UTILIZATION:

Dog for coursing (hare hunting), in fast pursuit and being directed by his sight.
Formerly he has also been used and can hunt other game animals like rabbits, foxes, also boars; however the primordial utilization of the breed has been and is in coursing the hare.


BRIEF HISTORICAL SUMMARY:

The greyhound is known since the antiquity by the Romans, even though we are led to suppose that his arrival and implantation in the Peninsula dates back long before that period.
Descendant from ancient Asian greyhounds, he has adapted himself to our different terrain of steppes and plains.
He was exported in large quantities to other countries, like Ireland, England during the XVIth, XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries.
Our greyhound is one of the ancestors of the English greyhound which presents with the Spanish greyhound (galgo) the similarities true to the breed which have served as a base in its selection and subsequent acclimatization.
Among the numerous citations by the classical authors, one should select that of the citations by the classical authors, one should select that of the archpriest of Hita who says: “Hare which goes is soon caught in a chase by the greyhound...”, thus proving the principal and ancestral function of the breed.


GENERAL APPEARANCE:

Greyhound of good size, eumetric-subconvex, sub-long line and dolichocephalic.
Compact bone structure, head long and narrow (dolichocephalic), ample thoracic capacity, belly very tucked up, very long tail.
Hindquarters vertical and muscled. Hair fine and short, or semi-long and hard.


IMPORTANT PROPORTIONS:

Sub-longish line structure; length slightly more than the height.
Proportions and functional harmony is to be sought after as much in static position as in movement.


BEHAVIOUR/TEMPERAMENT:

Serious temperament and reserved in occasion, however when out hunting, proves to be an energetic and lively hunter.