Mia and Calista Lure Coursing in Wisconsin at an ASFA
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Cirneco dell'Etna
The correct pronunciation of this breed name is
"Chir-neck-o" or Chir-neck-e" for plural.:
Last Updated July 15, 2008 (MGA Metamora ASFA Event added)
Carl White's Web page - Proud Owner of Mia (aka Roxanne) and Calista (aka Hadranensis Calista SGRC, FCC)
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News and Events
Links to photos I took at these events are located on my links page or click on the events listed below.
1-24-07 Submitted a letter to ASFA to move Cirneco to Provisional status from Limited status.
2-6-07 ASFA
granted request to move Cirneco to Provisional status from Limited status
effective March 1st.
(Points acquired during provisional status count towards titles if and when
fully recognized by ASFA)
Part one of July 5th, 2008 Ran Calista & Mia at the MGA
ASFA event in Metamora, MI.
Part two of July 5th, 2008 Ran Calista & Mia at the MGA
ASFA event in Metamora, MI.
July 6th, 2008 Ran Calista & Mia at the MGA
ASFA event in Metamora, MI.
6-14, 2008 Ran Calista & Mia at the GCWC
WRA/LGRA event in Antioch, IL.
6-15, 2008 Ran Calista & Mia at the GCWC
WRA/LGRA event in Antioch, IL.
May 17, 2008 Ran Calista & Mia at the WCLCC
ASFA event in Leroy, Indiana.
May 18, 2008 Ran Calista & Mia at the WCLCC
ASFA event in Leroy, Indiana.
April 12, 2008 Ran Calista & Mia at the BCOSW
ASFA event in Belvidere, Illinois.
April 13, 2008 Ran Calista & Mia at the BCOSW
ASFA event in Belvidere, Illinois.
3- 17 & 18, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the SSARA
LGRA event in Crescent, Iowa.
3-24
& 25, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at SLASH ASFA event in St. Louis.
Missouri.
3-31 & 4-1, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the SSARA
LGRA event in Crescent, Iowa.
4-14
& 4-15, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the BCOSW ASFA event in Belvidere,
Illinois.
4-28 & 4-29, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the BCOSW
LGRA event in Antioch, Illinios.
5-19 & 5-20, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the WCLCC
ASFA event at Deep River Park near Hobart, Indiana.
6-9 & 6-10, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the SLASH LGRA meet in Gray Summit, Missouri.
6-16 & 6-17, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the GCWC WRA/LGRA meet in Antioch, Illinois.
6-30 & 7-01, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the MGA
ASFA event in Metamora, Michigan.
August 4 & 5, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the CCRR LGRA meet in Lewisville, IN.
August 18, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the MWCC ASFA event in Caledonia, WI.
Sept. 1, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia in NOTRA (Oval Track) for hopeful Provisional submission.
September 29 & 30, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the MWCC ASFA event in Caledonia, WI.
Oct 6th, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia at the BCOSW
LGRA Nationals in Carthage, Indiana.
Oct. 7th, 2007 Ran Calista & Mia in NOTRA Nationals (Oval Track) in Carthage, Indiana.
Event count since March 2007
LGRA Events 18 days
ASFA Events 25 days
NOTRA Events 2 day
LGRA information
LGRA - Large Gazehound Racing Association - 200 yard drag race on
a straight, flat track. All dogs must run with properly fitted muzzles and race
blankets. Up to four dogs are released from racing boxes
or hand-slipped, depending on the club and equipment available.. A lure
consisting of a fur covered squawker, and is pulled by a drag lure machine
ahead of the hounds.
Hounds race a total of three times called programs and may attain national
points towards a (GRC) Gazehound Race Championship title.
Eligible breeds are: Afghans, Basenjis, Borzois, Chart Polskis,
Cirneco dell'Etnas, Greyhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Irish Wolfhounds,
Italian Greyhounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Salukis, Scottish
Deerhounds and Sloughis. Azawakhs and Magyar Agars run as provisional breeds.
Calista is the first Cirneco Dell' Etna to earn a Gazehound
Racing Champion title.
Racing in Antioch, Illinois (Mia in White, Lucio in Blue, & Calista in Red)
Calista is also the first Cirneco Dell' Etna to earn a Superior Gazehound
Racing Champion title.
Click on logo below to link to the LGRA website
ASFA information
ASFA - American Sighthound Field Association - 500+ yard race with
many turns to simulate chasing a bunny in an open field. Dogs run up to three
at a time, in two separate runs and are judged on the following:
Follow (15 pts), Enthusiasm (15 pts), Agility (25 pts), Speed (25 pts) &
Endurance (20 pts).
