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Breed Notes - Constant Update W.E.L.K.S. 2008 Birmingham National 200 The Scottish Kennel Club 2008 Three Counties 2008 Blackpool 2008 Windsor 2008 South Wales 2008 Paignton 2008 Bournemouth 2008 Welsh Kennel Club 2008 City Of Birmingham 2008 Richmond 2008 Darlington 2008 |
MANCHESTER JUDGE WINDSOR 08 Manchester Terriers A lovely entry & only three absent. Hind movement & tail carriage gave concern. Teeth were a good size with correct bites. Eye colour & shape were good. Temperaments were excellent throughout. Interesting to note that LB, OB & RBB were all by the same sire. PD & JD (0). PGD (8) 1 Pyne’s Newtonian Black Rod, good dog to handle, lovely wedge head, well placed ears, dark eye, good muzzle & correct bite, straight front & thumbprints, good neck, deep chest, well ribbed, good cut-up & tailset, sound quarters, good tail carriage, well marked, moved & showed well; 2 Thurlow’s Westwytch Tourmaline Taboo, good wedge shaped head, good eye & bite, neat front, good ribs, deep chest & cut-up, used hindquarters well on the move, good colour & markings. Preferred tail carriage of 1; 3 Kramer’s Laurenbill’s Celtic Warlord. OD (4,1) 1 BD, O’Neill & Mizen’s Megellan Free Runner, upstanding dog, well balanced throughout, lovely head, well placed ears, good eye & bite, straight front, correct thumbprints, good feet, neck & layback, well ribbed, good arch over loin & cut-up, sound quarters, tailset correct, well marked, moved & showed to full advantage giving a good outline on the move & standing; 2 RBD, Evans’ Ch Twisel Going Solo, well balanced, well defined head of good shape, lovely well placed ears, dark eye & correct bite, neat front, good run-in & arch over loin to cut-up, well muscled quarters used well on the move, good tail carriage. Was told afterwards that both exhibitors & dog were involved in a car accident while travelling to the show a few days before, so to make the journey again & the dog to show as he did was marvellous; 3 Braybrook’s Gloryline Sir Thomas More. V (4) Lovely class of veterans & a pleasure to judge all moving with freedom & verve. 1 De Lavis-Trafford’s Ch Tyburn Berenice, 11 years bitch, has still retained a lovely outline, well shaped head, dark eye, straight front, lovely neck & shoulders, deep chest, neat feet & sound quarters, good tail carriage, in lovely condition, moved & showed like a trouper; 2 Palmer’s Ch Quixol Charity at Egloshayle, a bitch who has retained her shape, lovely earset, good eye & bite, neat front, well balanced neck & shoulders, deep chest, in good coat, used quarters well on the move; 3 O’Neill’s Ch Eaglespur Piper at Megellan. PB (3,1) 1 BP, De Lavis-Trafford’s Tyburn Lotis, 10 months, good shaped head. Ears need to settle. Good eye & bite, straight front, neat feet, good run-in & layback, well ribbed, deep chest to cut-up, sound quarters, good tail carriage, moved soundly; 2 Brown’s Tyburn Lara, litter sister to 1, similar remarks apply as 1, well balanced throughout, lovely head shape, good eye, correct bite, well ribbed. Not the tail carriage as her sister & not so settled in movement. JB (2) 1 RBB, Palmer’s Egloshayle Lady Mauser, feminine bitch, lovely wedge shaped head, dark eye, good muzzle & bite, straight front with thumbprints, neat feet, good neck, shoulders & arch over loin, good cut-up, well angulated quarters, good tailset & carriage, shows well. Needs to tighten in front movement; 2 Smith’s Mansiya Midnight Graceful, clean skull. Ears need to settle. Dark eye, good bite, neat front, well ribbed, deep chest to cut-up, tailset OK, showed well, moved soundly. Preferred compactness of 1. PGB (1) 1 Loch’s Eaglespur Kiwi Shadow of Trenthyde, clean skull, neat ears, good muzzle, correct bite, straight front, neat feet, deep chest & well ribbed, good tailset, moved well, good coat. LB (3) 1 BOB, Heard & McIntyre’s Calot Ozara, lovely feminine bitch throughout, well placed ears, dark eye, excellent bite & front, good run-in & layback, deep chest to cut-up, well developed quarters which enabled her to give positive movement, excellent tail carriage, lovely outline in profile; 2 E Kiwi Shadow at T; 3 Brown & Arundel’s Browel Beatrix Potter. OB (3,1) 1 Stubbington’s Calot Haja, litter sister to limit winner, lovely bitch, a shade bigger. Clean skull, good earset & bite, straight front, neat feet, good neck & shoulders, well ribbed to cut-up, sound quarters used well on the move; 2 De Lavis-Trafford’s Ch Tyburn Faedra, good bitch, good wedge head, dark eye, lovely front, deep chest, good coat, sound quarters. Not moving as well as 1. NEIL STRAW
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