First Place in Open - Bitch, Judge: Mrs Trak Fryer (Irton)
I would like to thank the exhibitors for a lovely quality entry, the Club and committee for the appointment and my stewards Simon and Bev Jackson for their efficient help throughout the day. I was generally pleased with the overall quality, heads were good, pelts generally good and movement OK with many very typical exhibits on show. I was disappointed to find a number of poor mouths in the dog entry and to find a few exhibits presented down to the minute but totally lacking muscle, something that I find unacceptable in a dog with the Borders outlook on life.
Bitch of a lovely type and an excellent size. Lovely head and expression, very neatly put together, good feet with excellent forward angulations, nice balance and with a good rib. She was shown in an excellent coat, well prepared and showy, and covering her ground well on the move. In a tight challenge she had everything together to win the bitch CC. In the challenges for BIS just couldn’t match the dogs on the move.