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                             Fahel Shi’Rayân Winning Hound Group Puppy, fall 1997 © Bill Meyer


        Fahel started competing in LGRA in spring             He was the first SGRC 2 for the breed
        of 1998, was defeated a few times by his              Sloughi, the 2nd sighthound SGRC 3 and
        sire Aswad Shi'Rayân and aunt A'Ssissa                the first sighthound SGRC 4 in the history
        Shi'Rayân, but in September 1998 he took              of LGRA. The 4 SGRC titles were finished in
        over the lead and was undefeated until fall           2001 and 2002.
        of 2002, when he placed second a couple

        of times behind his kennel mate I’Saar,               Fahel became the first sighthound SGRC 5
        while defeating him at other events (a                 in December 2003 and the first SGRC 6 in
        tough competition).                                   December 2004, a few days before his 8th
                                                              birthday.
        Due to a dislocated toe slipping on ice,

        Fahel took several months off racing in               He was the # 1 all times sighthound in
        1999 and resumed racing in 2000.                      LGRA in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.


        He was NOTRA National Champion in                     At almost 8 years of age, he was #1 Sloughi
        2000.                                                 in LGRA, NOTRA and ASFA in 2004.


        In LGRA, Fahel's points were won in                   Fahel has been awarded the Nubia

        entries of a minimum of 5, mostly 8-15                Memorial Cup for the # 1 Sloughi in
        Sloughis.                                             performance events 5 times - in 1998, 1999,
                                                              2001, 2002 and 2003.
        Fahel was the third SGRC and the third
        SORC for the breed Sloughi.
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