**Arya's puppies are due 1/21/2012!**
(1/13/2012) Arya is having puppies and they are due around the 21st of this month! For more information, go to the FUTURE page. We are excited about this combination of MSBIS GCh. Sadik Seca Wind JC and Am Can Ch. Lorrequer Kalarya!
**One point to go for Quila!**
(11/19/2011) The very next weekend after the Arizona shows, Ch. Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart wins Best of Opposite Sex while her brother, Sadik Akhtar Tequila Sunrise wins Winners Dog and Best of Winners under judge Lou Guerrero at the San Luis Obispo Kennel Club show. Quila now only needs one point to finish his championship! The next day, brother Sadik Akhtar Stairway to Heaven CGC won Winners Dog and brings his point total up to six with one major. What a great year it has been for the Rock n' Roll litter!!
(Photo by Victoria Cook)
**More great results and another new Champion!!**
(11/11 - 11/13/2011) Pictured above are MSBIS Ch. Sadik Seca Wind JC, Sadik Akhtar Tequila Sunrise and New Champion Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart! The first day at the Canada del Oro Kennel Club show, JJ was Winners Bitch for her third major while her half brother, Seca was Best of Breed under judge Karen Arends.
The next day under breeder/judge Valerie Hamilton (Hounds of Khiva), Seca was Best of Breed, Quila was Winners Dog and JJ was Best of Winners for another major to FINISH!
(Pictured above, photo by Kerr)
The last day, Quila was Winners Dog and Best of Winners for his third major under judge Kalen Dumke, while Seca won Best of Opposite Sex and JJ earned the Select Bitch award her first time in the ring as a special! What a great weekend for my Solaris kids!
**Wow, fabulous results from Pleasanton!**
(10/20 - 10/24/2011) Pearl is now Champion Sadik Akhtar Pearl! At the Skyline Dog Fanciers of San Mateo County shows held on Thursday and Friday, Pearl wins the major each day. The first day she was Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for a three point major under judge Karen Arends. The next day at the American Saluki Club Medallion Supported entry she won Winners Bitch, Best of Winners and earned an Award of Merit under sighthound specialist Betty Stites for a four point major! Then, at the Del Valle Dog Club of Livermore show on Monday, Pearl won yet another major under judge Jay Cunningham to complete her championship. Wow, three majors in five days for Pearl! Pearl is pictured above with judge Stites, her handler, Karon Lonero, her owners, Jim and Linda Griffin and co-breeder Cathy Chapman.
(Photo by Roberts)
(10/22/2011) Not only did Strider win the major at the Saluki Club of Greater San Francisco Specialty, the dam of the Rock n' Roll litter, Ch. Sterling Aria Akhtar Sadik, won her 7 - 9 year old Veteran Class and went on to win Best of Opposite Sex in Specialty! My Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart was also Reserve Winners Bitch from the Bred by Exhibitor class. What an indredible day for the Sadik and Akhtar families! Go to the Rock n' Roll litter page to see mama Aria's win photo.
(Photo by Victoria Cook)
(10/22/2011) What a great way for Alex Grasseschi and Strider (Sadik Akhtar Stairway to Heaven CGC to win a major: At the Saluki Club of Greater San Francisco Specialty show! Saluki enthusiast, Marianne Klinkowski found Strider worthy of the Winners Dog and Best of Winners awards and this gives Strider his first major towards his title! Congratulations to Alex on doing such a great job with her boy!! Pictured above are judge Klinkowski, Alex with Strider, Jim and Linda Griffin and Cathy Chapman, Strider's breeders. This was a very happy day for all of the Rock n' Roll litter family!
(Photo by Victoria Cook)
**Layla wins again!!**
(10/1/2011) Sadik Akhtar Layla JC, CGC wins again, this time on the lure coursing field at the AKC specialty lure trial held by the Saluki Club of Greater San Francisco. Layla not only won the Open Stake, but went on to win Best of Breed/Best in Field for a five point major towards her AKC Lure Championship! Way to go, Michael, Georgette and Layla and congratulations on another wonderful acheivement with your girl!
(Photo by Layla's owners, Michael Popoff and Georgette Petropoulos)
**More great puppy plans!**
(9/15/2011) Please visit the FUTURE PAGE to find out about the upcoming plans for "the Spot Twins". Seca has plans in place to become a sire and now there are arrangements for Briza to become a mother!
