Follow a Hound to Retirement -- Edition 010

Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers...it's Max again!

I have some greyt news!  Two of our six 'follow a hound to retirement' greyhounds have recently retired!  They both are moving onto their next careers as pets!  I'm so excited for them both!

First up, Destiny!  Destiny took her final run around the track wearing the blue silks of box 2 on Thursday March 14th.  In the race she placed 7th.  As seen in her results chart below, a 7th place finish was her fourth race in a row placing below 4th place.  That means she graded out of racing.  Destiny ran more than 110 races during her racing career and is now beginning the journey of her next career...a retired racer and the life of a pet!  Unfortunately for NLGA, but fortunately for Destiny, she unexpectedly found her forever home in the days immediately following her retirement.  We all wish Destiny and her new family the very best...we enjoyed following her to retirement!

And Vincent!  All 92 pounds of this dark brindle boy sprinted around the track for a final time on Friday March 15th.  Vincent raced a Grade B race wearing the red silks out of box 1.  He set the pace and led the whole entire race; a box to wire win!  As we have seen before, winning his race would normally move him up to Grade A.  However, over the weekend his trainer noticed a small amount of swelling remaining in one of his legs and decided it would be best for big Vincent to retire happy and healthy rather than risking an injury in a future race.  Vincent has raced over 120 races in his long career and he ended his career in style with a final race win!  Vincent was retired on St. Patrick's Day.  He will be coming to NLGA to start his retirement as soon as we can finalize all of the arrangements.  We will continue to follow Vincent on his journey to retirement!

Keep your eyes on the NLGA Dog Blog for new posts with additional details on Vincent's retirement details and ways in which you can help!

Until next time,
~Max