Folkestone Hythe & District Canine Society

FOLKESTONE & HYTHE, March 5, 2023

SHIH TZU – J (10,4a) 1 Yorke & Keree-Bartolo’s Middletune Clementine, beautiful g/w quality puppy of 9 months, she is balanced & just right for age & size, good topline & well set & carried tail, good ribcage well back to the correct loin, such a pretty head & expression with well set eyes & correct nose placement, put down in lovely coat & condition, moved so well particularly in profile, won a very good class. BP & PG4; 2 Turner’s Rossvale Fantastic Dream at Charonnis, solid gold chunky boy, ideal for age & size, very masculine & outgoing, when looking at his head there is no mistaking his sex, lovely expression for correctly placed eyes of a good colour, excellent topline & well set & carried tail, he is well coated & presented in tip top condition, moved well owning the ring & showing much promise; 3 Doran’s Lyndatzu Love Story. PG (9,4) 1 Salt’s Keola Cruz Control, g/w well built boy who was balanced & very mature & well boned, this strong lad just showed his socks off today to win this class, he is well made with a good head & expression, good neck & shoulders, correct topline & tailset, he is well coated & presented to the minute, moved well particularly in profile; 2 R Fantastic Dream at C; 3 Kubis’ Mapimakastar Bunny Hop Tizbuntzu. O (6,3) 1 Beer & Tilley’s Miracey Sand Warrior for Tilbe, g/w dog, there is no mistaking his sex, he stands proud with a good balance & size, mature & in excellent coat & condition, correct movement carried out with ease & joy, really covering the ground & enjoying every minute. Headed a strong class with a super head & expression, good length of ribcage with a short loin & well set tail which was well carried, well boned legs & feet, held a strong topline, showed till the end & took the class, BOB & G2, well done; 2 Salt’s Keola Tailor Maide, such a feminine b/w bitch put down in excellent coat & condition, very pretty head & expression with the correct eye, ear & nose placement, just right in size & outline for a bitch, well set & carried tail & moved with such ease using her correct forequarters to cover the ground with ease & good hind action too. Called her back in for RBOB, for she is quality & deserved the placing; 3 Kubis’ Tiziana Serenissima. VARIETIES – BBE (29, 23) 1 Storey & Piehl’s Ch Kiromol Heaven Can Wait, excellent Ridgeback male from the top drawer, I only had to look at him & I knew who his sire was! Same excellent quality & such a good mover, loved his type, masculine head & expression, excellent neck & shoulders, good ridge & bone, well set & carried tail, one you could never walk past; 2 Searle’s Cravessa’s Bottoms Up, b/w Spanish Water Dog put down in lovely coat & condition, moved well, he is balanced & a good type, of a good size with a masculine head & expression, showed well to win his place in this good class; 3 Wilton-Clark’s Shalfleet Chasing The Sun, Whippet. NBBE (43, 26) 1 Hills & Thornton’s Absolute Afghans Djibouti at Karanak, an old favourite Afghan boy of mine! He just improves with age, managed to shortlist the class down to 7 but still he shone through & took a good class, put down in lovely coat & condition, moving well with his lovely ring tail which is well set; 2 Bucker’s Winterwell Little Itch, GSP bitch I have admired from the ringside & didn’t disappoint when going over her, she is balanced & a lovely type, good feminine head & expression, good neck & strong topline & well set tail, with good bone & feet, moved with style & purpose powering round the ring holding her topline & correct head carriage; 3 Chessell’s Araki Areu The Queen Of Bees for Stylaxian, Tibetan Terrier.

PAM BLAY