Eng CH Asphodel Almanza Female Saluki   3/4/1961 (deceased) Color: Red Owner: Mr. Ernest Tebbs (Almanza) Breeder: Jean Burns Sire: Mazuri Knightellington George Dam: Int CH Asphodel Alybe Almanza Kennels Foundation Bitch owned by Ernest Tebbs in England. Holds 9 Challenge Certificates and 4 RCCs. Best in Show at the Saluki Club Open Show in 1965 and Best Hound Bitch at the Ladies Kennel Association Championship Show. At 11 years of age she was again Best Bitch at the Saluki Club Open Show in 1972. She was a well-known courser until she was 9 years old and first winner of The Sharif Trophy in the 1963-64 season and the Kerrison Stakes in 1968-69. Winner of the Sandpiper Trophy in the 1964-65 coursing season for the Saluki winning the most points in all-breed classes and either winning or placing as runner-up in an official coursing stake.

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Uncertified Pedigree/Document  (Handwritten Pedigree of Veh Litter 1/18/1986 by Arlene Harris) Periodical  (Almanza Feature/Photo, ASA Newsletter Winter 1988, p. 33) Book  (Photo/Pedigree, The Saluki Book of British Champions, 1923-1973, p. 95)