"sonny" Purebred Saluki

[desertbred 5,490]

Khan Jihad is now in the annals of UK bred saluki history , he appears in most of the stuff, he was around when salukis were part of the coursing line experiment, good or bad his DNA is there for posterity.

Edited July 12, 2016 by desertbred

[tatsblisters 7,915]

Remember a lad from Edlington nr Doncaster haveing salukis in the 80s bought from a lad in colchester that were also used on the lamp and regulary caught double figures on the lamp up north yorkshire before it became popular up their.

[mad max 40]

Any body here heard of a pure saluki blue grizzle colour called fire back in the ,s it went up north and supposed to be ok up there killing quite a few Scottish hares

[titan 109]

No mate sorry, though it would be great if we could find out more info on the dog.

[titan 109]

Remember a lad from Edlington nr Doncaster haveing salukis in the 80s bought from a lad in colchester that were also used on the lamp and regulary caught double figures on the lamp up north yorkshire before it became popular up their.

any idea of the name and who owned it bud?

[mad max 40]

A man called joe spring Thorpe owned it then sold it Ken Gould but after that it was sold up north there supposed to be a book wrote about it ? my mate said joe owned it in 1976

[mad max 40]

Joe spring Thorpe owned him in 1976 then sold him to Ken Gould he then sold him to lads up north he was called fire and there supposed to be a book wrote about him ? I think he ended up near Scotland and killed a fare share of hares there

Edited July 12, 2016 by mad max

[Gilbey 1,405]

Crap pic but a genuinely fast saluki from the same line as Sonny, a bit bitchy built, lived to 16 1/2.

Edited July 13, 2016 by Gilbey

[Gilbey 1,405]

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Edited July 13, 2016 by Gilbey

[tatsblisters 7,915]

 

Remember a lad from Edlington nr Doncaster haveing salukis in the 80s bought from a lad in colchester that were also used on the lamp and regulary caught double figures on the lamp up north yorkshire before it became popular up their.

any idea of the name and who owned it bud?

 

Roy they called the lad he had a dog and a bitch the saluki bitch was once matched against Ireish bobs Rambo then later mated to Rambo.

[Silversnake 1,099]

Loving this thread lads, a good bit of history on uk Saluki's and some handy info too. If you think the saluki gene pool is small in the UK try finding one here in oz!

[titan 109]

Any decent working Saluki's down there SS?

[titan 109]

Crap pic but a genuinely fast saluki from the same line as Sonny, a bit bitchy built, lived to 16 1/2.

which pic is that Gilbey?

[titan 109]

Joe spring Thorpe owned him in 1976 then sold him to Ken Gould he then sold him to lads up north he was called fire and there supposed to be a book wrote about him ? I think he ended up near Scotland and killed a fare share of hares there

I will try and find reference to the book, that would be a good read.

[mad max 40]

Yeah if u find anything out please let us no all the best max