Mesa Racing, Inc.

Racing info

It was a "day of seconds" the other day and then thankfully that moved into the winners circle.

Mesa Budget ran second for her new owner Joe Watson in his kennel in Melbourne in her first start at that track
Mesa Cadence, Craigie Whistler-Dainty Wag, finished second her first maiden start at MB for Norm Rader's kennel
Mesa Erika, misnamed and actually a boy, owned by George and Karen Heise, ran a nice race and grabbed the place finishers check in their kennel
Mesa Tiger Jessi, Odd Tiger-Mesa Jessie, surged in the stretch to break her maiden at Penn Sanford. The chartwriter called it" drove thru rivals"
Mesa Bethann, Craigie Whistler-Tnt Stardust, owned by Kent-Gary-Scott, and racing for Steve Sarras in Sarasota, won her TB 3/8ths race. That gives the big gal 6 in-the-money finishes and moves her into top grade for the first time

Cadence and Tiger Jessi are still owned by me. As you all know, Mesa owned dogs are for sale.
Call or write for more info on either of them. Both of those girls are excellent brood prospects when they retire in addition to their earnings while racing

Racing updates

Mesa Discovery, Greys Outbound-Greys Fire Hawk, finally got clear and hit the paysheet at PB. Discovery, who originally qualified at Twin River, squeezed in a second place finish. This one runs for Joe Trudden's Tru Paws kennel
AHK Mesa Mark...a beautifully named dog...hahaha...demonstrated that he really likes 3/8ths as he went box-to-wire in his very first attempt at that distance. The Trent Lee pup is owned by Jim Jackson
Mesa Guide, litter brother to Mesa Mark, is higher in grade than his brother. He ran a very nice race to come in third in a TA 3/8ths race at Palm Beach
Gil's Maryland, litter sister to Guide and Mesa Mark, smoked thru a Grade D field at Orange Park. This gal belongs to Steve Gilster and Dave Cottle
Mesa Airline, Lonesome Cry-Mesa Cyndi, owned by Skip Potter took advantage of her late kick ability to power home for a win for owner Skip Potter

Racing updates;

Lots of good things happening this week. And lots more to come. Jump on the Mesa bandwagon or get beaten by Mesa dogs!!

Debonair Diego, Lonesome Cry-Tawmay Rafferty, Mesa bred, owned by Helen and Jim Hambleton, won Grade B at Southland by going wire to wire
Mesa Billy, Dodgem By Design-Mesa Cyndi, won Grade B to move back into top grade
Mesa Bling Bling, Lonesome Cry-Dress Up, ran 2nd and just missed the win in her contest
Mesa Bethann, Craigie Whistler-Tnt Stardust, won C 3/8ths at SA by 3 1/2
Mesa Erika, Flying Penske-Mary Lee Walker, owned by George and Karen Heise, won his Grade C in George's kenel at MB by 7 1/2 lengths
Mesa Bailee, Craigie Whistler-Dainty Wag, won her J at Palm Beach by 2 1/2

Bling Bling and Bailee are both for sale. Neither can be moved so if you want to run with those kennels give me a call.
Mesa Billy's mom has the two Tempo Petrocellis almost track ready at the Roban farm in Florida. $5200 for the pair track ready
Bling Bling's mom has two young pups sired by BB Be Cool that are TX bred. They are at Jimmy Brymer's in TX

Had some new puppies born. I leased Back Taxes, litter sister to Lonesome Cry, to Phyllis and Donald in TX. I have 4 beautiful males and 2 adorable females sired by stakes producer CTW Legendary.
I'll be handling the sale for Phyllis so you can contact me. I have pictures of the cute lil devils.

congrats to James Watson; Taylor Swift wins

congrats to Melbourne kennel owner James Watson on his purchase of Mesa Budget!! Budget will run one more time for the WR Kennel and then will be moved to Melbourne
We wish James continued success with the multiple Grade A winner!!

Taylor Swift, Lonesome Cry-Mesa Cyndi, a Mesa bred dog owned by Skip Potter, won another Grade D race at Derby Lane.

