National Whippet Association

NATIONAL WHIPPET A, Aug 24

The National Whippet Association held an open show in partnership with Horley & District Show Society at Ardingly recently, where BIS went to Bowdonia Sky Full Of Stars JW; RBIS was Palmik I Know What I Like at Moonshadow JW, BPIS was Pelyma Certainly Snazzy, Best Baby Puppy was Starceylon Polifemo, BVIS Welstar Airs And Graces at Cryhavoc, Special Beginner was Starceylon Spectre and Best Racing/Lure Coursing was Loroli Life’s A Rollacoasta at Derohan.

What a lovely day spent at the show with such a sporting audience who clapped every class. It was a joy to see such sportsmanship. The ring was really not suitable for either the dogs or owners but all coped well with nobody falling over, particularly me! A lovely entry of typical Whippets to go over & I feel I have appreciated the breed even more than I already did. I loved their temperaments & I feel it is not my place to comment on their failings for they were few in today’s entry. Again thank you for the opportunity of going over so many typical dogs who were all enjoying their day out, I think!

VD (4,1a) 1 Knowles’ Lolani Storm Rider, this 8 year old fawn moved so soundly covering the ground with ease, masculine head with a good eye & well set ears, good neck & shoulders, lovely balance & good depth & width of chest, put down in lovely condition, showed well to win the class. BVD; 2 Bowsher’s Dark Wing, 12 ½ black by who looks so well for age, moved soundly on well boned legs & feet, again in lovely condition with a masculine head & a kind eye, he is a credit to his owner; 3 Nunneley’s Kelsmonk Kind Of Magic. Baby PD (1) 1 Lahood’s Starcylon Polifemo, what a cracking baby brindle, so promising & moved like an expert at this showing game! Excellent temperament & so enjoying his day, a baby head with lots to finish throughout but so much to like, he is balanced & a good size. Was happy to be handled & I just loved his expression. Good luck with him, Best Baby Puppy in Show. MPD (1) 1 Anderson’s Zoraden Rulebreaker, f/w put down in hard condition, his muscle tone was a joy to behold. Masculine head which still needs to finish but a good expression with eyes still to darken & his ears need to settle but he has time, nice neck & correct topline. He is still loose in front, but overall he is balanced & makes a good outline, in profile has good head carriage & covers the ground with ease. RBPIS PD (2,1) 1 Leverett’s Whippiness Eyes Down, b/w put down in excellent condition, his coat gleamed in the sun, moved well & effortlessly round the ring. Needs maturity in head & body but he has good balance & type & although alone, I am sure can win anywhere, good topline & well set & carried tail. JD (0). YD (1,1) ND (2) 1 Z Rulebreaker; 2 Gorman’s Dejare On A Promise, overall still needs to finish, he has potential & is well made but just needs to tighten particularly in front for he has good, well boned legs & feet & he covers the ground well in profile, liked his head & expression, good neck & shoulders, correct topline & well set & carried tail, showed well in good coat & condition. Beg D (3) 1 Lahood’s Starceylon Spectre, balanced fawn of a good type, surprised to see him in this class, for he showed well with his handler, he has a nice head & expression, good forechest with a good well muscled hindquarters to match, moved well using his good well set neck & head carriage to advantage, in good coat & condition. Best Special Beginner in Show; 2 L Storm Rider; 3 Gauron & Viner’s Kensesqui Basil. PGD (4) 1 Earnshaw’s Palmik I Know What I Like at Moonshadow JW, brindle of quality from the top drawer, loved his outline & balance, he moved so well really using his excellent forequarters & strong well, made hindquarters to cover the ground effortlessly, good depth & width of chest loved his head & expression with a good eye & well set & carried ears, I shall follow his progress. BD & RBIS; 2 S Spectre, 3 Southwick’s Woolford Douglas. LD (5) 1 Gorman’s Dejare Seing Stars, f/w not an overlarge dog but so very sound & balanced, masculine head & expression, good ear carriage & a lovely eye, good neck & shoulders with good fill in front, moved smoothly with no wasted effort, showed so well to win this lovely class; 2 Bunney’s Bunehug Let It Be Me, f/w who showed & moved well in the heat, on the final stand he just played up & made some funny shapes, which of course he shouldn’t because he is well made all through, & when he moves he looks a picture really using his well made forequarters, the ground was unforgiving but he coped well. Masculine head & expression; 3 Bass & Hall’s Shalfleet New Moon Rising at Silverfrith. OD (3,1) 1 Woodcroft & Yacoby-Wright’s Cobyco City Limits, balanced fawn who caught my eye on the first move round for his correct foot fall, masculine head with a lovely eye & well set ears, good balance with just enough stop & a good underjaw, good neck & shoulders, correct topline & well set & carried tail, good depth of chest with a strong loin, no mistaking his sex. RBD; 2 Bunney’s Bunehug Believe It Or Not, again a very masculine dog of a good size & balance, lovely type of fawn with so many good points, masculine head with good coloured oval eyes giving a correct expression, enough neck & good depth & width of chest, really covered the ground with ease & is true up & back, put down in excellent coat & condition. Racing/Lure Coursing D (1) 1 Bowsher’s Blues And Tooze, blue youngster of just 2 & still needs to finish, his chest can still deepen & his head still needs to finish too but he moved so soundly, in excellent condition, he is well muscled all through & he has a lovely topline & tailset, well boned legs & feet. A good youngster who shows much promise in the field.

