What hounds can participate in ASFA trials?
The ASFA’s trials are open to purebred: • Afghan Hounds • Basenjis • Borzoi • Greyhounds • Ibizan Hounds • Irish Wolfhounds • Pharaoh Hounds • Rhodesian Ridgebacks • Salukis • Scottish Deerhounds an • Whippets The hounds must be at least one year old or older on the day of the trial, and be individually registered with: • The American Kennel Club [AKC] • The National Greyhound Association [NGA] • an AKC-recognized foreign registry (this includes running Borzoi on their Russian reg. numbers. • possess a Critique Case number [CC] from the Saluki Club of American [SCOA], for desert-bred Salukis. In the near future ASFA is going to require one-time proof of registry/ownership according to new directives. An exciting change being pioneered by ASFA is the future formation of a “Miscellaneous” class or stake, for other Sighthound breeds recognized by the FCI [Federation Cynologique Internationale), a world-wide registry organization. This would allow breeds such as the Azawak, Chart Polski, S
