ABILENE, Kan. (AP) - A racing greyhound from a farm south of Abilene has made a name for himself in the National Greyhound Association’s auction record book.
PJ Burninitdown sold for a record $85,000 at an auction for first-time greyhounds Friday, beating the $80,000 sale of Greys Bricklayer in 2006, according to records. The dog was purchased by Steve Sarras of West Virginia and will head to Southland Greyhound Park in West Memphis, Arkansas.
The greyhound’s owner, Jay Rangel of Abilene, and co-owner, Paul Bitterman of Lancaster, New York, also set two other records at the auction.
Rangel and Bitterman raked in $550,000 in sales, setting the record for the most money for an owner, as well as money for a single litter at $195,750.
“It was magical,” said Gary Guccione, the association’s executive director. “It just all came together. It was the opposite of the perfect storm. Everything jelled.”
Rangel, who started training greyhounds when he was 18 at racetracks in Colorado, said he never would’ve dreamed of colleting a half-million dollars by selling the racing dogs at a single auction, he told the Salina Journal (https://bit.ly/1HK2OHC ).
“I would be wrong if I didn’t say my goal was to be at the top, to be there one time, but this? Nah! This is crazy,” Rangel said.
The pair collected roughly a third of the total $1.4 million in sales of greyhounds at the auction.
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Information from: The Salina (Kan.) Journal, https://www.salina.com
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