**Layla and Quila both win majors in Lompoc!!**
(7/29 - 7/30/2011) Wow, what a wonderful time the Rock n' Roll litter had in Lompoc! While enjoying the cool ocean breezes, the first day at the San Angeles Saluki Club Specialty show, under judge Allan Weinraub, Sadik Akhtar Layla JC, CGC (pictured above) won her first points in grand style! She was Winners Bitch, Best of Winners and Best of Opposite Sex, giving her a five point major! Congratulations to Michael Popoff, who owner handled Layla to her wins, and to Georgette Petropoulos, who had to miss the great win due to work.
(Photo by Vicki Holloway)
Before Layla's win, her sire, MSBIS Ch. Sadik Solar Flare CD, RN, JC won Best in Veteran's Sweepstakes under breeder/judge Roger Shellard (Seafleet Salukis, pictured above). Later in the day Solaris also went on to win the Stud Dog class under judge Weinraub. What a nice way to start out the weekend!
(Photo by Vicki Holloway)
The next day at the San Angeles Saluki Club Supported Entry at the Lompoc Valley Kennel Club show under judge Audrey Sutton, Layla's brother, Sadik Akhtar Tequila Sunrise not only won the Bred by Exhibitor Dog class, he went on to earn Winners Dog and Best of Winners for a four point major! This gives Quila his second major! And, the winner of the Open Dog class and Reserve Winners Dog was litterbrother, Sadik Akhtar Dust in the Wind Kamal owned by Yvette Alley (Kamal)! Not to be outdone by her brothers, sister Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart won her Bred by Exhibitor Bitch class and also the Reserve Winners Bitch award. It was quite a day for the Rock n' Roll litter!
(Photo by Kit Rodwell)
(7/25/2011) Check out the FUTURE PAGE for the latest in upcoming litters and puppies!
**Seca is currently the Nation's Number Two Saluki!!**
(6/27/2011) MSBIS Ch. Sadik Seca Wind JC is the Nation's number two Saluki in Breed points, according to Dog News Magazine, through the end of May 2011. I am very proud of my boy, who is shown very sparingly and already has two Best in Specialty wins so far this year!
**Seca wins Best of Opposite Sex at the Nationa!!!**
(6/10/2011) What a day it was for MSBIS Ch. Sadik Seca Wind JC at the Saluki Club of America National Specialty held in Lexington, Kentucky! Breeder/judge Stephen Wailes (Lamaan Salukis) awarded Seca Best of Opposite Sex, defeating over 150 dogs. Seca continues his specialty winning ways!
(Photo by Marilyn LaBrache Brown)
**Seca wins Best in Specialty Show #3!!**
(4/15 - 16/2011) Wow, MSBIS Ch. Sadik Seca Wind JC is on a roll with another Best in Specialty win at the San Angeles Saluki Club Specialty show under judge Dr Anne P Gallant! Seca's half sister, Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart also won Reserve Winners Bitch!
Their sire, MSBIS Ch. Sadik Solar Flare CD, RN, JC won the Stud Dog Class (pictured above) and also won Best of Opposite Sex in the Veteran Sweepstakes under breeder/judge Ms. Celene Howard! This was another fantastic day for the Sadik Salukis!
Then, the next day at the San Angeles Saluki Club supported entry at the Western Hound Club show, under Mr. Anthony Lord Edwards (IRE), Seca wins Best of Breed again and JJ's sister, Sadik Akhtar Layla earns Reserve Winners Bitch! Seca was handled to both of these wins by his handler and very best friend, Karon Lonero.
(Photos by Vicki Holloway)
**Seca wins Best in Specialty Show #2!!**
(2/19 - 21/2011) What a weekend it was for the Sadik family at the Dual in the Desert Arizona Specialties! The first day at the Central Arizona Saluki Association Specialty Show MSBIS Ch. Sadik Solar Flare CD, RN, JC wins Best in Veterans Sweepstakes under judge Gary Andersen. Later in the day, he went on to win his Veteran Dog class and the Select Dog award under breeder/judge Pam Arwood (Appalachia Salukis)! His Son, Sadik Akhtar Tequila Sunrise also won Reserve Winners to the five point major.
