BIS – Magyar Agar / Jun.BIS – Irish Wolfhound / Best Pair – Azawakh
On the coat of arms of Osagard village are 2 sighthounds, becouse this hungaryan village name means “ancient sighthound” (os = ancient, agar = sighthound) In the 15-th century King Sigismund used to keep his hungaryan sighthounds (Magyar Agar) in this place. And if all these facts are not enough reasons to organize here a sighthound festival, there is another one, a pure coincidence: the name of the mayor of this village is Agardi Andras (Andrew the Sighthoundist)…and this is not a joke 
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In August 2008 Magyar Agar Klub organized here the first Sighthound Festival. The festival and the show (for all sighthound breeds) was a succes. First day was a beautifull opening ceremony, medieval music, opera, horses and of course: dogshow. The second day were races for all sighthhound breeds.
The 5 judges invited to this show ( Ruth Wagner -Luxemburg, Wieslawa Misterka -Poland, Doris Getzinger -Austria, Szanka Judit -Hungary and… me, from Romania ) ,were all sighthound breeders. I was very honoured to be invited to the first edition of the Sighthounds Festival in Hungary, becouse judging a club show (especially a sighthound club show) is everytime a greater honour than to judge any big show in the world.
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hello,
thank you to posting about our first sighthound festival.
i hope, it will be organized in the next year(s), too.
best regards,
Diana Komaromi,
Hungary