Championship Show Bitch Critiques 2024

Saturday 2nd March

Held at: One Leisure St Ives, Westwood Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 6WU

Judged by: Mrs M. Percival (Wynfaul)

Sincere thank you to the committee for this invitation to judge bitches. Always an honour and a very great pleasure. Special thanks to all the exhibitors for such a strong, quality entry. I thoroughly enjoyed my day. In particular, the four classes from Post Grad to Open were extremely strong, with many beautiful bitches and not enough cards.

Veteran Bitch - 6 entered | 2 absent

1st

Pattison’s Pattilands Shining Star. 11 and half year old yellow, an absolute credit to her owner. No excess weight, in good hard condition. Clean neck. Well sprung ribs and good double coat, she moved with drive and enthusiasm that belied her years.

2nd

Dawson’s Beskerby Singsong. 8 year old yellow, well proportioned head, defined stop, kind expression. Tight well arched feet and true otter tail. Moved soundly.

3rd

Shirton’s Woolman Proper Dream Maker.

Minor Puppy Bitch  - 8 entered | 0 absent

1st

Digweed’s Baileydale Oops A Daisy For Willokin. Very promising yellow, clean outline which she kept on the moved. Well set on otter tail, double coat. Balanced head, with good pigmentation and eye colour. Tight arched feet, moved soundly, tracking correctly.

2nd

Mount’s Buckholt Misty Mistletoe. Yellow, good depth and spring of rib, shoulders, feet, coat and tail. Pleasing expression. Moved soundly.

3rd

Metcalfe’s Baileydale Blondie

Puppy Bitch - 9 entered | 0 absent

1st

Bailiss’s Tissalian Haughty Mia, BPB. This yellow bitch was first in a very strong class, clean outline, firm topline, finishing in correct otter tail, carrying correct weight & well muscled. She maintained her outline on the move. Good shoulders, deep, well sprung ribs, good pigmentation and well defined stop, kind expression. Moved soundly.

2nd

Woodley’s Alkhamhurst London Girl. Black bitch, firm topline, well set on tail, good depth of body, shoulders well placed, correct weight, sound mover.

3rd

Allen’s Timouron Hush Hush.

Junior Bitch - 7 entered | 2 absent

1st

Lavelle & Wiles’s Crosscroyde Chianti. Yellow, scopey, clean neck, well sprung ribs, good harsh coat and tail, well muscled quarters & let down hocks, balanced head with good eye shape and colour, well defined nostrils. Correct weight, good movement.

2nd

Mount’s Buckholt Jubilee Libby. Black, balanced , good topline, shoulders, and forechest. Neat well arched feet. Moved soundly but not the most confident in the ring. 

3rd

Young’s Carromer Royal Dreamer At Potterspinney.

Yearling Bitch - 10 entered | 2 absent

1st

O’brien’s Maxfield Penny Lane. Eye catching stockier yellow, clean outline & neck, well placed shoulders, good rear angulation. Correct harsh coat and well set on otter tail. Pleasing expression good eye shape and colour, moved well.

2nd

Bailiss’s Tissalian Crepe Suzette. Yellow, clean neck, good depth of body, spring of rib, eye colour and pigmentation. Moved soundly.

3rd

Kennett’s Magnavalleys Moon Dance.

Maiden Bitch - 8 entered | 1 absent | 3 withdrawn

1st

Bailiss’s Tissalian Haughty Mia. BPB.

2nd

Grummitt’s Manorwell Rag Doll. Black, clean neck, well placed shoulders, well set otter tail, balanced head, pleasing expression, moved well.

3rd

Dodd’s Carriegame Loves To Dance.

Novice Bitch - 10 entered | 2 absent | 3 withdrawn

1st

Edwards’s Howcastle Josephine of Chelmscote. Black, strong quarters, deep bodied, neat feet, Attractive expression, balanced head, correct eye shape and colour. Moved soundly.

2nd

Young & Parkes’s Potterzuri Mystic Zena. Black. Longer cast bitch, heavy coated, clean neck and well laid shoulders. Moved well.

3rd

Sadler’s Talifen Human Touch.

Undergraduate Bitch - 2 entered | 1 absent

1st

Edwards’s Kimbajak Hip Hop To The Top. Yellow, good sized bitch, level topline, well set on tail. Clean, strong neck, balanced head. Good movement, tracking 4 square.

