For Immediate Release
August 26, 2017
SEMIFINAL ACTION IN PALM BEACH KENNEL CLUB’S $20,000 GALLAGHER / KINNAIRD PUPPY STAKES, MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28!
West Palm Beach, Fl. – The eight finalists for the eighteenth running of Palm Beach Kennel Club’s $20,000 Gallagher / Kinnaird Puppy Stakes will be determined Monday afternoon, August 28, as the track holds its final two qualifying races leading up to the main event.
Semifinal events will be contested in the twelfth and fourteenth races of the afternoon, with the eight highest total point earners advancing to the championship final on Monday afternoon, September 4, Labor Day.
Following three rounds of qualifying, the leading point scorer is Rader Racing Kennel’s Noteworthy Starz, who scored two victories and a second-place finish.
Monday afternoon’s two semifinal races, in post position order:
Race 12
- Lily B Smoking (TK Quick Strike – Dreaming Of Dino, James Douglas)
- Kiowa Sure Task (Sure As – Kiowa Wildbraves, Rader Racing)
- Burnin It Up (Pat C Clement – Keen Katy, Arthur Agganis Kennel)
- Exceptional View (Barcelona Boss – Kiowa Starz Sage, Rader Racing)
- SE’s Rock All In (KC and All – Roc A By Shu Shu, James Douglas)
- K’s Buster (Pat C Sabbath – Bow Chicablow Wow, Brindle Kennel)
- Feeling A Breeze (Pat C Clement – Keen Katy, Arthur Agganis)
- 8. Jim Neidhart (Djays Octane – Audra Barkley, Brindle Kennel)
Race 14
- Mike Smith (Maxasaurus – Kiowa Frank Lazy, James Douglas)
- Tip Top (Barcelona Boss – Kiowa Starz Sage, Rader Racing)
- Full Speed Ahead (Pat C Clement – Keen Katy, Arthur Agganis)
- Noteworthy Starz (Barcelona Boss – Kiowa Starz Sage, Rader Racing)
- Exemplary Queen (Barcelona Boss – Kiowa Starz Sage, Rader Racing)
- Draft King (Pat C Clement – Keen Katy, Arthur Agganis)
- K’s Bonnie (Pat C Sabbath – Bow Chicabow Wow, Brindle Kennel)
- CH Super Fly (Super Lee – JJ Full N Sassy, James Douglas Kennel)
The $20,000 Gallagher / Kinnaird Puppy Stakes championship final will be contested Monday afternoon, September 4, Labor Day.
Post time for the first race Monday afternoon is 1:00 p.m. with gates opening at 11:30 a.m.
Formerly known as the Labor Day Puppy Stakes, this marks the ninth year of its’ new title, named in memory of two Palm Beach County legendary sportscasters, and great friends of the Palm Beach Kennel Club, Jim Gallagher and Buck Kinnaird.
Contact: Jeff Prince (561) 683-2222, Ext. 126 / jprince@pbkennelclub.com
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