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BORDER LEEDS 13 Judge: Mr M G Rushby BEST OF BREED : 2090 GUVERCIN Mrs J Glebeheath Jump The Gun JW BORDER JUDGE LEEDS 13 Border Terriers MPD (5) 1 Rayner’s Stoneygin Dizzy Rascal, lovely head, good shoulders, correct topline & tailset, nice stifle, excellent front, lovely expression, moved soundly with confidence. Should have a bright future; 2 Matthews’ Tojomatt Warlord, nice pup, good outline, shoulders OK, nice topline, good head & expression. Coat not at its best which just spoilt the picture. Moved OK; 3 Bone’s Adrival Skyfall. PD (6) 1 Hall & Ellis’ Brackenfell Bok To Bach, what a lovely pup, everything going for him, excels in head & expression, good front & topline, correct tailset, good rear angulation, nice tight catlike feet, good thick pads, coat & pelt very good, in excellent condition. Moved soundly. BP; 2 Higham’s Comberdown Heatseeker, nice pup but just preferred topline of 1. Good head, eye & ears, good feet, nicely off for bone. Coat not at its best. Moved OK; 3 A Skyfall. JD (5) 1 Dickenson & James’ Badgerholme Epsom Jet, blue, nice outline, well off for bone, topline & tailset OK, good in forehand & rear angulation, nice head & expression, moved out well; 2 Tutin’s Riseburn Retro, nice head & eye, good front & shoulders, good topline & tailset. Preferred head of 1. Moved OK; 3 Carr’s Thorneyburn Peace Pipe. PGD (14) 1 Ramus’ Onthill Amaretto, good red, nice coat & pelt, nice head & expression, topline OK, correct tailset. Found him to be a little short coupled but sound on the move; 2 Marr’s Redfox Watchman, lovely well balanced dog, excellent otter head & lovely expression, good in shoulder & forehand. Short of coat but I could not deny him his placing; 3 Duxbury’s Keycharm Phantom by Ridgebow. LD (16) 1 Guvercin’s Glebeheath Jump The Gun, blue, very good coat & pelt, very typical otter head & good expression, nice small ears well set, correct bite with big strong teeth, shoulders & topline very good, strong loin, good tailset, hindquarters well muscled with good second thigh. Nice straight front, tight feet & thick pads, ribs carried well back. A very nice racy outline & moved very well, as sound as a bell. CC & BOB; 2 Innes’ Grettacs The Wizard, nice dog, excellent otter head, good reach of neck into good shoulders, ribs carried well back, correct stifle, good feet, good coat & pelt, moved OK. RCC; 3 Johnson’s Kosmic Sun over Karison. OD (8) 1 Bailey’s Ch Grindelvald In Full Cry, very worthy ch. Lovely head & expression, good topline & tailset, nice coat & pelt, lovely condition, moved OK. Had to give way to youth, still a lovely dog; 2 Higham’s Ir Ch Comberdown Finnegan, a real eyecatcher, lovely condition, excellent coat & pelt, good head & expression, topline & tailset, correct mouth. I would have liked a bit more length of back. Moved OK; 3 Irving’s Ch Dandyhow Dr Walter. VD (2) 1 Coop’s Northlear Trappers Tale, 7¾ years, good head & eye, mouth OK, nice topline, good angulation, good coat & pelt, in good condition, moved well; 2 Freeman’s Bolt Tail Jebba, 7 years, nice veteran, in excellent condition, sound old gent with a jacket & pelt to die for. Moved out well. MPB (11) 1 Rayner’s Stoneygin Arabella, good head, mouth OK, nice shoulder placement, nice outline, good straight front, correct bite, in nice condition, moved OK; 2 Pickering’s Picer Ethelburga, nice pup with all the attributes of 1 but just preferred expression of 1; 3 Johnson’s Bennattivo Bes Bet Karison. PB (11) 1 Dean’s Cedarhill Wish Upon A Star, very nice pup, good body lines, good shoulders & forehand, lovely topline, excellent coat & pelt, in very good condition, very well presented, moved out well; 2 Stockley’s Orangecastle Zourak at Foxfactor, nice pup, good head & mouth, nice expression, OK in shoulder, topline, tailset. Unlucky to meet 1 in such good condition. Moved OK; 3 Inness’ Foxcraig Touch Of Magic. JB (5) 1 Higham’s Comberdown Thistle, nice head & expression, good jacket & pelt, level topline & tailset, good length of neck, shoulders OK, moved out well; 2 Ritchie’s Ianteg Aurella, all the attributes of 1 but movement not as positive; 3 Mudd’s Ironfield Athena. PGB (11) 1 Pearson’s Lady Ann’s Joy, good otter head, nice eye, ear carriage correct, good in shoulders, correct topline & tailset, good in stifle & second thigh, nice straight front, lovely condition, moved well; 2 I Aurella; 3 Macall & Briton’s Brumborder Bejewelled. LB (8) 1 Martin’s Merumhor Solstice Belle, what a lovely Border, good head & expression, nice jacket & pelt, correct topline & tailset, lovely shoulders, good reach of neck, ribs carried well back, strong loin, good stifle & second thigh, moved out well & well presented. CC; 2 Tutin’s Alcumlow Miss Sixty at Riseburn, nice bitch, good head & expression, good length of neck, nice shoulders, good topline & tailset, moved well; 3 Baxter’s Sulan Look At Me. OB (6) 1 Palmer’s Manorcroft Rock On Ruby, lovely Border, nice head & expression, good front, nice shoulder placement, correct topline & tailset, good racy quarters, nice feet, moved OK. RCC; 2 Baxter’s Am/Can/Int Ch Sulan Fancy That, good outline, coat & pelt, good in shoulder & forehand, moved OK; 3 Peacock’s Ragatam Nutmeg. VB (1) 1 Freeman’s Borderella Elsa, lovely 10 year old in sparkling condition, excellent coat & pelt. M RUSHBY |
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