• Show Date: 18/08/2022
  • Show Type: Championship Show
  • Judged by: Vivien Phillips Contact Judge
  • Published Date: 28/07/2023

Welsh Kennel Club

Breed: Beagle

WELSH KENNEL CLUB.. BEAGLES.. AUGUST 21ST. 2022. JUDGE VIVIEN PHILLLIPS

I HAVE NOT JUDGED THIS BREED FOR SEVERAL YEARS SO I WAS PLEASED WITH THE ENTRY NUMBERS BUT SADLY I THOUGHT MANY EXHIBITS LACKING IN MUZZLE AND SUBSTANCE THROUGHOUT AND SOME UPRIGHT SHOULDERS AND SHORT RIBCAGES. I LIKE THE EXPRESSION OF A BEAGLE TO BE APPEALING WITH PREFERABLY A DARK EYE. WITH THE MALES PARTICULARLY I LIKE A STRONG HEAD BUT NO COARSENESS OR EXAGGERATION. MY MAIN WINNERS WERE CERTAINLY WORTHY OF THEIR AWARDS. THE MALES ON THE WHOLE ARE NOT STRONG AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME SERIOUS DENTITION ISSUES.

VETERAN DOG. (4 Entries) Abs: 1

 HEWITT,’S WILDAS JERRY SEINFELD. AW(P) 7 YEAR OLD. NICE EXPRESSION. PLEASING HEAD AND EYE. NICELY ANGULATED FRONT AND BACK. WELL RIBBED GOOD FEET. MOVED WELL. RETAINED HIS SHAPE AND TOPLINE.. BEST VETERAN. 2 MURPHY’S BLACK ROYAL AT RHOSYNDU. QUITE A GOOD HEAD .RATHER ROUND IN EYE. GOOD FEET..LONGER CASTE THAN WINNER BUT WELL RIBBED. MOVED OK 3rd: 4335 ANTHONY’S OSPREGLE HOT DIGGITY DAWG JW.

MINOR PUPPY DOG (3 Entries) Abs: 0 .1st: BRIDGEMAN & LOGUE’S, KINGSWIN BUG’A’LUGS. 8 MONTH OLD BABY.. I LIKED HIS HEAD AND HE IS WELL CONSTRUCTED AND ANGULATED. USED HIS HINDQUARTERS WELL. 2nd: CAPLE’S MORSEFIELD TOMMY HOLEDIGGA. A VERY RAW 6 MONTH OLD BABY. RATHER UP ON LEG AND FINE THROUGHOUT. HE HAS A NICE HEAD WITH A DARK EYE AND PLEASING EXPRESSION. RIBS GO WELL BACK. 3rd: HEWITT’S MADIKA PRETTY PRETTY GOOD

PUPPY DOG. (2 Entries) Abs: 0 1st: BEARD’S KELLITCREED SWEENEY TOD LOVELY YOUNG DOG. I LIKED HIS HEAD AND EXPRESSION AND HIS OVERALL SHAPE. GOOD FRONT AND FEET. GOOD HINDQUARTER AND RIBBING. MOVED VERY WELL. BEST PUPPY AND DELIGHTED TO SEE HIM GO 2ND IN PUPPY HOUND GROUP LATER. SHOULD HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE.2nd: COATES’ GLADSTYLE READY TO ROLL. 11 MONTH OLD QUITE A NICE HEAD.. TOO LONG CASTE FOR ME. MOVED OK.

JUNIOR DOG (5 Entries) Abs: 0. 1st: BIDEY’S REDCAP THE COURIER . I LIKED THIS DOG’S HEAD AND EXPRESSION, FRONT ASSEMBLY WAS OK, AND HE MOVED SOUNDLY. RIBS COULD GO FURTHER BACK. 2nd: BINKS’ TANNAHILL VAGABOND. THIS YOUNGSTER WAS CLOSE UP TO WINNER. HE HAS A GOOD HEAD AND EYE AND IS WELL RIBBED WITH A STRONG BACK END. MOVED WELL, BUT AT PRESENT HIS TOPLINE NEEDS TO SETTLE. COULD CHANGE PLACES ANOTHER DAY. 3rd: FINDLAY’S RHICONICH OBCONICA.

NOVICE DOG (3 Entries) Abs: 0 1st: BRIDGEMAN, & LOGUE’S KINGSWIN BUG A LUGS. WINNER OF MINOR PUPPY.2nd: Mrs & MR MURPHY’S DAVRICARD PICASSO AT RHOSYNDU. NICE HEAD AND EXPRESSION, GOOD FEET AND STRONG HINDQUARTERS MOVED WELL. A BIT UPRIGHT IN SHOULDER.3rd: HEWITT’S MADIKA PRETTY PRETTY GOOD.

