United Retriever Club

My first Championship show appointment. Thank you to the club for inviting me to judge at your 60th anniversary championship show. A lovely well run show with a good atmosphere and we even had some dry sunny weather after all those weeks of rain. My sincere thanks to my stewards for your efficiency and to the exhibitors for your entry, I was delighted to be able to find some quality bitches and was pleased with my line up.

Veteran Bitch (10, 3a)

1 Smith’s Flyenpyg Snout Like It VW Pale yellow, 9 year old. Moderate, balanced and of one piece. Very feminine head, sweet expression. Good neck and angles. Enough rib, firm and strong over loin, good leg length. She felt in fit and hard condition and moved really well with good extension. BVB

2 Williamson’s SH CH Sharouns Victoria’s Secret JW 7 year old Scopy darker yellow. Longer cast than 1, expressive head and eye, good neck and shoulders, longer backed, but ribbed back and short coupled. Good bone and coat, moved soundly.

3 Coode’s Warringah’s Gulwarra JW SGWC

Minor Puppy Bitch (9, 2a)

1 Lapper’s Tomative Annabelle 6 months typy black, a real baby looking like a minor puppy should. Pretty feminine head with good eye shape and colour, good neck, front and level topline. Well ribbed back, good leg length and tidy feet. Good harsh feeling coat. Moved well, true coming and going. BPB

2 Boulden’s Rumhill Bossy Boots 8 month upstanding chocolate. Good proportions to head and muzzle, maybe her eye could be a bit darker but it didn’t detract her good expression. Good reach of neck, she had some scope and stood on a good length of leg. Good coat and tail. Moved soundly. Just preferred front of 1.

3 Ganney’s Darrabol Amphitrite (ai)

Puppy Bitch (6,1a)

1 Manning’s Overmarsh Seventh Hour 12 month pale yellow. Feminine head, good length of muzzle, good neck over clean shoulders and level topline. Good quarters. Liked her length of leg with good bone and feet. Carried a short dense coat. Moved out steadily, true coming and going.

2 Park’s Kinchyle Bedazzled 11 month well built & mature looking, typy black. Nice planes to her head, good eye shape. Enough neck. Very good angles fore and aft, well sprung ribs and strength over loin and in rear quarters. Well off for coat. Moved soundly on legs of good length. Would benefit with less weight.

3 Dreyfus’ Texas De L’Etang Balancet

Junior Bitch (11,1a)

1 O’Brien’s Maxfield Penny Lane Pale yellow, a neat sort of bitch with a good balance, nothing overdone here. Moderate head and reach of neck, good topline into tailset. Good angles fore and aft. She had good length to her legs with lovely bone and feet, carried a dense short coat and a wrapped tail. Moved out positively with drive.

2 Braddon’s Trendlewood Tiger Lily Scopy pale yellow, with good length of muzzle and a lovely expression, good line over her neck and well laid shoulders. Longer cast, but well ribbed back. Stood on good legs and moved well. In good coat.

3 Findjan’s Magnavalley Moon Light Rossacre

Yearling Bitch (5, 0a)

1 Charlton’s Foxrush Jane Ayre JW Gentle older fashioned sort, pale yellow. Nice almond eye shape in a feminine head. Enough neck into a good front. She had a very good spring of rib and powerful quarters which drove her nicely around the ring. Good length of leg which had lovely bone right down to her neat feet. I liked her calm demeanour. Carried a dense coat with a wrapped tail and moved well.

2 Bidin’s Anudis Nomi Sundancer Pale yellow, moderate head, good eye shape, enough neck and angle to her front. Quite a deep bodied bitch, but she had the leg length to balance that. Good spring of rib, short coupled, strong over loin and in rear. Carried enough coat but would have liked it a bit tidier under her tail. Moved out positively.

3 Casey and Jayes’ Berlan First in Line At Sandylands

Maiden Bitch (3,0)

1 Manning’s Overmarsh Seventh Hour

2 Charlton’s Rocheby Opera Around Foxrush 6 months on the day. A compact black with a sweet head, enough muzzle and neck, good front angulation. Well sprung ribs and a generous forechest. Good bone and coat. Moved true and with a more positive action in this class than a previous one to gain her place.