The next day, at the Saluki League of Southern Arizona Specialty Show, SBIS Ch. Sadik Seca Wind JC (pictured above) wins Best in Specialty Show under judge Jayne Pyatt of the UK!! This is Seca's second Best in Specialty win! Earlier in the day, Judge Pyatt awarded Seca's younger half brother, Sadik Akhtar Midnight Rider, Winners Dog and Award of Merit for a five point major. To finish off a great day, Solaris also won the Stud Dog Class!
(Pictured from left to right are Solaris, Aria, Rider, JJ and Seca)
And, if two fabulous days wasn't enough, on the third day at the Central Arizona Saluki Association Specialty Show under breeder/judge Diana Allen (Jazirat Salukis - UK), Rider wins Winners Dog and Best of Winners for another five point major, making it ten points in one weekend for Jim Griffin and Rider! His sister, Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart, wins Reserve Winners Bitch and their dad, MSBIS Ch. Sadik Solar Flare CD, RN, JC earns his second Select Dog award of the weekend and also wins the Stud Dog class (pictured above). The dam of the Sadik Akhtar litter, Ch. Sterling Aria Akhtar Sadik also earned the Select Bitch award! Seca won one of the Award of Merit honors, too, which capped off a very, very fine weekend!
**Quila earns his first hunt points!!**
(1/22/2011) Sadik Akhtar Tequila Sunrise goes to the American Saluki Association's Mia Cup Hunt and wins his course and ties for fourth place! This is a great start for this young boy and I am looking forward to next season with him. His brothers, Kody (Sadik Akhtar Kodachrome) and Strider (Sadik Akhtar Stairway to Heaven) also ran very well and this was their very first hunt. Both of these boys are owned by the Grasseschi family of San Luis Obispo, California and were handled at the hunt by Alex. They came out of the slips on their hares like pros! Look for all three of these fast red boys in the field next season!
**Pearl wins her first major!**
(10/22/2010) Sadik Akhtar Pearl wins her first major at the Skyline Kennel Club of San Mateo County under judge Tom Kirsten! Pearl is the third member of the young Sadik Akhtar litter to become major pointed. She was handled on this day by Karon Lonero and is owned by her co-breeders, Jim and Linda Griffin (Akhtar Salukis).
(Photo by Cathy Chapman)
**Wow! Three group placements for Sansar in four days!!**
(9/23, 24 & 26/2010) Can Ch. Sadik Sansar Wind visits the USA and goes Best of Breed and Group III at the Gallatin Dog Club in Helena, Montana under judge Monica Canestrini. The following day, he is Best of Breed and Group II under judge Lester Mapes! Then, on Sunday, at the Helena Montana Kennel Club show, Sansar is Best of Breed and Group IV under judge Barbara Dempsey Alderman! What a fun trip with great results for this boy who is well on his way to completing his American Championship! Sansar was handled by Fred Haywood. Congratulations to his owner, Georgie Paone!
(Photo by Martin Hershberg Photography)
**Quila wins a major!**
(9/19/2010) Sadik Akhtar Tequila Sunrise wins Winners Dog, Best of Winners and Best of Breed over specials to earn a three point major under judge Dorothy MacDonald at the Prescott Arizona Kennel Club. Quila now has five points and a major!
(Photo by Kathy Jones)
**Solaris and his kids win in Lompoc!**
(7/30/2010) Following Habu's fabulous Best of Opposite Sex win, his sire, Solaris also wins the Stud Dog class! He was represented by his sons, Habu and Sadik Akhtar Stairway to Heaven. Strider is trained, loved and owner handled by Alex Grasseschi.
Dam of the Rock 'n Roll litter, Ch. Sterling Aria Akhtar Sadik, also won her Brood bitch class. What a great day for the Sadik family in Lompoc!
(Photo by Vicky Holloway)
(7/30/2010) It was a great day at the San Angeles Saluki Club Specialty show held in Lompoc, California for MBISS Ch. Sadik Solar Flare CD, RN, JC and his kids! First, Ch. Sadik Kharif Wind JC (Solaris x Mirage) wins Best of Opposite Sex under judge Gabriele Schroeter (Germany)! Habu is proudly owner handled by Jean Beeler.
