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From the President by David Peck IN THIS ISSUE From the President TGA News NGA News TX Adoption Groups TGA-GGP Scholarship TX Bred Registry PO Box 40 Lorena, TX 76655 15406 S IH35 Bruceville, TX 76630 (254) 857-4377 (254) 857-4299 fax

TGA Newsletter www.tgagreyhounds.com

On April 12, 2016, Andrea Young, Valley Race Park (VRP), Sally Briggs, Gulf Greyhound Park (GGP), Marsha Roundtree, Texas Horseman Partnership (THP) and I, testified before the Texas Racing Commission (TxRC), requesting approval for the Greyhound Racing Plan. The Plan was approved, resulting in an unprecedented co-operation between all parties. VRP and the TGA are in close communications, working together for the upcoming meet beginning November 25, 2016 and running until February 4, 2017. We are currently still in the planning stages and the finer details are being worked out, but we’ll keep everyone informed as things are finalized. Because of the time frame of the meet, there will be a different format used that has never been used before in Texas. Due to the changing environment and reduction in revenue, it is necessary to do it this way and it will greatly benefit greyhound breeders and also the tracks. The plan for VRP’s meet is to be like the horse meets; running a short meet with higher purses. We believe this will keep live racing in Texas until such a time the purse revenue can be increased in other ways. There will be one meet a year, with Valley Race Park, Gulf Greyhound Park & Gulf Coast Racing, alternating the meets. The accumulated purse money from simulcasting during the year will be paid out during the meet. Our goal has been to come up with ways to benefit our breeders and reward them with having a place to run their puppies in-state, as well as stimulating future breedings. We encourage the membership to continue breeding the highest quality of puppies in the age groups from February - July or older, so you can reap the rewards in the future meets.

ISSUE 1 Jan - Mar 2016

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TGA News

The ballots for the 2016 election were sent out February 17, 2016 and were returned and counted on March 17, 2016. The official results were announced at the Annual Membership Meeting; Saturday, March 19, 2016. Joey Lail, appointed by Election Chairperson Frances Moffatt, gave the election report and served as Installing Officer. The following were elected to serve a two-year term and duly installed:

Welcome Our New Members:

Kathleen Smith (04/15/16) Glenn Jones (03/09/16) Denise Brackett (03/07/16) Joseph Torres (02/16/16) Rodney Cooley (02/16/16) Christine Miller (01/15/16)

Elected Vice President Term expires March 2018 John Dalton Elected Secretary/Treasurer Term expires March 2018 Billy Galbreath Elected Director Term expires March 2018 Jerry Kramer

Obituaries Homer Sparkman (October 19, 1928 - February 08, 2016) Gerald Erwin (September 26, 1938 - February 09, 2016) Kalyn Brymer (TGA/GGP Scholarship Recipient) (March 13, 1991 - February 19, 2016) Lavern Zeigler (March 25, 1932 - March 21, 2016)

*see TGA website for full obituary

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TGA News

HARLINGEN — Seven years after the dogs packed up and left, greyhound racing is returning to Valley Race Park. Texas Racing Commission officials confirmed yesterday the park has been cleared to resume a full slate of live dog racing. The park has requested and been granted 36 racing days. Employees at Valley Race Park say it isn’t known which dates the greyhounds will run. But when they do, races will be held four days a week, with 10 races planned each day. “The commission did grant some additional race dates to Valley Race Park,” Robert Elrod, spokesman for the commission, said yesterday. “They already had one scheduled for 2016 (Nov. 26) and the commission granted an additional 35. This is all the result of a plan the dog racing industry brought to the commission this week.” Andrea Young, president of Valley Race Park Inc., requested dates be granted for racing from Nov. 25, 2016, and ending Feb. 4. “We feel that those dates will provide large purse monies to attract the best greyhounds available and also will present a viable marketing event,” Young wrote. The combined plan the three dog tracks in Texas submitted to the commission was on behalf of Young, Sally Briggs of Gulf Greyhound Park in La Marque and Gulf Coast Racing in Corpus Christi, and David Peck, president of the Texas Greyhound Association. The analysis from track operators about greyhound racing’s status was grim. Gulf Greyhound Park has during the past five years had 1,356 greyhound race dates, the letter noted. Yet it wasn’t enough to turn an acceptable profit. “Due to increasing competition from 8-liners, the lottery, online wagering and bordering state casinos, GPP began suffering increasingly high operating losses over the past several years. These mounting losses caused GGP to make the decision to cease live racing at the end of 2015.”

