Northwich & District Canine Society

Northwich & District Canine Society - 15th June 2025

 Judge: Duncan Busuttil (Berseydale)

I would like to thank all the exhibitors who entered their dogs under me. It was an absolute pleasure and a most enjoyable day judging the gundog breeds at the Northwich & District Canine Society Premier Open Show. It was a privilege to go over so many quality dogs. I greatly appreciated the sporting attitude of everyone - thank you for your support and good spirits throughout the day. I would also like to thank my steward, who helped me during my judging and make the day a calm and relaxed experience.

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Retriever (Curly Coated)

PD (1,0) 

1. Dooley’s Violeta Mariposa Horace Du Moulin Du Paulu - Res. Best of Breed/ Best Puppy in Breed – 10 month old male of correct type, size and proportions. Have good substance and correct bone. Excellent crisp coat curls. Correct angulations and already packing some good muscle. Carried himself very well around the ring with correct tail carriage. A quality and very promising pup.

PGD/B (2,0) 

1. Gill and Peake’s Ravenho Midnight Miracle at Saxonholme - Best of Breed – A lovely elegant female of good size and proportions. Correct head and neck, angles on both front and rear and good bone all over. Very good muscle tone that stated power and strength and well enough chest. Correct coat coverage with curls of excellent texture. She moved very well showing power around the ring.

2. Green’s Ravenho Comradai Cymro – A dog with very similar characteristics to 1, just thought that 1had better angulations at the rear.

Retriever (Chesapeake Bay)

OD/B (3,1) 

1. Pont’s Amore of Ridsome - Best of Breed – A lovely female of good size and proportions. Lovely head and expression, correct eyes and bite. Coat of excellent texture, dense with well enough insulation. Correct angulation on both front and rear. Excellent dept of chest and body with good muscle and showing power. Moved very well around the ring with an ease stride.

2. Rigby’s ShCh Chesepi Waco – A male of great qualities as mentioned for 1, just thought he was a tad heavier then I liked but same as 1, both are an excellent breed example.

Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)

PB (1,0) 

1. How’s Sawbridge Cairdeas - Best Puppy in Breed – A nice young female with a lovely temperament. Correct size and proportions. Loved her expression. Coat in good shape, and tail well feathered. Lovely angles both in front and rear and moved well around the ring. She looks very promising.

JB (1,0) 

1. Ormond’s Tarnlaikers Ice Spice. – A female with correct size and proportions. Correct head, bite and expression and a lovely temperament. Both front and rear angles are correct. She moved well around the ring carrying her well feathered tail correctly. Just thought that she needs more maturing which is expected at this age.

PGD/B (5, 1) 

1. Warren’s Afonbach Dreamfyre at Shorrocks JW - Res. Best of Breed – A 3 year old female of excellent size, type and temperament. Correct head proportions and bite, a nice clean neck that flows into a level topline. Good angles all over, correct coat and tail feathering. Moved well around the ring.

2. Burgess’s Redmanhey’s Comte de la Fere – A male of good size and temperament. Correct head and expression and bite. Good dept of chest with well sprung ribs. Coat of good texture and well feathered tail that he carried very well around the ring. Just thought that the front was a bit narrower then expected at this age.

3. Brand’s Coedhelyg Jingle all the Way

Res. How’s Sawbridge Lochbuie

OB (1,0) 

1. Adshead’s Afonbach Syrax JW – Best of Breed - A female of good quality, size and proportions. She is very much typical of what the breed should look like. Nice flowing lines and correct angles on both from and rear. Lovely head and expression, correct bite, well strong body and a glooming shiny coat with good feathering on a non-stop lashing tail. Was such a joy to see her move around the ring.

Retriever (Labrador)

PD/B (6,0) 

1. Young’s Fourjays Comets Carnival – Puppy in Breed - A 10-month-old very promising male, with such a handsome head.  Has well muscled neck and well-placed shoulders. He scores in bone, front assembly and angulation, Good barrelled ribs with correct tail and great coat condition.

