Midland English Springer Spaniel Society

Firstly, I would like to thank the Midland English Springer Spaniel Club for the kind invitation to judge at this well supported open show, together with my efficient stewards and all the exhibitors for accepting my decisions in such a sporting manner. I thoroughly enjoyed my appointment and was greeted throughout the day with a warm, friendly and collaborative atmosphere that made for a most enjoyable experience.

There was some lovely quality present across the entry, with several exhibits of genuine merit that combined breed type, balance and sound construction. I was particularly pleased to see so many dogs shown in excellent hard condition, carrying appropriate muscle tone and presented with care, with many exhibiting good feet, correct proportions and happy, typical temperaments. Overall, I felt there was a pleasing depth of quality throughout the classes, and several exhibits stood out for their overall make, shape and effortless movement.

One of the nicest aspects of the day was the camaraderie ringside and the obvious shared passion for the breed amongst exhibitors. It was lovely to see people staying afterwards to chat, discuss dogs and enjoy one another’s company. In today’s world, where the pressures of competition can sometimes overshadow enjoyment, it was refreshing to be reminded that this is first and foremost a hobby, with the welfare of the dogs and the future of the breed always coming first.

PD 1,0

1 st 6 – Field-Endicott’s Favours Joy Ride to Baudelaire (IMP SWE)

10mths. Lovely bone and balance for one so young. Nice tight feet. Dark eye, nice expression.

Correct ears. Nice croup. Steady in profile movement. Very promising puppy.

YD 4,3

1 st 23 – Tolladay’s Chanangel Yorkshire Ales with Bethersden JW

18mths. Masculine head and expression. Nice arch to. Good bone and feet. Carrying sufficient bone

for age. Balanced angulation and with an easy gait. Strong hocks and sound moving. RBD & RBIS

LD 2,0

1 st 32 – Weyman’s More Than Amazing Wanna Be A Gangster at Spuffing JW (IMP BEL)

3yrs. Liver, white and tan. Giving his handler a hard time but has lovely balance and construction.

Nice bone and feet. Lovely head and expression. Easy profile gait and steady away. BD & BIS

2 nd 31 – Warrener’s Eastfalla Sherlockholmes

4yrs Black & White. Shown in hard muscled condition. Good feet and bone. Nice head and

expression. Not the proportions or symmetry of 1.

OD 7,5

1 st 14 – Nicklin’s SH CH/DK/SEU/NOR/POL CH Daenerys Blood of the Dragon ShCEx

5 ½yrs. Balance and extremely well-handled and presented. Good arch to neck. Good bone and feet.

Nicely feathered. Easy gait in profile.

2 nd 19 – Richardson & Terry-Richardson’s SH CH Cherishym Dofida

6yrs. Shown in excellent hard, muscled condition. Nice dark eye. Sound out and back, just not the

profile of 1, in motion.

PB 1,0

1 st 12 – McCarthy’s Sieger’s Touch Too Much at Cuandor (IMP DNK)

9mths. Feminine head and expression. Nice bone and feet and carrying nice muscle for age. Good

overall balance and typical in puppy action. Good reach and sufficient drive in profile. Still coming

together out and back. BPIS

JB 2,0

Close decision.

1 st 12 - McCarthy’s Sieger’s Touch Too Much at Cuandor (IMP DNK)

Previously critiqued

2 nd 16 – Nicklin, Bellamy & Nicklin’s Sieger’s She’s A Classiic For Wythnick (IMP DAN)

13mths. Another with lovely muscle, good bone and feet. Tidier out and back but didn’t move as

well as she is made and did have the reach of 1. At one with her handler but I felt the lead could

have been loosened slightly to give her, her head. Nevertheless, she is a quality bitch.

YB 3,2

1 st 33 – Weyman’s Spuffing Bellini

19mths. Feminine head and expression. Good for bone, balance and substance. Nicely feathered.

Angulation front and rear is okay. Easy gait in profile.

GB 1,0

1 st 29 – Unwin’s Allenies Lady Marmalade

Almost 4yrs. Lovely, feminine head, with very expressive eyes. Nice arch of neck, sufficient bone,

and feet are good. Okay for croup, good bend of stifle. I felt she was carrying a little too much leg in proportion to her depth of body at present which affected the overall balance for me.

PGB 1,0

1 st 8 – Hoare’s Crackerjanne Cleo Laine at Lymnoares

7yrs. Smaller in overall proportions but is balanced. Very feminine head and expression, lovely dark

eyes. Angulation front and rear is okay. Has a tendency to ‘sidewind’ a touch but is steady in profile

movement.

LB 6,1

A tough class and could well swap places on another day.

1 st 22 – Tolladay’s Calvdale Half a Story Bethersden

3yrs. Lovely head, balanced and with dark eye. Good bone and feet and is well-muscled. Good arch

to her neck in lovely shoulders and topline. Really nice bitch who was well turned out and handled to

advantage.. BB, Best Black & White in Show, & BOS

2 nd 7 – Gardiner’s Barecho Cover Girl of Svenjak (IMP SWE)

3½yrs. Another nice bitch who has a lovely arch to her neck. Nice tight feet, easy profile gait. Well-

muscled. Has a better croup than 1 but didn’t do herself justice on the move.

3 rd 1 – Bellamy’s Dexbenella in my Dreams with Moontorn JW

18mths.

OB 3,2

1 st 2 – Boole’s Plaiglen Raggs to Riches of Arramow

5yrs. B&W. Feminine head and expression, nice dark eyes. Good overall size and shape. Good muscle

tone. Nice tight feet. Very naughty for her handler