Graduate Bitch - 12 entered | 3 absent

1st

Glaister, Bordacs & Bordacs’s Bellamar Love Me Do. Black, compact clean lines, well set and shaped otter tail, clean neck, good depth of body & forechest, correct shoulders and weight, balanced head. Moved soundly.

2nd

Kent’s Trewinnard Bespoke. Yellow. Good bone, clean neck, well placed shoulders, forechest, well arched tight feet. Neat ears, good stop, muzzle length & pigmentation. Sound mover.

3rd

Bishop’s The Girl Is Fun From Linjor JW.

Post Graduate Bitch - 8 entered | 1 absent

1st

Hopkinson’s Rocheby Hickory. Winner of BCC and BIS. Black. No exaggerations, good example of the breed standard. Compact outline, firm topline which she maintained on the move, well set on otter tail. Harsh double coat. Clean neck, well placed shoulders, plenty of depth and forechest. Strong quarters, well angulated front and rear. Balanced head, good length of muzzle, and neat ears. True, kind, Labrador expression. No excess weight, fit and well muscled. Free an easy mover allowed to adopt her natural head carriage, tracking accurately.

2nd

Druggan’s Balladoole Skyline Black. Slightly smaller than 1, similar comments apply. Clean neck, well placed shoulder, good forechest, firm topline. Correct tail well set on, depth of chest and spring of rib. Neat feet. Balanced head, correct eye shape and colour, another true, kind, biddable Labrador expression. Moved soundly tracking 4 square.

3rd

Casey & Jayes’s Berlan First In Line At Sandylands.

Mid Limit Bitch - 13 entered | 3 absent

1st

McGill’s Deniangill Almost Had It All JW. Compact, short coupled, balanced, good sized yellow. Outline stayed together on the move, firm topline, well set on otter tail. Good angulation front and back, depth and spring of rib. Balanced head, broad skull, defined stop, good muzzle length. Good pigmentation and kind expression. Moved well. One of the four in the short cut for the Challenge Certificate.

2nd

Hodge’s Naiken Glass Slippers. Chocolate, smaller, compact, very well made, with plenty of bone. Short coupled, good depth and spring of rib. Firm topline, true tail well set on. Neat well arched feet. Excellent mover.

3rd

Coode’s Warringah’s Pippingara.

Limit Bitch - 7 entered | 2 absent

1st

Kent’s Chyanhal Trevose of Trewinnard JW. Winner of Reserve Challenge Certificate. Black, another good example of breed type. Kept her outline on the move, always the litmus test, not only for conformation but for weight and fitness. Good firm topline excellent tail and tail set. Well placed shoulders and upper arm giving plenty of forechest. Well muscled first & second thigh, strong quarters and good turn of stifle. Double coat. Balanced head with broad skull balanced by length and breadth of muzzle. Correct eye shape, good colour, and the most appealing of expressions. Moved with drive.

2nd

Tooth’s Ludalor Loquacious Yellow. Balanced and well proportioned throughout, good length of neck, well laid shoulder, strong topline. Short, strong loin, and first and second thighs, well let down hocks. Balanced head with good stop. Moved soundly.

3rd

Ennis Holden & Lammens’s Stand By Me Of Misty Dreams.

Open Bitch - 8 entered | 1 absent

1st

Metcalfe’s SH CH Baileydale Dizzy Miss Lizzy. Black, well made bitch from head to tail, clean neck well laid shoulders, excellent depth and spring of rib, strong quarters, good coat and tail, balanced head with kind expression. Sound mover. One of final 4 challenging for CC.

2nd

Allen’s Saranden Santee Sioux Timouron. Black, firm topline, good depth and spring of rib, forechest, balanced throughout. Moved soundly.

3rd

Edwards’s SH CH Kimbajak Miss Jazz Swinger JW.

Special Beginners Bitch - 9 entered | 1 absent

1st

Glaister, Bordacs & Bordacs’s Bellamar Love Me Do. Black winner of GB.

2nd

Moys’s Smacom Cream Honour. Yellow, well made with good reach of neck, coat & tail. Neat feet, pleasing head with soft expression, moved well.

3rd

Sadler’s Talifen Human Touch.