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THREE COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW

17th June 2004 - Cairn Terriers

Judge: Mr A Wight

 

DCC & BOB LINDBORG & NORDSTRAN'S Swe CH RASKEN'S ROYAL TRADE MARK
RDCC: HOOPER’S AM CH & UK CH. BIRSELAW SUPER TROOPER
BCC: SHAW'S CH. HONEYHALL HIJINX
RBCC: LINDBORG & NORDSTRAN'S Swe CH RASKEN'S ROYAL TARTAN
BP: MIDDLEHURST'S CANNWOOD AS IF BY MAGIC taf

DCC & BOB Swe CH Rasken’s Royal Trade Mark

 

 

Elisabeth Nordstran, DCC & BOB Swe. Ch.Raskens Royal Trade Mark, Judge Albert Wight, BCC Ch. Honeyhall Hijinx & Iain Shaw.

Best Puppy  award to Mary Middlehurst’s Cannwood As If  By Magic

RDCC Am & Uk Ch. Birselaw Super Trooper, Yvonne Catto, Judge , DCC & BOB Swe. Ch. Raskens Royal Trade Mark.

Iain Shaw BCC Ch. Honeyhall Hijinx, Judge, RBCC Swe. Ch Raskens Royal Tartan & Mats Lindborg

 

More pictures after results, critique after results.

Minor Puppy Dog
1st: : ROBERTS' CANNWOOD RED COMET
2nd: : BRAYBROOK'S CLOVERBROOK WILD CARD
3rd: : HOWARD'S LOCKELSH ACE IS HIGH


Puppy Dog
1st: : MIDDLEHURST'S CANNWOOD AS IF BY MAGIC taf
2nd: : CAMERON'S STRYVELING YOUNG LOCHINVAR
3rd: : CHAMBERS & THOMAS' CAIRNGROVE RED RASCAL


Junior Dog
1st: : SMITH'S ROCASOVALE GOOD LUCK CHARM
2nd: : BERRECLOTH'S SYBSTER SPRING TIME
3rd: : PARKER-TUCKER'S UNIQUECOTTAGE CHIPMUNK


Post Graduate Dog
1st: : WARD'S VANAJAM HALLOWEN
2nd: : BERRECLOTH'S SYBSTER SOPHORA
3rd: : THOMPSON'S CASTLELINE PRINCE HARRY


Limit Dog
1st: : CADOGAN'S DOGAN JAMESY COTTER
2nd: : WATTS' SARACHELLE THE HELMSMAN
3rd: : KEEVES & BENNETT'S VANAJAM AMULET WITH MAXIVEEK


Open Dog
1st: : LINDBORG & NORDSTRAN'S Swe CH RASKEN'S ROYAL TRADE MARK
2nd: : CATTO'S AM CH BIRSELAW SUPER TROOPER
3rd: : LINDBORG & NORDSTRAN'S CH RASKEN'S REACH THE TOP


 

 

Minor Puppy Bitch
1st: : TEMPLETON'S LARCHLEA REMEMBER REMEMBER
2nd: : OSBORN'S TWESLAM DARK ANGEL
3rd: : KEEVES' SEVEEK THE MYSTERY OF DREAMS


Puppy Bitch
1st: : SMEE'S MALMAY FANCY GOODS
2nd: : HARRISON & FORMOSA'S CURTISEY FOREIGN AFFAIR AT CARRADINE
3rd: : TEMPLETON'S LARCHLEA LET ME ENTERTAIN U


Junior Bitch
1st: : PARKER-TUCKER'S UNIQUECOTTAGE GLENGETTIE
2nd: : HOOTON'S PENTICHARM LOTS OF LOVE
3rd: : CATTO'S BIRSELAW SPECIAL MOMENT


Post Graduate Bitch
1st: : POLLOCK'S STANEDYKES DIVA
2nd: : KEEVES' SEVEEK CHASING DREAMS
3rd: : SMEE'S RING THAT BELLE FOR MALMAY


Limit Bitch
1st: : SHAW'S HONEYHALL HIJINX
2nd: : WARD'S VANAJAM TRICK A TREAT
3rd: : SMEE'S OUDENARDE BELLE AMOUR


Open Bitch
1st: : LINDBORG & NORDSTRAN'S Swe CH RASKEN'S ROYAL TARTAN 
2nd: : HOOTON'S PENTICHARM BURNING DESIRE
3rd: : SHORT'S GLENCHESS GOLD MYRTLE

 

Minor Puppy Dog

Minor Puppy Btch

Puppy Dog

Puppy Bitch

Junior Dog

Junior Bitch

Post Graduate Dog

Post Graduate Bitch

Limit Dog

Limt Bitch

Open Dog

Open Bitch

 

“Nice to see you back  at the ringside Brenda!”

Pictures by Alan Firth

 

Critique.

