Show Placings
St Patricks Day All Breed Championship Show - Dublin
15th Mar 2014
Judge: Miss J O'Connor
Reserve Green Star Dog
Name at show: Remony Blueberry Blitz
Junior - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Remony Blueberry Blitz
Irish Kennel Club All Breed International Championship Show (Day 1)
4th Oct 2014
Judge: Mr. S. Falk Rudiger
Intermediate Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Remony Blueberry Blitz
Irish Kennel Club All Breed International Championship Show (Day 2)
5th Oct 2014
Judge: Mr. S. Seymour
Intermediate Dog /
Second Place
Name at show: Remony Blueberry Blitz
Border Union Agricultural Society
20th Jun 2015
Judge: Mrs Nancy Hogg (Raeburnfoot)
I thoroughly enjoyed my days judging at Border Union showground. Such a pleasant show. Many thanks go to my two very able stewards. They had the ring (& me) running like clockwork. Thanks also to the exhibitors who entered under me. Had some lovely dogs to go over & some hard decisions to make. Coats were probably the best I have seen for some time. Thick pelts, too, were much in evidence. Mouths were good. Fronts continue to be a problem & movement letting some otherwise promising dogs down.
Post Graduate - Dog /
First Place
Name at show: Remony Blueberry Blitz
Placing Critique
smart b/t of good size. Liked his harsh jacket. Ribbed well back. Short, carrot tail. His muzzle could have been a shade shorter. Moved soundly
Open - Dog /
Very Highly Commended
Name at show: Remony Blueberry Blitz
Crufts
13th Mar 2016
Judge: Mr W R Irving
It was a great honour to judge the breed at Crufts again - after having done so once before. That was some thirty nine years ago in 1977 when the show was still held at Olympia! The entry this year at 266 from 239 exhibits though down a good deal on last year, was still enough to be going on with and we finished by 3.30 p.m. thanks to my excellent stewards Mr and Mrs Chaston. The exhibitors all seemed very sporting in line with the breed’s sportsmanlike traditions.
I thought that the depth of quality was better in bitches than it was in dogs with several classes where I would have liked to have had more prizes. I thought that heads were in the main pretty good and that fronts, though there were still plenty which weren’t great, were rather better than the last few times I had judged. Crufts is always known as a bad time for coats and this year was no exception with very many lacking in coat and others with rather soft coats. Quite a number of dogs and bitches were rather long in body mainly caused by having ribs that were not as the breed standard demands “carried well back” and thus having loins that were long rather than the required “strong”.
And finally Border Terriers are supposed to have a tail which is, according to the standard, “set high and carried gaily” Quite a few slink around the ring looking miserable and present no sign of the “activity” required by the standard and with tails that are carried low rather than “gaily”. I like to see a Border Terrier that shows a bit of animation and has what I’d call ‘lines’.
My thanks to the exhibitors for entering and for the efficient way that they showed their dogs.
Open - Dog /
Third Place
Name at show: Ir CH Remony Blueberry Blitz
Placing Critique
another dog with good ‘lines’. Good clean outline and well proportioned. Very good in bone and good neat feet. Correct tail carriage but tail could be made to look shorter. Good coat and very pleasing in head and expression. Good skull proportions and correct in neck. Good small feet.
Border Union Agricultural Society
17th Jun 2017
Judge: Mr Phil Sharp (Martec)
I would like to thank the Committee for inviting me to judge at this Show. It was my first visit to Kelso and I was most impressed with the hospitality and organisation there. My two excellent stewards, Gordon and Donald, kept me on the straight and narrow and contributed to a lovely atmosphere in and around the ring.
I did not make my usual visit to the SBTC championship show the weekend before as I wanted to see all the dogs afresh, and I am glad I did as many of the exhibits were new to me. In general, mouths were good, with dentition only slightly awry in one instance. I found no kinked tails and all dogs were entire.
It was a very hot and sunny day and this affected some dogs, who perhaps lacked their normal animation and were moving lethargically. As usual, there was a wide variation in coats, with some totally lacking top coat, and this naturally had an effect on the placings.
I would like to thank the exhibitors for the large entry and for the sporting way in which my decisions were taken throughout my judging stint.
Open - Dog /
Reserve
Name at show: Ir CH Remony Blueberry Blitz
