• Show Date: 23/05/2025
  • Show Type: Championship Show
  • Judged by: Ed Casey Contact Judge
  • Published Date: 11/08/2025

Bath Canine Society

Breed: Retriever (Chesapeake Bay)

Veteran Dog

Entries: 0 Absentees: 0

Puppy Dog

Entries: 1 Absentees: 0

1ST 4403 - Battsrock Smoke On The Water (Mrs D & Mr T Herring)

Up to size dog, masculine head, moderate stop, pleasing eye shape and colour. Has good bone and feet, moderate front angulation, needs to firm in topline, body developing well tail well set and carried. Could be more positive moving.

Junior Dog

Entries: 0 Absentees: 0

Post Graduate Dog

Entries: 1 Absentees: 0

1ST 4394 - Pixiesrock Maestro Cadenza (Mrs F C Bament)

Nicely headed dog with a pleasing head and expression, small ears, correct eye colour. Has a good front, bone and neat compact feet, deep body, well ribbed back but longer in loin. Moderate rear angulation, oily coat but could be more dense. Moves positively in profile, pins a little coming toward, could carry a little more weight to advantage.

Limit Dog

Entries: 1 Absentees: 0

1ST 4413 - Oakmarsh Haunting Howl (ai) (Miss C A Pont)

Longer in head and muzzle, would prefer cleaner lips, front angulation could be better and could be better in bone and feet, soft in topline, well muscled rear. Needs a better coat, moved erratically and was quite unsettled here.

Open Dog

Entries: 2 Absentees: 0

1ST 4405 - Sh Ch Arnac Bay Huron at Bergelle JW (Mrs M V & Mr J & Mr J Mahon-Hunns & Hunns & Newton)

Medium sized well balanced dog. Super head and eye of good balance, the best of forehands, just right before bone and with need compact feet. Firm in body and topline well ribbed and developed all through, excellent muscletone and a sound free easy mover with a smooth effortless gait, shown in optimum condition and correct coat of good texture. DCC & BOS

2ND 4398 - Glaneils Count On Me (Mr S A & Mrs C L Broomfield)

More moderate dog, beautiful head, eye shape and colour. Not the bone and substance of 1 but well balanced in his angulation and moves accordingly, has superb feet. Well developed body and shown in excellent coat and condition, moves steadily in all directions. RCC

Special Beginners

Entries: 3 Absentees: 0

1ST 4397 - Oakmarsh Laurel JW (Mrs L & Mr L & Miss K Blaber)

The best for head and substance here, good body and bone, slightly long cast, moves on a long positive stride, not in her best jacket here, still needs time to develop a little more all through.

2ND 4401 - Oakmarsh Kingsley Adsila (Miss A & Mr S Corcoran & Jones)

Medium siz3d and compact in outline, a bit lose in lip line, pleasing front and balance, completely out of coat and needs more substance all through, moves quite positively in profile .

3RD 4408 - Oakmarsh Land of Promise of Roguehart (Miss A & Mrs N Mellersh-Tett)

Veteran Bitch

Entries: 2 Absentees: 0

1ST 4406 - Sh Ch Arnac Bay Flax (Mrs C S Mayhew)

12 year old bitch who looks incredible for her age, in fantastic coat and condition, beautiful head and clear eyes, good bone and the best of feet, deep and well ribbed body, perhaps a little soft in topline, well muscled quarters, deep well ribbed body, moved very positively in all directions.

2ND 4412 - Sh Ch Oakmarsh Dancing Diva VW (Miss C A Pont)

2nd of pleasing static balance, a bit narrow in head but wedge shaped, ok front angulation, has enough bone, could be firmer in pasterns. Body has good depth, firm in topline, steep in croup, well muscled rear and in good coat with oily texture. Could be more positive moving.

