"DARIUS"

Multi SBIS Ch. Mystery's Ain't Misbehavin' CC CM

 The Epitome of Form and Function - Beauty and Performance

#1 ALL TIME NOFCA SALUKI

The only hound of ANY breed to earn 1000 Breed Points

The only Saluki to earn 1500 Championship Points

Bred by and loved by: Sharon Kincaid and son Chris

Owner of and handled by: Fiona Bennett

Owner of and spoilt rotten by: Dr. David Bennett

Birthdate February 28, 1996

Achievements

In the Ring

  •     Multiple BISweeps, and BOSweeps.
  •     RWD to 4 CA majors under judges:-
           V Reidy - SCGSF Specialty – RWD to 5 points at 7 months old
           Linda Scanlon - Palm Springs KC TSE - RWD to 4 points at 11 months
           Mrs Lee Canalizo - RWD to 3 points, and
           M Sosne - RWD to 3 points back to back at 12 months
  •     4 CA majors at Specialty and TSE shows under judges:-
           Patti Widdick Neale - TSE for 3 points,
           Karen Archibald - TSE for 4 points and BOW,
           Alice Donaldson - SCGSF Specialty for 5 points and BOW
           and Helen Winski Stein - TSE for 3 points
  •     Finished with back to back majors at 19 months of age.
  •     Multiple BOB and AOM.
  •     Multiple Specialty AOM winner
  •     Winner of the El Char Azali Amir OFC trophy
  •     Specialty Stud Dog winner
  •     2nd place Stud Dog winner, SCOA National Specialty 2001
  •     Specialty Best Smooth
  •     Brace Class winner SCOA National Specialty 2001

  •     Multiple Group placer

  •     Finished in the top ten by the breed system for 1999 and 2001

  •     SBIS at the SCGSF 25 Anniversary Specialty, Oct 1999 under breeder judge Lotta Brun from Norway.
    This show drew 164 Salukis, for a total entry of 231. The largest entry the SCGSF Specialty has had to date.

  •     SBIS at the San Angeles Saluki Club Specialty, July 2001 under breeder judge Linda Scanlon.
    This show drew 113 Salukis, for a total entry of 127.   For pictures click HERE

  •     SBIS at the CASA Specialty, Saturday October 13, 2001 under breeder judge Dale Wright.

  •     SBOS at the SCOA Western Regional Specialty, Friday October 19, 2001 under breeder judge Arlene Harris.
    This show drew 108 Salukis for a total entry of 133.

  •     SBIS at the SCGSF Specialty, Saturday October 20, 2001 under breeder judge Carolyn Potts from Australia.
    This show drew 144 Salukis for a total entry of 182.

  •     Westminster invitee 2002 by value of being in the top 5 Salukis by the breed system 2001

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    In the Field

  •     NOFCA Coursing Champion and Courser of Merit
  •     Earned his 500 Championship Points Award 1999
  •     Earned his 500 Breed Points Award 2000
  •     Earned his 1000 Championship Points Award 2001

  •     Earned his 1500 Championship Points Award 2002 - The only Saluki to ever achieve this

  •     Earned his 1000 BREED Points Award 2005 - The only dog of ANY breed to ever achieve this

  •     Grand Course Qualifier each season that he has competed, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

  •     Winner of the ASA Suki Cup 2000, 2001 and 2002
  •     Winner of the ASA Fatimeh Cup 2000
  •     Winner of the ASA Ishtan Cup 2000.
  •     Ishtan cup finalist 2001, Darius was unable to attend the cup run off due to a prior commitment
  •     Winner of the SCC Boomslang Trophy 2000 and 2003
  •     Bathsheba cup finalist 2001.
  •     Winner of the Bathsheba cup 2003

