Parti-Coloured Cocker Spaniel Club

The Parti-Coloured Cocker Spaniel Club Championship Show

1st February 2026

It was an honour to be invited to judge at this well run show and I really enjoyed going over such a quality entry of Cockers dogs. The whole atmosphere of the show made it an excellent day for me and I would like to sincerely thank all exhibitors who allowed me the pleasure of going over their Cockers and sportingly accepted my decisions. Many thanks to the stewards who made my job much easier and also of course my thanks to the secretary and very hard working committee - I really appreciated the excellent hospitality!

ASCSpPD (2)

1 Bindza's Laurellakes Beau Monde. Just 6 months b/t with handsome head shaping up nicely. Best of neck, shoulders, upperarm. Short, square body outline with depth. Good bone. Hindquarter angulation in balance. Deep padded feet. Moved out well for one so young.

2 Pocock's Meggiemac Regal Splendour. 81/2 months lighter built black with sweet expression. Moderate angulation fore and aft, straight front, very short coupled, good set-on and length of tail. Neat feet.

 ASCSpJD (2)

Two different types.1 Pop's Merrysoul Everybody's Talking at Bocablue. Bigger built dramatic-looking red boy with classy head of good proportions and kind eye. Reachy neck set into super lay of shoulder and upperarm. Big ribbed deep body. Well angulated behind and wide across the beam. Drove around the ring on neatest of feet. Glowing coat to finish the picture.

2 West's Edasiy Dream Upon a Star by Sheigra. Slightly smaller, very honest type cocker. Cobby, short coupled with good front assembly. Has spring of rib carried well back, level topline and moderate hind angulation in balance. Thick padded feet. Movement sound.

ASCSpGD (3)

1 Ward's Whinburn Walking the Moon to Wensum JW. Black with with such a balanced make and shape. Lovely moulded head with sweet expression. Short and deep, moderate balanced angles fore and aft. Has substance with elegance. In gleaming coat.

2 Flowers' Totenkopf Driving Me Crazy. Close up. B /t with lovely sculpted head and dark eye. Beautifully placed shoulders and upper arm, short coupled, good expanse of thigh and hocks well let down. Moved true when settled.

ASCSpOD (2)

1 Ellison's Withiflor Touchstone JW. B/t with well defined head proportions, kind expressive eyes. Well laid upper arm, reachy neck set into sloping shoulders Cobby and deep bodied, well let down hocks. Holds a firm topline while moving steadily around the ring.

2 Pearce's Kenwad Black Grouse at Miska. Black presents lovely typy outline. Attractive, well shaped head with appealing expression. Moderate front angulation. Nicely rounded over the beam. Good expanse of thigh and well bent stifles. Just slightly longer cast than1. Moved out well on tight deep padded feet.

APCSpPD (6)

One of the best classes of the day. All close up. 1 Master's Fellini of la Vie Magnifique at Manchela (Imp Hun) Liver Roan of honest Cocker type with pleasing head still shaping up nicely, kind eye. Not overdone in any way. Moderate neck and shoulder, good upper arm, spring of rib and height on leg. Short through loin with firm, level topline. Lovely balanced picture, and positive true mover.

2 Harrison's Glenbrow Galanthus. B/w in bright glowing coat! Handsome, sculpted head, with kind dark eye. Beautiful, very cockery make and shape, balanced angulation fore and aft. Good reach of neck into well laid shoulder . Well rounded hindquarters. Just preferred topline of 1 on the move.

3 McBride'sTopday Northern Dancer

APCSpJD (3,1)

1 Burnett's Alan Parrish of Shaggylove (Imp Fr) Very short coupled blue roan, with all neatly fitting together. Pleasing moulded head. Moderate angulation in balance. Would like a little more width in body but has a firm topline, is just right for bone and has neat feet. Drove happily around the ring keeping a good outline.

2 Smith & McQueen's Trinitron Columbia. Light blue of honest Cocker type with handsome head and sweet eye. Good length of neck, moderate shoulder and upperarm angulation. In balance with hindquarters. Well sprung rib and firm topline. Merry mover.

APCSpGD (8,2)

1 MacLean & Scotland's Lynwater Moon Walk. Light blue who took my eye as he came in and on the first run around the ring, Such a true cockery outline, deep and cobby. Good shape head with sweetest of eyes. Reachy neck set into well laid shoulder. All angles matching, broad over the beam and moved true on tight padded feet.

