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                  First photo of Sloughis straight racing in Utah, 1996, with Greyhound muzzles which were soon
                   replaced by English wire muzzles at the first LGRA Nationals, Virginia, 1997 © Leaping Lizards
                                  From left to right Amir, Aswad, A'Ssissa and Bassel Shi'Rayân



        From LGRA current Registrar Dawn Hall’s               841 Afghan Hound, 28 Azawakh, 519 Basenji,
        desk:                                                 1967 Borzoi, 11 Chart Polski, 43 Cirneco
                                                              dell’Etna, 1277 Greyhounds, 204 Ibizans, 841

        In February 2022, 26.5 years after the                Irish Wolfhound, 574 Italian Greyhound, 20
        foundation of LGRA:                                   Magyar Agar, 285 Pharaoh hound, 11
                                                              Portuguese Podengo medio, 976 Rhodesian
        18 breeds are now official in LGRA.                   Ridgeback, 362 Saluki, 447 Scottish
                                                              Deerhound, 743 Silken Windhound, and 83
        They are Afghan hound, Azawakh, Basenji,              Sloughi have been registered with LGRA.
        Borzoi, Chart Polski, Cirneco dell’Etna,              The grand total is 9232 dogs!

        Greyhound, Ibizan Hound, Irish Wolfhound,
        Italian Greyhound, Magyar Agar, Pharaoh               190 LGRA race meets are listed in LGRA’s
        Hound, Portuguese podengo medio,                      calendar of events for 2022.
        Rhodesian Ridgeback, Saluki, Silken
        Windhound and Sloughi.                                LGRA's straight racing has no doubt
                                                              become very popular!



                                                              Thank you, Dawn Hall, for providing these
                                                              statistics.
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