Show Placings
South of England Agricultural Society Open Show
30th Apr 2017
Judge: Becky Johnson (Downstream)
Puppy /
Second Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Southern Counties Canine Association
3rd Jun 2017
Judge: Mr Kimmo Mustonen (Finland)
I would like to thank the committee for inviting me to judge at this show. And to my two stewards who were very helpful all the day. I really enjoyed the show. It was a pleasure and an honour to judge my own breed Border Terriers in their home country. It was a day I will remember. Thank you to the exhibitors for their entries!
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
The Southern Border Terrier Club Championship Show
11th Jun 2017
Judge: Mr Arthur Cuthbertson (Ashbrae)
My thanks to the Club for my appointment which I thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you to the Officers and Committee for their hospitality and gift. Thanks to my stewards Tina Morgan and Jane Roberts for the efficient way they kept the show moving along. I was very pleased with my final line ups, which were all presented in very good coat and condition. I would have been happy to have awarded at least 3 CC’s in each sex. All the dogs placed had correct dentition which was very pleasing. Movement has improved since the last time I judged. However I do think more thought should be taken regarding heads as a lot appear to be lacking strength under the eye and jaw, which results in losing the otter like head.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Placing Critique
Another nice pup, not as mature in head as one yet. Okay for coat and pelt, nice rib moved with drive.
Windsor
1st Jul 2017
Judge: Mr Stewart McPherson (Brumberhill)
Firstly, my thanks must go to the committee for the invitation to judge at their show and to those exhibitors who entered, for my opinion, always an honour, to judge their dogs, giving me the highest entry in the Terrier Group. My thanks, also, to my stewards, who kept things running smoothly, with good humour.
An interesting entry, most were sound and typical. The thing that struck me most was front profile movement. An alarming number, due to an incorrect shoulder and upper arm placement, lacked full reach on the move, the leg lifting, hackney like, but not straightening out to reach full extension on the move. It may appear to be accurate coming and going, but it doesn’t actually cover much of the ground, so is therefore uneconomical movement, meaning the dog would have to work twice as hard to keep up, as the Standard asks for “capable of” and the “soundness to follow a horse”. Just because it’s possible to win with this type of movement doesn’t make it correct!
I was very pleased with my top winners, shown free standing, giving the, in my opinion, correct outlines, with no need to “assemble“ them in to a shape! All were sound, free movers. Typical “old school” Border Terriers! Pleased to hear that their qualities were recognised in their respective Groups!
Minor Puppy - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Placing Critique
Grizzle & Tan. Typical head & expression. Excellent neck, shoulder, front & feet, topline, tail set & hindquarters. Good profile movement. Just hope he doesn't grow on.
East of England Agricultural Society
9th Jul 2017
Judge: Mrs Marion Reeves
Having achieved 80 years on my last birthday I have decided that this has to be the last occasion that I award C.C. ‘s in Border Terriers. It’s time for the next generation to step up. In the showring border terriers still come in every size & shape imaginable. Our breed standard is I believe the sketchiest of all the breed standards offering only limited guidance as to the perfect exhibit. What would be wrong with including an ideal ratio of length of body to height at withers? I also have a problem with “Hindquarters – racy” which for me describes a greyhound or a whippet. Surely we don’t want the overangulated hindquarters that have crept into the breed in recent years.
On to the Show! I was very pleased with my entry & had no difficulty finding some worthy winners.
Minor Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Placing Critique
grizzle of good length of body, level topline, harsh coat & thick pelt. Just needs to tighten up in front.
Bournemouth CA Championship Show
13th Aug 2017
Judge: Mr Harold Ogden
This was such a special appointment and I am indebted to Bournemouth for the opportunity. You see it was "Aunty Eva" Heslop, the revered breeder of the Corburn Border Terriers, who drove me to my first ever allbreed Ch show in 1970. Eva took Sunday school in the Methodist chapel in Corbridge, Northumberland, and I was her secret weapon boy soloist at the competitive music festival! I particularly remember the beautiful Ch Corburn Corn Dolly shown by Mr Skeet. Bellingham show was not only local for me but THE Mecca for Geordie/Scots Borders. I have judged the breed since 1992 and been educated both by a breed club seminar in 2012 and by obtaining a JDP Credit in Nov 2013. That would theoretically have halved the KC Judges Sub requirement of 160 hands on. I actually had 200. I only mention all this as cynics assume the likes of me to have been "fast tracked" and / or to have no actual interest.
69 of the original 82 starters made it so I had plenty to work with. The bugbear was fronts whether steep /elbows /plaiting /hackney. As a toydog specialist I am accustomed to spotting lift / hackney that is often written into the breed standards. But this no decorative breed but rather a functional working terrier "capable of following a horse" that
requires endurance and hence a rhythmical swing straight through from the shoulders ensuring no wasted effort, He will tire all too quickly otherwise. Moreover the breed standard expressly includes in the Faults section an assessment of "its effect on the terrier's ability to work"
Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Placing Critique
9m; ex bodylines & balance to give an ex outline & easy profile movement; just plainer headed being a touch long & narrow in muzzle.
