The dogs below were luckily caught showing the beautiful,
balanced side movement characteristic of our borzoi. Most of these dogs
are not on lead at the time of the photos; all photos are unretouched,
and with the exception of show photos the dogs are moving on their own
in their natural,
characteristic way, often on rough or snowy footing.
Zoltan, Valeska Indelible, at 3 years, photo by Yvonne
McGehee.
By Valeska Black Granite, out of Ch. New Moon Rusakovite
Revealed
Zoltan, Valeska Indelible, at 7 years, photo by Rey McGehee
Ch. New Moon Rusakovite Revealed. Zoltan's mother.
Brighty, Ch.Valeska Unbridled Sea, CC, CM, 5 years old, photo courtesy Dave Mills.
By Ch.Valeska Sailor Ripley, out of Renaissance Juno Beach.
Record-holding open field coursing borzoi,
the one to beat in her coursing years and the one remembered as gold standard in the years thereafter.
Shkoda, Valeska Bistroi Brilliance, 1 year old, photo by Marcia Maier.
Shkoda is Brighty's neice, out of Valeska We All Shine On, by Russian import Vega Shelk Shafran.
Shika---Valeska Bistroi Shikarniy; brother to Shkoda above.
Brighty's nephew, out of Valeska We All Shine On, by Vega Shelk Shafran.
The following are series taken with a telephoto lens. Sorva is off lead and uninfluenced by any person,
moving on her own in a way natural to her. She is alerted and looking for game as indicated by her raised ear carraige.
She broke into a lope at the end of that series.
Sorva, Valeska Infinite Frolic, 2 years old. Winner of
the open field 2007 Borzoi Fall Classic.
By Valeska Silver Sails and out of Valeska U Can Leave
Your Hat On.
Her mother is below.
Ouslada, Valeska U Can Leave Your Hat On, at 3 years
old. Ouslada is Brighty's neice,
by Ch.Valeska Kings Stand Aside, out of Valeska Wildheart.
Photo by KC Thompson.
Her daughter Sorva is above.
Indy, Kachina-Valeska Shalako Dancer, photo courtesy Dave Mills.
Indy is Brighty's nephew, out of Ch.Valeska Afterglow, by Ch.Valeska Wilder Shores Of Love.
#1 NOFCA open field Borzoi 2007/2008 season.
Falco, Ch.Valeska Wilder Shores of Love, 7 years old, photo courtesy Carol Enz.
Tildie, Valeska Ring of Iron, 1 year old, photo by Yvonne
McGehee.
By Valeska Sea Risk, son of Ch.Valeska Sailor Ripley,
and
out of Valeska Imaginif, daughter of Ch.Valeska Black-eyed
Susan.
Krilatka, Valeska Haunting Beauty, 1 year old. Photo
by Yvonne McGehee.
By Valeska Sea Risk, son of Ch.Valeska Sailor Ripley,
and
out of Valeska Imaginif, daughter of Ch.Valeska Black-eyed
Susan.
Cyrlica, Carska Cyrlica Polot, import from Poland, breeder Wieslawa Misterka-Kluska, 2 years old.
By Pol.Int.Ch.Wisniowy Wiatr Polot, out of Pol.Int.Ch.Rosyjska Ruletka Polot.
Photo by Yvonne McGehee.
Zadar, Vega Shelk Shafran, import from Russia, breeder
Mila Panteleeva, 3 years old.
Father of Shika, Shkoda and Rijana above.