Labrador Retriever Club

The Labrador Retriever Club

Open Show

16/07/2022

It was a privilege to go over the dogs entered, and I felt for the exhibitors and their dogs who had already spent the full day in the sun. It was obvious that the heat was hampering some of the dogs and that tiredness was kicking in. I was a little concerned when an exhibit challenged his second place saying his bitch had won 3RCC this same week. A second place is not a disgrace and if you are not prepared to have someone's opinion simply don't enter.

Minor Puppy Dog 5-4

1. Manning's Marchurch Imperial Topaz - Yellow male with a lovely balanced outline. Nice masculine head and kind expression with good reach of neck, level topline, lovely angulations both front and rear. Well boned legs and good tail. Moved very well. Blowing his coat on the day.

Puppy Dog 2-1

1. Boulden's Rumhill Firecracker - Chocolate dog of pleasing size, nice masculine head, eyes a shade light but a kind and gentle expression. Good reach of neck, level topline, tail off the back. Well boned and angulated, moved a little loose at the front but with drive. Shedding his coat on the day.

Junior Dog 5-3

1. Falshaw & Elliott's Lonicerium Jack Sparra - Yellow dog of good size. Still a lot to mature, showing promise. Nice masculine head with kind expression. Correct front angulation, good rear angulation and correct bone. Unsurprisingly completely out of coat on the day. Moved well and with drive.

2. Young & Parkes' Potterzuri Chip Off The Old Block - Yellow male of stronger more mature build with nice head and kind expression. Good reach of neck, correct topline and tail. Well boned and good front and rear angulations. Lost out on front movement which I preferred on #1.

3. Moody's Trendlewood Ebony And Ivory

Yearling Dog 5-2

1. Young's Optimist Vision - Yellow dog of nice outline, lovely masculine head with a soft, calm expression. Good reach of neck, level topline and nice tail. Well ribbed with strong quarters. Excellent front and rear angulations. Correct harsh coat. Moved well and with drive. Was happy to award him BOSIS

2. Digweed's Willokin's Whistle Blower - Yellow dog of stronger build. Kind head and expression. Good reach of neck, level topline and well boned legs. In good coat but signs of a feathery tail. Moved a little loose at the front.

Maiden Dog 3-2

1. Boulden's Rumhill Firecracker - see Puppy Dog

Novice Dog 4-1

1. Falshaw & Elliott's Lonicerium Jack Sparra - see Junior Dog

2. Boulden's Rumhill Firecracker - see Puppy Dog

3. Young & Parkes' Potterzuri Chip Off The Old Block

Graduate Dog 3-1

1. Hill's Kimbajak Full Golden Monty of Waggador - Yellow dog, good masculine head with a very dark eye but kind expression. Correct reach of neck. Topline could be stronger. Very deep chest. Would prefer a slightly longer leg length in proportion to depth of chest. Good angulations front and rear. In good coat. Moved well.

2. Sadler's Talifen Gentlemen Jack - Yellow dog of lighter build with a kind head and expression. Level topline and sufficient bone. Would have preferred a longer humerus. Moved correctly.

Post Graduate Dog 5-1

1. Mullett's Shaymiloney Schinus Afinmore - Black dog of lovely outline. Kind masculine head and expression. Good level topline, lovely reach of neck, good angulations front and rear. Shown in coat. Suffering from the heat but moved well.

2. Finney & Carpanini's Carpenny Kipling - Black dog with masculine head and kind happy expression. Good reach of neck, topline and tail. Excellent harsh coat. Correct front and rear angulations. Good bone. Lost out on front movement but moved with drive.

3. Wilson's Stelainros Westpoint

Limit Dog 3-0

1. Smith's Flyenpig Porky Pig JW - Yellow dog in good fit condition. Head not so my type but with a nice and gentle expression. Good reach of neck, level topline, good tail. Well boned. Excellent front and rear angulations. Moved well and with drive.

2. Collins' Ramsayville Right On Time For Kaspair - Yellow male with strong masculine head and kind expression. Good reach of neck and topline. Good bone along with front and rear angulations. Moved well but carried his feathery tail a little proud and overall, a couple of kilos overweight.

3. Lawrence's Dunnabbey Step Outside

Open Dog 0-0

Special Working Dog 1-0

1- Venturi-Rose's Leospring Magnet - Black dog in excellent hard condition. Kind head, that could be more masculine for his age, with a soft expression. Nice reach of neck, good strong topline and good tail. Excellent front and rear angulations. Correct bone. Moved well.

Field Trial Dog or Bitch 1-0

1. Venturi-Rose's Leospring Tiffin - Lovely black bitch in good hard condition. Pretty feminine head and expression, very eye catching. Excellent reach of neck, strong topline, good tail. Excellent front & rear angulations. Could do with a little more bone. Moved true and with drive. Out of coat on the day.

Veteran Dog or Bitch 7-3

1. Scutcher's Winsleywood Wild Honey JW SHCM - Yellow bitch, twelve years old. Lovely head and expression with strong neck, excellent topline, good tail, Excellent front and rear angulations. Well boned. Moved well. Lovely outline. Happy to award her BVIS

2. Young's Potterspiney Killian - Black dog, eight years old, of solid thick build. Nice head and expression. Good reach of neck, topline and tail. Good front and rear angulations. Good bone. Moved well.

