Soft Coated Wheaten Border Union 09 Judge's Critique

Soft Coat Wheaten	Border Union 2009 Judge's Critique
Breed Notes - Constant Update KC Breed Standard Archive 08 Archive 09 Results And Critiques Border Union 09 Judge	SOFT COATED WHEATEN BORDER UNION 09 Judge(s) MR ROGER WRIGHT DCC WHILIZIAS HEAD OR TAIL (MRS E & MR R G ROSS) RDCC TOBYMORREY AIN'T HE A TYKE (MR E J & MRS L E MORREY) BCC CH SNOWMEADOW HETTI HOPSCOTCH AT STARZAK SHCM (MRS C A TILLEY) RBCC WHILIZIAS HEAD OR TAIL (MRS E & MR R G ROSS) BOB CH SNOWMEADOW HETTI HOPSCOTCH AT STARZAK SHCM (MRS C A TILLEY) BP ABIQUA WILD IN A SATIN SASH (MR C B & MRS P A MORAN) SOFT COATED WHEATEN JUDGE BORDER UNION 09 Soft-coated Wheaten Terriers A good entry. A more difficult breed to judge than most because of the variety of types, their intermixtures & grooming styles. However, though I have preferences – combined, overall qualities have to take precedent. As ever, the entry was of mixed quality & type with more available choice in bitches. PD (3) 1 Hobson’s Abiqua Wild Knight Romance, nice sort, decent head, excellent forehand, rib & topline, well made quarters, of a coat which could improve, moved & showed well; 2 Fletcher’s Keridown Shaken Not Stirred, nice baby, good head, shape & quarters. Needs time for the middlepiece. Sound; 3 Paterson’s Kellynack The Fantastic Fox. JD (2) 1 Clarke’s Loofahsa Scaramouche, upstanding & masculine, good head properties, excels through front & forehand, square & well set on with decent quarters, moved & showed very well; 2 Whitehead’s Shanghai Shoggoth, moderate sort, OK head, good front. Fails in shoulder. Low set, OK coat & quarters. PGD (1) 1 Taylor’s Keridown Goodness Gracious, good quality, type & balance, good balance to head, excellent overall forehand, good topline with depth to rib & muscle to thigh & gaskin, sound but a touch close in hind. Promising. LD (2) 1 Dunhill’s Fantasa Blonde Kaos, smart & upstanding with much quality, well handled & presented with good coat & colour, sound & showy but close in hind which got closer in the challenge & cost him dear; 2 Taylor’s Keridown For Art’s Sake, nice sort but slightly short headed & over-short bodied which threw him out of balance. Excellent muscletone, sound & showy but crabbing a little & very close in hind. OD (7,1) 1 Barrett’s Ch Loofahsa Teenage Dirtbag, of good quality all through, nice make, shape & balance, good size, coat & colour, muscletone, looks the part, moved & showed. CC; 2 Morrey’s Tobymorrey Ain’t He A Tyke, close up, typy, in good coat & colour. Not reaching as well as 1; 3 Satherley’s Tobamorrey Aint Half Hot Mom. PB (4) 1 Moran’s Abiqua Wild In A Satin Sash, nicely balanced, good head & expression, quality front & fore, good topline, body with well defined quarters, good colour, moved & showed well. BP; 2 Morrey’s Tobymorrey Aint I Precious, close up, good head & expression, decent forehand, flow & topline, moved soundly; 3 Satherley’s Tobamorrey Sitting Pretty at Silkcroft. JB (1) 1 Ewing’s Loofahsa Amareuse, moderate quality, OK head, eye & ear, straight front, upright shoulder making over-long, low set, good quarters. NB (1) 1 Paterson’s Kellynack Viva La Luna, nice sort. A little plain in head which may improve. Lovely forehand, rib & topline, quarters to strengthen, good coat & colour, low set, sound. PGB (7,2a) 1 Tilley’s Starzak Solid Gold Ez Action, excellent quality, type & balance though very raw. Feminine, upstanding, lovely head, cracking forehand, good neck & head carriage, topline & muscling to quarters, excellent natural coat, A1 on the move if a little wayward at times. Very promising; 2 Johnson’s Garsayno Gold Echo, nice sort, balanced head but ear carriage could improve. Good forehand, ribbing & topline (just looks a touch long just now), good coat & colour, sound though a touch close in hind; 3 Pascoe’s Middlebury Silver Lady. LB (9,2) 1 Ross’ Whilizias Head Or Tail, lovely, typical & balanced all through, A1 head & expression, excellent forehand, neck & topline with good depth to rib, good quarters, excellent natural coat & colour, moved & showing A1, should go on from here. RCC; 2 Dowdy’s Denzilly Toot Sweet, good sort, different type & coat to 1, excellent front & forehand. Needs to fill in rib. Well presented, moved & showed well; 3 Dunhill’s Fantasa Blonde Krackers. OB (6) 1 Tilley’s Ch Snowmeadow Hetti Hopscotch at Starzak, I judged her for the first time in 2004 & she won Limit, the second time in 2006 I gave her 2nd in Open & thought she was overweight & a little soft in condition, the third time she was placed in the group earlier this year when I thought she was just right & the finished article. She has always had quality, type & balance, had a good natural coat & colour, always moved well & shown herself off – she just needed to be right on the day which she was. A quality dog in every respect. CC & BOB; 2 Howes’ Ch Emalot English Rose, close up & a very nice sort. Not the colour of 1& not so positive in hind. Balanced & smart, well handled; 3 Wright’s Ch Abbeymead Hootenanny. ROGER WRIGHT Go To Top Of Page

