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T H E S L O U G H I R E V I E W 3 7
Esme as a puppy © Clark and now © SandraandDaisy
Magida Sabiih al Sahra at Thiefside Esme made a good start with Best Bitch at
Aka Esme Hound Show which gave her 4 points, and
Top Sloughi in the UK she went on to win BB and BOB at the
By Kath Clark, UK. remaining three shows she attended giving
her 10 points in total.
Born, November 10, 2017, Esme is by Multi
Ch. Ghazoot Chazzin out of Multi Ch. She has also done well in “Not Separately
Djamila Labibah Sabiih al Sahra. She is bred Classified” where she won one BOB and one
by M. and G. Arndt, Germany, and owned by BOS although these do not count towards
Kath Clark, UK. the Top Dog award.
2021 has been an exceptional year for Esme. Esme has also done me proud at “Open
Top Sloughi 2021 comes from wins at show” level, she is the first Sloughi to win
Championship shows with breed classes only Best in Show at two consecutive Sloughi
and is organised and collated by the dog Club Shows (an award that means more to
press, namely “Our Dogs” magazine. me than the Championship show wins
where we tend to get smaller entries and
2019 was the last year we had the full the judges are not usually breed
complement of “Championship shows” specialists).
which numbered 10 including Crufts.
She also repeated this at Tyne Wear and
Due to the Covid pandemic the show season Tees Hound Association shows, a first for
this year did not start until the “Hound their Club and the breed.
Show” in August and only 6 shows ran, one
of which had none in attendance.