3. Pattison's Pattilands Shining Star

Minor Puppy Bitch 3-0

1. Meissner & Galjda-Meissner's Saorsa You Could Be Mine - Black bitch with plenty of scope, lovely feminine head with sweet expression. Lovely reach of neck, topline and good tail. Excellent front and rear angulations and moved well. Later was awarded BPIS and BMPIS

2. Rota's Rodstar Rocks Sophia - Yellow bitch with an untypical Labrador domed head and muzzle somewhat concaved. Good reach of neck, topline and tail. Correct angulations. Very shy and uncertain of her surroundings. Moved with drive.

3. McCrory's Meadovillabs Uptown Girl

Puppy Bitch 2-0

1. Lawrie's Velvetine Havan - Chocolate bitch with a nice feminine head and expression. Good reach of neck. Strong topline, nice tail though slightly feathery. Good front and rear angulations. Good bone. Moved well.

2. Boulden's Rumhill Firebreeze - Chocolate bitch with a nice head and expression. Would have preferred a better shoulder. Good rear angulation, level topline, tail and coat. Moved well.

Junior Bitch 7-3

1. Lewis' Crammondkirk Oh My - Lovely stylish black bitch. Sweet feminine head and kind expression, lovely reach of neck, level topline, well ribbed. Excellent angulations front and rear and good bone. In full coat with a well clothed tail. Moved with drive and well. Delighted to award her BIS.

2. Woodley's Alkhamhurst Prima Donna - Lovely black bitch more immature than #1. With a sweet feminine head, good reach of neck, strong level topline, well covered tail, and good bone. Moved ok.

3. Young's Potterzuri Wanda Vision

Yearling Bitch 3-1

1. Venturi-Rose's Leospring East Indie – Probably the loveliest feminine sweet head with a soft gentle expression I have seen on a chocolate. Lovely reach of neck, good topline and well covered tail. Correct angulations, well boned and excellent harsh coat. Moved with drive.

2. Meissner & Galjda-Meissner's Saorsa Polar Star - Yellow bitch with nice feminine head, good reach of neck, level topline, long in loin, correct angulations and bone. Unsurprisingly, out of coat on the day. Moved well.

Maiden Bitch 2-0

1. Young & Parkes' Potterspiney Evie's Dream - Yellow bitch with kind gentle feminine expression. Lovely reach of neck, correct topline, correct tail and in good coat. Good front and rear angulations. Moved with drive.

2. Boulden's Rumhill Firebreeze - see Puppy Bitch

Novice Bitch 8-5

1. Lewis' Crammondkirk Oh My - see Junior Bitch

2. Young & Parkes' Potterspiney Mystic Zuri - Black bitch with a kind feminine expression. Good reach of neck, level topline. Excellent tail with correct knit. Correct angulations front and rear. Moved with drive.

3. Falshaw & Elliott's Lonicerium Black Pearl

Graduate Bitch 4-3

1. McCrory's Baileydale Bubbles - Nice yellow bitch with a strong head and neck. Level topline, well boned, and correct tail. Good angulations front and rear. Moved with drive.

Post Graduate Bitch 7-4

1. Hopkinson's Rocheby's Hazelberry - Lovely tonic yellow bitch with feminine head and kind expression. Good reach of neck. Solid topline, good tail and coat. Good angulations front and rear and correct bone. In good coat. Moved well and with drive 2. Scrimgeour's Velvetine Paisley Park - Black bitch of a stocky model, short coupled. Nice feminine head and level topline. Correct angulations, short on leg length ratio with depth of body. In good coat and with a correct tail. Moved well.

3. Scutcher's Winsleywood Wild Daisy JW

Limit Bitch 7-5

1. Collins' Carromer's Worth A Glance at Kaspair - Black bitch with feminine head and expression. Good reach of neck, solid topline and tail well knit. Well boned and angulated front and back. Would like more leg length to match the depth of body. Moved well.

2. Wilmshurst's Kroppsmarkens Mamma Mia of Mandamay (imp. Swe) - Black bitch with a nice head and expression, good reach of neck, level topline, good tail. Correct front and rear angulations. Would prefer more bone and more leg length to suit depth of chest. Moved well.

Open Bitch 3-1

1. Rota's It. Ch. Rodstar Rocks Ginger - Yellow bitch with a nice head and expression. Solid neck, strong topline leading to a well-covered tail. Well ribbed, with strong quarters and good angulations front and rear. Moved freely with drive. She eventually went on to win RBIS

2. Pattison's Pattilands Ms Independent - Yellow bitch, slighter model than #1, shown in fit condition. Nice feminine head, with a good reach of neck. Topline could be stronger. Long in loin. Excellent angulations front and rear. Moved well.

Special Working Bitch 2-1

1. Scutcher's Winsleywood Wild Anise JW ShCM - Yellow bitch with a nice feminine head and sweet alert expression. Lovely reach of neck, solid topline, good tail, good angulations front and rear. Correct coat. Moved well out not so well on return.