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The area was fantastic! For the three After the final run with Hakeem, my Noosh
coursing fields, the organizers had Noosh ended up on a fantastic 4th place of
enormous surfaces at their disposal. all males and was tied in score with the 3rd
During three days the lure was pulled place (in case of a tie the higher points of
simultaneously on those three fields. The the 2nd run are decisive). I was so proud
two courses the Sloughis were competing and more than satisfied with such a great
on, were organized by the German and the result for my Sloughi, as he is a relatively
Dutch Coursing Teams – staff and inexperienced courser. Regrettably, this
equipment. Because of the large number of time around, his brothers Ghanem and
participants, it is no longer possible for Gabr were not among the first 6 placed
one nation to organize such an event Sloughis. It would have been so smashing if
alone. they all had been on the winners’ podium.
Anyway, of one thing I am so sure: they all
Both courses had a length of at least 1000 had the greatest fun chasing the lure.
meters (approx. 0,621 miles) and the dogs Everything was perfect – the weather, the
had to show if they were in their best brilliant long courses, the organization, the
shape. atmosphere and after all no injuries!
Under the best of weather conditions, we
went to the start. Ganoosh had the last
heat of the Sloughis and as there was an
odd number of males, he had been drawn
to run solo. Unfortunately, his brother
Ghanem didn’t have as good a run as he
used to and Gabr as well didn’t get many
points from the judges. Because of the
solo run, I was very surprised that
Ganoosh got the second highest score
behind the Finnish Sloughi Hakeem el
Djebel de la Bérondière who was European
Coursing Champion in 2015. Hakeem really NooshNoosh's second course at the European Coursing
had two excellent runs and became FCI Championship 2018 © Michaela Schönfeldt
European Coursing Champion again.