(Photo by Vicki Holloway)
**JJ wins her second major!!**
(6/25/2010) Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart (JJ) wins her second major at seventeen months of age at the Willamette Valley Saluki Club Specialty show under judge Lori Nelson (Wildfire Whippets). Earlier in the day, she was also Best in Sweepstakes under Rick Brown! (pictured) This major win gives JJ both of her majors and both have been at specialties in the Pacific Northwest! This girl just loves to show!
(Photo by Kohler)
**SASC Specialty and Western Hound Show Father and Son Sweepstakes wins!**
(4/16 & 4/18/2010) MBISS Ch. Sadik Solar Flare CD, RN, JC (left) was Best in Veteran Sweepstakes under Jamie Souza-Bartlett at the San Angeles Saluki Club Specialty show on Friday. Later that day, he also earned an Award of Merit from the Veteran Dog class under judge Stephen McElhone of Australia!
(Photo by Vicki Holloway)
Then, on Sunday at the Western Hound Show, Solaris' son, Sadik Akhtar Tequila Sunrise (right) wins Best in Sweepstakes under breeder/judge Ute Ach (Schwanhild).
(Photo by Rich Bergman)
(4/17/2010) On Saturday, judge David Miller awarded Quila's sister, Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart, Reserve Winners Bitch from the Bred By Exhibitor class at just fifteen months of age! JJ and Quila's older half brother, SBIS Ch. Sadik Seca Wind JC, gathered an Award of Merit later that day, too. All in all, a very fun and fulfilling weekend for the Sadik family!
(Photo by Rich Bergman)
**Solaris and JJ win in Del Mar!**
(3/20/2010) MSBIS Ch. Sadik Solar Flare CD, RN, JC wins Best of Breed from the Veteran's class at the Del Sur Kennel Club show under breeder/judge Robert Frost. Solaris went on to win a Group IV that evening! He is pictured with judge Frost with his group placement, handled by Karon Lonero. Solaris is nine and a half years old and still going strong!
(Photo by Rich Bergman)
(3/20/2010) Not only did Solaris win Best of Breed at the Del Sur Kennel Club show, his daughter, Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart won Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for another two points. This brings young JJ's point total to five, including one major. Not bad for a fifteen month old baby who loves to show!
(Photo by Vicki Holloway)
**Briza is now a CHAMPION!**
(1/30/2010) Wow, Briza is now Champion Sadik Briza Wind JC!! At the Orange Empire Kennel Club show, under judge Malcolm Fellows, she won Winners Bitch and Best of Winners for her final point to complete her championship! Briza was Winners Bitch at three of her last four shows and finished in style with two California majors and numerous specialty and supported entry wins. She is pictured above with one of her two major wins at the Kennel Club of Palm Springs under judge Barbara Dempsey Alderman. Way to go Briza!
(Photo by Callea)
**The Wind litter is on a roll with another new Champion!!**
(1/23 - 1/24/2010) Ch. Sadik Taku Wind completed his championship with back to back wins at the Oakland County Kennel Club shows held in Novi, Michigan under judges Lee Canalizo and Jane Treiber! Taku is owned and loved by Maria Cotter and is handled by Karen Butler. Congratulations Maria on your new champion!
(Photo by K. Booth)
**Briza wins back to back majors!!**
(1/8 - 1/9/2010) Sadik Briza Wind JC wins Winners Bitch and Best of Winners at the Inland Empire Hound Association of Southern California under judge Jo Anne M. Buehler on Friday for a four point major. She repeated her Winners Bitch win the following day at the Kennel Club of Palm Springs show under judge Barbara Dempsey Alderman for a three point major! Briza earned both of these wins, proudly shown in the Bred by Exhibitor class. She now needs just one point to complete her AKC Championship. I am very proud of this girl!
Also, under judge Alderman, brother SBIS Ch. Sadik Seca Wind JC won an Award of Merit. Seca was shown by our friend Teresa Hodge Smith. Thank you Teresa!
**Solaris wins again from the Veteran's class!**
**Strider wins his first point!!**
(11/15/2009) Sadik Akhtar Stairway to Heaven wins his first point at the San Luis Obispo Kennel Club show at ten and a half months of age, judged by Dr. John Reeve-newson, DVM! Strider is pictured with his owner, Alex Grasseschi.
