Kirkcaldy & District Canine Club

Kirkcaldy & District Canine Club – 19/4/25

Golden Retrievers

Thank you so much to the society for their kind invitation to judge at this show and to the exhibitors who entered under me. Pleased to see my Best of Breed go 3rd in Group.

Thanks also to Paul for being such an efficient steward.

Puppy (3,0a)

1 McShane’s Rigerin Copper Beach – D (8m) Mid golden dog with a well balanced chiselled head with good pigment. Good reach of neck leading into correct shoulder placement. Good bone and neat feet. Good coat coverage for his age, nice turn of stifle and well let down hocks. Moved best in the class.

2 Lindsay’s Palmonas in for a penny – B (11m) Paler bitch with just enough coat on the body, tail coverage was good. Kind feminine head with good pigment. Good bone, neat feet and moved out well keeping a level topline.

Junior (4,2a)

1 Mccormack’s Flyngalee Topsy Turvy – D (8 m) Well bodied for his age, chiselled head with good reach of neck. Good forechest, enough bone and tidy feet. Correct angulation front and back showing in his free movement around the ring.

2 Lindsay’s Palmonas in for a penny – see Puppy class

Graduate (3,3a)

Post Graduate (2,1a)

1 Macleod’s Bluebraes Bidey in at Rocamar – D (almost 2 yr) Mid golden dog, masculine head with good pigment. Good reach of neck and good forechest. Enough coat on the body today, hocks were well let down and had neat feet. Moved well but carried his tail high at times.

Open (3,1a)

1 Harper’s Tullochmohr Ray of Sunshine at Glynerva JW – B (2 yr) Feminine head with good pigment. Lovely reach of neck into well placed shoulders. Enough bone onto cat like feet with lovely straight legs. Good forechest and plenty of coat. Gave a balanced outline standing and on the move, best of today. BOB

2 Mcshane’s Rigerin Respect – B (6 yr) Mid golden girl with a lovely wavy coat in full bloom. Sweet feminine head, dark eyes and super balanced outline. Well angulated quarters which helped her move out well.

Judge – Mrs Karen Bambrook (Ravoakar)