baldock your comments are fair so ill try to give you your answers,first of all ive only owned the dog for under a year,in that year ive used him on 3 bitches with two litters on the ground and one due out of a pure shortly.i have not run the dog being 8 years old so he aint got much to offer me in the coursing field and im a firm believer that you cant beat saluki crosses of the old breeding up the fens,your right also in my eyes im only adding saluki blood but the dog is leaving very good stock on the ground with good reports off genuine coursing lads so ill be using him in my breeding progr