Northern Saluki Club

NORTHERN SALUKI CLUB CH SHOW 19 APRIL 2026.

Many thanks to the Committee for inviting me to judge. I have really nice memories of their friendly shows over the years, and this was no exception with the Committee working very hard to have such a successful, double Championship Show in a really lovely and spacious venue, Alfreton Leisure Centre. Thank you also to the stewards, and to the exhibitors for entering, I don’t think there was a single absentee! Even the dogs that I could see were a bit apprehensive let me go over them. The quality was very high, right through from the puppies and youngsters starting out on their show careers to the lovely quality veterans. This was my twelfth time awarding CCs in Salukis and, although many things have changed in that time, I was pleased to still be able to find the same qualities that I have always looked for. One thing that I have observed before, and noticed again, is that I feel feet are getting smaller, with a tendency towards rounder feet.

MPD (1) 1ST Ayrton’s Allievo Faa Ig Raa ‘I’ Ah 7 months golden cream in lovely condition. Elegant and well balanced head with well set and fringed ears, strong neck, good forehand and feet, deep brisket, moderate hindquarters and moved well.BPD

JD (2) 1ST Sanders Parker’s Heart and Soul Jp Northern Dancer at Classicus (Imp JPN), Classic pale cream of lovely quality, really lovely head and expression, strong neck into very good forehand, nice topline and quarters, not the maturity of his sister,as is often the case with males, but should mature into a beautiful dog.

2nd Bebb’s Aquemenida Montgomery at Shynee cream with a nice expression, nice neckline and fair topline, needs more angulation through the upper arm, pasterns and hocks which affected his movement.

YD (4) 1ST Strong’s Xerxes Omar Ter Dolen (Imp BEL) A very nicely constructed black fringed red, he has a nice head and expression with well set ears, strong neck into a well angulated front, with slight slope to pasterns and good feet, correct slight arch over the loin and a deep brisket, strong, well balanced quarters and moved well. Should have a bright future.

2nd Sanders Parker’s Heart and Soul Jp Northern Dancer at Classicus (Imp Jpn)

3rd Ince’s Artilily Wilde

PGD (2) 1ST Martin’s Savuka Shaquille for Stalwart. This promising cream was a bit apprehensive at first but soon settled, he has a very nice head and expression with well set mobile ears, long neck good overall front and feet, deep brisket and strong moderate hindquarters, can tense himself up a bit standing but when he relaxes has a good topline with slight rise over the loin and moved very well.

2nd Sanders Parker’s Heart and Soul Jp Northern Dancer at Classicus (Imp Jpn)

LD(4) 1st Hamilton, Hamilton, Garratt and Oakey’s Caryna Oberon This tri took a while to settle, but he is a very nice dog with the flowing lines and the elegance I like. He has a very nice head and expression, long strong neck into good front angulation, deep brisket carried well back, nice hind angulation and long, well carried tail. He moved well when settled

2nd Barrett’s U’Zelim Des Hauts De Heurteloup (Imp Fra) Shaded fawn, with a lovely head and farseeing eyes, correct feet, deep brisket and balanced, strong quarters, he moved well but just preferred front of first.

3rd Cannon and Wickstead’s Caryna Stephano to Abayomi JW

OD(3) 1ST Ch Flytesfield Hyddwn For me this beautiful black fringed shaded fawn is hard to fault. Medium in size, he has a really lovely head with oval, farseeing eyes, well set ears, lovely flow from his long strong neck into excellent forehand, slight rise over the loin, good tuck up, deep chest with good moderate quarters, low set long tail, he was in beautiful coat and condition and moved really well. Classical ‘Asphodel’ type which we rarely see now. CC

2nd Hudson’s Ch Mala’s Amal Johari Dayim Mahatma Glenoak (Imp Deu) This is such a lovely elegant cream particolour, who was a real handful today. He has a super head and expression, enhanced by dark pigment, and well feathered mobile ears, long neck into excellent front angulation, flowing topline and deep brisket, sound moderate quarters and long tail, sound movement. Lovely silky coat. When called in for the challenge was concentrating and he really commanded the ring with his flowing and lifting profile movement. RCC