3 Wallace’s Dreammake For Tiaja (IMP DNK)

Novice Bitch (6, 2a)

1 Lambert’s Mattand Margaux Lovely head, neck and front on this typy bitch. I liked the planes of her skull with the right amount of stop and a good length of muzzle. Good reach of neck into well angulated front, well boned legs and good feet. A scopy sort of girl, well ribbed back, good rear quarters. She had a harsh textured coat, close fitting on her tail and she moved well.

2 Boulden’s Rumhill Bossy Boots

3 Findjan’s Magnavalleys Moon Light Rossacre

Undergraduate Bitch (11, 4a)

1 Lambert’s Mattand Margaux

2 Collins’ Foxrush Joyfull JW Nicely balanced yellow of substance, but not overdone. Well made head and a good eye shape. Enough neck into a good front, deep through the chest and a good spring of rib, short coupled , strong over loins and in rear. Had a short, dense coat, wrapped on tail. Moved soundly.

3 Hoban’s Meadowleigh Turn Back Time

Graduate Bitch (15, 8a)

1 Mills’ Jaybec Winter Wispa JW Balanced pale yellow who had some scope and stood over a lot of ground. Feminine head, good reach of neck and a level topline. Well ribbed back and short coupled. Balanced angles fore and aft. Enough coat and her tail was tidy. She had a lovely length of leg and good feet. In fit condition and moved with drive.

2 Braddon’s Trendlewood Shape Of You Well built pale yellow, good head and eye shape, enough neck and good angles fore and aft. Well sprung ribs, well ribbed back and nicely boned legs of good length. Carried a good coat and moved soundly.

3 Jones’ Hafnau Pheonix

Post Graduate Bitch (8, 2a)

1 Morton and Howard’s Mattriella Maybe This Time For Dakross Classic Black. Took my eye on first look round. Good planes to her skull, nice length of muzzle with good width to it’s profile all the way down to the end. Good reach of neck with a lovely line over her shoulders. Well angulated front, good ribs, short coupled and strong over loin and in rear quarters. Good bone, legs and feet. (I liked that she even sported a pair of Bolo pads.) Carried a good coat with a tidy tail. In fit condition and moved positively. One to watch.

2 Frazer’s Silmarillion Gondolin Upstanding pale yellow. Feminine head, dark pigment but this didn’t detract her pleasant expression. Enough neck, good angles front and rear, very good spring of rib and strong over loin. Stood on a good length of leg and moved well. Carried a short dense coat and good tail.

3 Lapper’s Naiken Evita (ai)

Mid Limit Bitch (8, 1a)

1 Edwards’ Kimbajak Miss Jazz Swinger JW An eye-catching pale yellow, just out of yearling. Appealed for her super balance with a clean outline. Feminine head, almond shaped eye, good length to her muzzle, correct stop. Good line down her neck, over her shoulders into a level topline. Good angulation front and back, strong in loin and quarters. Well boned legs of good length right into her lovely neat feet. She stood true from all angles. In good coat, short and dense. Carried herself well on the move. RCC

2 Deane’s Abbeystead Glamour At Tanronens Scopy pale yellow of good size and substance, feminine head with a gentle expression. Well laid shoulders, longer in back, but well ribbed back, short coupled, strong over loin and well muscled rear. Stood on good length of leg, was well boned and in good coat. Moved around with extension and drive holding her topline.

3 Long’s Carpenny Pheya at Baldevs

Limit Bitch (18,2a)

A lovely class

1 Minchella’s Abbeystead Psion of Haselorhill 5 year old classic black. Feminine head, good planes to her skull with the right amount of stop & muzzle length. Kind eye and expression. She had a lovely flow down her reachy neck, over clean shoulders into a level topline. Well angulated front. She stood over a lot of ground on well boned legs of good length into tidy feet. Good spring of rib, well bodied and ribbed back. Short, dense coat, close to her body and this was reflected in her otter tail. While her rear may not be everyone's cup of tea, being straighter than the modern sort, it did it’s job well, driving her round with good extension, (especially in the challenge), she covered the ground easily and smoothly. A beautiful typy bitch, she had the leg length, size and substance, while retaining a clean outline. She was in fit condition and in full bloom. A credit to her owner for presenting her in such good nick. CC, her third.

