Photo: Ari Lehtiö
FI LCCH, CVM-22,
SSaKMM-21, SSaKMM-22, SSaKMM-24, SSaKVMM-25
Al Bhazim Geela Gemini
#3 World Championships Coursing 2022
#2 Finnish Championships Coursing 2022
#3 Finnish Championships Coursing 2021
#1 SuomiCup - Finnish Cup Coursing 2022
Finnish Saluki Club Coursing Champion 2025
Finnish Saluki Club Coursing Champion 2024
Finnish Saluki Club Coursing Champion 2022
Finnish Saluki Club Coursing Champion 2021
Beautiful Runner 2025
Beautiful Runner 2022
Beautiful Runner 2021
Finnish Saluki Club annual listings:
#21 Best Lure Courser 2025
#5 Best Lure Courser & Best Veteran 2024
#14 Best Lure Courser 2023
#1 Best Lure Courser 2022
#1 Best Lure Courser 2021
Kennel District Courser 2022
Kennel District Courser 2021
1 x FI CAC
BOB
BIG 2 PUPPY
BOB PUPPY
BIG 2 PUPPY
BOB PUPPY
17 x FI LC CAC
1 x CACIL
1 x CACIL
5 x LC Winner
1 x Best in Field
Minttu
Owners: Maija Nissinen & Ari Lehtiö
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Photo: Ari LehtiöAchievements2025 Finnish Saluki Club annual listings: 491p - 3rd place CAC ___________________________________  19.10.2025 Hailuoto Coursing, Finland 462p - 6th place CAC ___________________________________ 27.9.2025 Helsinki Coursing, Finland 424p - 11th place CAC ___________________________________ 17.5.2025 Kalajoki Coursing, Finland 457p - 2nd place CAC ___________________________________ 10.5.2025 Tampere Coursing, Finland 491p - 3rd place CAC ___________________________________ 2024 7.9.2024 Kuopio Coursing, Finland 432p - 5th place ___________________________________ 17.8.2024 Finnish Coursing Championships, Äänekoski, Finland 475p - 3rd place CAC ___________________________________ 4.8.2024 Kuopio IDS, Finland Judge Laura Cox, Ireland Working Class EXC1 ___________________________________ 3.8.2024 Kuopio NORD, Finland Judge Tuula Savolainen, Finland Working Class VG1 ___________________________________ 15.6.2024 Saluki Specialty, Finland Judge Mary Sanders Parker, GBR Working Class EXC2 ___________________________________ 11.5.2024 Jyväskylä IDS, Finland Judge Rony Doedijns, Netherlands Working Class VG1 ___________________________________ 4.5.2024 Ylöjärvi Coursing, Finland 464p - first place CAC ___________________________________ 2023 8.10.2023 Hämeenlinna Coursing, Finland 450p - 7th place CAC ___________________________________ Coursing 2022  Photo: Ari Lehtiö 2022: Finnish Saluki Club honored Minttu for becoming The Coursing Saluki of the Year 2022 She also got the Beauty and Performance prize Both of these prizes she also got for 2021! On top of this she got an honorprize for coming 3rd in WCC earlier this year. We are so proud! ___________________________________  17.9.2022 Vöyri, Salukikerhon maastomestaruus, Finland 467p - 2nd place CAC  Best female courser of the Finnish Saluki Club 2022 ___________________________________  4.9.2022 Liperi Coursing, Finland 477p - first place CAC ___________________________________  20.8.2022 Suonenjoki Coursing, Finland 487p - 2nd place CAC ___________________________________ 4.6.2022 Keuruu Coursing, Finland 339p - 5th place ___________________________________  28.5.2022 Kalajoki WCC - Coursing World Championships, Finland 504p - 3rd place CAC ___________________________________ Shows 2022 13.11.2022 Jyväskylä IDS, Finland Judge Katalin Kiss, Hungary Working Class EXC-1 ___________________________________ 12.11.2022 Jyväskylä NORD, Finland Judge Ivo Beccarelli, Italy Working Class VG-2 ___________________________________  2.7.2022 Orivesi NDS, Finland Judge Kaisa Metteri-Gold, Finland Working Class VG-1 ___________________________________  12.6.2022 Saluki Show, Helsinki Finland Judge Bo Forsberg, Sweden Working Class 4/6 HP ___________________________________  11.6.2022 Saluki Speciality, Helsinki Finland Judge Karen Fisher, UK Working Class EXC-2, CQ ___________________________________ Coursing 2021  Photo: Ari Lehtiö Annual listings of the Finnish Saluki Club Lure Coursing Saluki of the year 2021: #1 - FI LCCH Al Bhazim Geela Gemini She also gets the diploma of Beautiful Runner 2021 (Beauty & Performance) ___________________________________  Photo: Maija Nissinen 12.9.2021 Mustiala, Finnish Saluki Club Coursing Championships 507p (240+267) First place (1/38 Salukis) CAC BEST IN FIELD! #1 Coursing Champion 2021 of the Finnish Saluki Club ___________________________________
22.8.2021 Finnish Lure Coursing Championships SMM-Maastokisat Virolahti 482p - 3rd place CAC ___________________________________  Photo: Ari Lehtiö
2.8.2021 Tampere Nordic Championship & INT 455p - 7th place, (injured in the finals) CAC -> FI LCCH New Coursing Champion! ___________________________________  Photo: Ari Lehtiö20.6.2021 JyväsCoursing INT, Keuruu 509p - first place! CAC + CACIL Champion of the Kennel District Keski-Suomen kennelpiiri
Working Class EXC-4 Judge Dina Korna Open Class EXC-4 ___________________________________ |
| Photo: Ari Lehtiö |
2020 Finnish Saluki Club annual listings:
#10 Best Lure Courser
#10 Best Lure Courser
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27.9.2020 Koronaralli, Kankaanpää, Finland
489p - second place
CAC
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| Photo: Ari Lehtiö |
2.8.2020 Lumijoki Coursing, Finland
484p - second place
CAC
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Coursing 2019
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| Photo: Cisse Wunsch Geela Gemini is the winner of Karstula Coursing 2019 ___________________________________ |
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| Photo: Ari Lehtiö |
15.9.2019 Karstula Coursing
241p - 1st place
CAC
Second run got cancelled due to bad weather and slippery field
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Shows 2019
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| Photo: Sanni Mäkelä |
6.7.2019 Orivesi NDS, Finland
Judge Janiki Steinbock, Israel
Junior Class EXC1 CQ BB4
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| Photo: Ari Lehtiö |
15.6.2019 Jämsä NDS, Finland
Judge Paula Rekiranta, Finland
Judge Paula Rekiranta, Finland
Junior Class EXC1 CQ BB-1 CAC BOB
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| Photo: Ari Lehtiö |
18.8.2019 Heinola NDS, Finland
Judge Sofie Krigholm, Swe
Intermediate Class EXC-4
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Shows 2018
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| Photo: Ari Lehtiö |
Judge Juha Putkonen
BOB-Puppy
BIG-2
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