3rd Ward’s Caryna Manantena at Backtor

CHD(5) This was a lovely class and I am sure they would all swap places depending on the judge. Toplines were quite varied. 1st Brady’s Ch Classicus Azim for Bordercot. 8 years Red/fawn grizzle I have always liked. Medium sized and very elegant, he has a lovely head and expression, long supple neck into excellent front with slight slope to pasterns and good feet, deep brisket and flowing topline with gentle rise, excellent quarters with good first and second thigh. Moved really well and with enthusiasm. Beautifully presented including the longest, silky ear fringes I have ever seen. BVD

2nd Harding and Cowley’s Ch Classicus Odysseus at Ashahni. I realised afterwards that this grizzle boy was a son of 1st. He has a lovely head and expression, long neck, into a good forehand , deep brisket and good angulation throughout, a natural showman who moves very well. I just preferred the topline of 1st. In lovely coat and muscular condition.

3rd Campling’s Ch Classicus Octavius

VD (3) 1st Quadling’s Ch Classicus Alron with Malenkhai I have always liked this fawn grizzle although he was a bit uncooperative today. He has a lovely head and expression, long neck, well placed shoulders, typical feet and pasterns, deep brisket, flowing topline good quarters and moved well.

2nd Chippendale’s Imhotep Rears Natural Jasmine (Imp BEL) Also a very nice dog a cream with many virtues. Lovely head and expression, long strong neck into well angulated shoulders, deep brisket, slight rise over loin, very nice quarters with moderate bend of stifle. Not quite the slope to pasterns of 1st.

3rd Matthew’s Caryna Haber at Shurma

SBD/B (3) 1st Dugdale’s Gayledale Typhoon of Artemis A very attractive black fringed red in lovely condition, Lovely head and expression, good front and feet, nice topline and quarters and moved very well.

2nd Stone’s Tilly from the West. Finely built grizzle, quite a leggy girl with a lovely head and expression, correct Saluki feet, nice coat and condition.

3rd Stone’s Sheba’s Midnight Silk

BPD/B 1st Garratt and Oakey’s Caryna Deva by Design. I thought this was a really lovely quality tri baby with everything right about her at this age, she has a really lovely head, long neck into a very good front and topline, well balanced hind anglation, she moved very well Best Baby PIS.

MPB (3) 1st Dann’s Shahdad Genevieve at Jazalle NAF TAF (Imp DEU) Very promising red/gold puppy, very feminine with a lovely head and expression, long neck into a good front and feet, deep brisket for her age, nicely angulated hindquarters and moved well BPIS

2nd Ayrtons Allievo Faa Ig Rajiyyah also very promising, an attractive red/fawn grizzle , with a lovely head and expression, excellent front and feet, nice outline and moderate quarters. Moved and showed well.

3rd Needle’s Celestian Perina NAF TAF (Imp CRO)

PB (1) 1st Hall’s Obduliah Pearl Tahim Pretty grizzle with a lovely head and eyes, long neck, nice outline and quarters, shiny, silky coat, rather leggy at present.

JB (1) 1st Sanders Parker’s Heart and Soul Jp Nashwa Classicus (Imp JPN) Very beautiful cream, who has such a lovely head and expression enhanced by black pigment, long strong neck, flows into really good front angulation, deep brisket, correct topline with slight rise, gentle slope to pelvis, lovely quarters with well developed first and second thigh and low hocks. Low set, long tail. Her movement was very sound and she made such a graceful, effortless, picture, going around the ring with proud carriage, keeping her lovely outline. RCCRBIS

YB (5) 1st Warner and Hetherington’s Savuka Shakira Another top quality one, a golden cream, with such a typical outline, Lovely head and expression, graceful, strong, neck into excellent shoulders, lovely return of upper arm and good feet, deep brisket carried well back, moderate bend of stifle with well developed first and second thigh, and moved very well.