2. Percival’s Fourjays Hold up a Light – A young bitch with same qualities and worthiness as 1. It was a very close tie between both, but just thought she needed a little less weight on her.

3. Macmanus-Barthram’s Danru Olympia’s Iris Star

Res Pickin’s Edenwood Hinch

VHC Young’s Fourjays Sassy Said it All

JD/B (3,1) 

1. Percival’s Fourjays Hold up a Light – Same as above.

2. Smith’s  Binnaig Sea Barnacle on Flyenpyg JW – A male of correct size and proportions. Correct head and expression. Good strong jaws and correct bite. He has good depth of chest and correct bone and front assembly. Moved well around the ring though would have preferred a lower tail carriage and more bent of stifle.

PGB (2,1) 

1. Young’s Huntress Happy Kissat Fourjays (imp Ukr) – Res. Best of Breed - A female with a nice head and long and sloping shoulders. Well boned throughout. She scores in front angulation, well sprung barrel ribs and depth of chest. Correct angles both in front and rear and a lovely coat. Moved very well around the ring with correct tail action. Very well fit for purpose.

OD (2,1) 

1. Smith’s Flyenpyg Jurgen Chop JW – Best of Breed - This male caught my eye on entering the ring. He has a broad skull with such a kind intelligent expression.  He has good depth and width of chest, and well sprung barrel ribs.  Good angulation front and back.  Well-muscled throughout with no excess weight.  A true mover coming and going. Another example of fit for purpose!

Retriever (Flat Coated)

PD/B (3,0) 

1. Bellamy’s Moontorn Chasing the Dream – Best Puppy in Breed - A quality female puppy which is a very happy youngster with pleasing head, dark eyes and soft intelligent expression. She has a racy outline and is very well boned. Strong neck with well laid shoulders, with level topline and correct short square loin. Moderate bend of stifle, well muscled hindquarters especially for one so young with good width of the second thigh. She stood four square and was shown in great condition. She also moved with great drive.

2. Bellamy & Nicklin’s  Moontorn Count on Me – A male which I later got to know is litter brother to 1. Looked very similar in quality which got him really close to her but thought that 1 had a slight better front assembly which got her first.

3. Walker & Roberts’s Seaheart Frida at Gloi

JD/B (4,1) 

1. Walker & Roberts’s Gloi Dubh Mormaer – A lovely male of good type and confidence. Correct size with typical head, dark almond shaped eyes and correct strong bite. Plenty of bone. Overall, well balanced, well angulated fore and aft. Correct gradual spring of rib and short loin. Coat was in great condition, dense and flat. He moved very well covering ground with ease.

2. Pierce’s Wychwizard Forester at Tarnmillcrag – A male with a lovely head piece and kind expression. Correct bone and correct feet. Good reach of neck with correct return of upper arm and depth of chest. Lovely level topline and tail setting straight off his back carried well when standing and on the move. Correctly coupled. I just preferred the better rear angulations of 1.

3. Leavy’s Wychwizard Painted Lady.

PGD/B (5,2) 

1. Walker & Roberts’s Gloi Dubh Lady Muck JW – Res. Best of Breed - A nice female full of enthusiasm which had the right size and proportions. Her head is feminine with dark eye and kind expression. She has a well pronounced fore chest with plenty of heart room, standing four square on lovely feet with quality bone. She has level topline with good spring of ribs and correct length from hock to floor. She moved with ease around the ring with a very good tail action.

2. Barnes’s Lizzlog the Jolly Frair – A male up to size and very racy. Liked his head with soft and kind expression. Well set, small ears. He has plenty of bone and neat feet. Very strong, level topline which he carries correctly on the move. He is well ribbed with correct tailset. Moderate bend of stifle. He was shown in gleaming coat and great condition. Just thought that his tail was carried higher then his topline.

