Driffield Championship Dog Show

DRIFFIELD CHAMP SHOW (49TH SHOW) 23RD AUGUST 2025

WEIMARANER

Thank you to the exhibitors that entered under me, I had a lovely quality entry and was very happy with my winners. I thoroughly enjoyed my day, and thanks also to Driffield Championship Dog Show for the kind invite to judge.

The breed has quite a variation in type than it did when I first started, but I was looking for a medium sized, moderate and balanced dog that the breed standard calls for. Together with balanced correct angulation, a length of body that is greater than its height to withers, not a square dog, a level topline and movement that is effortless with reach and drive. To find a dog that also has the preferred silver grey colour is the icing on the cake. It was disappointing to find a few dogs that were overweight and even lacked a waist, this is a working breed and they should be fit for function and be able to do a days work in the field.

SBD (1)

1. Jennings’s Wallaroo Romeo JW. 3 year old with a pleasing outline. Good head proportions and correct ear length. Clean neck into well laid back shoulders and corresponding upper arm. Moderate rear angulation with a good bend of stifle. Would prefer a slightly better topline, as it tends to fall away to his tail when he is stacked. He moved well. BSBIB.

VD (3)

1. McMahon’s Ir Sh Ch Silverkelvin Jupiter Over Magdala VW CW22. 7 year old who is smart in outline with an aristocratic air about him, and a lovely coat of a silver grey colour. Head of correct proportions, moderate stop and median line. Straight forelegs, moderate length of neck into a good layback of shoulder and a level topline. Moderate rear angulation, and well muscled all over. Moved well around the ring. BVIB.

2. Snaith’s Skilaki Move On Up To Bifonda JW. 7 year old of a good type and liked his balanced outline. Beautiful head and expression, median line and good ear length. Straight forelegs and good bone. Excellent front assembly and matching rear angulation. Level topline and preferred his length of back to 1, but he was a bit heavy overall today and was struggling a bit in the heat. Excellent length of rib to correct short loin. Moved ok but not giving his all today.

3. Maclaine & Dickson’s Greyspirit Rock Star From Hantzburg JW ShCEx OSW VW

MPD (0)

PD (2)

1. Charlish’s Gunalt The Morning After. 11 month old, liked him for his clean outline and his medium size and he was moderate throughout with nothing overdone. Some work to his head, depth to flew and good ear length. He is clean in neck which flows into a level topline, I would prefer more length to his body to finish the picture. He is correct in coat which is of a good colour. He moved out on a good stride. BPD.

2. Hawkin’s Schonhund Show At The Oscars. Almost 12 months old, he has a pleasing outline with correct proportions. He has a lovely masculine head with good proportions. Straight forelegs and a good depth to chest. Correct fore and aft angulation, with a good return of upper arm. Level topline and I preferred his length of back but overall a bigger and heavier type than 1 with a darker coat. Moved well around the ring.

JD (4)

1. Whitehead’s Gunalt Back Chat From Stridview. Almost 18 months old he is well put together and has a pleasing clean outline and is medium sized and moderate throughout. Masculine head with correct proportions. Moderately long neck into good shoulders and flows into a level topline, would just prefer a little more length of body for balance. Lovely rear quarters that are well muscled and a good bend of stifle. He moved very well around the ring.

2. Guthrie’s Sireva Mayhem. 15 months old medium sized moderate dog of a silver grey colour. Typical in head with correct proportions, moderate stop, median line and work in his head. Correct length of ear with fold. Moderate angulation fore and aft. He tends to tense his topline on the stack but when relaxed shows a level topline. Moved well.

3. Cain’s Lustamusk Star Ship Trooper

PGD (1)

1. Buckley’s Brownbank Juniper JW. 18 month old smart boy in outline and very well muscled. Head of good proportions with a lovely big nose, and excellent length of ear. Clean moderately long neck into well placed shoulders and good return of upper arm. He is deep in chest and has a level topline. Lovely rear angulation with a good width to second thigh. I would just prefer more length of body. Moved out on a good stride showing reach and drive.

