United Retriever Club

UNITED RETRIEVER CLUB, February 12, 2020

The United Retriever Club held an open show at the Sports Connexion, Ryton on Dunsmore with an excellent entry for a mid-week show. I was so sorry to hear that Mrs Sandra Marshall was unable to fulfil her appointment but was pleased to be able to help. We arrived just after the start of the show, as it is always good to go to a sub-group show & watch some judging.

All too soon it was time to judge the final awards. I had a super line-up from which to choose BIS from, after further consideration I chose SA Ch Trevena Masterchef, the Flatcoated Retriever, he caught my eye the moment he came into the ring, this mature dog had a lovely head & expression, good neck & shoulders, strong topline held both on the move & set up, put down in excellent coat & condition, he has a lovely neck & shoulders, good ribcage, loin & a well muscled hindquarter. Showed his socks off to beat the lovely Labrador bitch, Chyanhal Trevose of Trewinnard into RBIS position. Lovely balanced bitch with a beautiful head & expression, good neck & shoulders, well boned legs & feet, good ribcage, topline & tailset, excellent coat well presented, well set & carried tail, moved correctly & steadily to beat off the other good BOB winners.

BPIS went to a beautiful Golden Retriever bitch who was a year old the day after the show. Again that beautiful head that is so desired of the breed, correct eye & well set ears, good neck & shoulders, strong topline & excellent hindquarters, lovely coat which was put down in excellent condition, moved & showed so well to win a strong puppy group. RBPIS went to Cretshengan Signy, the Nova Scotia Duck Toller bitch, just right for age, lovely head & expression, in good coat & condition, she is quality & when she moved, she covered the ground with ease holding a good topline & a well set tail which was carried correctly. BVIS, Pattilands Shining Star, the Labrador bitch who was alone in this competition but still deserved her win & a pleasure to judge. At over 7 could do well still in the breed classes as well as veteran for she doesn’t look her age. Thank you for staying so that I could see her.

AV RETRIEVER – Working (6,3a) 1 Quills Mint Julep with Waverton, pretty Flatcoated Retriever bitch who is balanced & steady on the move, in good coat, nice topline & tailset, good neck & shoulders, feminine head & expression with well placed ears & a kind eye; 2 Ch Candiliz Black Admiral for Clandrift, exhuberant male Flatcoated Retriever who was certainly enjoying his day, very masculine & mature, in good coat & moved well on good legs & feet, balanced & quality with a good head & eye; 3 Kulawand Kookaburra for Svenjak. MP (16,9) 1 Rocamoka Funky Business, pretty, well balanced Golden Retriever bitch from the top drawer, she has the most beautiful head & expression, she is balanced with a lovely neck & shoulders, well boned legs & feet, enough coat for a baby but she is just right for age & moved so well, very close up was 2 Cadwst Eternal Flame, slightly larger bitch but still balanced & an excellent type & shape, feminine head & expression, well made all through with lovely hindquarters & good loin, lovely neck & shoulders which helped her moved so well; 3 Shandamere Rebel Heart. P (18,6,2 W/D) 1 Candiliz Funking Monkey at Clandrift, well grown Flatcoated Retriever puppy who was full of fun & really enjoying his trip out, moved well when he settled on well boned legs & feet, she has a balanced head & a lovely expression with well set ears, good neck & shoulders, just enough feathering but a quality puppy; 2 C Eternal Flame; 3 Crtshengan Emerald Lake. J (18) 1 Toddrosa Oasis Charm, beautiful Golden Retriever bitch with the most melting expression from her very feminine head, she is balanced & in good coat & condition, loved her neck & shoulders, strong topline & well set tail, lovely hindquarters & she moved so effortlessly, bet 1 & 2 will change places often as 2 Alibren Eccles at Tannadice, is also quality, this Golden Retriever boy has a masculine head & expression with well set ears, good neck & shoulders, no mistaking his sex for his outlook is very masculine & when he moves, he covers the ground with ease too, again in good coat & condition, well boned legs & feet; 3 Levelmoor Acorn Antiques via Wetnoses. G (9,2) 1 Amilone Spirit Of The Stone, pretty Golden Retriever bitch, very typical & good body proportions, pretty head & expression, good neck & shoulders, moved well, in good coat & condition, well set & carried tail; 2 L Acorn Antiques via Wetnoses, this Flatcoated Retriever bitch was only 11 months old but held her own here, she got better as the classes went on & really got the idea of what was wanted of her, feminine head & expression, very feminine in outlook, she moved & showed well here to win her place; 3 Hurstmeon Bit Of A Pickle. O (5,1) 1 S Ch Erikachen Conaire at Tollisty, very typical Nova Scotia Toller dog of quality, moved correctly giving a good profile with correct head carriage & tailset, masculine head & expression, good neck & shoulders, strong topline & well set tail, good hindquarters, in good coat & condition; 2 Tollekin Bay Of Ice, slightly larger Toller but still balanced, very masculine in outlook with a masculine head & expression, good forequarters & hindquarters, in good coat & condition, moved well, quality dog who was close up; 3 Linjor Sessile Oak at Ravoakar. Brace (3,1) Fielder’s Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers, for a brace who was doing this for the first time, they really did very well, they are well matched & moved as one, both lovely Tollers in excellent coat & condition & more importantly, enjoying their day.

PAM BLAY