• Show Date: 18/03/2023
  • Show Type: Championship Show
  • Judged by: graham hill Contact Judge
  • Published Date: 28/07/2023

South Wales Corgi Club

Breed: Best In Show

SOUTH WALES CORGI CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW

SATURDAY 18TH MARCH 2023

I WAS HONOURED TO BE INVITED BY THE SOUTH WALES CORGI CLUB TO JUDGE BEST IN SHOW AT THEIR CLUB SUB-GROUP CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW.

I THANK MRS SUE HARRISON (Cardigan Corgi Judge) AND MR DAVID JONES (Pembroke Corgi Judge) FOR THEIR EXCELLENT SELECTION OF BEST OF BREED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BREEDS.

BEST OF BREED PEMBROKE CORGI WAS BLANCE’S AM CH COVENTRY IN PLAIN SIGHT WITH PENLIATH NAF ARAF A STURDY MALE WHO HAS A VERY SMART APPEARANCE AND IS WELL MADE ALL THROUGH. HE IS VERY ATTRACTIVE IN HEAD AND WELL BALANCED IN BODY. TRUE FRONT, GOOD LENGTH BODY AND STABLE NICELY ANGLED HINDQUARTERS OF PLEASING PARALLEL WIDTH. MOVED WITH A FREE AND EASY ACTION.

BEST OF BREED CARDIGAN CORGI WAS IRVING’S CH PI-ET-RA OF TREFILIO BORNTOBE AVALANCHE (IMP HUN) JW.

HAVING EXAMINED AND MOVED EACH BEST OF BREED, THE AWARD OF BEST IN SHOW WENT TO IRVING’S CH PI-ET-RA OF TREFILIO BORNTOBE AVALANCHE (IMP HUN) JW A SUPER EXAMPLE OF A CARDIGAN CORGI. OVERALL, SHE IS EYE-CATCHING AND IMPRESSES FROM HER LOVELY HEAD TO THE END OF HER TAIL. ATTRACTIVE BREED TYPICAL HEAD, EARS EYES AND EXPRESSION. SHE IS OF ADMIRABLE CONSTRUCTION ALL THROUGH AND WAS PURPOSEFUL AND POSITIVE ON THE MOVE ESPECIALLY STRIKING IN SIDE GAIT. CONGRATULATIONS.

I JUST PREFERRED HER SIDE PROFILE AND SUPER SIDE GAIT WHICH CAUGHT MY ATTENTION AND EDGED HER TO THE TOP AWARD OVER THE PEMBROKE CORGI.

BEST PUPPY IN SHOW WAS BETWEEN THE PEMBROKE CORGI McCOLL’S UNITA MENTALE ERNESTO (IMP UKR) NBT AND THE CARDIGAN CORGI ESSENHIGH & BISHOP’S CERANDA GOWER CHARMER AT BRYNLLUAN.

AGAIN, AFTER GOING OVER AND MOVING BOTH PUPPIES I SELECTED THE PEMBROKE CORGI UNITA MENTALE ERNESTO (IMP UKR) NBT AS BEST PUPPY IN SHOW.

FOR ME THIS 11-MONTH-OLD MALE PEMBROKE CORGI IS SO WELL GROWN IN BONE AND BODY AND IS SO MATURE FOR HIS AGE. PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE HEAD AND EXPRESSION. SOUNDLY CONSTRUCTED IN FRONT, WELL DEVELOPED BODY AND HINDQUARTERS. STRIKING PROFILE HAVING EXCELLENT PROPORTIONS AND BALANCE. MOVED WITH A TRUE POSITIVE ACTION.

MY RESERVE BEST PUPPY WAS ESSENHIGH & BISHOP’S CERANDA GOWER CHARMER AT BRYNLLUAN. AN UPSTANDING 11-MONTH-OLD CARDIGAN CORGI MALE WHO HAS A VERY HANDSOME HEAD. HE IS WELL BONED AND WELL BODIED AND IS ALREADY A MALE OF STATURE. HE PRESENTS A VERY IMPRESSIVE SIDE PROFILE BUT NEEDED TO BE FIRMER IN BODY AND BE MORE SETTLED IN MOVEMENT TO MATCH THE PEMBROKE CORGI PUPPY BUT ONE WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE.

BEST VETERAN IN SHOW WAS BETWEEN THE 7 YEAR OLD PEMBROKE CORGI REES’ CH STADWEN FIGARO AND THE 10 YEAR OLD CARDIGAN CORGI CLIFTON’S CH JOSETER MR  BLOBBY

I AWARDED BEST VETERAN IN SHOW TO THE PEMBROKE CORGI CH STADWEN FIGARO A QUALITY MALE WHOSE LOOKS BELIE HIS AGE. HE HAS A HANDSOME BREED TYPICAL HEAD WITH AN ATTENTIVE EXPRESSION, SO SOUND IN FRONT, FIRM, STURDY BODY WITH PLEASING SPRING AND RIBBED WELL BACK. FIRM AND LEVEL IN TOPLINE, NICELY LET DOWN BEHIND WITH DESIRABLE PARALLEL HOCKS OF GOOD WIDTH. MOVED WELL COMING, GOING AND IN SIDE GAIT.

RESERVE BEST VETERAN WAS THE CARDIGAN CORGI CH JOSETER MR BLOBBY WHO HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS, A CREDIT TO THE CARDIGAN CORGI BREED. IMPRESSIVE IN OVERALL LOOK; PLEASING IN HEAD SHAPE AND ALERT IN EXPRESSION. HAS BALANCE AND PLEASING PROPORTIONS IN BODY. A PURPOSEFUL MOVER SHOWING IMPRESSIVE SIDE GAIT. AT 10 YEARS OF AGE STILL COMPETING WITH THE TOP DOGS BUT TODAY NOT AS STEADY IN FRONT AS THE PEMBROKE CORGI.


JUDGE: GRAHAM HILL