Hounds are required to wear racing blankets (pink, blue or yellow), No muzzles
are required unless the dogs temperment requires it.
Dogs are hand-slipped using a slip lead, to follow a continous loop lure
consisting of three plastic bags.
Eligible breeds are: Afghan hound, Azawakh, Basenji, Borzoi, Chart Polski,
Cirneco dell'Etna, Galgo Espanol, Greyhound, Ibizan Hound, Irish Wolfhound,
Italian Greyhound, Magyar Agar, Peruvian Inca Orchid, Pharaoh Hound, Portuguese
Podengo, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Saluki, Scottish Deerhound, Sloughi and Whippets.
Sept. 2007 Calista earned her FCC with ASFA
Calista jumping the lines to get the Lure
TALLY- HO
Click on logo below to link to the ASFA website
NOTRA information
NOTRA - National Oval Track Racing Association - The races may be at Short, Medium, or
Long Distances at the option of the Host
Club, subject to NOTRA approval.
Either
a drag-lure, a continuous loop, or a raillure
track may be used.
The specific
recommended distances are as follows:
RACES Distance (yards)
or meters
SHORT 300 yds or under, 220m
MEDIUM 301 to 400 yds, 350 m
LONG 400 yds and over
Hounds are required to wear racing blankets, muzzles
are required.
Whippets must start from a suitable starting
box. Other breeds may use a starting
box, or if advertised prior to the meet,
and if approved by NOTRA, may be hand
slipped or use an automatic slip device. (An automatic
slip device is a device to which the
collars of the racers are attached, and
which simultaneously released the racers
when the starter throws a release handle.)
All racers must wear racing muzzles.
Hounds will compete only against
other hounds of the same breed.
Only purebred Afghan Hounds, Basenji,
Borzoi, Greyhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Irish
Wolfhounds, Italian Greyhounds, Pharaoh
Hounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Salukis,
Scottish Deerhounds, Sloughis, and Whippets
may be entered in an Official Race
Meet
NOTRA try-out courtesy CCRR (Calista in Blue & Mia in Red)
Click on logo below to link to the NOTRA website
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Carl White
Carpentersville , Illinios
847-836-1389
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or hand-slipped, depending on the club and equipment available.. A lure consisting of a fur covered squawker, and is pulled by a drag lure machine ahead of the hounds.
Hounds race a total of three times called programs and may attain national points towards a (GRC) Gazehound Race Championship title.
Eligible breeds are: Afghans, Basenjis, Borzois, Chart Polskis, Cirneco dell'Etnas, Greyhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Irish Wolfhounds,
Italian Greyhounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Salukis, Scottish Deerhounds and Sloughis. Azawakhs and Magyar Agars run as provisional breeds.
Follow (15 pts), Enthusiasm (15 pts), Agility (25 pts), Speed (25 pts) & Endurance (20 pts).
Hounds are required to wear racing blankets (pink, blue or yellow), No muzzles are required unless the dogs temperment requires it.
Dogs are hand-slipped using a slip lead, to follow a continous loop lure consisting of three plastic bags.
Eligible breeds are: Afghan hound, Azawakh, Basenji, Borzoi, Chart Polski, Cirneco dell'Etna, Galgo Espanol, Greyhound, Ibizan Hound, Irish Wolfhound,
Italian Greyhound, Magyar Agar, Peruvian Inca Orchid, Pharaoh Hound, Portuguese Podengo, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Saluki, Scottish Deerhound, Sloughi and Whippets.
Either a drag-lure, a continuous loop, or a raillure track may be used.
The specific recommended distances are as follows:
RACES Distance (yards) or meters
SHORT 300 yds or under, 220m
MEDIUM 301 to 400 yds, 350 m
LONG 400 yds and over
Hounds are required to wear racing blankets, muzzles are required.
Whippets must start from a suitable starting box. Other breeds may use a starting box, or if advertised prior to the meet, and if approved by NOTRA, may be hand slipped or use an automatic slip device. (An automatic slip device is a device to which the collars of the racers are attached, and which simultaneously released the racers when the starter throws a release handle.)
All racers must wear racing muzzles. Hounds will compete only against other hounds of the same breed.
Only purebred Afghan Hounds, Basenji, Borzoi, Greyhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Irish Wolfhounds, Italian Greyhounds, Pharaoh Hounds, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Salukis, Scottish Deerhounds, Sloughis, and Whippets may be entered in an Official Race Meet
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