Three Counties

 

An interesting entry & some really nice Cairns to go over.  There was quality throughout & the open classes were a sight to behold.  It still amuses me that when judging Cairns, audience participation or winners applause is strictly rationed & there is a seeming intenseness in the proceedings which induces the assembly to look as though they were awaiting an execution.  At times I felt all that was missing were the tunbril, the knitting needles & the guillotine!

 

MPD (4)

  1. Robert’s Cannwood Red Comet, light red with my type of head & that bright, enquiring almost mischievous expression.  Attentive & such a responsive showman.  Good for size, really well ribbed, neck well held & he has a good fore assembly.  Nicely coated & presented & he showed a brisk stride though like most others found the results of 4 days of dog showing plus whatever had been there beforehand, to be a trifle irresistible.
  2. Braybrook’s Cloverbrook Wild Card, very promising gr/br who really covers the ground with purpose as he moves round the ring.  Liked his head, eyes & expression, enough neck, moderate rib length which is deep enough and his tailset is lovely.  Not quite so positive in front action as 1 at this stage.
  3. Howard’s Lockelsh Ace is High

 

PD (5,1)

  1. BP, Middlehurst’s Cannwood As If By Magic, litter brother to 1 of MP.  Red & such a mature, confident youngster with a touch of attitude.  I especially admired his head, balance, earset & that expression.  Lovely neck, excellent spring & depth of ribs, backline firm as a rock & the tailset so correct in placement & carriage thus completing an eyecatching profile.  Moved out steadily & though still to settle a bit in front, his sheer get up & go & class carried him through to BP.
  2. Cameron’s Stryveling Young Lochinvar, shaded cream just that fraction on the compact side for me but with a really good head, strong muzzle and excellent eyes for shape & colour.  He has large gnashers, very good layback in shoulder & stands & moves true.  Not quite the let down of hocks of 1 & I felt that Magic just used himself a bit better as they went round the ring.
  3. Chambers & Thomas’ Cairngrove Red Rascal

 

JD (7,2)

  1. Smith’s Rocasovale Good Luck Charm, liked the shape & style of this fellow, self belief & confidence are his trademarks as he struts his stuff.  Nice head pattern, very good eyes & ears, deep well sprung ribcage with strong backline & well carried tail.  Shown in very good coat.
  2. Berrecloth’s Sybster Spring Time, promising youngster but not nearly so forward in body as 1 & not quite his spring of rib.  Scores in head which is balanced, strong in foreface with excellent teeth, decent neck & when he settled, his front action was true.
  3. Parker Tucker’s Uniquecottage Chipmunk.

 

PGD (8,2)

  1. Ward’s Vanajam Halloween, just going out of coat so not looking at his best but he has so much to like.  Very masculine head with an outgoing temperament & ears never down which help his expression.  Liked his neck, level back, beautiful tailset & carriage & he holds himself so well on the move.
  2. Berrecloth’s Sybster Sophora, promising youngster which will look even bette as he moatures & carries more bodyweight over the ribcage.  Pleasing head, dark eyes & neat ears.  Good size, well boned & while he is very good in front, I felt he didn’t have the same rear extension as Halloween.
  3. Thompson’s Castleline Prince Harry

 

LD(5,1)

  1. Cadogan’s Dogan Jamesy Cotter, rather stylish chap superbly conditioned & very good showman, on his toes throughout & using his neck to best advantage.  Lovely weight of bone, excels in shoulder & forechest, ample angulation in hindquarters & once settle to moving, shows lovely reach & extension.  Nice head completes an attractive picture.
  2. Watt’s Sarachelle The Helmsman, I love the type of this dog, especially his head and that expression.  Wonderfully bodied & in the hardest of condition.  However he is a swine to get to move properly & today he resolved to be particularly bloody minded, in fact downright recalcitrant - & while in head I felt he was nearer to my ideal, he bent the knee on the move which is where Jamesy excelled.
  3. Keeves & Bennett’s Vanajam Amulet with Maxiveek

 

OD (6) What a line up this was.  Some cracking examples of the breed & a delight to judge.

  1. CC & BOB, Lindborg & Norstran’s Sw Ch Rasken’s Royal Trademark, from Sweden & I believe at his first ever British show.  Thought him outstanding & was more than delighted to send him into the group.  Probably nearer the upper limit in height at the withers but boy, what a shape.  Beautifully headed, eyes well apart, medium sizes & full of spirit.  Ears are neat, neck almost arched & he is one of the few who really does stand forward on his forelegs proclaiming “I’m here….look at me.”  So well constructed & balanced with athletic power in a robust frame & when he takes off round the ring he truly is free flowing.  If I had to change one thing it would be that I personally would like a little more furnishings, but he had enough to win the day.  A stunning Cairn.
  2. RCC Am Ch Hooper’s Birselaw Super Trooper, really beautiful Cairn & one I am sure will go on to his British crown.  Really good head, balanced, strength in muzzle, small ears & good mouth with large teeth.  Well ribbed, powerful hindquarters, in lovely coat and as usual with this exhibitor, her charges are skilfully trained to respond to her every whim.  When comparing these 2 I felt that Trademark had the better length of leg for his rib depth & appeared to me to have the more fluent side action.  Nonetheless I am sure that this chap is a welcome addition to the ranks of stud dogs in the UK & he had to be on his best behaviour to beat
  3. Lindborg & Nordstan’s Swe Ch Raskens Reach the Top.

