Show Placings
City of Birmingham Championship Show
30th Aug 2025
Judge: Dr Margaret Armstrong (Ploughdown)
Thank you to the Committee of the City of Birmingham Canine Association for inviting me to judge at their Championship Show. It was an honour to judge Borders Terriers on the day. I would like to thank especially the Border Terrier exhibitors for giving me such a super entry and for their graciousness and sporting manner. The venue was airy and the ring was roomy. I realised afterwards that the carpet could be rather slippery and I think that this may have provided somewhat of a challenge at times. I had many lovely dogs to go over and sometimes making decisions was like splitting hairs.
Finally thank you to my stalwart stewards who were super organized and kept me on the straight and narrow.
Puppy - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Thistlestone Glamour Girl
Placing Critique
Just turning 8 months, this grizzle bitch sported racy lines. Neat, feminine head in correct proportion with shallow stop and small eye that held a keen gleam. Narrow and deep throughout with level topline and super length of rib. Straight underline. Stifles well bent. Great deep, double coat of correct texture. Pliable pelt. Moved out well behind. Showed drive when moving in profile.
Joint Border Terrier Clubs Championship Show
31st Aug 2025
Judge: Mrs Jane Morton-Shaw (Fehmarn)
Many thanks to the committee for inviting me to judge what turned out to be the last Joint Ch Show. I had a wonderful day, & I was very ably and efficiently aided by my two stewards Tracey Anscombe and Peter Armstrong & I send my thanks out to them again (shows can’t run without good stewards).
My main down side to a lot of the Borders I went over was the front movement (I’m not immune to this either)! This needs watching and careful breeding to try and improve on this fault - not easy I know, but something to aim for. Again very few Borders with a good thick pelt which we used to have. Top lines have much improved generally and good to see that most of the exhibits were in good fit/hard condition.
Puppy - Bitch /
Reserve
Name at show: Thistlestone Glamour Girl
Richmond Championship Show
7th Sep 2025
Judge: Mr Ken Bartlett (Dwilencia)
Minor Puppy - Bitch /
First Place
Name at show: Thistlestone Glamour Girl
Novice - Bitch /
Second Place
Name at show: Thistlestone Glamour Girl
Yorkshire, Lancashire & Cheshire Border Terrier Club Championship Show
28th Sep 2025
Judge: Miss Tracey Peacock (Ragatam)
My sincere thanks to the exhibitors for allowing me the privilege to go over your dogs
Thank you all for the wonderful entry in terms of numbers & the depth & quality I had to judge, however I did have concerns about the size & movement of some of the exhibits & found a couple of mouths that were not quite correct
A huge thank you to my two stewards Bridget Singh & Anita Taylor for their help on the day
Minor Puppy - Bitch /
Third Place
Name at show: Thistlestone Glamour Girl
Class Critique
This was a lovely class of puppies to judge with some promising puppies who were unplaced
