18^th October 2026 - For this year's annual reunion, I have chosen a location that is a beautiful example here in the Ostrava region that even a landscape devastated by a century of black coal mining can look literally breathtaking after reclamation. We are talking about a location that the locals have called "Karvinské More".

It was Sunday, October 18th, the weather listened to me, because it was an absolutely beautiful sunny and warm autumn day and our whippet family gathered in the parking lot by the summer cinema in the Božena Němcová park in Karviná. Except for three people and their four-year-old darlings, the entire Moravian-Silesian whippet gang Baya Nobles gathered, for which I am extremely grateful to the owners of my offspring. In today's busy and hectic world, it is not entirely easy. It was amazing that representatives from all existing litters gathered, from "A"s to "G"s.

I planned the route as a pleasant walk of about 6 km, the destination of which was the already mentioned 'Karvinské More'. From the parking lot we set off through the park past the newly opened Inhalatorium of the Darkov Spa. I learned about this newly opened initiative from a regional television broadcast, so I decided to check it out with my whippet friends. The Inhalatorium was lined with people on a Sunday walk who had the same idea as me, with the difference that they did not have a 15-head herd of whippets with them. Our whole group caused a slight stir and we became another attraction in the park. We continued walking past the enclosures with deer, fallow deer and other forest animals, which form a small mini zoo in the park to the blind branch of the Olše River, where there is a boat rental with a restaurant and a sports workout area. It was under reconstruction at the time, so we continued along the Olše River to the old Darkov spa, and then across the bridge over the aforementioned Olše River to the area of ​​former coal dumps, which are now flooded. The reclamation of the previously destroyed, literally lunar landscape created a beautiful place with crystal clear water, sandy beaches and surroundings that are slowly being absorbed by a mixed forest. In short, an ideal place for walks and recreation.

As every year, we talked during the walk, shared experiences, and advised each other on what and how to do and improve our coexistence with our whippet pets. Of course, there was no shortage of photo shoots and some filming, which you can see attached to the article. As a thank you, I prepared small packages for all participants for their four-legged pets. Hopefully they made you happy.

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10^th October 2026 - For the second show that we have to attend with Cusco in Poland this year, we chose the 57th National Dog Show in Gliwice. Although it is a two-day show, we decided to go only on Saturday and secretly hoped that it would be enough to win the title we needed. And we really did. Cusco charmed the judge again with his calm demeanor and, in addition to a nice opinion and the CWC title, he also received another BOS for his collection.

We met a lot of friends again at the exhibition, the weather, although it looked like it was going to rain in the morning, cleared up and in the end it was a straight Saturday in the autumn spirit.

57. National Dog Show in Gliwice PL

judge: Anna Rozniatowska (PL)

C U S C O  intermediate class: Exc. 1, CWC/CAC a BOS

19^th September 2026 - The Polish city of Rybnik, located near the Czech border, hosts two annual cynological events, which take place on the last weekend of the holidays and then in mid-September. The first event is a two-day international dog show held for many years in the MOSIR Kamień sports and recreation area. The second is a national dog show focused on hunting dog breeds, again in the same area.

This year we participated in both shows with very contradictory results, which show, in the first case, that each judge explains the breed standard in his own way and if you speak up, you will be punished. And in the second case, that if a judge who shows his own dog appears in the show ring with you, he will always win. Yes, this is probably how the situation at the two-day international show could be described. I am not going to write more about it, it is a waste of my time! I am presenting the results (for fun) below.

The second show is smaller, therefore with a much nicer and more intimate atmosphere. It took place on the third Saturday of September and we met again very nice whippets and many nice faces of our Polish friends. I entered only Cusco for both shows, while Mesa went as an escort on the first day of the international show as part of her training and stayed home for the next few days. Cusco presented himself in excellent physical and mental shape at both shows, which convinced me that he had grown into a truly special dog for me.

 photo: Marcin Smolka

Hunting National Dog Show Rybnik (PL)

19.9.2026 - judge: Małgorzata Lorenc (PL)

C U S C O  aka February in Cusco Baya Nobles open class: Exc. 1, Best Male, BOS

NP + BOS,  Veteran male,  BOJ +BOB,  NF,  Veteran bitch +BOV                        photo: Alicja Broda a Marcin Smolka

International Dog Show Rybnik (PL)

both days exhibited only C U S C O aka February in Cucso Baya Nobles in intermediate class:

29.8.2026 - judge: Wanda Kowalska-Romatowska (PL) VG 3 /3 - measured with a hobby tape measure from the market and according to the judge it is 56 cm!