POST GRADUATE DOG. (3 Entries) Abs: 0 1st: CORNELL’S FELINOAK DANNY BOY FROM BRONLLYS. 2 YEAR OLD TAN AND WHITE. PLEASING HEAD. GOOD FEET. HELD HIS TOPLINE ON THE MOVE. RIBS COULD GO FURTHER BACK.. BEST MOVER HERE TODAY.2nd: THOMAS’ TERINA’S MAN OF MISCHIEF. TRI DOG . 4 YEAR OLD THIS DOG IS RATHER HEAVY OVER THE SHOULDERS WHICH GIVES HIM A SHORTER NECK. HEAD WAS OK. GOOD FEET AND RIBBING GOES WELL BACK. 3rd: BELL-THOMAS’S , AMORPAPAVER JUPITER.

LIMIT DOG. (3 Entries) Abs: 0. LEWIS’ FALLOWFIELD VINCENT. 2 YEAR OLD. PLEASING EXPRESSION, THIS DOG HAS GOOD FEET AND IS WELL RIBBED.. . CORRECT FOR SHAPE, MOVES WELL BEHIND, COULD HAVE MORE DRIVE IN FRONT. 2nd: CORNELL’S FELINOAK DANNY BOY FROM BRONLLYS MY POST GRADUATE WINNER. 3rd: JONES, & JEPSON’S EARDLEY SPECSAVERS.

OPEN DOG (6 Entries) Abs: 1 1ST PARKER AND STEVENS CH SERENAKER ARMANI. LIKED THIS STRONG MALE AS HE ENTERED THE RING. LOVELY HEAD AND EYE. EVERYTHING IN THE RIGHT PLACE, GOOD SHOULDERS AND RIBBING. TIGHT FEET. SUPER REAR AND TAIL CARRIAGE. MOVED WITH STYLE. CC BOB AND DELIGHTED TO SEE HIM SHORT LISTED IN THE HOUND GROUP AND WINNING THE HOUND CHAMPION STAKES LATER. 2nd: RAYMOND’S, CH & VDH CH. DIALYNNE PETER PIPER. I PLACED THIS DOG IN A HOUND GROUP SOME YEARS AGO, HE IS NOW 7 AND STILL A LOVELY HOUND. GOOD HEAD, EXPRESSION AND EYE. WELL CONSTRUCTED THROUGHOUT. LOVELY SHAPE AND SIZE. TIGHT FEET AND WELL RIBBED. SUPER TO WATCH N SIDE GAIT. A TAD CLOSE BEHIND GOING AWAY. RES. CC 3rd: LEWIS’ SPARROWGILL SMARTY FOR FALLOWFIELD.

VETERAN BITCH (4 ENTRIES. ) ABS. 1st: JONES, & JEPSON’S DUTCH & UK Ch EARDLEY JAY WALKING. YEAR OLD TAN/WHITE. PRETTY BITCH. LOVELY HEAD, EXPRESSION AND DARK EYE. GOOD FRONT AND FEET. WELL ANGULATED BEHIND. RIBBING GOES WELL BACK. CHALLENGED HARD FOR BEST VETERAN. THE MALE JUST STRODE OUT A TAD MORE.2nd: ROBERTS, & SPEARING, LINKENLEES LIBERY SH CM VW. THIS BITCH WAS UNBELIEVABLY 12 YEARS OLD. LOVELY HEAD AND EXPRESSION, GOOD FRONT AND TIGHT FEET. REALLY ENJOYING HERSELF. A LITTLE HEAVY OVER THE SHOUJLDERS, BUT LOVELY TO SEE HER IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION. 3rd: ARDEN,’S MADIKA SPOT ON JW SH.CM AW(G)

MINOR PUPPY BITCH. (5 ENTRIES) 0 ABS. 1 BINKS’ TANNAHILL YASMINE. SUCH A PRETTY YOUNG TRICOLOUR BITCH WHO HEADED THIS NICE CLASS, LOVELY FEMININE HEAD. CORRECT MUZZLE. GOOD FRONT AND FEET. QUITE WRIGGLY, BUT SHE IS JUST 6 MONTHS OLD! GOOD OUTLINE AND SIZE AND RETAINED HER SHAPE BOTH STANDING AND ON THE MOVE.. CHALLENGED HARD FOR BP. 2. BRIDGEMAN & LOGUE’S KINGSWIN LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE. 8 MONTH OLD LARGER BITCH SHE HAS A GOOD HEAD AND OUTLINE. ANOTHER WRIGGLER, BUT WHEN SHE SETTLED SHE MOVED WELL IF A LITTLE CLOSE BEHIND. 3. CAPLE’S MORSEFIELD LAURA ASHLEY.

PUPPY BITCH. (5 Entries) Abs: 0 1. EVANS & BARNES BELLVALLEY CALYPSO. THIS YOUNGSTER HAS A PLEASING HEAD AND EYE.. SHE IS A GOOD SIZE AND OUTLINE. TIGHT FEET, WELL RIBBED. MOVED WELL. 2ND COATES’ GLADSTYLE TOO CLOSE TO CALL. . ANOTHER PRETTY BITCH WITH A NICE HEAD AND EYE. LACKED A LITTLE IN PIGMENT BUT SHE IS A TAN/WHITE. GOOD OUTLINE AND RIBBING.. TIGHT FEET AND CORRECT ANGULATION BEHIND. 3 BEARD’S KELLITCREED COTTON CANDY.

