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But on my “Nooshman” I could count on – Arriving at the paddock, the little area in
he won confidently both preliminary front of the start boxes, the boxes were
rounds. In the 2nd race he even broke his assigned to each finalist except for
own track record from a race on that track Ganoosh, because as a wide runner he
in May of 2018, even though as a wide always gets the box no. 6. The commands
runner he has to run many more meters. from the start staff were given: set the
muzzles! Collars and leashes off!! Set in the
And then, finally the big final – for every dogs and close the doors! The machine
breed participating this day the award with the lure was arriving, the front grid
ceremony was held directly after the final opened and our Sloughis shot out of the
run. Now the 6 fastest out of the boxes.
preliminary rounds were fighting for the
victory. This waiting was so nerve Everything the same as always….but so
wracking but finally the call for Sloughis very different. After all this time it was a
came. special race – the title FCI World Racing
Champion 2018. Would Ganoosh achieve
With our Sloughis, we had to enter the the marvelousness again? He ran as usual –
race track in sequence of how they had perfect fast start, in the 1st half turn
been set (in the colors of the racing coming in close to the rail, at the back-
blankets Red, Blue, White, Black, Yellow straight drifting at the very outside again
and Stripes) to present them to the to come close to the rail again in the 3rd
audience. half turn and then the final on the home
straight.
NooshNoosh leading the pack in the finals at the FCI World Racing Championship in
Awans, Belgium, 2018. © Marc Goetstouwers