The analysis blamed the tracks’ problems on “outside forces and regulation,” and said their new plan would change the status quo of dog racing in Texas. Key to this new plan, they say, is to rotate two-to three-month race meets each year between the three dog tracks with Valley Race Park going first. “… all purse money generated for greyhound racing will have to be allocated to the one single track running live that year.” The plan says all tracks will benefit from this truncated racing season, and will allow them to better market greyhound racing. It also allows the industry to take advantage of Texas’ warmer winter weather, holidays, and winter transplants (“snowbirds”). Since the greyhounds were shipped out of Valley Race Park in 2009, the park has survived on live simulcasts of dog and horse racing, pay-per-view sports and as a venue for special events such as weddings and banquets. Since 2009, live greyhound racing has returned occasionally to Valley Race Park but only temporarily. The first dog races at the 6,000-seat Valley Race Park occurred in 1990. Greyhound racing in the United States has been in decline for decades, a victim of changing entertainment tastes and increased competition for gambling dollars from casinos and other gaming options. From 2001 to 2010, betting at dog tracks declined 67 percent nationally. It is no coincidence this occurred during the rapid expansion of casinos that now operate in 33 states. Texas has one such casino, the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, but greyhound and horse tracks also compete against eight-liners and casinos in neighboring states. There are 19 greyhound tracks still operating in the country, a dozen of them in Florida. The primary source of revenue for track operators there comes from slot machines and poker rooms – not dogs.

Live greyhound racing coming back to Valley Race Park By RICK KELLEY Staff Writer

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TGA News

Under Florida law, in order to offer other gaming like slots and poker, tracks have to offer dog racing. This year, track owners were pushing to get rid of the dogs and still be allowed to keep the slots and poker, known as “decoupling.” The legislation has not passed, but it put greyhound track operators in the unusual position of trashing their own industry to try to convince lawmakers that allowing slots and poker without dogs was good business.

(Live greyhound racing coming back to Valley Race Park cont’d)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2016

Valley Race Park to Host 36-day Live Meet in November 2016

Texas Racing Commission Approves Texas Industry Plan

(Harlingen, TX) – – Valley Race Park announced today that it will hold a 36-day live greyhound race meet

beginning on Friday, November 25, 2016. The Texas Racing Commission approved the Harlingen, Texas

racetrack’s racing schedule at its April meeting held last week in Austin. The 36-day meet, which will kick

off the day after Thanksgiving, will be the first live race meet held at the greyhound track since 2013 and

the first extended meet since 2009.

“We are very excited to bring this particular live race meet to Valley Race Park,” said Valley Race Park

President Andrea B. Young, “We have already received an unprecedented amount of interest from

breeders and owners. The purse structure and format will be extremely attractive. We look forward to

working with the City of Harlingen and the Texas Greyhound Association to put together a great meet.”

More details including the official racing schedule, post times, and promotions will be announced as they

become available.

Jamie Nielsen 281-807-8771 [email protected]

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NGA News

Greyhounds are elite athletes. They need a palatable, low bulk, high energy ration so they can maintain speed and stamina within a set body weight. They need minerals, especially calcium and phosphorus, vitamins, especially A, C, D, and E and electrolytes. All are essential to maintain musculo-skeletal soundness, optimal metabolic activity, strong immune system, and overall health and wellbeing. Coming up with all this is a combination of experience of the farmer or trainer and science. More research is needed into the nutritional and energy requirements of racing greyhounds. Racers in the U.S. are fed once/day a meal of 50-70% meat and the rest dry food plus vitamin/mineral/electrolyte supplement and various additives like pasta, rice, and vegetables. There are probably as many race diets as there are trainers, but this is a basic profile. An all dry food diet is bulky, may be deficient in vitamins and minerals and is less palatable to greyhounds. They prefer a moist diet. Meat is a nutritious, high energy source with less bulk, and they like it. Beef is the most common meat fed to greyhounds. It is fed raw because many believe that is the best way to preserve the quality of the proteins, fats, and vitamins in it. The common source of beef is dairy or beef cattle that have been injured or treated for an illness and are therefore unacceptable for human consumption. Their meat is still high quality, but the processing is less strict, which leads to two very important risk factors. First is the possible presence of drug residues in the meat. A cattle source may be treated with an antibiotic in an attempt by the farmer to save the animal, or it may be humanely euthanized with a barbiturate. These drugs are contaminants and can be detected in the greyhound's urine in extremely low levels (procaine penicillin 0.05 ug/ml). Analytical techniques of today are highly sensitive. A study at Oregon State University (Craig, 1989) evaluated whether small, trace amounts of procaine affected race performance. Results documented that performance was not altered. Studies like this provide valid data to racing officials so they can make informed decisions regarding inadvertent drug residues. Secondly, and far more serious, is the risk of fecal contamination by pathogenic organisms, most commonly Salmonella. Sometimes as much as 40-60% of a batch will have some amount of Salmonella contamination. Being a carnivore, the dog's digestive system is equipped to handle these pathogens, very much more than ours is. Antibacterial enzymes are in saliva. The stomach has strong hydrochloric acid which dissolves food and bacteria. The short intestine and relatively quick passage of food through it doesn't leave much time for any bad bacteria to multiply. A healthy dog can overpower most contamination and build some natural immunity in the process. Puppies, whose immune systems are not active until 6-8 weeks of age, should be fed cooked meat to lessen the chance of Salmonella infection. Greyhound handlers are much more at risk than their dogs are. Good overall sanitation practices reduce the risk. Wear gloves when handling meat. Thaw meat and feed in as short a time as possible. Wash and disinfect feed pans. Pick up turnout pens immediately. Basically, practice good hygiene. This is also true for the newer raw pet diets. Salmonella, Listeria, E.coli O157:H7 and other significant pathogens have been isolated from commercial raw meat diets. Any raw meat source, however processed, has the potential for contamination. Researchers are working on ways to target Salmonella invasion mechanisms so we can hopefully reduce Salmonella in all agricultural animal populations. We will all benefit from this . Advances are also happening in vaccine development, which could mean protecting farm animals, dogs, and people.

