC Surrey Hill's Pep Talk and the lovely English import Bluestreak Belle Du Jour from the world famous Bluestreak Kennels in England.

Her kennelmate Butters also went Winners Dog for another 2 points bringing him to 9 points and a major from the puppy classes ! Handled by Laura Kieffer.

WD & WB in Florida under Isabel Stoffers

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:57:00 +0000

Butters (Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) and Delta (Taejaan Innocent Eyes) did very well at the Pasco Florida Kennel Club. Delta was WB for 2 points and Butters was WD, BOW, BOS for 2 points. The judge was renowned whippet breeder Isabel Stoffers (Runners). Butters and Delta were handled by Laura Kieffer.

Butters 4 pt major on the Florida Circuit!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:53:00 +0000

Butters took his first major on the highly competitive Florida Circuit at the Tampa Bay Kennel Club dog show under Judge Jacqueline Stacy from the 9-12 puppy class. Handled by Laura Kieffer.

New Delta Pictures!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:07:00 +0000

An early birthday gift from my handler Laura Kieffer arrived today! Beautiful photos of my Australian import "Delta" Taejaan Innocent Eyes. This were taken by Tom Waginend (The Winning Image) and are GORGEOUS! The eyeliner is 100% real, folks! Delta is co-owned with Karen Lee (Surrey Hill) and Deaan Christiansen (Chelsea)

Butters is on NBC!

noreply@blogger.com (Mariner Whippets) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 03:30:00 +0000

Butters (Surrey Hill's Golden Boy) went Best of Breed at the tender age of 7 months at both Philadelphia Kennel Club dog shows under judges Karen Wilson and Patricia Gabosch - handled by Laura Kieffer. On Saturday, the event was taped by NBC as the National Dog Show and will be shown after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC! Check him out being shown by his breeder Karen Bowers Lee!

On Sunday, he was pulled in a very competitive hound group under Judge Sharon Krough. We hope this is the start of something big!