Straight Racing
LGRA (Large Gazehound Racing Association) is the primary multi-breed sighthound straight racing body in the US and Canada. It runs amateur 200-yard meets for 18+ eligible sighthound breeds — Afghan Hounds, Azawakh, Basenji, Borzoi, Chart Polski, Cirneco dell'Etna, Greyhounds, Ibizan Hounds, Irish Wolfhounds, Italian Greyhounds, Magyar Agar, Pharaoh Hounds, Portuguese Podengo Medio/Grande, Rhodesian Ridgebacks, Salukis, Scottish Deerhounds, Silken Windhounds, and Sloughi. Whippets are not eligible in LGRA — they have their own racing organizations (WRA, CWA). Each hound races only against its own breed, and a meet needs at least two of a breed. The WAVE grading system — a weighted average of a dog's last three meets — assigns grades within each breed.