JUNIOR BITCH (6 ENTRIES) 2 ABS. 1 HAVARD’S ANNAVAH PRINCESS TIANA. THIS CLASS WAS HEADED BY TWO LOVELY BITCHES. THIS BITCH HAS A LOVELY HEAD AND EYE. SUPER WELL FILLED FRONT AND TIGHT FEET. OUTLINE AND RIBBING EXCELLENT. VERY GOOD HIND ANGULATION AND TAIL CARRIAGE. MOVED WELL WHEN SHE WAS NOT PULLING A LITTLE TO THE SIDE. CHALLENGED HARD FOR THE RESERVE CC. 2 JONES & JEPSON’S EARDLEY CAUGHT IN THE ACT. ANOTHER VERY PRETTY BITCH. GOOD EXPRESSION, FRONT AND FEET. MOVED WELL IF A LITTLE CLOSE BEHIND. CORRECT TAIL CARRIAGE. BOTH THESE BITCHES MUST HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE. 3rd: STEVENSON-BRAMLEY’S REVENOITE DESTINY ANGEL.

NOVICE BITCH. (4 Entries) Abs: 0 1 BEARD’S KELLITCREED'S BACK CHAT THIS BITCH HAD A DECENT HEAD AND EYE. GOOD OUTLINE IF A LITTLE WIDE IN FRONT.. MOVED WELL IN SIDE GAIT. 2nd: TANNER’S FELINOAK EL KOKO LOKO. NICE HEAD ON THIS PUPPY . TIGHT FEET. MOVED OK. LONGER CASTE THAN MY PREFERENCE AND RIBBING COULD GO FURTHER BACK. 3RD BRIDGEMAN & LOGUE’S KINGSWIN LOOKS LIKE TROUBLE.

POST GRADUATE BITCH. (5 Entries) Abs: 0 1st: FITZPATRICK,’S BLUNDERHALL BLOW A FUSE. 22 MONTH BITCH WITH A NICE HEAD AND GOOD EYE AND EARS. TIGHT FEET. CORRECT FRONT AND HINDQUARTERS. RIBBING GOES WELL BACK. MOVED EXTREMELY WELL. WOULD HAVE PREFERRED HER A LITTLE MORE ON LEG, BUT SHE CROUCHED DOWN A LITTLE ,WHICH DID NOT HELP HER HANDLER. 2nd: ROBERTS, & SPEARING, LINKENLEES LAURINA. THIS BITCH HAS A PRETTY HEAD. SHE IS WELL RIBBED MOVED OK. 3rd: EVANS, & BARNES, BELLVALLLEY’S LAGERTHA.

LIMIT BITCH (10 Entries) Abs: 2 1ST PARKER & STEVENS SERENAKER AGATHA RAISIN. I LIKED THIS TRICOLOUR 23 MONTH OLD BITCH AS SHE ENTERED THE RING. GOOD HEAD, EXPRESSION. NICE DARK EYE. STRONG IN BODY AND RIBBING. MOVED VERY WELL USING GOOD ANGULATION IN HINDQUARTERS. SHE STRODE OUT WELL ROUND THE RING.. CORRECT TAIL SET AND CARRIAGE. COULD BE A TAD TIGHTER IN ELBOW, BUT SHE IS STILL A YOUNGSTER. 2ND BEARD’S KELLITCREED JESSICA BARKER. PRETTY HEAD ON THIS BITCH. CORRECT SIZE, ANGULATION AND RIBBING. TIGHT FEET. MOVED WELL. 3RD LEWIS’ FALLOWFIELD ROYAL ROSIE.

OPEN BITCH (8 Entries) Abs: 3. 1ST JONES, & JEPSON, EARDLEY ANNA SASIN. I LOVED THIS BITCH. JUST MY TYPE. LOVELY HEAD AND DARK EYE. MELTING EXPRESSION. GOOD NECK, FRONT FEET AND RIBBING. THE RIGHT SIZE AND OUTLINE. GOOD TAIL CARRIAGE. SHE IS STRONG ON THE MOVE AND WELL DESERVING OF HER CC WHICH WAS, I UNDERSTAND, HER THIRD. SHE REMINDED ME OF A BITCH I GAVE BEST HOUND PUPPY TO SOME YEARS AGO AND I NOW SEE THAT SHE IS THE DAM OF THIS LOVELY LADY. 2 RAYMOND’S DIALYNNE BONNIE TYLER.. ANOTHER GOOD BITCH FROM THIS KENNEL. 3 YEARS OLD WITH A GOOD SHAPE TO HEAD . . CORRECT FRONT AND RIBBING,. TIGHT FEET. NICE TAIL SET AND CARRIAGE. MOVED WITH DRIVE. 3RD HAVARD’S CH ANNAVAH BUTTERCUP.