2 Hughes' Topday Stars Aligned.Very handsome and stylish well coated dark blue who is deep and short coupled. Has well sculpted, strong head, a reachy neck. Good lay of shoulder, well ribbed back. Rounded back end, nicely angled hindquarters, short hocks which he used to drive around the ring.

3 Dolan's Snowgate Shine On JW

APCSpOD (7)

1 Cassidy's Sh Ch Manchela Speechless at Cassoz JW. Presents a square picture of such honest Cocker type with everything flowing together seamlessly. Well sculpted head with defined stop. Good forechest, moderate neck and lay of shoulder and shows balance in angulation. Well sprung ribs,deep, short coupled . Moved the truest with merrily wagging tail carried level with back.

2 Hackett's Lindridge Harbour Lights. Well balanced all through. B/w ticked with everything in the right place and showing great cocker type. Excellent moulded head. Has good body and substance. Very short-coupled, moderate angulation. Stylish mover on neat feet.

3 Glendinning's Plaiglen Mojito

Vet D (2)

1 Marsden's Chativore Winter Solstice 8 years. Very shapely Cockery outline which he kept on the move. Sweet eye, moulded head with good proportions. Just right for length of neck, good forechest, well placed shoulders, deep in rib and short couplings leading to nicely angled hindquarters. Neat padded feet which he moved soundly around the ring on.

2 Driver's Annilann Mister Spangles at Beckaby JW 7 year-old, light blue in super coat. Handsome head. Compact and square with big ribs. Moderate angulation, firm level topline, deep in loin. Stylish mover.

SpBD (6)

1 Sewell's Lynwater Mad Hatter at Quattrozampe. Eye catching orange roan of such cockery type, in lovely coat and condition. Pleasing head, good length of neck set into well laid shoulder. Depth of rib, short coupled and has well angulated hindquarters. Level firm topline. Best of movers.

2 Randall's Ferngrange Defender Boy, Well presented, blue roan, just slightly longer cast than1. Good head proportions and kind eye. Moderate angulation fore & aft, well ribbed up, moved well on thickly padded feet.

3 Brothwell's Annilann da Business at Wissant JW

MPD (6,1)

1 Flowers' Totenkopf Don't Look Now. B/w with such Cocker essence and type. Sweet dark eye, good length of neck, well placed shoulders, short coupled with level topline which he kept on the move. Hind angulation in balance.

2 Stokes-Harrell's Chezzas Personalised Blend. Very promising deep, sturdy, very short-coupled black. Sweet well proportioned headpiece. Good angles fore and aft, big ribbed and broad over the beam! Neatest of feet. Just a little unsettled on the move today.

3 Saunders' Aylesmead Just the Tikkit at Oxfordogs.

PD (6)

1&RCC McBride's Topday Break Dance. 11 months Blue Roan. Such a neatly put together Cocker shape with everything fitting smoothly. Well laid back shoulder and sloping upper arm. Sculpted head housing sweet dark/dark-rimmed eye. Deep/wide in rib, short coupled, deep loin, level topline. has substance with elegance great width of thigh and well let down hocks. Moved a little unsteady in his class but by the challenge he had settled and just stood out, making it an easy choice to award the RCC.

2 Fellini of La Vie Magnifique at Manchela (Imp Hun)

3 Glenbrows Galanthus

JD (5)

1 Edaisiy Dream Upon a Star by Sheigra (Imp Can).

2 Annilann Da Business at Wissant (JW). Pleasing type, cobby light blue. Sturdy with moderate neck length and forehand angulation. Straight front legs which would prefer a little more height on. Ribs carried well back. Good expanse of thigh, short below the hock. Moved covering the ground..

3 Alan Parrish of Shaggylove (Imp Fr)

YD (5)

1 Edaisiy Dream Upon a Star by Sheigra (Imp Can)

2 Cox & Dewhurst's Ryallcourt Charm of Unique to Suvern (AI) Sweetest of heads, with kind eye and expression. Clean in outline, cobby b/w, just preferred shoulders of 1. Big ribbed, short-coupled and deep in loin. Good width of thigh, well let-down hocks, neatest of feet. Moved out well.