VB (3) 1 Smith’s Welstar Airs And Graces at Cryhavoc, f/w feminine bitch who will be 9 in October, she is balanced & has such a pretty head with a good well shaped eye, put down in excellent coat & condition, good topline & nice hindquarters, a good size with a good neck & shoulder & depth of chest, showed well to win a good class. BVB & BVIS; 2 Osborne’s Florancy Above And Beyond Derohan JW, a brindle of a good type, steady mover, with a lovely head & expression, good neck & topline, she is balanced & a feminine bitch of quality, good depth of chest & a good tuck up & strength in loin; 3 Woodcroft’s Cobyco Cover Queen. Baby PB (0) MPB (1) 1 Wells’ A Flick Of Light, a fawn who needs lots of time for she is just a baby & is all wings & legs at present but she made me smile, she enjoyed her day & so did I meeting her! Would like to see her when she has completed her transformation from a baby to a grown feminine Whippet. I can see potential in her head & general conformation & I was pleased to meet her. PB (3) 1 Griffiths’ Pelyma Certainly Snazzy, fawn with a part black mask who is just right for her 8 months, she is balanced & although she still needs to finish I can see her potential. Still needs to tighten in front but she has overall balanced & is a good size & showed well using her good neck & forequarters to really show off her good points, she is very feminine & a good type. BPB & BPIS; 2 Thomas’ Bowdonia Elphaba, slightly older brindle who needs to tighten in the middle piece to get a good finished outline, but another with potential, loved to watch her move, her forehand really reached forward & her strong hindquarters carried through, again put down in excellent condition, very feminine with a pretty head & expression. 3 A Flick Of Light. JB (3) 1 Yacoby-Wright’s Zobyco Cobyco Paranoia, br/w with a good forehand & shoulder placement, she is a sound mover who still needs to finish but she is so very feminine & balanced & a type I obviously admire, pretty head & expression with a good eye & ear carriage, good neck & shoulders, correct topline & depth of chest, strong loin & nice hindquarters; 2 Naughton & Robinson’s Starceylon Under The Sea at Trenzalore, black with white trim of a good type, size & proportions, again another that needs time but all is there just to be completed, she is very feminine with a good head & eye, nice neck & forequarters, good topline & well set & carried tail, in lovely hard condition, she showed & moved well; 3 Smith’s Palmik I Believe In You at Cryhavoc. YB(1) 1 S Under The Sea at T. NB (2) 1 S Under The Sea at Trenzalore, 2 P I Believe In You at C, feminine brindle bitch who needs to tighten up behind in the up & back, loved her type & thought she would be my winner but needs to finish then she can challenge the best, looked good moving in profile with good forward action from a well made forehand, feminine head which is balanced & a good neck & shoulder. Beg B (3) 1 S Under The Sea at T, 2 Robinson’s Whippiness Tornado Takeoff, attractive blue & white who needs a touch more head to balance, put down in excellent muscle tone & condition, good neck & shoulders, moved so well on well boned legs & feet, you can see that she can work & show for she is full of life & was enjoying her day; 3 A Flick Of Light. PGB (1) 1 Osborne’s Derohan Doubly Clever, such a feminine brindle who is balanced & of a good size, she has a lovely head which is so feminine with a good oval eye of a lovely colour, moved steadily but with purpose, well presented & although alone can win well, good depth of chest with a strong loin.LB (2) 1 Thomas’ Bowdonia Sky Full Of Stars, this quality brindle caught my eye on the first move round the ring & her conformation confirmed what my eyes told me, she is so very feminine but balanced of a good size & outlook loved her head & expression, well set & carried ears, good neck & shoulders, good forechest, correct depth of chest with good heartroom, lovely loin which helps to give her an excellent topline, well muscled hindquarters but when she moves is when she comes alive, covering the ground with purpose yet effortlessly. BB & BIS; 2 Bunney’s Bunehug So Be It, f/w nice bitch who again had good profile movement, slightly loose up & back but she is well made & very feminine, a lovely type who is balanced & quality, good size & proportion, head so very feminine with a kind eye, good neck & shoulders, well boned legs & feet, again in excellent coat & condition. OB (1) 1 Edwards’ Silkridge Yoko Ohno, what a lovely feminine girl this dark brindle/w is, such a feminine head & expression, good neck & shoulders, good depth of chest & heartroom, strong loin, movced so well & soundly, alone but could win in any company, pleased to have had the chance to judge such a typical quality Whippet. RBB. Racing/Lure Coursing B (3) 1 Osborne’s Loroli Life’s A Rollacoasta at Derohan, brindle of a nice type, feminine balanced head with a good eye & the correct amount of stop & width between her eyes, good topline, depth & width of ribcage & strength in loin, well muscled hindquarters, moved so soundly yet with purpose on well boned legs & feet, showed well to win her place in this hot class at the end of a long day. Best Racing/Lure Coursing; 2 Bowsher’s Zoraden Fifty Shades Darker, black feminine bitch with a good head, moved OK on well boned legs & feet, she is very typical with a well proportioned body, well muscled all through & a good size, a nice type of Whippet who is truly dual purpose; 3 W Tornado Takeoff.

PAM BLAY