Richmond
9th Sep 2017
Judge: Mr Richard Allen (Penparc)
Puppy - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Placing Critique
In good body. Ears need to settle and head needs to develop but time to do this. Moved well behind, ok in front.
Camberley & DCS Open Show
19th Nov 2017
Judge: Mr Brian Moles (Celtannia)
Junior /
First Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Chertsey & District canine Society Open Show
30th Mar 2018
Judge: Dale Elliot (Lyndham)
Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
The Southern Border Terrier Club Limit Show
15th Apr 2018
Judge: Ms Tina Jones (Otterholme)
My sincere thanks to the committee for the kind invitation to judge at my first club show, I enjoyed the day immensely. Thank you to my efficient stewards Tina Morgan, Rachel Larner and Wendy Mooney, show manager for keeping things running so smoothly.
My thanks must go to the exhibitors for bringing along their dogs today, and the sporting acceptance of my decisions.
I did note some untypical heads, which for me lacked for me the characterising feature of the breed, I found such heads to be somewhat exaggerated with too much stop, not the ‘moderately’ broad skull I was looking for.
On the whole, I found mouths were good, a couple of level bites, and one or two with misaligned teeth, but it was pleasing to find big strong teeth in most exhibits.
I was very pleased with my class winners; some decisions were very close especially in the bitch classes. In both sexes there were some promising youngsters coming through which can only auger well for the breed.
Junior - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Placing Critique
Grizzle dog who gives a really pleasing outline, unexaggerated throughout, pleasing topline and underline which secured his 1st place. Nicely placed shoulders and correct in upper arm, ribbed well back, a nice strong loin and well muscled hindquarters with hocks well let down, moved out well holding topline throughout. Typical in head, with good powerful jaw.
Novice - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Southern Counties Canine Association
2nd Jun 2018
Judge: Mr Frank Nicholls (Halcus)
Thanks to the exhibitors for an excellent entry. Quality was present in many classes especially both open classes and minor puppy dog. My thanks for a job well done go to those excellent stewards Janet and Maureen, who made my job so much easier.
Yearling - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Placing Critique
Excellent dark grizzle coat, nicely made but a little short in back, rear movement very short striding initially, but relaxed and made a better job of it when asked to try again.
The Southern Border Terrier Club Championship Show
9th Jun 2018
Judge: Mr W Shorthose (Cundytyke)
It is always a particular honour to judge a Breed Club Championship Show and my thanks go to the committee for their hospitality and my stewards who kept things running smoothly. I found only two poor mouths but more had wrong, thin skins and some needed to go home for a good feed. A working terrier needs to be correctly muscled and too many needed nourishment and exercise. The biggest problem, however, remains poor front movement showing both incorrect shoulders and, for some, over angulation in the hindquarters.
Yearling - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Windsor
29th Jun 2018
Judge: Miss Sarah Dandy (Dandale)
I was pleased with the quality of both my dog and bitch line ups, all were worthy winners with several most promising youngsters in both puppy and junior classes. I do like to watch movement in profile not only does it give a good indication of conformation but also the ability to follow a horse efficiently, so essential to the fitness for purpose of this working breed. I noted a lack of angulation front and back in many which restricts reach and drive. Untidy feet with unclipped nails do somewhat spoil the overall picture when an exhibit is standing on the table and can be easily fixed. Temperaments were uniformly sound which is of great importance and I thought the dogs (and exhibitors) coped really well in the extremely hot temperatures today.
Yearling - Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Placing Critique
Another to move out well in profile around the ring, a very handsome dark grizzle with good bodylines and in fit order. Masculine head atop a strong moderate neck into firm topline, with a nice length and depth of body and good ribbing. Muscular hindquarters with second thigh, hocks well let down and used to effect on the move. Sound profile movement but just lost out to 1 on tracking today.
Kingston CS Open Show
15th Jul 2018
Judge: Gill Thomas (Sunnystone)
Post Graduate /
First Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox
Camberley DCS Open Show
18th Nov 2018
Judge: Helen Bradford (Flintwyre)
Post Graduate /
Second Place
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox Of Mirenhof
Guildford & District Canine Society Open Show
2nd Mar 2019
Judge: Tracey Anscombe (Orangebox)
Thank you to the committee for the opportunity to judge at your well run show. Thanks also to my steward Sue for organising the ring and paperwork. I was absolutely thrilled with my entry and very much spoilt for choice which makes for some hard decisions.
Post Graduate /
Reserve
Name at show: Kyscafter Equinox Of Mirenhof