Puppy Bitch

Entries: 3 Absentees: 0

1ST 4407 - Bb's Chesapeake Breeding Dory for Arnac (Imp Che) (Mrs C S Mayhew)

Medium sized bitch, of pleasing size and substance, has good bone and feet, still needing to develop in head as it should be, I liked her expression. Excellent body and ribbing, pleasing front, well muscled rear, has good width in her quarters. Needs to settle in front action, very positive moving in profile. BP

2ND 4395 - Battsrock Ashes to Ashes (Mrs S Baxandall)

Excellent bone and substance, pleasing head although looking a little long in muzzle as yet, liked her expression, good bone and feet although she needs to firm in her pasterns. Well ribbed body and has good substance all through. Firm in the rear, sounds and positive on the move in all directions.

3RD 4411 - Battsrock Carolina (Mr G & Mrs J E Constable & Morton)

Junior Bitch

Entries: 3 Absentees: 0

1ST 4397 - Oakmarsh Laurel JW (Mrs L & Mr L & Miss K Blaber)

As previous class

2ND 4415 - Oakmarsh Little Acorn JW Ratn (Miss K Watts)

Up to size but well balanced and needs to firm all through. Still needing to develop in front and chest as yet, good bone and substance, firm in body and condition, needing to develop all through, longer in loin. Well muscled rear. Shown in good coat.

3RD 4408 - Oakmarsh Land of Promise of Roguehart (Miss A & Mrs N Mellersh-Tett)

Post Graduate Bitch

Entries: 5 Absentees: 0

1ST 4396 - Battsrock So Fine (Mrs S Baxandall)

A comfortable winner of this class, of pleasing size and balance, has substance but in no way overdone. Liked her head shape and eye colour, pleasing front, bone and feet, could be firmer in front movement, pleasing body and substance well muscled rear, could have a better tail carriage. In excellent oily coat.

2ND 4401 - Oakmarsh Kingsley Adsila (Miss A & Mr S Corcoran & Jones)

As per Special beginners bitch

3RD 4414 - Oakleaf Manor Bay of Oakmarsh JW (Imp Deu) Rati (Miss K Watts)

Limit Bitch

Entries: 3 Absentees: 0

1ST 4400 - Glaneils Don’t Worry Be Happy (Mrs C & Mr S & Mrs M & Mr J Broomfield & Broomfield & Mahon-Hunns & Newton)

Head of correct balance, dark eyes with a pleasing shape and colour. Pleasing balance and substance, excellent bone and feet, well angulated front, firm in body and topline well ribbed body well muscled quarters, moves very positively in all directions, shown in excellent coat and condition, moved very positively in all directions.

2ND 4410 - Arnac Bay Jellicoe JW (J & C Middleton & Mayhew)

More adolescent than 1, appealing head and front, enough bone and good feet, body developing well, firm in topline, would prefer a better tail set and carriage, moved positively in all directions on an easy stride. Firm in body and shown with optimum muscletone.

3RD 4404 - Battsrock Sweet Child O Mine Wgc (Mrs D & Mr T Herring)

Open Bitch

Entries: 2 Absentees: 0

1ST 4409 - Sh Ch Arnac Bay Hebe Wgc ShCEx Ew22 (J & C Middleton & Mayhew)

Well balanced bitch who eats up the ground moving in a long stride, totally true fore and aft and with a superb profile action. She has a good head and eyes moderate stop. Well angulated front, shoulders well positioned, has excellent bone and substance, the best of feet, deep and well developed body and a firm level topline, had the edge in rear and coat here. CC & BOB.

2ND 4399 - Glaneils Daydream Believer (Mrs C & Mr S & Mrs M & Mr J Broomfield & Broomfield & Mahon-Hunns & Newton)

2nd Head of pleasing shape, moderate stop. Muscular neck of medium length, good front bone and feet. Firm well ribbed body, strong loin, she has good width in her quarters and they are well muscled. Hocks could be a little more let down but she she moves out with accuracy and enthusiasm, RCC