Ozzie's Next Race

[dad2paisley]

He will be racing on Saturday night. Good luck Ozzie!

[CampWhippet]

I was looking at PBKC at 9 pm and there was nothing there. I am surprised he has taken so many days off. Maybe that poor start and bump in turn 1 was something?

Go Ozzie!

ETA: Where dp you see him scheduled to race? It is not on PBKC or GG....

[dad2paisley]

I saw a post on GG asking when his next race was and the responses where Saturday.

[dad2paisley]

Here is the press release.

For Immediate Release
February 24, 2006


OZZIE FEST CONTINUES SATURDAY NIGHT
AT PALM BEACH KENNEL CLUB!
AWESOME OZ GOES FOR HIS
25TH CONSECUTIVE VICTORY!

West Palm Beach, Fl. - Cahill and O’Connor Kennel’s once-in-a-lifetime greyhound Ozzie The Man will attempt to take one more step forward towards the World Win Streak Record as he goes for his 25th win in a row in Saturday evening’s eighth race.
Currently the Wizard of Palm Beach is tied for tenth place on the World’s All-Time Consecutive Win List. A victory Saturday night would give him sole possession of the number ten slot.
On Wednesday afternoon, February 8, Oz set a new Kennel Club win streak record on the Royal Palm Course with number 22. In his next start on February 11 he earned number 23 with a seven-length romp in a clocking of 29.15, missing the track record of 29.14 by one-one hundredths of a second. In win number 24, Ozzie was outgunned out of the starting box and found himself in a position at the first turn in which he rarely finds himself....battling for the early lead with another greyhound. But in another example of his racing prowess, he courageously shook off the intruder and cruised to the finish line to score a four-length victory in a 545-yard Royal Palm Course winning time of 29.85 seconds, his 39th consecutive race he has run under 30 seconds, by far a Kennel Club record. He also possesses the top six fastest times of the 2005-06 racing season.
Another PBKC track legend Pat C Rendezvous holds the World Consecutive Win Record on the Three-Eighths Mile Course with 36, the second-longest win streak in greyhound racing history. The World Record of 37 belongs to JJ Doc Richard who set the standard in 1995 at Mobile Greyhound Park in Alabama.
“I can’t believe that Ozzie is getting so much attention not only locally, but from around the world.”, said owner Tony Morris. “They are writing about him in Australia, Great Britain, Ireland and other places.”
Ozzie will go for number 25 in the evening’s eighth race and will be a part of one of the most remarkable night’s of greyhound racing in recent track history. Two races before Oz’s will be the running of the Consolation 3/8ths Mile Derby and two races after, the finals of the track’s biggest race of the year, the $50,000 James W. Paul Derby.
“It’s going to be a huge night”, said PBKC Director of Publicity Theresa Hume. “All our departments are putting on a full staff as we are expecting a big crowd for this big night of championship greyhound racing.”