Show Type: Breed
Venue: Asfordby Acres, Hoby Rd, Asfordby LE14 3TL
Judge: Frances Chapman-King (Inzievar)
Entries: 68 dogs making 94 entries, 1 NFC
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It was a pleasure to spend a day with the Borders. Thank you to the committee for inviting me, and to the exhibitors for bringing their dogs. By way of general comment I found fronts and front movement to be an issue; and size variable with some too big or heavy – making it difficult to span. There was quality too and some promising youngsters.
Best In Show: Chatmoss Bullet Tooth Tony JW
Reserve Best In Show: Totherend Myrna Loy
Best Opposite Sex: Totherend Myrna Loy
Best Dog: Chatmoss Bullet Tooth Tony JW
Reserve Best Dog: The Joker Let's Rock and Roll to Fevstone
Best Puppy - Dog: The Joker Let's Rock and Roll to Fevstone
Best Bitch: Totherend Myrna Loy
Reserve Best Bitch: CH Ragatam Essence JW
Best Puppy - Bitch: Picer Bess Pool
Best Puppy: The Joker Let's Rock and Roll to Fevstone
Best Veteran: CH Nantcoch Ffion JW ShCM
Entries: 1 Absentees: 0
1st - Ragatam Eros (Mr M F Gooding & Mrs J Yates)
Immature baby – with a good skull, ears ok, keen eye. A touch upright, not easy to span. Tail a touch low set. Moved well on go around & going. Has plenty of time.
Entries: 4 Absentees: 1
1st - The Joker Let's Rock and Roll to Fevstone (Mrs D Bullen)
Full grown, with good skull, neat ears & keen dark eye. Good clean neck & layback, good bone & feet. Ex pelt & jacket. Moved out very well. BP & Res BD
2nd - Ragatam Eros (Mr M F Gooding & Mrs J Yates)
Seen
3rd - Arunmere Midnight Cowboy (Mrs A J Parsons)
Entries: 1 Absentees: 0
1st - Otterholme Ulysses (Ms T Jones)
Fair head, good eye & expression. Would like better ears. Lacking angulation & too long in body. Needs to settle on the move. Good pelt & coat.
Entries: 5 Absentees: 1
1st - Mysulan Easy Street (Mrs V Hall)
Good head & eye. Fair bone, good quarters & tail. Moved well enough on go around. In good coat.
2nd - Bowencloud Storm Spirit (Mrs S Ruth)
Big enough, making him difficult to span. Good head & eye, good bone, pleasing quarters. Shown in good coat & moved out well
3rd - Otterholme Ulysses (Ms T Jones)
Res - Bertie Boy Of The Bay (Mrs L Holland)
Entries: 6 Absentees: 0
1st - Picer Abraham Darby (Mr G & Mrs S Pickering)
Up to size B/T. Balanced head, eye a touch light. Straight front & good layback, level topline & good quarters. Well set on. A touch too much spring of ribs. Moved sound all ways
2nd - Staynorwood Rambler (Mr G & Mrs C Richardson)
Smaller dog, ok in head & balanced angulation. Pleasing eye & expression. Ribs could be carried further back & would like a touch more bone. Moved fairly well.
3rd - Fisherbloom Dont Stop Me Now At Louajak (Miss C Gwilliam)
Res - Baillieswells Ncn'ean (Miss T J Peacock)
VHC - Otterholme Ulysses (Ms T Jones)
Entries: 3 Absentees: 1
1st - Brankell Big Break For Grindelvald (Mrs M Bailey)
Good size dog shown in good coat & pelt. Good head, ears a touch big. Good bone & feet. Fair angulation behind & well set on. Sound on the move. Could have more layback.
2nd - Borderstream Zodiak (Mr & Mrs S Ward)
Pleasing & balanced type, good head & keen eye. Well angulated, fair to span, sound on the move. Completely out of coat today, which cost him.
Entries: 4 Absentees: 1
1st - Hartswelin Veritas With Oatberry (Mrs K Tuffin)
Good sized dog with typical otter head, dark eye. Fair layback, ribbed up, fair to span, good coat & pelt, enough angulation behind. Moved well on go around, a touch untidy coming too today.
2nd - Farlacroft My Friend Walter (Mr M Wait)
Head could be a touch stronger. Well angulated fore & aft, good tail, moved well. Could be better in coat & pelt & feet
3rd - Prince Rainbow Blue (Miss R Bevan)
Entries: 4 Absentees: 1
1st - Chatmoss Bullet Tooth Tony JW (Miss J Hughes)
Typical & sound & stylish on the move. Pleasing head, enough neck, fair to span, good topline & outline, narrow through, good bone & feet, good set on. Ribs well back. Well made quarters – used on the move. In good coat & pelt. BD & BIS
2nd - CH Stowthorney Wicker Man JW (Mr R Brewster & Ms J Green)
Typical & quality dog with a strong masculine head & good eye & expression. Good neck & run in, pleasing in topline & outline, enough angulation, well ribbed. Moved well on go around, a touch untidy coming too today. Close up.
3rd - Cedarhill Melt In The Mouth (Mrs C Dean)
Entries: 5 Absentees: 0
1st - Staynorwood Ramona (Mr G & Mrs C Richardson)
Feminine and of good size for age. Pleasing skull & eye, ok in forehand, good to span, good tail & set on, shown in good coat & pelt. Sound.
2nd - Tarkaswell Highland Fling (Mrs C E Sansom)
Has a good eye & expression, ears a touch low set. Good to span. Needs more angulation. Moved fairly well. Not the coat of 1.