3 Gilmour's Chavez Royal Acclaim

MD (2)

1 Glenbrows Galanthus

2 Alan Parrish of Shaggylove (Imp Fr)

ND (2,2)

1 Creaney's Camestone Jazzy Jeans Good sized red with lots of substance. Very handsome head of lovely proportions, good stop, dark sweet, kind eye. Would like a little more reach of neck, but has depth and width of rib, good shaped feet. Just needed the hair stripped from his lower shoulder, top of elbow and down side of legs to show off the angulation which I think is under there! Also, the same from side of ribs, loin area and down thigh would do this nice boy justice.

2 Pocock's Meggiemac Royal Splendour

GD (8,2)

1 Roberts & Smith's Rayol the Journalist. Super balance and square shape & make to this honest black dog. Chiselled skull, depth of muzzle, kind eye. Reachy neck, good lay of shoulder, well ribbed up and carried back to short muscular loin. Such neat feet and just right for bone. Level strong topline leading to broad beam, excellent hind angulation with best of tail carriages. Was shortlisted.

2 Darby's Allerts Don Viking at Classicway JW (Imp Swe). Excellent type cobby light blue roan with quality, classic head, moderate n&s, depth and spring of rib and wide expanse of thigh with well let down hocks. Handsome, silky jacket. Moved freely on neat feet, keeping his outline.

3 Edaisiy Dream Upon a Star by Sheigra (Imp Can)

PGD (5)

1 Gladman's Chativore Ocean Commotion. Very eye-catching light blue of true cocker type. Quality head, bright eyes and melting expression Excellent front assembly, short coupled with level topline which he kept on the move. Well ribbed up body and good hind angulation.

2 Gray's Purdyspride Rave On JW. Blue roan. Lovely shape head, kind expression. Moderate n&s, good spring of rib, deep,cobby body with firm level topline. Just right for bone and neat feet. Moved steady with drive.

3 Young's Canyonn Black Caviar JW

LD (5)

Close up. 1 Dewhurst's Glowhill Silver Arrow at Lapidary. Lovely coated light blue with masculine head of good proportions. Has a lovely 'flow' to his outline, with reachy neck set into well laid shoulder. Moderate upper arm, big ribs. Level, firm topline. Good width across the beam. Moved out freely on neat round feet.

2 Palmer's Shansart Sky Dancer. Quality, curvy dark blue of excellent type. Nicely moulded head with dark eyes and melting expression. Cobby and deep, short backed with firm topline. Well laid shoulder, straight front and hind angulation in balance. Rounded beam, good bone, neat feet. Steady mover.

3 Wright's La Scales Berlin with Chazbaz (Imp Hun)

OD (3)

1, DCC & BIS Hackett's Sh Ch Lindridge Front Runner. Well known orange roan immaculately presented in super coat and condition. A pleasure to finally get my hands on him. So curvy, cobby and well knit together, deep bodied, excellent shoulder placement & upper arm with super spring of rib carried well back to short muscular loin. Good expanse of thigh and hind angulation. Beautifully rounded bottom. Nicely moulded head, not overdone and in balance. Moved steadily on deep padded feet, straight and true keeping a firm, strong topline with wagging level tail carriage. Very special Cocker!

2 Whitehead's Sh Ch Ryallcourt Grand Slam (AI) JW, B/w, has a quality classic chiselled head withsoft expression. Moderate front angulation, just carrying a little extra weight over the shoulder today. Great width of rib, deep and cobby body, short deep loin and lovely angulated hindquarters. Good tailset. Moved out covering the ground well.

3 Chativore Winter Solstice

Ch D

1 Darby's' Sh Ch Classicway Call Time. Very honest light blue dog of lovely old fashioned type. Gorgeous classy head with depth of muzzle, sweet, tight rimmed eye. Square, deep and broad. Moderate neck and lay of shoulder with hind angulation in balance. Firm topline and nicely rounded across the beam. Moved steady and true with correct tail carriage.

2 Keely's Sh Ch Oakbeach Dare to Dream Big with Alhambian (Imp Swe). Dark blue of lovely type. Well moulded, balanced headpiece with soft melting expression. Reachy neck into well laid shoulders – though he was carrying a touch of weight over them today. Has forechest, big ribs, level firm topline and good angulation and width to hindquarters. Merry cocker, moved covering the ground with wagging tail.

3 Williams' Sh Ch Wilmerella Outlander

Janetta Fairbairn (Judge)