Soft Coat Wheaten

Border Union 2009 Judge's Critique

Breed Notes - Constant Update

KC Breed Standard

Archive 08
Archive 09 Results And Critiques

Border Union 09 Judge

SOFT COATED WHEATEN BORDER UNION 09

Judge(s) MR ROGER WRIGHT

DCC WHILIZIAS HEAD OR TAIL (MRS E & MR R G ROSS)
RDCC TOBYMORREY AIN'T HE A TYKE (MR E J & MRS L E MORREY)
BCC CH SNOWMEADOW HETTI HOPSCOTCH AT STARZAK SHCM (MRS C A TILLEY)
RBCC WHILIZIAS HEAD OR TAIL (MRS E & MR R G ROSS)
BOB CH SNOWMEADOW HETTI HOPSCOTCH AT STARZAK SHCM (MRS C A TILLEY)
BP ABIQUA WILD IN A SATIN SASH (MR C B & MRS P A MORAN)

SOFT COATED WHEATEN JUDGE BORDER UNION 09

Soft-coated Wheaten Terriers

A good entry. A more difficult breed to judge than most because of the variety of types, their intermixtures & grooming styles. However, though I have preferences – combined, overall qualities have to take precedent. As ever, the entry was of mixed quality & type with more available choice in bitches.

PD (3)

1 Hobson’s Abiqua Wild Knight Romance, nice sort, decent head, excellent forehand, rib & topline, well made quarters, of a coat which could improve, moved & showed well;

2 Fletcher’s Keridown Shaken Not Stirred, nice baby, good head, shape & quarters. Needs time for the middlepiece. Sound;

3 Paterson’s Kellynack The Fantastic Fox.

JD (2)

1 Clarke’s Loofahsa Scaramouche, upstanding & masculine, good head properties, excels through front & forehand, square & well set on with decent quarters, moved & showed very well;

2 Whitehead’s Shanghai Shoggoth, moderate sort, OK head, good front. Fails in shoulder. Low set, OK coat & quarters.

PGD (1)

1 Taylor’s Keridown Goodness Gracious, good quality, type & balance, good balance to head, excellent overall forehand, good topline with depth to rib & muscle to thigh & gaskin, sound but a touch close in hind. Promising.

LD (2)

1 Dunhill’s Fantasa Blonde Kaos, smart & upstanding with much quality, well handled & presented with good coat & colour, sound & showy but close in hind which got closer in the challenge & cost him dear;

2 Taylor’s Keridown For Art’s Sake, nice sort but slightly short headed & over-short bodied which threw him out of balance. Excellent muscletone, sound & showy but crabbing a little & very close in hind.

OD (7,1)

1 Barrett’s Ch Loofahsa Teenage Dirtbag, of good quality all through, nice make, shape & balance, good size, coat & colour, muscletone, looks the part, moved & showed. CC;

2 Morrey’s Tobymorrey Ain’t He A Tyke, close up, typy, in good coat & colour. Not reaching as well as 1;

3 Satherley’s Tobamorrey Aint Half Hot Mom.

PB (4)

1 Moran’s Abiqua Wild In A Satin Sash, nicely balanced, good head & expression, quality front & fore, good topline, body with well defined quarters, good colour, moved & showed well. BP;

2 Morrey’s Tobymorrey Aint I Precious, close up, good head & expression, decent forehand, flow & topline, moved soundly;

3 Satherley’s Tobamorrey Sitting Pretty at Silkcroft.

JB (1)

1 Ewing’s Loofahsa Amareuse, moderate quality, OK head, eye & ear, straight front, upright shoulder making over-long, low set, good quarters.

NB (1)

1 Paterson’s Kellynack Viva La Luna, nice sort. A little plain in head which may improve. Lovely forehand, rib & topline, quarters to strengthen, good coat & colour, low set, sound.

PGB (7,2a)

1 Tilley’s Starzak Solid Gold Ez Action, excellent quality, type & balance though very raw. Feminine, upstanding, lovely head, cracking forehand, good neck & head carriage, topline & muscling to quarters, excellent natural coat, A1 on the move if a little wayward at times. Very promising;

2 Johnson’s Garsayno Gold Echo, nice sort, balanced head but ear carriage could improve. Good forehand, ribbing & topline (just looks a touch long just now), good coat & colour, sound though a touch close in hind;

3 Pascoe’s Middlebury Silver Lady.

LB (9,2)

1 Ross’ Whilizias Head Or Tail, lovely, typical & balanced all through, A1 head & expression, excellent forehand, neck & topline with good depth to rib, good quarters, excellent natural coat & colour, moved & showing A1, should go on from here. RCC;

2 Dowdy’s Denzilly Toot Sweet, good sort, different type & coat to 1, excellent front & forehand. Needs to fill in rib. Well presented, moved & showed well;

3 Dunhill’s Fantasa Blonde Krackers.

OB (6)

1 Tilley’s Ch Snowmeadow Hetti Hopscotch at Starzak, I judged her for the first time in 2004 & she won Limit, the second time in 2006 I gave her 2nd in Open & thought she was overweight & a little soft in condition, the third time she was placed in the group earlier this year when I thought she was just right & the finished article. She has always had quality, type & balance, had a good natural coat & colour, always moved well & shown herself off – she just needed to be right on the day which she was. A quality dog in every respect. CC & BOB;

2 Howes’ Ch Emalot English Rose, close up & a very nice sort. Not the colour of 1& not so positive in hind. Balanced & smart, well handled;

3 Wright’s Ch Abbeymead Hootenanny.

ROGER WRIGHT

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