registered name: MACH2 Windwalker Born in the USA, WRChX-II, ORC, Can/Am CD, RE, AgX, AgNJ, SADC, RPT, AVX
sire: Windwalker Sundance Kid ORC, FCh
dam: Lyth Deil WRCh, LCM2, ROM
breeder: Mike Downey
DOB: Sept. 14, 2001
black male
22" and 42lbs
pedigree

CERF (eyes), BAER (hearing), Cardiac, and Thyroid all NORMAL. Results on OFA site.
vWD: Normal
Myostatin Deficiency: N/B (Carrier)


Poet. What can I say about Poet, my heart dog and the foundation of my breeding program? From the moment I laid eyes on him and took him in my arms I knew he was special. I have an affinity with Poet that I have never had with any other animal. Not a day goes by where he doesn't make me smile. Everything Poet does, he does well. In everything we do, we are a team with a bond that cannot be broken. Still...these words feel inadequate to describe what this dog really means to me.

Poet started his racing career with a bang, winning the 2002 WRA National Race Meet as an FTE (first time entered) at the young age of 13 1/2 months old. He has since gone on to win 23 more WRA race meets amassing 139.5 National points which puts him at #5 in the WRA Lifetime Top 20. He has recently won a WRA meet at the ripe age of 6 years old and he is a NOTRA meet winner as well. He has been in the WRA Top Ten for 5 years in a row which is amazing when you consider he's been balancing an agility career at the same time. For the past 4 years Poet has been in the Top Ten AKC Agility Whippets, and has qualified for the first four AKC Agility Invitationals by being one of the Top 5 of his breed. 

In between racing and agility Poet has also had time to get titles in obedience and rally, and to get pointed in the show ring.

He has sired 4 fabulous litters producing six race champions and six meet winners in his first litter alone (including a NOTRA National Champion and a two time NOTRA National Meet Winner). Both pups from his second litter are Race Champions and nationally pointed on both tracks. The third litter is also very strong on the track producing 4 meet winners and 3 race champions to date, while also dabbling in lure coursing, disc and flyball, garnering points in all the disciplines.  So far Poet has produced thirteen meet winners and fifteen Race Champions. His latest litter, which is a repeat of his first, is showing much promise as they begin their racing careers with already three Race Champions and two meet winners. 

Poet is slated to sire a few more litters in the next year or so. Stay tuned for more info.

Poet

10 weeks old

12 weeks old

10 months old

12 months old

2002 WRA National

14 months old

19 months old

22 months old

2004 AWC National Specialty

1st place in obedience
2nd High in Trial

3 years old

Best of Breed and first show point

4.5 years old

2nd Race Dog class 2006 AWC National

Almost 6 years old

favorite sleeping position

Meet Winner at 6 years old

8 years old

Poet in Agility

27-6-2004

27-6-2004

28-8-2004

28-8-2004

29-8-2004

29-8-2004

29-8-2004

29-8-2004

29-8-2004

29-8-2004

26-9-2004

30-5-2005

30-5-2005

5-6-2005

30-7-2005

30-7-2005

31-7-2005

31-7-2005

31-7-2005

29-8-2005

25-11-2005

25-11-2005

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

29-7-2006

30-7-2006

30-7-2006

30-7-2006

30-7-2006

8-3-2008

8-3-2008

8-3-2008

8-3-2008

23-3-2008

Celebrating the MACH

27-4-2008

27-4-2008

3-5-2008

31-5-2008

Finals - 2008 AKC Invitational
Long Beach CA

2008 Invitational

2008 Invitational

2008 Invitational

2008 Invitational

2008 Invitational

2008 Invitational

July 2009

July 2009

19-09-2009

20-09-2009

20-09-2009

19-09-2009

20-09-2009

Poet on the Track

Ohio, Aug. 03
Poet and Haley

Ohio, Aug. 03

2003 WRA Nats, Ohio
Haley, Poet and Blue

North Carolina, April 04
Poet, Cousin and Pod

North Carolina, April 04

Vermont, Sept. 04

Vermont, Sept. 04

New Jersey, Sept. 05

Michigan, June 07
#4 Pan, #6 Poet, #2 Shax

Poet in his last race meet before retirement
2007 WRA Nationals in Raeford, NC

Poet with a Disc