Wiener Dog & Wannabe Races 2024 at Emerald Downs (photo: Lisa Hagen Glynn).
Wiener-dog athletes race down the track at Emerald Downs (photo: Lisa Hagen Glynn).

Wiener Dog & Wannabe Races 2024

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2024-08-25 Hardly Raining

The annual Wiener Dog and Wannabe Races returned to Emerald Downs on August 25, 2024. See coverage of the 2021 event here.

Participants line up for the Wiener Dog championship run (photo: Lisa Hagen Glynn).
Dachshund athletes line up for the championship run.

The Wiener Wannabe champion was “Ice Ice Lady” (trained by Trevor Schneider of Seattle), who defeated “Arlo the Long Boi” (trained by Jamie Jensen of Auburn) in a photo finish. Wannabes are any small dogs excluding dachshunds.

Wannabe winner "Ice Ice Lady" during a qualifying heat (photo: Lisa Hagen Glynn).
Wannabe champion “Ice Ice Lady,” during a qualifying heat.

“Luca” (trained by Alexandra Borowiecki of Seattle) sped past the competition to become the Wiener Dog winner for a third time. The smooth-haired piebald completed the 50-yard course in about five seconds.

Wiener Dog category champion "Luca." (photo: Lisa Hagen Glynn).
Three-time champion “Luca.”
Dachshund #7 applies a perpendicular race strategy. (photo: Lisa Hagen Glynn).
Dachshund #7 applies a perpendicular race strategy.
Ears flop down the track (photo: Lisa Hagen Glynn).
Wiener-dog ears flop down the track.
Celebrity dachshund "Mary Poopins," who uses a wheeled cart (photo: Lisa Hagen Glynn).
Celebrity dachshund “Mary Poopins,” who uses a wheeled cart.

Gallery: Wiener Dog & Wannabe Races 2024

2024 Wiener Wannabe Championships – Emerald Downs
2024 Wiener Dog Races Championship – Emerald Downs