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Second Place
Chris Detrick University of Missouri
"A Trainer's Tale"
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"Cory Owens"
Greyhounds
eagerly await Cory Owens, an assistant greyhound trainer, each morning and evening. "If
your heart isn't in your work and you don't care about it, then you won't get
the most
from it and it won't be as useful. I truly care about the greyhounds, and I
believe I work hard to keep them happy and healthy."
Eighteen-year-old Cory
Owens works with his greyhounds at the dog track, but he gains much more
than a paycheck. Owens spends around
80 hours at The Woodlands race track in Kansas City , Kansas each week taking
care of a kennel of 66 racing greyhounds. Because he spends a significant
amount of time around the dogs, Cory has developed special bonds with each
of them and often refers to the greyhounds as his 'kids.' "There have
been several valuable lessons that I've learned from taking care of the kids,
but the one that I would say was most important is that nothing but hard
work and a true care for what you do will suffice," said Owens.
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