2 Bradley’s Nancy’s Special Treasure Substantial young black. Head stronger than my ideal when viewed from the front, but in profile she had good length of muzzle with the right amount of stop. Enough neck and good angles fore and aft. Deep chested, very well sprung ribs and short coupled, she was strong over her loin and well muscled in rear quarters. Well boned. Carried a short, very dense, coat with a nice harsh feel to it and a wrapped tail. Another in full bloom who moved well off that powerful rear.

3 Grinham’s Frant Edith Durham

Open Bitch (12,2a)

1 Carpanini’s SH CH Carpenny Berry Compact sort of typy black, had all the breed essentials of head, coat and tail. Good length of muzzle, correct stop and a kind expression. Enough neck into a well angled front, very good spring of rib, strong over loin with good quarters. Quite deep in body, but she had the right amount of leg to balance her. Lovely bone and a good coat which was harsh feeling in texture and she had a good otter tail. Moved well.

2 Minchella’s Abbeystead Hope Upstanding, substantially built black. Lovely head, good length of muzzle. Another with that sweep down her neck, over shoulder into topline. Well laid shoulders, could do with a fraction more angle to the upper arm, but it had good length. Barrelled ribs, short coupled and she had a well muscled rear. Very good length of leg, good bone and tidy feet. Moved soundly with drive and carried a good coat and tail.

3 Key’s Keydella Kafe Noir

Special Working Dog or Bitch (4, 1a)

1 Powell’s CH Seatallan Yellow Archangel (ai) Darker yellow older fashioned sort. Lovely feminine head, good muzzle, had a good reach of neck into a well angulated front. She also had that flow down her neck/shoulder/topline. This is so pleasing to look at. Well ribbed back, short in couplings and good over rear quarters. She had legs of good length with enough bone. A very honest sort, she presented a picture of balance. Coat good and moved true.

2 Venturi Rose’s Leospring East Indie A scopy upstanding chocolate. Good head proportions with length of muzzle, her eye is a tad light in colour but it didn’t detract her expression. Good neck , well laid shoulder and a level topline. Stood on legs of good length with good bone. Enough coat. She was strong over the loin, good musculature to rear, in fit condition and moved out well.

3 Manning’s Overmarsh Sixpence

Special Show Working Dog or Bitch (2, 0a)

1 Hodge’s CH Naiken Etoile (ai) Sturdily built chocolate Feminine head with good eye colour. Enough neck, good angles fore and aft. She had a big spring of rib and was deep chested, just a tad more leg would have balanced that. Level topline, strong over her loin and had well developed thighs . Good bone and a lovely short dense coat with an otter tail. She was a powerful mover, taking in a lot of ground with extension and drive.

2 Coode’s Warringah’s Gulwarra JW SGWC Well built chocolate. Lovely head and length of muzzle with a good eye colour. Good reach of neck into a well made front, well sprung ribs, short coupled and well boned legs of good length. She carried a good short, dense coat with a wrapped tail. Tended to let her topline go when standing, but she held it when she moved round steadily.

Special Beginners Bitch (5,0a)

1 Findjan’s Magnavalleys Moon Light Rossacre Lovely type of black, pretty head, enough neck, she had good angles fore and aft. Enough leg to balance her quite deep chest. Good spring of rib and short coupled with a well muscled rear. Good bone and coat. She presented a balanced picture and moved well with extension and drive.

2 Kennett’s Magnavalleys Moon Dance Another good type of black, litter sister to 1. Good length of muzzle and nicely shaped eye. Good length of neck, appeared quite long in body, although she was well ribbed back and short coupled. Good front angulation and well developed rear. Carried a good coat and moved soundly.

3 Evans’ Brynlluan Black Diamond at Bowsian