 

MPB (7,2)

  1. Templton’s larchlea Remember Remember, dark wheaten with lots to like, delightful in head, almost wicked expression, good neck, backline & decent let down in hock.  Came into her own moving where she used herself so well.  At present can stand looking a little long cast as she pokes her head out & this cost her BP
  2. Osborn’s Tweslam Dark Angel, my notes sum her up, delightful to handle on the table, good size & substance, firm bodied, lovely head, excellent muzzle & teeth, a madam on the move enjoying the head down bum up routine.  Just give her time!
  3. Keeves’ Seveek The Mystery of Dreams

 

PB (5)

  1. Smee’s Malmay Fancy Goods, found her to be delightfully feminine with such an attractive head.  Built on pleasing lines with a fair spring of rib & well muscled hindquarters, strong bone & in good coat.  Once settled showed a purposeful stride.
  2. Harrison & Formosa’s Curtisey Foreign Affair at Carradine, cream & what a show off.  Must be a delight to own & handle when she is so co-operative.  Pleasing head balance, not quite the eye & expression of 1 but lovely body shape with decent layback & well let down hocks.  Circling the ring she covers the ground with an easy, balanced step.
  3. Templeton’s Larchlea Let Me Entertain U.

 

JB (12, 1)

  1. Parker Tucker’s Uniquecottage Glengettie, r/br of lovely make & shape, typical head, eyes & expression, strong muzzle with good teeth.  Holds her head high, decent front & forechest & once settled she moves lightly round the ring showing good rear extension.  In beautiful coat.
  2. Hooton’s Penticharm Lots of Love, very promising cream in beautiful coat & superbly presented & handled.  Trained to give her best & does this whether in stance or on the move.  Liked her head, lovely skull width, little ears, good foreface.  Excels in ribcage, backline is level & she is well let down behind.  Comparing her to Glengettie, I just edged 1 on her being slightly better in length of foreleg.
  3. Catto’s Birselaw Birthday Present

 

PGB (8,4)

  1. Pollock’s Stanedykes Diva, dark brindle of lovely size & substance.  Lovely head with really good eyeset & expression, so beautifully ribbed with decent forechest & straight forelegs.  In very good body & coat, tail correctly set & carried & another which shows her head off.  Sound moving but could perhaps just put a little more drive into her extension as she moves round.
  2. Keeves’ Seveek Chasing Dreams, light red just a little longer cast than 1 & her topline rises a fraction when in stance yet it settles down & firms up when in action round the ring.  Lovely width in skull for her muzzle strength, well spaced eyes & excellent ears.
  3. Smee’s Ring That Belle For Malmay

 

LB (11,2)

  1. CC, Shaw’s Honeyhall Hijinx, a truly delightful example of the female Cairn.  Stunning head, eyes & expression, sufficient neck to give her poise & stature when in stance, excellent fore assembly with a good forechest & her front legs falling straight.  Well ribbed, moderate length with a strong loin & just about spot on for bend of stifle & second thigh.  In good coat.  She proved she can be quite fiery which helps in the showmanship department.  Really motors on the move.  She & the dog complimented each other & their handlers sportingly allowed them to face each other in the challenge for BOB.  Their performance delighted me & hopefully, those watching.  While she had that little more traditional furnishing I gave the dog the nod on his super front.  Two beautiful Cairns.
  2. Ward’s Vanajam Trick A Treat, similar make & shape but just that fraction longer cast.  She has a delightful head, so well balanced, neat ears & an expression which is quite beguiling.  Good neck, nicely spring ribs, as sound as a pound on the move.
  3. Smee’s Oudenarde Belle Amour

 

OB (9,1)

  1. RCC, Lindborg & Nordtran’s Swe Ch Raskens Royal Tartan, I see is litter sister to the BOB.  An excellent example of what an honest, well constructed workmanlike Cairn should look like, not overdone in any way but seemingly hardy & capable of working all day.  Lovely size, balanced in shape, everything is in moderation so the complete picture is so harmonious.  She had been just that bit too enthusiastically over trimmed, especially in head & it detracted from the overall appeal of her expression but shown here regularly, she would win her title fairly quickly.  I know she had a number of admirers.
  2. Hooton’s Penticharm Burning Desire, light red bitch of quality which this prefix is renown to have a regular habit of producing. Like her a great deal, beautiful head, balanced, no nonsense construction, in such good coat & flawlessly presented & handled.  Tried so very hard by showing eagerly but was just outgunned by 1’s ground eating, light stepping action.
  3. Short’s Glenchess Gold Myrtle

 

Albert Wight (Judge)