(Photo by Cook Phodography)
The following week at the Golden Valley Kennel Club show, Mr. Charles Olvis awarded sister, Sadik Akhtar Pearl her first point. Pearl is owned by her breeders, Jim and Linda Griffin. Five pups from the Solaris x Aria litter are already pointed in the ring at under eleven months of age!
**Quila wins his first point!!**
(9/13/2009) Sadik Akhtar Tequila Sunrise wins his first point at the Prescott Arizona Kennel Club show under judge Robert Stein going Winners Dog and Best of Winners. Way to go baby boy! "Quila" is another pup from the Sadik Akhtar litter, bred by Jim & Linda Griffin and Catherine Chapman. Quila shares his home with Cathy and the other Sadik Salukis.
(Photo by Kohler)
**Sansar wins a major!!**
(9/5/2009) Can Ch. Sadik Sansar Wind goes Winners Dog, Best of Winners and Best of Breed over specials under judge Rosemary Crandahl at the All Hound Club of Bellingham show in Mt Vernon, Washington!! This gives Sansar nine points with one major towards his AKC championship in very limited showing in the USA and was handled to this win by Fred Haywood. Congratulations to Sansar's owner, Georgie Paone!
(Photo by Martin Hershberg Photography)
**Back to back Best in Sweepstakes for JJ!**
(8/21/2009) The same day JJ won her first major, she also won Best in Sweepstakes under breeder/judge Gail Goodman (Midbar Salukis)! And, the next day at the specialty, she won Best in Sweepstakes again, this time under breeder/judge Frank Cassano (Patayan Salukis)
(Photo by Steven Ross with judge Goodman)
**WOW, Baby JJ does it!!**
(8/21/2009) "JJ", Sadik Akhtar Piece of My Heart, goes Winners Bitch for a major at the Puget Sound Saluki Club Specialty show held in Redmond Washington from the 6 - 9 months puppy bitch class under breeder/judge William T Flynn (Silvershadow Salukis)! The following day she also goes Reserve Winners bitch to the major under breeder/judge Arlene Harris (Sur-ra Salukis)! JJ is from my latest litter co-bred with Jim and Linda Griffin. She is loved and shown by myself, and we are all very proud of her!
(Photo by K. Lonero)
(8/21/2009) Our history pages are on the move. Check out Our Past for the newest photos and updates!
(8/14/2009) Check Solaris' page and Mirage's pages for new photos and news. Click HERE to see SBIS Ch. Sadik Seca Wind JC's new page! Click HERE to see Sadik Briza Wind JC's new page! Click HERE to see Ch. Sadik Malina JC's new page!
**Solaris wins another Best in Sweepstakes in Lompoc!!**
(7/23/2009) At the Saluki Club of America Western Regional Specialty show, held in Lompoc, CA, Solaris wins the Veteran Sweepstakes under breeder/judge Ms. Robbie Pattison (Iroki Salukis, Canada)!!! In the puppy sweepstakes, Solaris' son, "Rider", Sadik Akhtar Midnight Rider (Solaris x Ch. Sterling Aria Akhtar Sadik) won Best of Opposite Sex! Rider is owned by Jim and Linda Griffin and bred by Jim and Linda Griffin and Cathy Chapman. What a great father and son day!
**Drisana is a Champion!!**
(5/8/2009) The beautiful Sadik Bahia Drisana JC is now a Champion! She won Winners Bitch and Best of Opposite Sex at the Southern Oregon Kennel Club show under judge Debbie K Petersen to obtain the last point needed to complete her title. Drisana is from the Bravo (Ch. Hajji-Reignbeau Int'l Reign JC) x Rory (Ch. Sadik Midnite Aurora JC) Sun God and Goddess litter, whelped May 30th, 2004 and Drisana is the third champion for this litter! Congratulations to owners, Jak, Kathy and Thais Anderson! Drisana is co-owned by her breeder, Cathy Chapman.
(Photo by Cook Phodography)
(4/10/2009) BISS Ch. Sadik Solar Flare CD, RN, JC wins Best in Show at the San Angeles Saluki Club specialty show under judge Dr. Goran Bodegard from the Veteran Dog class!!! This was Solaris' 2nd Best in Specialty win and I am extremely proud of this boy!! Go to his PAGE to see his win photo!
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