First Place in Junior - Dog, Judge: Tracey Anscombe (Orangebox)
Thank you to the committee for the invitation to judge at your show and to the Border Terrier Club for their support of the classes. I thoroughly enjoyed my day, there was a friendly ringside atmosphere and lovely exhibits to judge. Some of the entries in the younger classes didn’t settle that well on the move, perhaps due to the distraction of the large amount of bait left on the ground from the previous classes, but they did well enough and were all sound just distracted.
BD BOB G1, This was for me the star of the day and I am pleased the terrier group judge agreed. Grizzle and tan presented in a lovely deep double coat with good pelt. He has a typical head with correct ear placement, punishing jaw housing big teeth. His lay of rib into loin was just lovely making him easy to span and giving him a balanced silhouette when stood in profile. Had a good front and rear action when covering the ground on the move still holding his shape and retained that sparkle in the challenge which is what pushed him over the bitch for Best of Breed then topped off with going Group 1