30.8.2026 - judge: Bogusława Szydłowicz-Polańczyk (PL) Exc. 2 /3 - It's hard to judge objectively when another judge is running around in your ring

 photo: Maria Gondek

13^th September 2026 - We also spent the second weekend of the first calendar month of autumn at a dog show. This time at home in the Czech Republic, at the Floracanis international dog show in Olomouc. This is the only international dog show in the Czech Republic that is really close to us and it would be a shame not to participate.

This time, only our male part of the Baya Nobles team went to the show, consisting of Cusco, Galileo and Thor for the four-legged ones and me, Zorka and her mother for the two-legged ones. The weather was good for us, although it was colder than we were used to in the last few weeks, but we started the greyhounds incredibly early, right at 9:00 in the morning, so it was to be expected. The judging was taken over by a very pleasant and dog-friendly judge, Dr. György Tesics from Hungary, who liked our boys a lot. Except for Thor, who he criticized for things that the other judges, on the contrary, highly appreciated, which raised a little doubt in me whether the judge in the champion class was looking at the right end of the leash for the winner... But that's another story. I was very pleasantly surprised by Gali's award in the very difficult open class, where he came in first place out of six dogs. Cusco then won the intermediate class with a very nice judgment.

Overall, it was a very pleasant show, where we met many familiar faces and I must not forget Tori's sister Saga, who received an Excellent grade in a very well-filled open class with 10 females.

CACIB FLORACANIS Olomouc

                                     12.-13.9.2026 judge: Dr. György Tesics (HU)

C U S C O  aka February in Cusco Baya Nobles, intermediate class: Exc. 1 /2, CAC

G A L I  aka Galileo Baya Nobles R.Fata Morgana, open class: Exc. 1 /6, CAC

T O R I  aka Eternal Thor Baya Nobles, champion class: Exc. 3 /5

S T O R M I  aka Eternal Saga Baya Nobles, open class: Exc.  /10

photo: Michaela Zollerová

6^th September 2026 - After Mesa's success at the International Dog Show in Zakopane a month ago, I decided to give it a try and show the adult champion in Poland. The National Dog Show in the Polish town of Swierklaniec near Katowice was held in a beautiful area of ​​a leisure park, which could be called a castle, although there is no castle there. The very well-maintained area with lots of beautiful corners inspired me to take photos of Mesa not only from the show ring. My companion was again an indispensable member of our Baya Nobles team, Alicja, who took care of the photos, for which I thank her very much.

Mesa was alone in her class, but that doesn't mean anything, because as we have already seen several times, it can be a burden, because the judge has no one to compare you with, so the title may not be a certainty. Which was almost our case this time, but in the end Mesa convinced the judge with her amazing movement and she received the CWC title of Polish beauty contest. It was another signal for me that working and training with her makes sense. Even though she doesn't like shows and working in the ring at all, she is literally afraid of these situations, she still managed to perform very well.

National Dog Show Swierklaniec (PL)

6.9.2026 - judge: Wiesława Misterka -Kluska

M E S A   aka February in Mesa Baya Nobles, intermediate class: Exc. 1, CWC/CAC, Best Bitch

I will also post here a series of photographs (author: Alicja Broda) from the rose garden of a beautiful park in the town of Swierklaniec.

12^th - 15^th srpna 2026 - This summer is marked by really big cynological events within driving distance of the Czech Republic, which is usually quite a long way from similar cynological events. The already mentioned World Show held in Bologna (IT) or the irregularly held Greyhound Festival in Germany has been supplemented by another event that is held every four years and this year the Czech Republic was chosen as the host.

The organization of this very interesting event in the world of whippets was undertaken by the Czech Whippet Club under the leadership of Veronika Chrpová (CHS Z Úplňku) and her organizational team. In addition to two traditional exhibitions, the event also included a two-day marathon of seminars, where experts in their fields presented their lectures on various topics related to whippet breeding, sport and health.

It is an unwritten rule that when there is an event of this type that I would very much like to attend, my workload always gets in the way and I can't go. Fortunately, there was the option of online access to lectures, which I took advantage of. At the congress and at the Baya Nobles shows, the team was successfully represented by Zorka, who was my eyes and ears at the event. She took our star Thor with her and we were very much looking forward to what two amazing judges from the country of origin of the breed, Mrs. Jo Whitehead (CHS Citycroft) and Mr. Russell Sykes (CH Veredon), would say about him. Tori did not disappoint again and shone in the honor class on both days. 95 whippets were entered on Friday and 96 on Saturday at the shows.

Above are the photos of the opinions of both judges, which do not need any further comments! I am very proud of Thor. The overall summary of both shows is as follows:

T O R I   -  2 x Exc.1, 2 x Best Dog of honor class, 2 x Best in Show of honor class and BOS on Saturday as well.