Feeding The Racing Greyhound

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Preferred Adoption Groups

A Place for Us Greyhounds, Inc. Lubbock / Amarillo Linda Dunn PO Box 94681 Lubbock, TX 79493 Phone: (806) 787-8530 Email: [email protected] Austin Greyhound Adoption Chris Miller PO Box 336 Cedar Park, TX 78630 Phone: (254) 217-4510 Website: http://www.austingreyhounds.org/

Everything Grey Greyhound Haven Wendi Richard 504 S 18th Street Nederland, Texas 77627 Phone: (409) 781-2356 Website: http://www.everythinggrey.org Email: [email protected] FastK9's Greyhound Adoption Inc Cathryn Caldwell PO Box 57036 Webster, TX 77598 Phone: (281) 450-6268 Website: www.fastk9s.org Email: [email protected] Greyhound Adoption League of Texas Susie McQuade 3400 Carlisle Street, Suite 310 Dallas, TX 75204-1265 Phone: (972) 503-4258 Website: http://www.greyhoundadoptiontx.org Greyhound Pets of America / Central Texas Tommi Howell PO Box 10069 Austin, TX 78766 Phone: (512) 748-0843 Email: [email protected]

Greyhound Pets of America / Houston Pat Freytag PO Box 741176 Houston, TX 77274 Phone: 713-866-4466 (answering svc.) 713-667-3804 (Kennel office) Website: http://www.gpahouston.org/ Email: [email protected] Greyhounds Unlimited Susan Lemon PO Box 703967 Dallas, TX 75370-3967 Phone: 972-503-GREY (4739) Website: http://www.greyhoundsunlimited.org/ Email: [email protected] Heart of Texas Greyhound Adoption, Inc. Cheryl King 24430 Camp Site Road San Antonio, TX 78264 Phone: 210-621-0123 Website: www.heartoftexasgreyhounds.org Email: [email protected] Texas Adopt a Greyhound Society Suzanne Griggs PO Box 703782 Dallas, TX 75370-3782 Phone: (214) 368-TAGS (8247) Website: http://www.tagsintx.org/ E-mail: [email protected]

