Show Placings
Grantham & DCS Open Show
18th Oct 2025
Judge: Darren Pearson (Winoski)
Best Of Breed
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG4, Fairhambrook King Solomon
Puppy /
First Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Placing Critique
6 months male, strongest of otter shaped heads and excellent dentition of large white teeth in scissor bite, sound front assembly, in excellent jacket and condition for age, well muscled rear, spanned well. Moved sound. BP and BOB.
Selby CS Open Show
25th Oct 2025
Judge: Miss Angie Nettle (Onziemehurst)
I would like to thank the officers and committee for asking me to judge the show, also making me feel so welcomed. My biggest thanks go to all the exhibitors for giving me the opportunity to go over their dogs and for the sporting manner in which my decisions were accepted.
However, there was a harsh lesson learnt by me this day. Do not trust/rely on the stewards to be always be right. Believe in myself when someone appears to be more experienced at stewarding but has called the wrong dog into the ring. Stand firm.
Having come into Borders through hunting and horses; I like a dog in fit hard condition that can keep up with the horse and hounds over hill and field. Essentially a working terrier.
Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Placing Critique
7 month old Dark Grizzle dog. Short strong muzzle and correct bite. Moderate broad head with a keen expression. Good length of neck. Neat well-padded feet. Spanned well with a narrow body and good return of stifle. Dark thick jacket with a good undercoat and super pelt. Moved well
Coventry (Foleshill) CS Open Show
2nd Nov 2025
Judge: Sarah Collier (Pocoblu)
Puppy /
First Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Placing Critique
dark grizzle dog of nearly 7 months. A game and confident puppy full of character. Rangey in appearance today. Clean scissor bite, eyes dark with keen expression. Moderate bone with proportionate feet. Ribbed up, though, would like a little more length in the loin. Hindquarters well-muscled with good angulation. Moved ok, needs refinement overall though time is on his side.
East Anglia Border Terrier Club Open Show
15th Nov 2025
Judge: Mr Ken Fraser (Ycart)
I would like to thank the committee for the opportunity to judge their show, thanks also to my ring stewards for helping everything run smoothly and as efficiently as possible.
The breed standard calls for numerous elements which make up the border terrier and with that its ability to cover ground efficiently and economically with no exaggerations,it also states “essentially a working terrier” .I feel we are losing many fundamentals of the breed especially in front movement wide fronts, short upper arms,sprung ribcages,undesirable toplines, lack of drive from the rear quarters and poor feet all of which restrict the border to work efficiently. Weak and short muzzles, lack of fill under the eye are creeping in and are undesirable in a working terrier.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Placing Critique
Grizzle, correct dentition,little stop,nice length of neck, narrow front,spannable,level topline,tight feet, moved ok.
The Yorkshire, Cheshire & Lancashire Border Terrier Club Open Show
24th Jan 2026
Judge: Jane Eyeington (Meadowdale)
I would like to thank the officers and committee for their kind invitation to judge at this friendly and well-organised show. To all the exhibitors, it was a true honour to assess your wonderful dogs, with many decisions being closely contested. I thoroughly enjoyed my day—thank you. I would also like to thank my hard-working stewards, Julie & Ian, for keeping the day running smoothly.
Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Placing Critique
This keen, energetic 9-month-old grizzle dog is of a different stamp than the winner, being a bit more up on the leg and shorter coupled. He has a pleasing, masculine head with a correct scissor bite, and his dark eyes convey an alert, attentive expression. His moderate neck flows smoothly into a firm topline that continues into a thick carrot tail. He stands on well-boned limbs with tight feet. Although his coat lacks the texture of the winner’s today, and he was a little excitable on the move, he demonstrated good drive from his hindquarters.
Newark & DCS Open Show
21st Feb 2026
Judge: Mrs Mandy Kenna (Cynetkoy)
Puppy /
Second Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Placing Critique
8 month old red grizzle male, masculine head, correct dentition and a keen expression, lovely proportions throughout with a level top line and good tail set, moved well.
Wath, West Melton DCS Open Show
28th Feb 2026
Judge: Barry Blunden (Ucassa)
Best Puppy
Name at show: TPG1, Fairhambrook King Solomon
Puppy /
First Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Placing Critique
Well proportioned 10 mth. grizzle dog. Good shape and proportions to head. Keen expression to dark oval eyes. Neat ears. Slight arch to neck. Shoulders clean and sufficient bone to straight forelegs. Chest of good depth, well ribbed and spannable. Moderate rear angulation. Light agile movement. BP.
The Southern Border Terrier Club Open Show
1st Mar 2026
Judge: Mr Kevin Yeates (Bluebabel)
My thanks to the committee for giving me this opportunity. I had a lovely day going over some lovely dogs. Mouths were very good with only one level bite. A couple of weak front pasterns, and a few carrying too much condition. They are after all ‘essentially a working terrier’
Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Placing Critique
10 month grizzle, good dentition and head proportions with a keen expression, good angulation, ribs well back but a bit deep in brisket so span was borderline, needs to tighten front pasterns.
Edwinstowe & DCS Premier Open Show
3rd Apr 2026
Judge: Mr A Bicknell (Shimano)
Best Puppy
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Puppy /
First Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
East Anglia Border Terrier Club Championship Show
18th Apr 2026
Judge: Mr Stewart McPherson (Brumberhill)
Unexpectedly judging, this year, being brought forward a year, due to the incapacity of the scheduled Judge. Best wishes to Dave for a speedy recovery. My thanks to the Club for the invitation and to my stewards, Andy and Rob, for keeping everything running smoothly and to the exhibitors for a super entry, which I enjoyed judging. It was a super large ring, giving dogs every chance to really move out and the weather, although a bit nippy at times, held out.
Now to the dogs, themselves. On the whole, heads were good, most having the “moderately broad skull” asked for in the Standard, very few being overly broad, with deep stops, more reminiscent of the Asiatic otter, rather than the native River otter.
Necks, into shoulder, were, on the whole ok, the main problem, as ever, being short upper arms, giving a front construction, set too far forward, on the body, rather than under it, more Fox Terrier than Border Terrier, meaning that the elbow was the widest part of the dog, not ideal on a dog bred to go to ground.
Bone varied, while we don’t want heavy bone, a few were too light, those with straight fronts and quality bone, down to small feet, with thick pads were a joy to find.
I’ve got hands like shovels, so the majority were spannable, but even I struggled with one or two! A few were, to my mind, short in rib, lacking the carry back, giving an untypical cut up underline.
Topline and tailsets were in the main good, just a few “not quite” sloping in croup. Tails, in the main, were good, not too many long ones. A few could have been thicker at the base, but none curled over the back.
The majority had good racy hindquarters, very few showing the stilted rear action that seems to be creeping in to the breed, totally incorrect in a breed that should be capable of “following a horse” as there’s no length of stride, driving from the hocks.
The main point of concern, I found, is an alarming number, whose back legs are simply not on the same track as the front ones, when moving, I assume, due to a slight imbalance between the front and rear construction, the angles not matching, to give efficient movement.
Coats and pelts were pretty good, even those short of coat, had, in the main, evidence of harshness. Given it’s pretty much the start of the show season, none were unduly penalised, my view being coats are transient, construction is a constant.
Junior - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Yorkshire, Lancashire & Cheshire Border Terrier Club Open Show
2nd May 2026
Judge: Mrs Val Mason (Valicetarn)
Junior - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
Pollard Canine Society Premier Open Show
3rd May 2026
Judge: Mrs J Robertson
Junior /
First Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
National Dog Show
8th May 2026
Judge: Diane Bullen (Fevstone)
Junior - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Fairhambrook King Solomon
