THREE COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW

15^th June 2005 - Cairn Terriers

Judge: Mr J E Bunting

 

DCC : BERRECLOTH'S SYBSTER SPRING TIME
RDCC: HARRISON & INETT'S HYDE CASTLE FLIC FLAC FOR CARRADINE imp
BCC & BOB: PARKER-TUCKER'S CH UNIQUECOTTAGE GLENGETTIE
RCC: CAMERON'S STRYVELING MEG MERRILEES
BP: BRAYBROOK'S CLOVERBROOK PLAY THE GAME

 

 

 More pictures after results, critique after pictures

 

photos by Linda Firth, Alison Wragg and Anthony Osborn (and anyone else who happened to be in close proximity to Linda!)

 

Three Counties

 

The weather was far from ideal for the occasion, up to the middle of the day it was heavy torrential rain for most of the time, hence judging was carried out inside the marquee.  The conditions then totally changed, it turned quite warm and humid for the rest of the show.  The ringside atmosphere was enterprising – I thank the exhibitors for the sporting way in which they accepted my decisions.

 

My priorities are for type, balance and quality; most of my winners reflected these virtues in varying degrees.

 

MPD (1)

1. Tutchings’ Crowneast Best Mate – full coated wheaten, very much a youngster but coming on well, lovely expressive head with the desired dark eye, correct bite, ideal body, balance & outline for age, moved soundly & showed with confidence.

 

PD (3)

1. Braybrook’s Cloverbrook Play the Game – very showy wheaten, liked his overall conformation & balance, presenting a nice picture in profile.  Scores in head, eye & ear, good straight front, clean neck & shoulder, shapely quarters, free & precise movement, shows much scope for the future, BP
2. Peers’ Tweedisle Pathfinder, fits the requirements well at this stage.  Not as mature & the strength in head as 1 , should come with maturity.  Pleasing expression, correct medium proportions throughout, making him well balanced.
3. Goldfinch’s Anjofra Hobbs Among Kanawha

 

JD (4,1a)

1. Firth & Jones’ Cairngold Cosmonaut - a lot to like about this young light/gr/brindle, alert, plenty of type, pleasing well furnished head with the desired expression, nicely put together, well laid shoulders, good topline & quarters, fluent and active in movement, very promising.
2. Thompson’s Castleline Jackard – another one just out of puppy, wheaten, nice head & expression, enhanced with a dark mask, good length of neck flowing into well placed shoulders, ribs, balance & outline just right for development, moved freely.
3. Frost’s Penticharm Black Jack.

 

PGD (2)

1. Berrecloth’s Sybster Spring Time – quality gr/br in prime condition, very assertive, conforms well to the standard, nicely angulated to the forehand, excellent well furnished masculine head, good ear carriage, eye, bite, neck & shoulders.  Liked his height to length ratio, strong quarters, covered the ground with ease, an accomplished showman, CC.
2. Peers’ Tweedisle That Special Man, standard r/br that balances out well, pleasing head & expression with desired dark eye, nice weight of bone, good forehand construction, legs & feet, moved & showed OK.

 

LD (9,2a)

A really lovely class to go over with very little dividing the placings.

1. Harrison & Inett’s Hyde Castle Flic Flac for Carradine, red of pleasing size & type, liked his eye catching outline & balance, super masculine head that fits the Standard in detail without any exaggerations, good eye shape & colour, lovely expression, well turned quarters, once settled, moved well, Res. CC.
2. Parker Tucker’s Uniquecottage  Chipmunk – very nice showy gr/br, well proportioned head enhanced by well set ears & dark mask, nicely constructed in body, correct angulation giving good balance, strong supple loin with sound quarters, free movement with plenty of drive.
3. Birch’s Kinkim Kernul

 

OD (2)

1. Leese’s Cloverbrook Silver Rebel – dark gr/br in good coat, looking good in outline, typically constructed head, good mouth, stop & eye, well balanced forehand, straight front, very good neck & shoulders, medium level back & well turned quarters, liked his movement fore & aft.
2. Short’s Glenchess Black Tie, top sized wheaten, another one that could really move, good front extension & purposeful hind action – resulting in flowing movement with a steady topline.  Scores in head, front, shoulders, ribs & balance.  Responds well to handler.

 

MPB (7, 2a)

1. Towers’ Denland Catherine, most attractive 7 months eye catching light gr/br puppy, progressing along the right lines, totally feminine head, neat well carried ears, dark eye, correct bite, lovely outline & general balance, moves really well, delightful show personality.
2. Radford’s Skimmerton Touch of Magic, another light gr/br of similar lines to 1.  Still very much a pup, expressive head, neat ears & pleasing front, needs to gain a little more ring presence but I’m sure this will improve with experience.
3. Peers’ Tweedisle Soilitaire

 

PB (4)

1. Bambridge’s Carradine Crene Brulee for Luvemal – liked this light gr/br’s overall balance, lovely feminine head, good topline & tailset, very showy, just out of MPB qualification, a little erratic on the table but on the floor, moved & showed very well.
2. Radford’s Skimmerton Gold Dust – litter sister to 2^nd in previous class, very much on similar lines in make & shape, another with a will of her own on the table but once on the floor this youngster moved & showed with confidence.
3. Braybrook’s Cloverbrook Attitude.

 

JB (7)

1. Cameron’s Stryveling Meg Merrilees – most feminine bitch of considerable merit, exquisite head of correct proportions, lovely expression enhanced by neat well set ears & dark eye.  Liked her conformation, length & balanced outline.  Plenty of strength in hindquarters, moved & showed well, Res CC.
2. Keeves’ Seveek The Mystery of Dreams – light gr/br, beautiful expressive head, completely feminine with appealing expression, nicely constructed of medium make & shape, good shoulder placement, rear angulation & hocks, excels in hind movement, very close up to 1.
3. Short’s Glenchess Nightingale

 

PGB (9, 2a)

1. Hooton’s Penticharm Deep Secret, wheaten/br, beautiful type, nicely put together, ideal balance, attractive head with eye catching expression, scores well in reach of neck, layback of shoulder, rib & loin, well turned quarters, excellent ring presence & showmanship, considered for Res CC.
2. Ward’s Cruzo Bold Bretta, another of first rate type, very little to separate thee two, both well balanced bitches, coat not in best order but this is only in the short term.  Sound, moved freely with drive.
3. Tutchings’ Crowneast Sugar Babe

 

LB (5)

1. Shopland’s Cherrycrack Chasing Aimee, cracking light gr/br, nice size in complete balance, well animated.  Lovely shaped feminine head with dark points, ears used well, good front, compact feet, good bone & substance, effective shapely quarters, used to advantage.
2. Peers’ Tweedisle Gorgeous Geena – well proportioned & nicely balanced bitch free of exaggerations, level topline, medium length of loin with pleasing muscle tone, correct tail & rear angulation.
3. Keeves’ Seveek Chasing Dreams

 

OB (6, 1a)

1. Parker Tucker’s Ch Uniquecottage Glengettie – quality light r/br of type with substance & showmanship.  Lovely well furnished expressive head, good front & tight feet, clean laid shoulders, so well balanced, ribs adequately sprung with sufficient depth, shapely quarters, hocks well let down.  Truly impresses with her fluency in movement which appears effortless, CC & BOB
2. Ward’s Vanajam Piewaket – another lovely example of the breed, very similar to 1 in size, nice make & shape, attractive head but requires a little more head furnishings to complete the picture, efficient well constructed quarters, good freedom of movement
3. Osborn’s Tweslam Charlie’s Angel

 

 

 

John Bunting (Judge)