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TGA - GGP Scholarship

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2016 Texas Bred Registry

ATASCOCITA RACING 67046 ATASCOCITA BOWL ATASCOCITA RYLIE 07/31/15 4 2

ATASCOCITA RACING 67570 ATASCOCITA GRAY ATASCOCITA KADO 10/23/15 5 0

ATASCOCITA RACING 67557 FLYING WESTOVER ATASCOCITA DORIS 10/10/15 4 3

ATASCOCITA RACING 67189 FLYING WESTOVER ATASCOCITA DULCE 08/24/15 1 1

ATASCOCITA RACING 67521 FLYING WESTOVER ATASCOCITA GOLDA 10/15/15 7 1

ATASCOCITA RACING 67514 KIOWA SWEET TREY ATASCOCITA TANA 10/17/15 3 6

BIEHLE, KENNETH 67878 BARCELONA BOSS ATASCOCITA CAPRI 12/25/15 4 1

BIEHLE, KENNETH 67791 CRAIGIE WHISTLER BACKWOOD ALVA 11/14/15 6 4

BIEHLE, KENNETH 67512 DODGEM BY DESIGN ATASCOCITA VITA 10/07/15 3 3

BIEHLE, KENNETH 67903 FORTIFIED POWER KB'S SANTA ANA 12/26/15 3 4

BIEHLE, KENNETH L 67686 HI NOON HERO ROC A BY DIXIE 11/22/15 0 1

BIEHLE, KENNETH L 67295 KIOWA MYTH GO BON DODGEM 09/16/15 2 3

BIEHLE, KENNETH L 67294 KIOWA MYTH FLYING IDEALIST 09/15/15 2 3

BIEHLE, KENNETH 67195 LONESOME CRY ATASCOCITA MIA 08/23/15 1 3

BIEHLE, KENNETH 67342 TEAM RECORD* FLYING CHIEFLAND 09/14/15 1 0

BIEHLE, KENNETH 67453 TK QUICK STRIKE ATASCOCITA FLEUR 10/01/15 5 1

BIEHLE, KENNETH L 67740 TK QUICK STRIKE AMF BONE CHIP 11/17/15 4 0

BIEHLE, KENNETH 67742 TMC'S REMEDY ATASCOCITA OPRAH 12/01/15 4 0

BIEHLE, TROY 67875 ATASCOCITA GRAY ROYAL MOSAIC 01/01/16 2 4

BOYLE, DOUGLAS L. L 67223 DJAYS OCTANE BC NICKY 09/03/15 1 2

BOYLE, DOUGLAS L. L 67580 SH AVATAR EXOTIC KAURI 10/27/15 5 5

BOYLE, DOUGLAS L. L 67231 TMC'S REMEDY BC HIGH SOCIETY 09/06/15 3 0

BURNETT, JOHN 67713 DJAYS OCTANE HUNGER GAMES 11/21/15 3 5

BURNETT, JOHN L 67478 KC AND ALL SUPER FANTASTIC 10/06/15 2 5

BURNETT, JOHN L 67301 SOPRANO DRIVE SE'S TALI RITZ 09/11/15 5 4

BURNETT, JOHN 67865 SOPRANO DRIVE JB'S THUNDERBOLT 12/12/15 7 1

CHILDS, BYRON JAY 66906 DJAYS OCTANE ALSO FULL RUSH 07/10/15 2 4

CHILDS, BYRON JAY L 67236 FLYING COAL CITY UNLEASHED BLAST 09/07/15 2 3

CHILDS, BYRON JAY L 67394 U TOO PURE SILK GREAT PLAY 09/03/15 1 5

DALTON, JOHN 67332 BARCELONA BOSS KELLS ALABAMA 09/12/15 0 1

DALTON, JOHN 67798 TK QUICK STRIKE KELLS BELIEVER 12/09/15 1 3

OWNERS NAME L NGA ID# SIRE DAM WHELPED M F

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2016 Texas Bred Registry OWNERS NAME L NGA ID# SIRE DAM WHELPED M F