I am also very happy with our offspring, Thor's sister - Eternal Saga Baya Nobles. She participated in shows at the Whippet Congress in a crowded and very difficult open class, where both English judges praised her very well. Saga (Stormi) showed herself in very great form, for which I thank the owner and my friend Petra very much. Here are the results:

S A G A   -  14.8. judge: Russell Sykes  Exc.2 /8, Res. CAC and beautiful critique!!!

S A G A   -  15.8. judge: Jo Whitehead Exc. /9 z  and nice critique!!!

We also enjoyed a handling lesson with breeder and judge Steph Marston-Pollock (CH Falconcrag), who dedicated a bit of her time to Zorka and Thor and showed them what and how to improve their performance. This was captured in the photo below. Thor was praised for his excellent cooperation.

What to say in conclusion. A truly beautiful event in the grounds of the beautiful castle in Valtice. A very interesting accompanying program and seminars. It is all the more regrettable that quite a few European breeders of this wonderful breed showed up at the event. The next year, the ninth, will be held in the breed's homeland in Great Britain.

9^th August 2026 - While Zorka and the boys were in Germany, I took part in the International Dog Show in Zakopane, Poland, with Mesa. Since we ran out of time to get a junior champion in PL, given Mesa's age, I decided not to delay and immediately follow up on getting another title in the intermediate class and get Mesa an adult champion PL. Our kindred spirit Alicja kept us company, who took a nice photo of Mesa.

Just like in Germany, it was a really tropical day in Poland, temperatures were rising to 40 °C. But somehow we both managed to cope with it and Mesa won the very important CWC/CAC title from the international show, thus completing a very important step. Now all we have to do is win two national shows in Poland, the last one only half a year after today's win, and the PL champion will be home.         

    gold medal                                                                                                      

International Dog Show Zakopane (PL)                    

Sunday 9.8.2026 judge: Tibor Havelka (SK)                                                                         

M E S A  aka February in Mesa Baya Nobles, intermediate class EXC.1 /2, CWC/CAC                      

8^th and 9^th August 2026 - The Sighthound Festival Donaueschingen in Germany is a big deal in the sighthound world. One of the largest sighthound shows in Europe, it is a very prestigious event that every owner or breeder of one of the sighthound breeds of FCI Group X or V wants to attend. Unfortunately, the show is not held every year, which is why we were even more motivated to participate this year.

1^st Day judge: Yacoby-Wright Lynn (GB)

C U S C O  aka February in Cusco Baya Nobles, intermediate class EXC.3 /5

T O R I  aka Eternal Thor Baya Nobles, open class EXC.4 /16

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2^nd Day. judge: Sakson Sharon (USA)

C U S C O  aka February in Cusco Baya Nobles, intermediate class EXC.2 /5, Res. Anw. Dt. Ch.

T O R I  aka Eternal Thor Baya Nobles, open class EXC.2 /17, Res. Anw. Dt. Ch., Res Klub-CAC

     Photos: (Monika Konopová) from the second day, when both boys took second places and received the Res. Anw. Dt. Ch., judge Sakson Sharon (USA)

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There is no point in writing about the participation and results at this show. Some judges are simply not worth my time writing about how "amazingly" they judge and give out titles according to the opposite side of the leash. WDS Bolognia and associated shows were one big clownery and a parade of the chosen ones from the side of the whippet judges.

31^st July 2026 - Today we received a nice surprise in the form of an email from ZKWP (the equivalent of the Czech ČMKÚ in Poland), in which Cusco was awarded the title of Junior Champion of Poland (JCH PL). He received it in record time and based on the evaluation of what I consider to be really high-quality judges who know whippets, which I really appreciate.

 27^th July 2026 - Today our last litter "G" full of gems is 3 months old. You can't stop time, and so those little plush toys, which only a month ago resembled whippets from afar, are slowly turning into legged rascals who are already whippets.

Onyx kept his name, is incredibly loved by his new family, and even though it seemed like he wouldn't sneak into his owners' bed, he has already done so. Larimar, now named Dante, is, according to his owners, nothing but joy. He has already started attending puppy daycare and is an unstoppable projectile during the day who has no time to rest. Emerald is now called Loki and is enjoying his new family's toys, attention and most importantly, the couch. Soon, after his vaccinations are complete, he will also have many canine friends. And finally, our princess Agate, affectionately known as Agátka, is how her owner described her with the words "Ferrari engine and scooter brakes". Torpedo remained a torpedo, brave, curious, but also a huge cuddler and sweetheart. She is just a bit of a picky princess when it comes to food.

I am so happy that all my babies settled into their new homes so quickly, are doing very well and have such wonderful owners. For me as a breeder, this is always the most important thing and I am extremely grateful for that!