September 30-October 1-October 2


Epinard Medallions
Awarded to the top ten dogs of the WRA and NOTRA National race meets.
Written by Lynne Underwood

Epinard’s Celebration of the best Offered by: Lynne Underwood I have spent my life in many different venues with whippets, but racing is my first love. It gives me pleasure that I cannot even begin to put into words. I had long wanted to document my love of whippet racing with a meaningful and permanent award at the Nationals. My dream began to take shape shortly before the start of the new millennium, when I started working with an artist, Mary Ann Dabritz of Portland, OR, on a prototype medallion. We went through many failed designs, but finally settled on heads modeled after two whippets owned by Gloria Stochek (Goble): FC Chaparral’s Bialy B Gone, CD, ARM, ORC, FCh, SC, CGC, AV (a daughter of the great Lyth York, ARM, SORC) and Whillo B Spirit, JC (a South African import). These whippets displayed a bit of the English influence and a bit of the American influence that I wanted to capture. I first commissioned the bronze medallions for award to the Top Ten in the NAWRA and the NOTRA Nationals, held together in 2001 in Squamish, BC, and have continued to award them every year since. The double head medallion, awarded to the high combined score only when the NAWRA and NOTRA Nationals are held together, was awarded in 2001, 2002, and 2005 and will again be awarded in 2007. I will provide these trophies for the rest of my life and hope that NAWRA and NOTRA will continue the tradition after I am gone. I hope the recipients will enjoy these trophies as much as I enjoy giving them. All winners will have the option of purchasing from the artist, a sterling silver version of the trophy as a medallion, pendant or belt buckle. Lynne Underwood Epinard Whippets, Walnut Creek, CA September 2007