| The Whippet Racing Association was founded in 1996, rising from the ashes of the AWC's defunct NPR racing program. At that time we inherited the trophy that they had been presenting for the past several years. The "Ogden Nash Memorial Trophy", and a very nice trophy it was, however.......... It belonged to a different time and a different racing organization............ So.............. |
| In 2003 the WRA commissioned artist Ron Myers to do an original, one of a kind bronze to be used as a perpetual trophy, given each year to the national race meet winner. Then we started thinking about a name, I mean the WRA trophy seems kinda lame <g>. But, as fate would have it, the whippet racing world had lost one of the truly great racing dogs of our time. Kenro's She's Tuff Too WRChX-II, SRCh, ORC had died in February of that same year. And as chance would have it she had won the first two, 1996 and 1997, WRA national race meets. So the "Tutty Sue Memorial Trophy" was born. |
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The "Tutty Sue Memorial Trophy" is an original bronze mounted on a step base. There are 8 name plates on the first tier, which contain the names of all of the dogs that have won the WRA national race meet, from 1996 through 2002. The second tier has 12 plates, and the third tier has 16. |
 front of trophy |
back of trophy |
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Past Winners |
| Year | Call Name | Registered Name | Owner |
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1996 |
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Tutty Sue> Kenro's She's Tuff Too WRChX, SRCh, ORC bred by: Don Papin, Windyglen |
Bill and Ann McMath |
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1997 |
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Tutty Sue> Kenro's She's Tuff Too WRChX, SRCh, ORC bred by: Don Papin, Windyglen |
Bill and Ann McMath |
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1998 |
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Natron Shoreline's Relentless Jet WRChX-II bred by: Samuel J. Banks & Susan M. Banks |
Jimmy Campo & Beverly McKibben |
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1999 |
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Natron Shoreline's Relentless Jet WRChX-II >bred by: Samuel J. Banks & Susan M. Banks |
Jimmy Campo & Beverly McKibben |
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2000 |
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Natron Shoreline's Relentless Jet WRChX-II >bred by: Samuel J. Banks & Susan M. Banks |
Jimmy Campo & Beverly McKibben |
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2001 |
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Concho Dreams Concho Pearl bred by: Jeff and Ramona Bradley |
Bill Demere & Betsy Browder |
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2002` |
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Poet Windwalker Born in the USA bred by: Michael J. (Mike) Downey |
Louise Hoelscher |
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2003` |
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Haley Lyth Lecombe WRChX-II, ORC, FCh bred by: Tony Lewis |
Genny Cox & Katie Wiles |
| 2004 |
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Par JZ Vitesse Parsifal WRCh bred by: Pat Burlingame |
Joe Phariss |
| 2005 |
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Wendi Quix-High Wendigo RCh, ORC bred by: Cheryl Winblad & Susan Heiniger |
Cheryl Winblad |
| 2006 |
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Hudi WhoDunIt WRCh bred by: Janet Trowbridge |
Celeste Wilcox |
| 2007 |
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Tula Oberon Tularosa bred by: Scott Ekblad |
Anne Picogna & Scott Ekblad |
| 2008 |
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Treadwell Grizzly Man bred by: Janet Trowbridge |
Chris Bowen |
| 2009 |
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Dani Ariodante Vitesse, SRCh, ORC bred by: Patrick Burlingame |
Patrick Burlingame |
| 2010 |
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Tula Oberon Tularosa bred by: Scott Ekblad | Anne Picogna & Scott Ekblad
Photo by Dale Healy |
| 2011 |
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Switch Weabe Crosswired bred by: Bassett/Trowbridge | Derrick D'Amore |
| 2012 |
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Basilisk QuiXandz Lizard King bred by: Susan Heiniger |
Mike Hattery & Susan Heiniger |
| 2013 |
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English Elektra Jammin' English bred by: Robyn Brown & Merril Woolf | Laurel and Don Behnke |
| 2014 |
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Zzyzx Elektra's Famous Last Word bred by: Robyn Brown & Merril Woolf | Mike Hattery & Susan Heiniger |
| 2015 |
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Zzyzx Elektra's Famous Last Word bred by: Robyn Brown & Merril Woolf |
Mike Hattery & Susan Heiniger |
| 2016 |
| AJ Cyclonic AJ Kaboom Bred by: Kathy Fishburn Photo by: Hunter's Run Action Photos |
Rita & Daryl Schuerman |
| 2017 |
| AJ Cyclonic AJ Kaboom Bred by: Kathy Fishburn Photo by: Hunter's Run Action Photos |
Rita & Daryl Schuerman |
| 2018 |
| Hunter Sirensong Hunter's Sauvignon Blanc Bred by: Susan Shusterman Photo by: Trent Rees |
Leslie Griffith |
| 2019 |
| Ryder-M Hunt Valley Red Ryder Bred by: Craig Mearns Photo by: |
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| 2021 |
| Bookie Lexington's Fair Play Bred by: Sandra Husted Photo by: Trent Rees |
Lisa Argo |
| 2022 |
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Rum
Vitesse Sandstorm Rumble Bred by: Lynda Verna Photo by: N/A |
Chris Sells |
| 2023 |
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Miles-G
Wildabout Peter Barker Bred by: Anne Kelsey Photo by: Brenda Wolski |
Brian Ghielmetti |