DYAL, DAVID 66385 GOLDEN SQUIRE JEWELZ FIRE 04/27/15 2 2

DYAL, DAVID L 66671 TRENT LEE CELTIC DREAM 04/23/15 1 3

FULTON, KEVIN 67845 AMF BAD BOUNCE KF'S LUCKYTICKET 12/18/15 2 5

GALBREATH, BILLY D. L 67921 OMAR DODGER LONE STAR KELSEY 11/01/15 3 4

GARDNER, EDWARD F. 66792 CHASIN THE RICHS TURBO PAULA 06/23/15 4 3

GARDNER, EDWARD F. 67789 SUPER LEE TURBO HAZEL 12/09/15 7 2

GARDNER, EDWARD F. 67799 TURBO LENNIE TURBO EDWINA 12/08/15 0 1

HARLAN BROTHERS KENNEL, INC. 67573 DJAYS OCTANE SLATEX PLUTO 10/21/15 8 2

HARLAN BROTHERS KENNEL, INC. L 67868 DJAYS OCTANE SLATEX SELENE 12/29/15 0 2

HAYS, DAVID L. 66456 BD'S GRAYSON FLYING TREASURY 05/12/15 4 4

HAYS, DAVID L. 66516 FLYIN MAN OF GOD TIGER GIRL 05/22/15 1 3

HAYS, DAVID L. 67793 TRENT LEE FLYING TREASURY 11/26/15 1 2

HAYS, DAVID L. 67923 TRENT LEE FLYING BLUEFIELD 12/12/15 4 1

HENNIGAN, PAUL D. 67341 ATASCOCITA GRAY KB'S DANA 09/11/15 2 2

JS KRAMER, LLC 67199 DJAYS OCTANE GHOSTLY GRETYL 08/27/15 1 5

JS KRAMER, LLC 67235 DJAYS OCTANE JSK SHANNON LEA 09/04/15 2 0

LAIL, JOE 67846 LONESOME CRY RED HOT PREE 12/12/15 6 2

LAIL, JOE 67442 TRENT LEE RAMBLER GAMBLER 09/19/15 2 1

LAIL, JOE 67794 TRENT LEE ELECTRA CHICK 11/23/15 2 3

LIMMER, PETER L 67632 BARCELONA BOSS ATASCOCITA EAGLE 11/01/15 1 3

LONG, EDDIE L. L 67396 MUSTANG ZAPPER BETTY GRABLE 09/02/15 2 3

LONG, EDDIE L. 67045 TK QUICK STRIKE EL BABY FINGER 07/29/15 4 3

MCDONALD, EDDIE 67790 CRAIGIE WHISTLER TMC'S MONEYMAKER 11/23/15 5 7

MCDONALD, EDDIE 67225 CRAIGIE WHISTLER TMC'S JAYLOWE 08/09/15 1 1

MCPHAUL, SCOTT 66716 TK QUICK STRIKE BACKWOOD NAN 05/29/15 2 9

MCPHAUL, SCOTT 67340 TK QUICK STRIKE WHYNOT HOME GIRL 09/18/15 1 9

MILLER, GARY 67110 TK QUICK STRIKE TOPAZ LADY LUCK 08/06/15 3 0

MRL METALS, LLC. 67638 JS IM SEEIN RED MRL BOOBY TRAP 10/23/15 2 6

MRL METALS, LLC. 67780 MRL ON THE CLOCK MRL ZULU 12/02/15 3 4

PECK, DAVID R. 67567 CTW FORD DELUXE CUSTOM TRENT 10/24/15 3 6

PECK, DAVID R. 67391 GABLE SOUR CREAM CTW GIFTOFBRONZE 09/23/15 2 6

PECK, DAVID R. 67392 GABLE SOUR CREAM FLYING AXLEY 09/27/15 3 3

PECK, DAVID R. 66957 GABLE SOUR CREAM CTW CUBAN MELODY 07/18/15 2 5

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2016 Texas Bred Registry OWNERS NAME L NGA ID# SIRE DAM WHELPED M F

PECK, DAVID R. 67593 GABLE SOUR CREAM CTW BURGUNDY GAL 11/07/15 4 1

PECK, DAVID R. 67636 KC AND ALL DRIVEN TEMPO 11/07/15 2 1

PECK, DAVID R. 67871 TRENT LEE CTW FLIRTATIOUS 12/10/15 4 1

PECK, DAVID R. 67872 TRENT LEE CTW BUTTERSCOTCH 12/19/15 2 3

RIVERA, LOUIE 67115 HALLO WEST ACRE SAKKARA WAVE 08/05/15 4 5

SMITH, GREEN 67289 HL'S TOD N TYLER GABLE GULP 09/16/15 6 2

SMITH, GREEN 67579 RAPIDO TRUMAN KEEPER MIKASA 10/26/15 5 1

SMITH, GREEN 67637 RAPIDO TRUMAN GABLE KISSHER 11/01/15 4 6

TANNER, MARTY D. L 67633 BARCELONA BOSS FUZZYS ABIGAIL 11/02/15 3 1

TANNER, MARTY D. L 67048 FLYING COAL CITY RADIANT RED 08/01/15 0 4

TANNER, MARTY D. L 67688 TK QUICK STRIKE LOCODIAMOND 11/09/15 1 3

TANNER, MARTY D. L 68113 TK QUICK STRIKE DREAMING OF DINO 11/20/15 5 1

TANNER, MARTY D. L 67196 TMC'S REMEDY NEED A DATE 08/17/15 4 3

TANNER, MARTY D. L 67248 TYRUR ALEX* FUZZYS MELISSA 09/04/15 3 2

TURNER, KENNETH 67561 DJAYS OCTANE DEANOS JOY 10/25/15 2 4

YOUNTS, CAMERON 67240 KIOWA SWEET TREY CRY COMAL 09/04/15 0 3

YOUNTS, CAMERON 67631 TYRUR ALEX* CRY HOPE 11/08/15 4 2

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Mailing Address: PO Box 40; Lorena, Texas 76655

Physical Address:

15406 Interstate 35 South; Bruceville, Texas 76630

P: (254) 857-4377 F: (254) 857-4299

E-mail:

Interim Executive Director, Lois Mowery [email protected]

Admin Assistant, Kayla Sexton [email protected]

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