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Coursing in Kansas 2009 © Big Paw Prints

Friendly, full of spunk, funny and very She continued to chase the lure until the
clever, an escape artist, Amal simply age of 11, helping with her relentless focus
charmed her way through life, making to train other Sloughis for racing.
friends wherever she went.

Amal was #1 Sloughi in ASFA lure coursing
As a puppy she went with me and the group 2009, #1 Sloughi in oval racing 2009; she
of Khenichet to the Moussem in Marrakech won the Nubia Memorial Cup for best
and was not fazed one bit by the long trip Sloughi athlete in 2010.
and the many Sloughis and people there,
taking everything in stride.

She was not scared of anything and was a
relentless chaser of the lure which enabled
her to finish twice the important straight
racing title of Superior Gazehound Racing
Champion title, with 60 national points.
Not easy to achieve for a female sighthound

and a first for a country-of-origin Sloughi.
There is only one other Sloughia as of 2024
who achieved an SGRC2. Amal was also an
Oval Race Champion (ORC). Oval racing in Minnesota © SweertfeetHearbeat