3rd - Mysulan Dizzy (Mr B Jepson)
Res - Mysulan Rhapsody In Blue (Mrs S J Baxter)
Entries: 5 Absentees: 1
1st - Picer Bess Pool (Mr G & Mrs S Pickering)
Typical quality puppy, well balanced & sound on the move. Pleasing feminine head, good eye & expression, strong muzzle. Good to span, fair layback, well ribbed, good bone & feet. Good tail & set on. Shown in good coat & pelt. Promising.
2nd - Arunmere Annie Oakley (Miss J Hughes)
Feminine & of good size. Ex head & expression. A touch upright in front, good ribbing & quarters, good bone & feet, well set tail. Not moving as well as 1 today.
3rd - Tarkaswell Highland Fling (Mrs C E Sansom)
Res - Foxfactor Happy Go Lucky (Mrs K D Stockley)
Entries: 3 Absentees: 1
1st - Borderrush Magic Bean (Miss A J Hall)
Pleasing skull, good eye & expression. Good front, feet & bone. Enough layback, fair to span, fair quarters. Good tail & set on, good pelt. Moved sound.
2nd - Sweet Olives Girl (Mrs L J Thornburn)
Fair skull & good eye. Good in tail, & good quarters. Fair coat & good pelt. Sound on the move. Too much depth & spring of rib, not spannable.
Entries: 11 Absentees: 2
1st - Otterwood Aura (Miss A J Hall)
Scored in overall type & soundness. Good head, dark eye. Good bone, fair layback, good to span, in good coat. Sound on the move.
2nd - Tarkaswell Highland Fling (Mrs C E Sansom)
Seen
3rd - Terracao's If I Can Dream (Mrs V Hall)
Res - Jessica Maden (Mr & Mrs S Ward)
VHC - Rhozzum Wood Lark (Miss R Bevan)
Entries: 6 Absentees: 2
1st - Olliesorchid Dame at Ragatam (Miss T J Peacock)
Typical, with a good head & eye. Good in outline & topline all through to tailset. Well made quarters & shown in ex coat & pelt. Could have more layback. Moved well on go around, not as good coming too today.
2nd - Kenaiteen April Fools Day (Miss C Salkeld)
Overall typical, carrying too much weight & condition, not spannable. Good head & eye. In good coat.
3rd - Little Olive (Mrs L J Thornburn)
Res - Foxfactor Foxtrot (Mr D & Mrs C Nightingale)
Entries: 4 Absentees: 1
1st - Nantcoch Field Skipper (Mrs J M Phillips)
Of good size, with a typical head & dark eye. Good topline all through to tail. Coat not at its best. Moved out fairly well.
2nd - Otterwood Aura (Miss A J Hall)
Seen
3rd - Sweet Olives Girl (Mrs L J Thornburn)
Entries: 9 Absentees: 3
1st - Totherend Myrna Loy (Mr R G & Mrs E A Wright)
Typical, with a good head & eye. Ok in forehand, good ribs, well made quarters, good tail, ample bone, good to span. Shown in good coat & pelt. Good size. Moved out well all ways. BB
2nd - Picer Isabel Derby (Mr G & Mrs S Pickering)
Good head & dark eye, well placed ears. Pleasing forehand, level topline, ribbed up, strong quarters. Narrow through. In good coat & pelt. Good tail. Moving a touch wide behind. Close up.
3rd - Reedbeck Kittyhawk Of Arunmere (Miss J Hughes)
Res - Southash Lavender Blue At Oatberry (Mrs K Tuffin)
VHC - Carrock Curiosity JW (Ms J Fawcett)
Entries: 4 Absentees: 1
1st - CH Ragatam Essence JW (Miss T Peacock)
Typical & quality bitch. Good head & expression. Good neck, & run in to well laid shoulder. Good topline & outline, & well made quarters. A touch too deep & spring of ribs, just to span. In good coat & pelt. Good legs & feet. Moved out well. RBB
2nd - Stowthorney Clairvoyant (Mr R Brewster & Ms J Green)
Has a good skull & eye. Level topline & moved out fairly well. Not easy to span.
3rd - Kenaiteen April Fools Day (Miss C Salkeld)
Entries: 7 Absentees: 3
1st - CH Nantcoch Ffion JW ShCM (Mrs J M Phillips)
10yr old in such good form & order for age. Has a pleasing skull & typical expression, good in outline & quarters. Moved out well, & enjoying her day. Shown in good coat. BV
2nd - Glebeheath Gold'n Girl For Knowbury (Mr & Mrs D Nightingale)
8 yr old. Not in full coat today. Pleasing feminine head & eye, good forehand, good outline, strong quarters. Moved soundly.
3rd - Borderxpress Miss Potter (Mr R Wright)
Res - Ragatam Poco For Borderbridge JW (Miss B J Singh)
Entries: 7 Absentees: 0
1st - Jessica Maden (Mr & Mrs S Ward)
Big enough. Has a typical head & eye. Good neck & layback, good topline & ribbing. Good quarters & tail. Moved out well.
2nd - Kenaiteen April Fools Day (Miss C Salkeld)
Seen
3rd - Fiagai Mara Sunset (Miss A Dawson & Miss A Speake)
Res - Foxfactor Foxtrot (Mr D & Mrs C Nightingale)
Entries: 4 Absentees: 2
1st – Hughes
Well matched in head, coat & type.
2nd – Phillips
Another well matched pair, in dense harsh coat & moving out well.