Southern English Setter Society

Southern English Setter Society Breed Club Championship Show

Sunday 16th November 2025 - English Setter Bitches

Judge - Mr Steve Collier (Roszarke)

It was a pleasure to judge at SESS and thank you to all the committee / stewards for organising a very enjoyable and friendly show. It was good to see some promising young bitches coming through. Overall, I was looking for bitches with the correct balance and elegance, but also the substance and conditioning needed in a gundog. In agreement with my co-judge, BOB was the bitch “Dutch Ch. Fishwick Play It Cool” and Best Puppy was the bitch “Bushbane Celtic Envoy”.

Minor Puppy Bitch - 3 entries

1. Rumble’s Bushbane Celtic Envoy – Young 7m O/B puppy making her debut in the show ring today. Balanced lean head with pleasing expression and dark eye. Good substance, with rounded bone, well ribbed, level top line and good angulation. Moved well when settled with good forward reach and positive rear drive. Pleased to award her best puppy bitch. Should have a promising future.

2. Wynne-Evans Droveborough One Love – A young 6m tri puppy still finding her feet in the show ring. Loved her lean head and soft expression. Well-constructed with correct neck and shoulders and good angulation. Moved steady and true with good tail action. Just lacking the maturity of 1 today.

3. Askew’s Droveborough Hey Jude

Puppy Bitch – 3 entries

1. Reid’s Diersett Moon Of The Skies – 9m O/B puppy with balanced outline and clean over neck and shoulders. Lean feminine head with pleasing expression and dark eye. Level top line with good tail set. Well bodied up with tight feet, moved with drive and good head carriage.

2. Wynne-Evans Droveborough One Love – Repeat of 2nd in Minor Puppy

3. Askew’s Droveborough Hey Jude

Veteran Bitch – 2 entries (1 absent)

1. Rumble’s Jotunheim Ooh La La – 8 years O/B with a clean outline. Pleasing head and expression with dark eye. Good body properties, with correct bone and angulation. Moved well with level top line and slashing tail action. Shown in full coat and hard condition.

Junior Bitch – 6 entries (1 absent)

1. William’s Goldbirch Northern Disco at Skippit – Elegant B/B with balanced outline. Lean head with soft expression and dark eye. Level topline, short coupled, with good bone and correct angulation. Shown in good coat and condition. Moved very well, going true and straight with slashing tail action.

2. Beasley’s Latjeata Cup of Kindness - Attractive O/B with good reach of neck and level top line giving an elegant outline. Loved her lean head, dark eye and low set ears making a soft feminine expression. Once settled moved well using tail throughout. Shown in good coat and condition.

3. Kerr’s Latjeata Angel Blue

Yearling Bitch – 6 entries (1 absent)

1. Welburn’s Oshowa Just A Dream – Stylish B/B with elegant lean head, dark eye and soft expression. Lovely balanced outline with level top line, strong rear quarters and good layback of shoulder. Well-made bitch shown in good condition. Moved with good rear drive, straight front, high head carriage and slashing tail.

2. Kerr’s Latjeata Angel Blue – Dark B/B bitch. Well-constructed with correct shoulders and good bend of stifle. Balanced lean head with dark expressive eyes. Pleasing to go over, level top line and moved steady and true.

3. Tompsett’s Radbrooks Walk Of Life

Novice Bitch – 7 entries (2 absent)

1. Weller’s Sharnyx Amazing Grace – Elegant tri with clean outline and elegant neck and shoulders. Lean head with pleasing expression and dark eye. Good body properties, with straight front, correct bone and good angulation. Moved best in class on the day, true and straight with good tail action.

2. Bayliss’s Dyrham Girl On Fire - Tri bitch shown in good coat. Clean over neck and shoulders. Balanced head with soft expression. Level top line and good angulation. Nice tight feet. Moved a little wide which spoiled her outline on the move today.

3. Passey’s Culverwell Touch My Heart

Graduate Bitch – 7 entries (2 absent)

1. Taylor & Atyeo’s Ravensett Cappuccino with Samelen – Elegant tri with clean balanced outline with no exaggerations and correct layback of shoulder / strong rear angulation. Not the biggest bitch but looked the part today. Lean head with pleasing expression and eye. Short coupled, correct bone and good angulation. Moved best in class on the day, true and straight with correct tail carriage.

2. Bennet’s Wansleydale Busy As A Bee at Caprow - Tri bitch shown in good coat and condition. Larger type than 1 but still looked the part both standing and on the move. Feminine expression with balanced lean head. Well bodied up with tight feet, strong quarters and moved with drive and good head carriage. Preferred the outline of 1 today.

3. Ridsdill’s Sharnyx She’s So Pretty

Post Graduate Bitch - 3 entries

 3 nice bitches that could easily change places on another day.

1. Hutchinson & Dennis’s Mariglen My Heart Will Go On With Monaysbridge – Smart B/B bitch with everything in proportion and balanced outline. Shown in good coat and condition. Feminine head with soft expression, dark eye and low set ears. Correct conformation with good reach of neck, good layback of shoulders and level top line. Happy on the move, driving from the rear, straight in front and good tail action.

2. Sykes’s Sharnyx Springtime at Daraquist – Well-made O/B with elegant outline. Good reach of neck, well laid-back shoulders and level top line giving a clean balanced outline. Moved well, driving from strong rear quarters and straight in front. Soft feminine expression with balanced lean head and dark eye. Pushed hard for 1st place, just lacking the coat on the day.

3. Ridsdill’s Sharnyx Reyn Fall

Limit Bitch – 6 entries (2 absent)

Another strong class with the final placings just coming down to some minor points.

1. Welburn’s Oshowa Dream Come True – B/B bitch that caught my eye with her elegant outline and presentation. Balanced throughout with a good reach of neck, clean over shoulders and strong rear quarters. Feminine head and expression with low set ears and dark eye. I liked her movement, driving from the rear, straight in front and good tail action. Shown in excellent coat and condition. Pleased to award her the RCC.

2. Williams’s Bournehouse Satin and Lace – Mature B/B bitch shown in full coat and condition.

Clean in outline with level top line and correct tail set. Good body properties, with straight front, correct bone and good angulation clean over shoulders and strong rear quarters. Feminine head and expression with low set ears and dark eye. Good movement, driving from the rear, straight in front and good tail action. Pushed hard for 1st place.

3. Felton-Blyth’s Wansleydale Sky Angel at Felsett

Open Bitch – 12 entries (7 absent)

1. Deville’s Dutch Ch. Fishwick Play It Cool – Tri bitch, balanced throughout without exaggeration and everything in proportion. Looked good both standing and on the move. Lovely lean head, dark eye and appealing expression. Excels with reach of neck and lay back of shoulders with strong rear quarters. Moved freely with natural high head carriage and good driving rear action using her tail correctly. Shown in excellent coat and condition. Couldn’t be denied the CC today and pleased to see her go BIS.

2. Beasley’s Sh. Ch. Wansleydale Mayflower at Latjeata – B/B bitch shown in good condition and well presented. Balanced compact outline with good reach of neck, lay back of shoulder and level top line. Lovely head with dark eye and pleasing expression. Moved well for handler with good head carriage, true effortless movement, good tail action and powerful driving action from the rear.

3. Montell’s Culverwell Cast A Spell

Special Beginners Bitch – 5 entries (1 absent)

1. William’s Goldbirch Northern Disco at Skippit – Repeat of 1st in Junior Bitch

2. Bennet’s Wansleydale Busy As A Bee at Caprow – Repeat of 2nd in Graduate Bitch

3. Kerr’s Latjeata Angel Blue