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THE SLOUGHI REVIEW                                                                                        59

At the end of 2018, after the dust settles, a  All of the Nubia Memorial Cup winners
name will be engraved on the last spot at      have direct descendants or close relatives
the base of the Nubia Memorial Cup             in Europe, in the kennels of Elegantin, Qalb
trophy, and it will complete 23 years of       Elassad, Quetshadee in Finland, Ksar
Sloughis participating in American             Ghilane in Germany and Tillieville in
Sighthound sports.                             Sweden.  There are also descendants of
                                               these dogs in the kennels of Shi'Rayan and
By interesting coincidence, all of the         Almahboubin in the USA.
winners of the Nubia Memorial Cup, apart
from Amal, Saff and V’Nawal, have been
related to Nubia, being either cousins
through a sister of Nubia’s dam (Tounsia
Kahloul de la Treille) by the name of
Tililane Kahloul de la Treille, maternal
great-grand dam of the ‘95, ‘96, and ‘97
Cup winners, or being descendants from
these cousins.

Ulfah in full swing, with Thamin (right) and Warda (behind) Shi’Rayan, leaping towards 2018 © de Caprona
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