LD (4)

1. Thwaites & Woodward-Thwaites’s Sireva Rambler (A.I.). 2 year old who is classic and typey in outline, a balanced medium sized dog and moderate throughout, with a lovely silver grey coat to top it off. Really coming into his own now. Lovely head with lots of work in it, a kind expression with a good eye colour and lovely pigment. He has a good front assembly, with a good length of upper arm, clean neck flowing into a level topline. Well muscled throughout and displaying good width to second thigh. Moved very well. RCC.

2. Robson’s Kalimor Washington At Robricci JW. 2 ½ year old who I liked in outline with correct body proportions. He has a lovely head, and kind expression, showing median line and correct ear length. Straight forelegs and deep in chest. Correct length of back with ribs well back to a short loin. Moved well on a good stride.

3. Henderson’s Sabsky Brno At Nikostratus

OD (3)

1. Simpson’s Ch Sireva Emeyefive JW. A 4 year old and my notes say ‘Typical Weimaraner’ and for me he is what the breed standard calls for. Excellent silver grey colour and beautiful pigment, medium sized with nothing overdone. Love his flowing and clean outline from his nose to his tail. Correct head proportions with a moderate stop, good depth to flew and correct ears, and a big nose to take in all that scent. Clean moderately long neck that flows into well laid back shoulders, and into a level topline. He has a good return of upper arm, and is deep in chest. Correct body proportions in that he is longer than he is tall, and also correct leg length, being equal to the distance from the top of withers to the elbow. Moderate rear angulation and hocks well let down. He moved out on a very good stride and was true from all angles. CC and BOB.

2. Phillips’s Sh Ch Rivertone Retrograde. 2 year old smart boy of differing type to 1. Liked his body proportions and length of back. Beautiful but masculine head with a kind expression, and lovely length of ear. Clean neck into a good front assembly. Level topline and correct underline. Just preferred the medium size of 1. Showed good reach and drive in profile movement.

3. Hawkins’s Smilek Fernando JW

SBB (3)

1. Kallasilya Swan River Daisy. 3 year old won this class on her maturity and typical outline. Handler doesn’t always get the best out of her to show her off. Correct head proportions, moderate stop and good fold to ear. She is moderate throughout with correct balanced angulation fore and aft, and she holds a level topline. Moved ok.

2. Lord’s Chilternway Coriandrum. 6 month old raw puppy who has a pleasing outline with good proportions, she is moderate but would just prefer more angulation. Sweet head and expression. Good height to length ratio and a level topline. Moved ok.

3. Jennings’s Wallaroo Red Dwarf

VB (3)

1. Maclaine & Dickson’s Greyspirit Hopes N'dreams JW ShCEx OSW VW. 8 year old who has a classic flowing outline with good body proportions and length of back. Lovely head with moderate stop, amber eye and excellent ear with correct fold. Liked her for her clean neck that flowed into her shoulders and level topline. Good layback of shoulder and return of upper arm. Moved well around the ring.

2. Cain’s Schonhund Show Tallulah At Lustamusk. Another lovely veteran, 7 year old who is nice in outline and moderate throughout. Good head proportions and kind expression. She has balanced angulation fore and aft, a level topline and a slight slope to her croup. Correct height to length ratio. Moved ok.

3. Upton-Lovett & Upton’s Sh Ch Gunalt Lustrous With Roydack ShCEx VW

MPB (3)

1. Dyer & Oddie’s Rivertone Wicked For Sharnphilly. 8 month old and what a lovely puppy she is, so pretty, beautiful silver grey colour and loved her front assembly, already showing depth to her chest. She has good head proportions, median line and a lovely length of ear. Straight forelegs and a good return of upper arm. For balance I would just prefer more moderate rear angulation, but she is a baby and still developing. Moved out well on a good stride.

