Two greyhounds remained undefeated after the second round of the $35,000 West Virginia Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association Juvenile Stakes Wednesday afternoon at Wheeling Island.
Code Red Kennel’s Arroyo Duchess and Xtrem Hess Racing Kennel’s Wild Blue Bee notched their second consecutive victories to top the leader board with 30 points each. Three greyhounds follow with 25 points each.
The semi-finals are set for Sunday, Sept. 17, with the field cut to 16 sprinters. The juvenile stake final is scheduled for Saturday matinee, Sept. 23.
Capsule looks at the second-round races follow:
Arroyo Duchess stalked frontrunner CG’s Nail Biter around the track before exploding down the stretch for a 5-length victory in 30.36. CET Zinc got up for third.
Wild Blue Bee powered home from third in the stretch for the second straight race, pulling away to a 2-length victory in 30.60. CET Mist closed for second while Arroyo Rylee held on for third.
CG’s Sun Storm posted a box-to-wire 3-length victory in 29.96. Wild Chomp Dude closed for second as BJ’s Goldie settled for third.
CG’s Honesty fired to an early lead before holding off Arroyo Deon by a length at the wire in 30.39. CET Dirty Skinny closed in the stretch to nab third.
Points after the second-round follow:
(The top 16 in points recorded advance to the semifinal round).
Arroyo Duchess (Code Red), 30 points Wild Blue Bee (Xtrem Hess Racing), 30 points
CG’s Nail Biter (Code Red), 25 points Arroyo Deon (Code Red), 25 points CG’s Honesty (Code Red), 25 points
CG’s Sun Storm (Code Red), 22 points
Wild Chomp Dude (Xtrem Hess Racing), 20 points
CET Mist (Steve Sarras), 17 points
CET Dirty Skinny (Steve Sarras), 14 points BJ’s Goldie (Jacobs Racing), 14 points
Four Roses (Steve Sarras), 13 points
BJ’s Montie (Jacobs Racing), 12 points Arroyo Rylee (Code Red), 12 points
Kebo Lucky Lady (Steve Sarras), 10 points
CET Zinc (Imark), 10 points CET Mc Gregor (Wayne Ward), 10 points
(The following greyhounds have been eliminated from the stakes event).
CET Mulligan (Wayne Ward), 8 points
CET Lithium (Imark), 7 points
CET Dirty Tom (Steve Sarras), 6 points Gullane (Steve Sarras), 6 points
CET Murphy (Steve Sarras), 5 points
TS Adesanya (Steve Sarras), 4 points BJ’s Willie (Jacobs Racing), 4 points
CET Nickel (Imark), 3 points CET Bronze (Imark), 3 points CET Jasper (Steve Sarras), 3 points
CET Mc Carthy (Wayne Ward), 2 points CET Valley (Wayne Ward), 2 points
CET Flood (Wayne Ward), 1 point BJ’s Bodie (Jacobs Racing), 1 point
TS Nate Diaz (Steve Sarras), 0 points CET Murray (Wayne Ward), 0 points