Kent County Canine Association

KENT CKENT COUNTY CA, August 22nd 2021

Kent County Canine Association held their open show at Maidstone with a lovely entry all through. I had to stand in as the appointed judge was unable to fulfil her appointment to judge BIS & Bulldogs. I gladly said yes as this Club was the first one I was involved in back in the late 70s. Thank you to the officers & committee for organising this show for everyone who has badly been missing the open shows at one of our favourite venues & of course thanks too to all the hard working stewards who gave up their Sunday to be there for us.

Best in show went to the Bulldog, Blenhiemstar Star Lord, who said “I’m winning, who is standing reserve to me!” RBIS was Protheroe’s Royalmaple Higledy Piggledy, this Miniature Smooth Dachshund youngster is so very feminine & correct, she is balanced with a beautiful head & expression, strong, well held topline with a good forechest & ribcage, well set & carried tail, when she moved she was so true with an excellent head carriage, good bone & feet, showed well through to the end of the day. BPIS, Barnes & Andrews’ Claran Copper Nebula at Izlou, orange sable German Spitz (Mittel) put down to the minute, still an absolute baby but what a future I reckon he will have. Took it all in his stride, he is balanced & had such a beautiful head & expression with well set & carried ears, well set & carried tail; RBPIS, Goddard’s Awbrooksky Never Back Down, young Border Terrier boy who is well bred, he is quality & he too will have many tussles for he has a good head & expression, lovely neck & forequarters, good topline, spannable, with a well set tail, in good coat, moved & showed well for his handler. BVIS, Eardley’s Ryazan Perdita of Hillowhawks, feminine Borzoi bitch of 9 who I have judged before & can see no reason to change my views, she is lovely, in excellent coat & condition, feminine head & expression & moved so true to win in a good line-up; RBVIS, Cherry’s Ch Lynces Diamonds And Pearls, Tibetan Terrier bitch who at 11 is not showing her age at all, she is balanced with a lovely head carried well in profile, in excellent coat & condition, showed her socks off to win her place here. 

TERRIERS NSC – P (5) 1 Kettle’s Foxindean Wild Is The Wind, quality Smooth Fox Terrier puppy who is full of promise, coped well showing indoors, smart head & well set & carried ears, lovely front & good hindquarters, of a good size & balance, moved & showed well.BP & PG2; 2 Goldfinch’s Kanawha Never Say Never, well made Cairn puppy; 3 Mann & Barnes’ Jackaskip Popado Preach, Jack Russell. J (1,1a) PG (3,1) 1 Kettle’s Foxindean She’s Got Medals, older half sister to puppy winner & the same good type Smooth Fox Terrier, lovely head & expression, well set & carried ears, good neck & shoulders, correct topline & tailset, put down in excellent condition, moved well. RBOB; 2 Coe’s Kimmi A Coestar, Cairn. O (5,2) 1 Davies’ Bettyhill Lord Alan, Dandie Dinmont of nearly 2, in excellent coat & condition, balanced & moved so well, a lovely type with a melting expression & excellent eyes & head proportions, showed well to win this good class & BOB, went on to take the group; 2 Goldfinch’s Tycadno Bright Star for Kanawha, Cairn, close up; 3 O’Rourke’s Kebulak Super Bad, Kerry Blue Terrier. STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIERS – J (1,1) PG (2,2) 1 Mitchell’s Chedanstaff Devil Star, masculine black brindle dog with a masculine head & expression, well set & carried ears, good mouth, neck & shoulders, well muscled body with good hindquarters, he is balanced & moved well. BOB; 2 Osborne’s Nerotoro Spatz, RBOB. O (1,1). CESKY TERRIERS – all absent, shame as I understand they were there but missed the 3 calls that were put out for them. WHWT – J (1,1) PG (2) 1 Foster’s Thozow Master Of The House, quality dog who is balanced & a lovely type, when settled on the moved held a strong topline, well carried head & well set tailset, put down in excellent coat & condition. BOB & G2; Tadhunter’s Otto The Maverick Prince, RBOB. O (1,1). AV TERRIER - V (3,1) 1 Nolcini’s Holbam Celtic Kate, well schooled 9 year old Irish Terrier bitch, put down in excellent coat, lovely head & expression with lovely clean teeth, a credit to her owner, moved & showed so well for her handler; 2 Hartfield’s Gumshoe Shot In The Dark at Moshanta, Skye Terrier of 9. SHIH TZU – P (1,1) J (0) PG (2) 1 Swift’s Gladmin Soweto Star over Mattiana, gold/w male with a typical head & expression, inside I think for the first time in a long time & had trouble holding his tail but he moved well with a good head carriage, balanced in good coat & condition; 2 Francis’ Elzu Ebony And Ivory. O (2) 1 Beer & Tilley’s Miracey Sand Warrior for Tilbe, gold & white masculine dog who was put down in excellent coat & condition, he is balanced with an excellent masculine head & expression, good mouth & a good eye, good neck & shoulders, lovely type who moved so true, looking super in profile. BOB; 2 Yorke’s Middletune Wildest Charmer, RBOB. BULLDOGS – sorry that your judge was unavailable but I was thrilled to be able to once again go over the breed that I have followed for a long time. Thanks for accepting me as your replacement. How fit & clean in outline are they nowadays. J (1) Hanley’s Blenhiemstar Oshkosh, alone but I am sure she could win anywhere, she is quality & although still young, she is on the right lines, feminine head & expression, lovely front & shoulders, excellent movement on this pretty balanced bitch who showed so well. BP & BP4. PG (4,1) 1 Downs’ Blenhiemstar Saint George, red & white masculine dog who showed his socks off, best mover in the class, so sound & moved with determination & style, masculine head & expression with a lovely clean eye & correct head proportions, in lovely hard condition, well boned with good feet. Half brother to the puppy. RBOB; 2 Burnby & Hopcraft’s Odinschild Warrior Queen at Burncraft; 3 Tanner’s Bexbull Burlesque. O (3) 1 Hanley’s Blenhiemstar Star Lord, what a quality Bulldog who is balanced & so well made, loved his type, head, expression, clean eyes, well set & carried ears, lovely neck & shoulders, correct bone with tight feet, moved so well with lovely head carriage & attitude. Very taken with him & after a long day, nothing could take down his demeanour. BOB, G1 & BIS; 2 Weller’s Baalzebul Constance for Geenawell; 3 Anscombe’s Odinschild Violet Warrior of Jraygon. RBOB STAKES 1 Angier, Stacey & Seghezzi’s Aus Ch Wynnlake A Drop In The Ocean, this imported Australian Champion Border Collie certainly made an impression on me, in full coat, he has a lovely head & expression, moved true, lovely ear carriage & well set eyes, good front, topline & tailset, he is quality & showed well to win this very strong stakes class; 2 Mayhew & Middleton’s Sh Ch Arnac Bay Hebe, Chesapeake Bay Retriever bitch from the top drawer who I have liked before. She is in such hard condition & put down so well.Came 2nd in a very strong class; 3 Bullis’ Amaffrey Truly Scruptious, Min Smooth Dachshund. 

PAM BLAY