  •     Winner of the breed hunt at the 1999 Grand Course.
  •     Winner of the Alpaugh Trophy for the high score Saluki overall at the 1999 Grand Course.
  •     #1 Show Champion for the 1999 Grand Course, placing 6th overall.
  •     Tied for #1 Show Champion for the 2000 Grand Course.
  •     #1 Show Champion for the 2002 Grand Course.
  •     Winner of the ASA Hoppit Trophy for the High Score male Saluki for 1998/1999, 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 seasons
    His sons held the ASA Hoppit Trophy for the 4 following seasons
  •     Winner of the ASA Coursing Shield for High Score Saluki overall for 1999/2000 and 2000/2001

  •     Winner of the ASA Cirrus Cup for the Sire whose get accumulated the most OFC points for 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008

  •     Sire of TWO NOFCA #1 All Breeds - Pulsar 2006 and Oberon 2009.
  •     Winner of 21 hunts, placing at 68

  •     High Scoring Hound All Breeds for the 1999/2000, 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 NOFCA Coursing Seasons.

    Darius is the first Saluki to ever achieve #1 NOFCA Hound Status three times and only the 3rd hound all breeds to ever do so.

    He joins Greyhound Ch Point Breeze Wild Heritage also 3 time #1
    and Greyhound Vista's Athena, the only hound to achieve this feat 4 times

    Heritage holds the #1 spot Lifetime Career Points - ALL BREEDS
    Athena holds the #2 spot Lifetime Career Points - ALL BREEDS

    Darius now holds the #5 spot Lifetime Career Points - ALL BREEDS

    Darius is now the #1 National Open Field Coursing Association's Saluki of ALL TIME, passing the Great Impulse and Azali in his 6th OFC season with 1484 points

    The Great Impulse set the high scoring OFC Saluki lifetime points record of 1474 and held it for over 20 years

    Go to Darius' Photo Album Darius' Photo Album

    Go to Darius' Pedigree

    Darius was bred to the lovely Ch Ziba Hunter's Moon of D'Ansor in 1999
    They produced a litter of 8.
    2 feathered girls, 2 smooth boys and 4 feathered boys.

    Darius 2nd breeding was to the lovely Ch. Starlite's Lady Sheena Divine in 2000
    They produced a litter of 7.
    2 smooth girls, 2 feathered boys and 3 smooth boys.

    Darius 3rd breeding was to the Bell's Beautiful SBIS Ch. Bel S'mbran Favory Babek JC in 2000
    They produced a litter of 8.
    4 smooth girls, 1 feathered boy and 3 smooth boys.

    Darius 4th breeding was to the National SBIS Ch Kyzyl Kum Phaedra SC FCh (smooth)
    They produced a litter of 8.
    3 smooth tri-color girls, a feathered tri-color girl, a smooth grizzle girl and 3 smooth grizzle boys

    Click HERE to see pictures of Darius' kids

    Darius is my heartdog.

    He loves to both OFC, and show and has 'proven' himself in both fields.

    Darius always gave me his all. The incredible love between us and teamwork is why he has achieved what he has

    Darius is named for Darius I , also called "Darius the Great". Darius I was not the most famous of the 3 rulers of that name, in the Western world that is. The most famous was Darius III, who was defeated in battle by Alexander the Great. The history books suggest that he did not acquit himself well in that encounter, since he would not negotiate with Alexander for the release of his family, whom Alexander had captured. This is why you may well have seen ads for my Darius titled "Darius the Great", since I wanted to make it clear for WHICH Darius he was named!

    Here is a list of the Persian Kings of that age

    Achaemenids

    Achaemenes
    Teispes
    Cyrus I
    Cambyses I (Kambiz)
    Cyrus the Great, Start of Achaemenid Empire, 559BC - 530BC
    Kambiz II, 530BC - 522BC
    Smerdis (the Magian), 522BC
    Darius I the Great, 522BC - 486BC
    Xerxes I (Khashyar), 486BC - 465BC
    Artaxerxes I , 465BC - 425BC
    Xerxes II, 425BC - 424BC (45 days)
    Darius II, 423BC - 404BC
    Artaxerxes II, 404BC - 359BC
    Artaxerxes III, 359BC - 339BC
    Arses, 338BC - 336BC
    Darius III, 336BC - 330BC