Borzoi:

General Appearance: Should be that of an elegant, graceful aristocrat among dogs, possessing courage and combining muscular power with extreme speed.

Size: Dogs, average height at shoulder from 28 - 31 in. (71 - 79 cm); average weight from 75 - 105 lb. (34 - 48 kg). Larger dogs are often seen, extra size being no disadvantage when it is not aquired at the expense of symmetry, speed, and staying quality. Bitches are invariably smaller than dogs, and 2 in. (5 cm) less in height, and from 15 - 20 lb. (7 - 9 kg) less in weight is a fair average.

Coat and Colour: Coat long, silky (not wooly), either flat, wavy or rather curly. On the head, ears and front of legs it should be short and smooth; on the neck the frill should be profuse and rather curly. Feather on the hindquarters and tail, long and profuse, less so on the chest and back of the forlegs. Any colour, white usually predominating, more or less marked with lemon, tan, brindle, grey or black. Whole-coloured specimens of these tints occasionally appear.

Head: Skull slightly domed, long and narrow, with scarcely any perceptible stop, rather inclined to be Roman-nosed. Nose large and black. Jaws long, powerful, and deep; teeth strong, clean and even, neither pig-jawed nor undershot. Eyes set somewhat obliquely, dark in colour, intelligent, but rather soft in expression, never full or staring, not light in colour, eyelids dark. Ears small and fine in quality, lying back on the neck when in repose with the tips when thrown back almost touching behind occiput; raised when at attention.

Neck: Clean, free from throatiness, somewhat shorter than in the Greyhound, slightly arched, very powerful and well set on.

Forequarters: Shoulders sloping, should be fine at the withers and free from coarseness or lumber. Forelegs have a flat bone, straight, giving free play for the elbows, which should be neither turned in nor out; pasterns strong.

Body: Back rising a little at the loins in a graceful curve. Chest rather narrow, with great depth of brisket. Ribs only slightly sprung, but very deep, giving room for heart and lung play. Loins extremely muscular, but rather tucked up, owing to the great depth of chest and comparative shortness of back and ribs.

Hindquarters: Long, very muscular and powerful, with well bent stifles and strong second thighs, hocks broad, clean and well let down. Feet hare-shaped, with well-arched knuckles, toes close and well padded.

Tail: Long, set on and carried low in a graceful curve.