When the drax cup was run during the 70s deerhound/greyhounds were used and thought to be the best, then in the very early 80s a saluki turned up and wiped the floor with them, because of the way Salukis run people thought they were plodders when actually they have been clocked at over 42mph and so they thought they would breed them to greyhounds so as to make the pups faster but a lot of the pups grew up to be not fast enough or fast enough with not enough stamina, shows hybrid vigour doesn't always work. Paul sagars Annie ran against many crossbreds and beat all. Mostly it depends who owns t