All Breeds B.l.S. winner, CH. CALAHORRA BARCAROLLE, born 17.1.67, dam of 14 champions, including CHS. CALAHORRA MOSQUE, MUSTAPHA, TURBAN, INCA, and VOORTREKKER

Jabba was a major winner, including B.I.S. at a Hound Club Speciality, Jauzar was never shown but earned a place in breed history as the dam of the b/m gold Calahorra B and E litters, the B's being especially important as they included the All Breeds B.I.S. winner CH. CALAHORRA BARCAROLLE (later dam of fourteen champions including the great CH. C. TURBAN, CH. C. MOSQUE, and CH. C. INCA, three of the biggest winning bitches in the history of Aghans), and of CH. CALAHORRA MUSTAPHA (litter brother to Mosque), who won B.I.S. and Dog Challenge at the A.H.C. of N.S.W. Specialty judged by Sheila Devitt Gilleney of the famed Carloway prefix, another great lady whose bloodlines have had enormous influence on us at Calahorra.

BAGATELLE produced AUST. AND N.Z. CH. CALAHORRA FIESTA BRAVA, who won B.I.S. at the first three Dominion Afghan Hound Club Specialties (N.Z.) and was Dog of the Year in New Zealand, and also CH. CALAHORRA CAMPARI, Bitch Challenge and Opposite Sex in Show under Sheila to her "blood" brother, as they had the same sire, and their dams were litter sisters. From a record entry, we were thrilled indeed when they finished up as Sheila's top winners.

AUST. N.Z. CH. CALAHORRA FIESTA BRAVA, born 13.9.68, All Breeds B.l.S. winner in both countries, including the first three Dominion Afghan Hound Club (N.Z) Specialites (the second under Wallace Pede, U.S.A.), Dog of the Year in N.Z

CH. CALAHORRA BALALAYKA was the dam of a "blood" brother of FIESTA BRAVA as they were both by Emir of Gray Dawn, Ch. Calahorra Ishmael who sired Ch. Furbari Therese, the foundation bitch for Quom Kennels.

The Calahorra B's were sired by our CH. EMIR BARWALA, B.I.S. winning son of Mazari and Awazir Deera. Wali was from a litter of five champions. four of them B.I.S. winners and with multi Royal Show challenges. Mazari, of course, was out of Crown Crest Zardeeka (imp U.S.A.) who was a granddaughter of bom Am. Mex. Ch. Taejon of Crown Crest and the famous European import to America, Dutch Ger. Belg. Am. Ch. Ophaal (of Crown Crest).

Wazir's second litter was to Jabba, and produced CH. CALAHORRA APHRODITE who, when mated to CHANDHARA'S EMIR OF GRAY DAWN (imp U.K.), produced CH. EMIR DZUM DHAMMA PADA, foundation bitch for Dzum kennels and dam of their record breaking litters to CH. COASTWIND HOLYMAN (imp U.K.), including David Roche's famous multi Royal B.I.S. wmner CH. DZUM POLLYANNA.

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