On their application for registration, the CWA states "any dogs or owners barred by the AKC, CKC or any other National Kennel club or any National Purebred Whippet Racing Association [is] ineligible for participation in CWA events".

The two bans affecting most North American performance-bred whippets are a ban issued by the WCRA in England against the Besaps kennel and a ban issued by NAWRA against Tony Lewis and his Lyth kennel. As most performance-bred whippets have either Ringdove (descendants of the Besaps line) or Lyth dogs in their pedigrees, the CWA has effectively eliminated a vast majority of race-bred whippets from competing in their racing programme.

NAWRA has since revised their original ban, limiting it to a single litter and their immediate progeny. However, the CWA has expanded the original NAWRA ban to include dogs never covered by it.

Yes.

Although some people will claim otherwise, the whippets banned from CWA competition are indeed purebred, pedigreed whippets.

All whippets banned by the CWA hold certified pedigrees issued by the CKC, British KC, or AKC.

When the allegations of pedigree errors were first raised in North America, complaints were filed with all three kennel clubs involved - the British Kennel Club, the American Kennel Club, and the Canadian Kennel Club. In each case, the kennel clubs refused to take any action on the basis of the complaints. Given that all three organisations regularly suspend members for registration irregularities, their refusal to act upon these complaints is indicative of their lack of basis in fact. Indeed, the WCRA ban against the Besaps dogs was an internal disciplinary matter against their owner after he was involved in a fistfight.

The American Whippet Club requires every member to adhere to a specific code of ethics. Part of that code of ethics includes this section: "No member shall malign his competition by making false or misleading statements regarding a competitor’s dog, breeding practices, or person."

If a member of the AWC says your whippet is not purebred, they are spreading malicious and untrue rumours and should be reported to the AWC.