2. Lord’s Chilternway Coriandrum. See 2 in SBB.

3. Jennings’s Wallaroo Red Dwarf

PB (3)

1. Rayner & Maskell’s Enjager Elegance For Brownbank JW. 11 month old beautifully balanced puppy with excellent moderate front and rear angulation. Correct head proportions with moderate stop, depth to flew and work in her head. The cleanest of necks into a well laid back shoulder and a level topline, which she holds well on the move. Good depth of chest, to her elbow, and correct height to length ratio. She has plenty of substance but still very feminine. Moved out very well at all angles. BPB and BPIB, and delighted to see she was Gundog Puppy Group 4.

2. Dyer & Oddie’s Rivertone Wicked For Sharnphilly. See 1 in MPB.

3. Phillip’s Rivertone Defying Gravity

JB (2)

1. Simpson’s Sireva Maze. 15 month old of the preferred silver grey colour with a beautiful classic outline and shape. Pretty head of correct proportions with median line and depth to flew. Clean neck into a good front assembly, straight forelegs and a level topline. Liked her correct body proportions, her medium size, and moderate angulation. Moved very well.

2. Cain’s Lustamusk Star Mississippi. 13 month old with a pleasing outline, she is correct in head proportions with a moderate stop and good ear. Preferred the head and expression of 1. She has the correct height to length ratio with a level topline, and has balanced moderate angulation fore and aft. Moved ok.

PGB (4)

1. Kelly’s Vansant Vixen. 20 month old and developing nicely, liked her for her medium size and her balance, she is typical in outline. Loved her head and expression and eye colour, with moderate stop and lovely ear length. Clean neck that flows into a level topline and correct height to length ratio.  Just right for her age. Moved very well around the ring.

2. McLoughlin’s Kalimor Tailor. 2 ½ year old who I liked for her balanced outline and body proportions. Kind expression with good head proportions, just preferred the head of 1. Straight forelegs, moderate angulation fore and aft, level topline and good bend of stifle. Moved well.

3. Hostler’s Theondale Margot JW

LB (6)

1. Rowbury & Tranquada’s Rivertone Confetti Over Stormdancer. 2 years old and a beautifully balanced bitch of good colour and a medium size. Loved her flowing moderate outline. She has a beautiful head and expression with an amber eye, and correct fold to her ears. Clean neck into a lovely correct front assembly, level topline and well ribbed back to a short loin. Correct height to length ratio. Her correct moderate angulation enabled her to move effortlessly around the ring. CC and delighted this gave her her title.

2. Simpson’s Sireva Emseesee. Another beautiful bitch, 2 years old and the preferred silver grey colour. She has a classic Weimaraner outline, and is moderate and medium sized. Loved her head and expression, and correct length of neck that flows into a level topline. Excellent front angulation with a good return of upper arm, and forechest, and matching rear angulation with well let down hocks. Moved well but just preferred the movement of 1 today.

3. Robson’s Kalimor Nancy At Robricci JW

OB (4)

1. West’s Sh Ch Gunalt Wavelength JW ShCEx OSW. 5 year old and very worthy champion, who displays such a lovely clean classic outline, and love her overall type being medium sized with nothing overdone. She has a pretty head of the correct proportions and a lovely amber eye giving a kind expression. Moderate length of neck, good depth of chest and a level topline, and correct moderate tuck up. She moved out on a good smooth stride. Considered her for the CC but just preferred the front angulation and reach of the limit winner today. RCC.

2. Maclaine & Dickson’s Greyspirit Purdue CJW17 CVW24 JW ShCM ShCEx VW CW22. She belies her age of 9 ½ years old, and she still displays such a beautiful classic outline and is in super condition. Beautiful head and expression with correct proportions and a median line, clean neck into a correct front assembly. She has a good height to length ratio with a level topline, and ribbed well back. She moved out well on a good stride.

3. Pavey & Evan’s Rivertone Inevitable At Joneva

Judge: Debbie Wallwork (Braefell)