2nd Bryla’s Ravensett La Duquesa Most attractive deep golden who I liked very much, so feminine and elegant, with a lovely head, well fringed ears, but can tend to carry them a bit low, lovely angulation throughout, very typical in outline and moved well.

3rd Hodge’s Ravensett Casares

PGB (3) 1ST Jowitt’s Barleymoon Zala Black fringed fawn with a beautiful head and eye, nice length of neck and topline and nicely angulated hindquarters, she moved very soundly. Ideally would prefer more return of upper arm, but made a pleasing overall picture and is a classic type, who is slowly maturing.

2nd Hodge’s Ravensett Estera, Attractive golden, with a lovely head and expression, pleasing in angulation and outline, but still needs to fill out and was a little unsettled moving

3rd Dugdale’s Gayledale Hurricane of Hera.

LB (1) 1st Harding and Cowley’s Classicus Florentia at Ashahni Very attractive b/w/parti who is quite tall. Has a lovely head and gentle dignified expression, framed with well set and feathered ears, long neck, good overall outline and quarters and moved well

OB (6) 1st Ayrton’s Ch Chisobee Faa Ig Farraar of Allievo I felt this one ideal in every way. Classic head and expression with good ear set and underjaw, long neck into good layback of shoulder and very good upperarm, long, deep brisket, strong loin with gentle arch, moderately angulated strong quarters, sound movement which was light and lifting. Although I really loved her was unfortunately not seeing her at her best today due to a false pregnancy.

2nd Sanders Parker’s Ch Era Lilian Giliath Classicus JW (Imp CZE) Another really lovely bitch. who has such a beautiful head and far seeing eyes, strong, supple neck flowing into good layback of shoulder, flowing topline with slight arch, deep brisket, sound moderate quarters with well developed first and second thigh and low hocks. Like first she had super sound light movement, and looked very graceful.

3rd Garratt and Oakey’s Ch Caryna Esperanza I have always liked this one, she is so sound with a pleasing head, and lovely construction that is hard to fault, really lovely layback of shoulder and return of upper arm, good pasterns and feet, deep brisket carried well back, slight rise over the loin, and very sound movement. She lacked a little sparkle today, perhaps another with a false pregnancy, but pleased to award her BVIS.

CHB (2)

1st Nolan’s Ir Ch Aziz Cantara at Dreamjet(Imp FIN) Most attractive and mature tri bitch of nice size, who has such a beautiful outline and is so feminine. Very beautiful head and farseeing eyes, well set long, mobile ears with long silky fringing, long, strong neck into sloping shoulders and good return of upper arm. Just a nice width of chest when viewed from the front, bladed bone, sloping pasterns and long supple toes. Her brisket is deep and carried well back, she has a lovely topline with gentle rise, moderate quarters, and long low set tail. Moved really well and is an obviously happy showgirl in lovely bloom. I had no idea who she was, and later learned that she was over from Ireland with her owner and two young helpers and that I had awarded her her third CC to make her a new Uk Ch (Subject to RKC Approval) to add to her Int Ch title (subject to FCI approval) CCBIS

2nd Sanders Parker’s Ch Classicus Felicitas JW My Best Puppy, when I last judged and has grown into a beautiful Saluki, a really attractive r/w parti, with a very pleasing in head and expression, long neck, lovely angulation and overall oultine and construction, soft silky coat, she was a little unsettled moving today, but has such beautiful lightness and lift in profile.

VB (1)

1st Garratt and Oakey’s Ch Glenoak Lunah from Caryna, could not believe this lovely tri bitch is nearly ten, the years seem to fly by. In gleaming condition, she has such a lovely statuesque outline with a beautiful head and expression, long neck, really good forehand, lovely topline and deep brisket, well developed first and second thigh and low hocks, gave way to her kennel mate for BVIS

ELAINE STANMORE (JUDGE)