Follow That Hound!

Fth Jive Talker (Whistlers Ike – BB Princess Kit) got a little bit of each of his parents passed on to him and with this combination he was a threat on or off the early lead. Whistlers Ike was a blazing early speed greyhound that was not short at the end of the race and it is really too bad that he never got a real chance to show his true potential. Mom, on the other hand was a big time closer that race 660 and 770 yards. Putting this all together you got a greyhound that could go to the turn with a solid rush and had tremendous speed coming down the stretch.

Thru most of his great career he use both to his benefit and the wider he got, the more dominating he became. Just look at his record from the 8 box. He was 23 of 24 in the money, with 16 wins, including victories in his first 13 races from this post position.

But this was not the only post that he could win from. He was a versatile greyhound that was never caught on the lead in any race in his career. Over all Jive Talker won 56 races in 156 starts and was in the money a combined 111 times, (156/56-26-24-5), and a ton of those efforts came against the best greyhounds at the racetrack. Although he didn’t win a stakes final, he ran in 6 of them and competed in 9 stakes events throughout his career.

His best showings were when he was still just a pup. He was second in the finals of the Night of Stars XVIII race by less than a length, and backed that up with a undefeated run thru qualifying in the 2006 JGR Juvenile, only to finish 4th in the finals. In 2007 he gave another greyhound a scare as he was second once again to Platinum Perfect by a length in the finals of the First Coast Classic.

All in all, Fth Jive Talker was a threat to win in every race that he was entered into even at 4 1/2 years old. For 3 years he left it all on the racetrack and if he drew an outside post position, he was going to factor in the money no matter what happened in the race. In his prime he was frankly unbeatable from the outside and on the days that he wanted to run, you would have been hard pressed to beat him from any box at any time.

From everyone here at the Orange Park Kennel Club we would like to say thank you for letting us watch you run. Thanks for giving you all in each and every effort. Thanks for showing the power and determination that solidifies just what a racing greyhound should be, and congratulations to you for a tremendous career. Now go and get on that couch and start enjoying your new career as a great pet to a lucky family.