3. Pierce’s Wychwizard Forester at Tarnmillcrag.

OD/B (3,1) 

1. Bellamy’s Moontorn Better Half of Me JW ShCEx OSW – Best of Breed – A female full of presence and plenty to like. Lovely size with a classical feminine head. Correct eyes, ears and a strong bite. Super bone and feet. Well laid shoulder placement with good return of upper arm. She has excellent spring of ribs and is short in loin. Her tail correctly set and constantly wagging tail. Well angulated rear end. She is full of charisma which she shows on the move.

2. Walker & Roberts’s Gloi Dubh Kristofer Robin JW – A male with plenty of bone throughout. Typical moulded head with correct bite, setting well on a strong neck and well laid shoulders with good return of upper arm. Nice deep chest and correct length of ribcage. Moderate angulation of hindquarters. Just thought that 1 was better angulated at the front.

Retriever (Golden)

PD/B (5,2) 

1. Grindey, Taylor & Tenn’s Strettonhills Happy Hour – Best Puppy in Breed - A lovely female puppy has the sweetest of heads, good reach of neck onto nicely laid back shoulder with equal return of upper arm.  Level topline, short coupled, correct tailset and good rear angulation.  She stood four square on the neatest of feet.  Moved out very well for her handler. Pleased to award her BPIB.

2. Taylor & Tenn’s Strettonhills Hoity Toity – A female of similar type and quality to 1. Just thought that she needed a better tail action while on the move.

3. Forrest’s Orlagold Major Tom.

JD/B (5,0) 

1. Nelson’s  Cadwst Song of Spring – A female presented in beautify full golden coat where she excels in bone.  Balanced outline, good spring of ribs, short coupled, good turn and width of stifle, nice short hocks and nice tight cat like feet.  Moved very well with a nice tail action.

2. Grindey, Taylor & Tenn’s Strettonhills Happy Hour – As per above comments.

3. Buckles’s Brazenbeacon Artemis.

Res. Etherington’s Elkarima’s Golden Renaissance Raffielo of Gemasu.

VHC. Marshall’s Cadwst Spring River.

PGD/B (5,1) 

1. Magson’s Castle Golden Classy Girl JW – Best of Breed – A quality female that caught my eye on entering the ring. She stood out in the class, on the first move around the ring she grabbed my attention showing herself off to perfection with that just look at me ring presence and she didn’t let me down when going over her.  Very feminine, kind head with lovely dark pigment, good reach of neck, nice layback of shoulder and marching upper arm, well sprung ribs, Level topline, tail well set on and good turn of stifle.  She moved straight and true on the neatest of feet with a lovely tail action. Delighted to award her BOB.

2. Liggins & Hodges’s Swanavly Popsy’s Legacy at  Nunsbrook (Imp Srb) – A male of good size and proportions with a soft melting expression, lovely reach of neck sweeping onto well laid back shoulders, level topline and correct tailset and carriage.  Nice spring of ribs, short coupled, lovely turn of stifle, neat hocks and the neatest of feet.  So together on the move but thought that 1 had a better front then him.

3. Walker & Roberts’s Lamancha Trust Your Heart with Gloi JW.

Res. Etherington’s Elkarima’s Golden Renaissance Raffielo of Gemasu.

OD/B (4,1)

1. Munro’s Alibren Ready Teddy JW – Res. Best of Breed - A quality male shown in full golden coat and is well off for bone. He has a lovely masculine head, nicely angled compact body. He is in well-muscled and moved out with purpose and drive using his tail very well.  So attentive to his handler and willing to please.  

2. Nelson’s Willowlawn Staycation at Cadwst – A female with a lovely head and expression. Correct dark eyes and well strong bite. Good reach of neck falling onto a well constructed front. Excellent dense coat condition. She strides very well around the ring with a correct tail action. Just thought she is a tad longer in coupling.

3. Liggins & Hodges’s Silver Passion Glam Fashion at Nunsbrook JW (Imp Deu).