• Show Date: 12/09/2025
  • Show Type: Championship Show
  • Judged by: Espen Engh Contact Judge
  • Published Date: 23/10/2025

Darlington Dog Show Society Ltd

Breed: Basenji

Basenjis Darlington 2025

Veteran Dog (2,1)

1. Ch. Int.Ir.Lux.Ch. Westlawn Diablo

Ten year old, strong, masculine dog, well up on legs and stylish. Strong head with a bit more skull than I prefer and could do with better wrinkles. Hooded ears, well sized, if somewhat wide set. Medium eye colour. Strong neck with a nape. Firm and straight topline, Quitew ell set tail with a tweist. Coudld ow with somre more shelf. Good front, moderately angulated behind. In a very good coat and excellent ricolour colour. He moved with style and carriage around the ring, pleasing coming and going. Best Veteran

Puppy Dog (1)

1. M Wami’s Up Ready To Go To Mawali

At lmost eight months old, this dog has acome a long weay in his development. He is well balanced with very pleasing length of lelg. Mascline without being big. Very typical head with very pleasing proporions, excellent wrinkles, well set and hooded ears. Very pleaisgni expression from his almost shaped eyes. Good rise of neck. Moderate, balanced angulation both ends. Firm topine, well set tail, well twsitsed. At this time, he is a bit down in his pastern. A firm, sound mover.

Limit Dog (2)

1. Lelaps Timelord

A tylish dog, well up on legs and shorot bodied. He hasa strong, masculine head, quitew well shaped. Well set and arried hooded ears. Pleasing expression, enough wrinkles. Medium loong neck, could be better set. Good front. Very pleasing topline, well set t\and carried tail. Moderate, balanced angulation behind. He moved well coming and going, with excellent carriage from the side, however a bit high stepping in front. Excellent xoat.

2. Bahaticca’s Waikiki

MasBalanced angulation. Would prefer a stronger pastern. Good coat and deep red colour. He was very incosnisnstent on the move, most of the time not doing his best, but in momments he moved quitew ell from the side and from ooboehind, tending to toe in in front.

Open Dog (5)

1. Am.Ch. Klassic’s Cloudside Walker

A dog of eellent type and quality. He combined being masculine with excellent sixe and with elegance. Typical head, not overdone in any way. Very good wrinkels and hooded ear. MØedium neck, well set, Short and frim topline, well set tail with ia shelf. Balanced angulation both ends. Lovey coat and colour. He opened up very well ineeded in movement from the side and wass stable coming towards me, acceptable from behind. CC.

2. Ch.Ir.Ch. Swanwite Take A Chance On Me

An instantly eyecathinc dog with plenty of quality, larger in size and very amsuclie. Another with a well a\shaped and propironed head, not much stop. Excellent strength of muzzle and a very good underhaw. His crowning gloroy however is ihis long and well crested neck. Firm tpoline, well set tail. Very moderate return of upper arm, correcntly angulated behind. He used his beautiful neck very well on the ove and moved with style and prevision. ResCC.

3. Ch. Int.Multi.Ch. Bushwacker Oceans Eleven

Puppy Bitch (3)

1. Here We Go Again At Swanwite

Well gwon tricolour bitch, she has exclelnt length of leg and a logn neck to make a aveyr attractive outline on the stack. Very good skull, hooded ears of very good size. Could dow tih some more fill under her eyes. Beautfiul long an crestee neck. Moder<te angulation in front,. LLExcellent opline, well set and curled tail. Ample angulation behd. Beatufiul coat and colour. Like the others in theis class, she did not quite appreciated the rainy eaether and only at times moved as well as I am sure he can. Best Puppy

2. Convica She’s Got The Look

Very feminine bitch, stylish. She is small, but well within the setranard and has enough length of leg. Excelelnt exprpession, well wrinkled and with dark expfessive eyes. Mdeium neck. Firm, short otpline. Her tail could be higher set. Balancaed angulation both ends. She moved quitew ell, espcaiklly from the side in spite of the weather conntions.

3. Alchez Sky Ain’t The Limit

Junior Bitch (1)

1. Alchez Live For The Night

Black and white bitch, eight months old. She ahs as well shaped ffeminine head, could o with better wrinkling, darkeste of eeys, well placed and shaped Medium neck. Strong and rrimt ptline, Just enough length of leg. Her tail is well set, but could be better curled. Blanaced angulation botoh ends. Exclellnt oar quality. She moved soundly coming and going, but pulling on the lead and then loosing a biti of her carriage and sowmhat staccato in her movement.

Limit Bitch (1,1)

Open Bitch (6,1)

1. Ch. Tokaji Moon Over Miami With Mutoko JW ShCex Osw

Quite a fomcrotable winner of the class. She is a very baueiufl mover. Well up on lelgs and very stylish. Typical head, feminine and with good wrinkles. Well placed hooded ears. Long neck with an attracgive nape. Strong front. I would not want any more angulation either ednds. Deep and capacious body without loosing the fryness and the gazelle like impression. Wwll set tail, could havd a somewhata tighter curl to it. By far the best mover in the class, typical suppole and swining action. Stood out for quality, type and movement. CC & BOB.

2. Justartee This Is Me JW CjW25 Be.Ir.Nl.Lux.Dt Jr.Ch.

Well balance dbith, well up on legs LShe is still obviously younger. Attracgive head, well wrinkled and with an excellent expression. Ideal top. Very good ears. Long and elegang neck. Typical modeate, balanced angulation both ends. Well set and culre dtail. She was wuite in cosinste in her movement today, jumpiong aorud quite a log and not omaking the bse of herself, but in glimses you could see a good moving bitfh. Somwehwat down in her pastetnss and her feet could be tighter. ResCC.

3. Ch. Tokaji Memphis Belle

Espen Engh (Norway), judge