Wuddacuddashudda, Lonesome Cry-Mary Lee Walker, a Mesa bred dog, went box to wire to win a Grade C at MB. This one is owned by Norm Rader

Misc updates

Mesa Catherine won a Grade B at Penn Sanford to move back into Grade A for owner Mike Tozzo.
Mesa Bling Bling, litter sister to Catherine, ran a strong second at NFM. I am absolutely thrilled to see this gal come back. Many kudos to Bill Ross of the WR Ross kennel for spending the time with her
Flying Carthage, Kiowa Sweet Trey-Flying Pella (now a Mesa brood) won a Grade C at RT

Reports from Norm Rader are that the Stans Boy Flyer-Karmic Destiny girls, or at least 2 of them, look to be outstanding in morning schooling out of the long box.
They will go long again and then two of them will be put in for official schooling.
Anything can happen when they start dealing with traffic but they were raised and trained by the Robans and I have the utmost confidence in them.

Congrats to Bruce De Gilio!

Bruce is the proud new owner of the Lonesome Cry-Prima Intrepid litter! He's going to have Rod and Sue Boatright finish them out and hope that a couple of them can run thru the fall meet '09.
Best of luck to Bruce with his new pups. I'm sure you'll be hearing about this litter when they hit the track.

Mesa Guide moves up and will move over; Bling is back!

Mesa Guide, Trent Lee-JR's Sable, made it look easy as the youngster won his Grade C contest going away.
Norm Rader, Guide's managing owner and I have had some discussions about moving him over to the 3/8ths. Norm made the decision to school him officially mid distance this Sunday to evaluate whether he could possibly be strong enough for the upcoming 3/8ths stake at Palm Beach
Mesa Guide, Oswego in the kennel, is owned by Kent, Scott and Gary of Wheeling, WV

Mesa Bling Bling is back and I couldn't be happier. The Lonesome Cry-Dress Up daughter has really been in a slump. She dropped all the way down to Grade D before winning this event.
It's really good to see her become competitive again

Mesa ville stuff

A couple of big winners this week:

Mesa Budget, Oneco Spirit-Mesa Meadow, won another Grade A sprint at NFM. Man oh man but I wish this one didn't run so wide. She could be a superstar anywhere otherwise

Craig's Best, Dragon Fire-Prima Intrepid (now a Mesa brood) not only won his maiden at Wheeling Downs but came right back and won his next outing too! Two wins in a row for the youngster.
REMEMBER: I have a litter of 4 out his mama and Lonesome Cry that start training next month. Just advertised them again on the NGA site. Don't miss out on those

Looking for a winner????

Bruce Di Gilio of Florida was looking for one when he called me last week. We struck a deal allowing Bruce to purchase Mesa Double Tiger. We kept her in the Connell kennel and just transferred ownership. It's easy.
Yesterday Double ran her first race for Bruce and captured a victory for her new owner at Orange Park.
Congrats to Bruce on his first (of many) wins with his new Greyhound!!

Mesa Bailee, Craigie Whistler-Dainty Wag, a repeat breeding of a Flagler and Hollywood Grade A/stakes litter, ran a very strong second in J grade for the Rader kennel at Palm Beach
Gil's Nebraska, Trent Lee-JR's Sable, a Mesa bred dog, also ran a strong second, this one at Orange Park, for the Gilster kennel and trainer Dee Dee Lewis
Mesa Lost Soul, Flying Penske-Mary Lee Walker, my lost lamb running at BM, got loose and won a Grade D 3/8ths in Alalbama

Racing updates

Pups are winning, graded dogs are moving up! Life is good!!

Mesa Bailee, Craigie Whistler-Dainty Wag, went box to wire to break maiden at Palm Beach for Norm Rader's kennel yesterday
Mesa Budget, my Grade A star at NFM just missed winning another Grade A
Craig's Best, Dragon Fire-Prima Intrepid ( a Mesa brood) has scored with two seconds in maiden at Wheeling. Her next litter is the 4 Lonesome Crys that are being trained in KS and owned by me
Debonair Diego, Lonesome Cry-Tawmay Rafferty, a Mesa bred dog owned by Helen and Jim Hambleton of Solomon, KS, won Grade C at Southland over the weekend
Mesa Guide, Trent Lee-JR's Sable, continues his winning ways. The youngster had fallen recently. That can often damage a young dog's psyche. But Norm Rader had a plan to bring him back around and it worked. Guide had his way with a Grade D field and will soon move to 3/8ths where he belongs.