Super Stakes CH - Friday Report
PKC Super Stakes Championship Report #2Night number two of the PKC Super Stakes Championship i n Aurora, KY saw an entry of 180 two-year olds and 116 one-year olds filing through the entry lines at the Tennis Center. The pups hit the timbers at dark and most casts were in and ready for the late round by midnight, a testimony to the excellent guide network in the western Kentucky, western Tennessee area where the championship is held.
Saturday night is do or die night for the hopefuls attempting to put the needed two cast wins together to advance to the semifinals on Sunday night.
As this is being written, pickups are filing into the Ken Lake State Park at an ever increasing clip as the semis and finals of the Super Stakes Championship usher in the granddaddy of all coon hunts, the incomparable PKC World Hunt which kicks off on Monday, October 22nd. The food wagons are cranking out grilled ribeyes and a new hit this year, blooming onions to long lines of hungry hunters. It’s World Hunt time in Aurora and if you’ve never experienced it, you need to be here.
Here are the successful winners from the Friday night hunt:
FRIDAY, October 19, 2001
SENIOR SUPER STAKES
Two-year olds
Rat’s Moonshine
Ken Belt, owner
James McCormick, Jr., handler
Stick Crk Clay Buster
Eugene W. Sanford, owner
Ron Chandler, handler
Kincaid Creek Hawk
Phil Wiggins, owner
Bryan Adams, handler
SCH Burk’s Little Joe
Kenny P. Burk, owner/handler
Chizler’s Oak RDG Taz
Tim Rutter, owner/handler
CH Stylish Whitey Gal
Burgess/Burgess, Jr., owners
Jeff Rickleffs, handler
SCH Rocket’s Foxie Roxie
Andy Macke, owner
Michael Hope, handler
Hardwood Angel
Dean/Strickland, owners
Phillip Strickland, handler
Hardwood Outlaw
Stanley Lucas, owner
Levon Jones, handler
Ayers High Roll Ghost
Tim Ayers, owner
Brent Peel, handler
CH Half Breed Jessi
Kirby/Meyers/Schott, owners
Brett Meyers, handler
Honey
Richard L. Boyd, owner
Wesley Rasco, handler
JUNIOR SUPER STAKES
One-year olds
Thunder Rat
Craig Malugin, owner
Darrian Martin, handler
CH Raccoon Valley Homer
Alan Smith, owner
Keith Holly, handler
Big Creeks Swamp Gator
Rick Robertson, owner/handler
Kaler Bottom Tiny
David R. Cox, owner/handler
Stubbs Pusher
John J. Stubbs, owner
Kevin Samford, handler
Big Creek Twister
Chester Cooley, owner/handler
Hawks Charley
Roger Boyd, handler
CH Bellar’s Little Chaos
Russ Bellar, owner
Kasey Bane, handler
The Tennis Center is buzzing with conversations and prognostications of winners to come in the final night of qualifying. The scorecard boards where all the cards from last night’s hunt are posted are getting lots of attention with waiting lines of hunters who want to see the performance of the pups in black and white.
Tomorrow will feature a worship service at 10:00 AM followed by the photo session for the semifinalists at 5:00 PM. We’ll be back with the Saturday night report by noon on Sunday.
PKC - At World Hunt Time, It’s Where You Need To Be!