There is no truth to the rumor that, at the halfway point of the qualifying for the

$60,000 Secretarys Choice at Bluffs Run, the stakes will be renamed the Boeckenstedt
Choice.
On the other hand, the way the kennels greyhounds are running, it is like the kennel
owns the stakes. All four greyhounds that is perfect after the two rounds and two of the
three greyhounds who are next run for Boeckenstedt. In all, nine of the top 13
greyhounds on the qualifying point sheet are in the Boeckenstedt Kennel.
The pre-stakes favorite, Bocs Hank Jr, rallied in the homestretch for a two-length win
in the second race on Saturday, May 9, to become one of the four co-leaders with 30
points. Overall Hank Jr is 17-11-1-4.
Bocs Red Neck won the 12th race of the day with a second-round best time of 30.08
seconds for the 5-16 mile course. Red Neck, who won by eight lengths, is 18-6-1-1.
Bocs Sailfish took the 10th race by two lengths. Sailfish moved to 16-5-3-3.
Bocs Billy Ray won the 11th race by four lengths after being in sixth place in the early
going. Billy Ray is 18-5-2-5.
Three greyhounds are next with 25 points, which mean they have a win and a secondplace finish in the first two rounds.
Bocs Executive went box-to-wire from the six box in the first race to win by two
lengths. Overall, Executive is 19-7-4-2.
Bocs Go Getter settled for a second in the seventh race for her 25 points and is 21-49-1 overall.
The Hardison Kennel finally broke the Boeckenstedt run as No Big Deal got a second
in the sixth race. No Big Deal is 19-7-3-1 overall.
Sitting in eighth place with 23 points is the Plum Creek Kennels Stack Of Cash. Cash,
18-4-2-4, won in the first round but faded to a third-place finish in the second round.
Three greyhounds have 21 points and two more have 20. At the other end of the points
list there was a clean break; 11 points earned a greyhound a spot in the quarterfinal round,
10 left a greyhound out.
Generally speaking a greyhound earning 40 points through the four qualifying rounds
will make it to the championship final.
The 48 remaining greyhounds return to action on Wednesday, May 13. After the
quarterfinals, the field will be cut to 24 greyhounds for the Saturday, May 16, semifinals.
- Steve Sigafoose
http://ngagreyhounds.com/author/steve-sig