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Archive 08 Three Counties 09 Judge
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IRISH THREE COUNTIES 09 Judge/s:Mr G Morris IRISH JUDGE THREE COUNTIES 09 Irish Terriers PD (3) 1 Bradley’s Montelle Viscount Erhard, very nice puppy, good head & expression, good neck & shoulders, good coat, quarters & tailset, showed & moved well. BP; 2 Bell’s Drumbilla Diabolo, nice pup, at this stage not as forward as winner. No way disgraced being second to above. JD (0). PGD (2) 1 Pratt’s Terrijay Special Brew, in great form, coat & condition, muscle tone & body weight, masculine head, good neck & shoulder, moved & showed well; 2 Hardman’s Bonosue The Mighty Quinn, too much hair left on inside of this dog’s ears spoilt his expression & his chances. Otherwise very nice to go over, sound on the move, showed well. LD (2) 1 Hardman’s Bonosue Eric The Red, fit & racy, like an Irish should be. Sound & moved well; 2 Cooke’s Lionwood Rowanberry, of sound conformation. This dog is very very overweight. Do try & make him a healthier dog by getting him into something like his normal body weight. OD (3) 1 Higgins’ Am Ch Royal Bryson Ruler of Derry, sharp looking & racy, in good body weight, ideal size, stood up & showed his head off in the very hot sun & this carried the day for him. CC; 2 Anderson’s Ch Kerrykeel Ronan, I liked this dog a lot & looked my winner until paired up to the above, then decided I’ve had enough of the heat thank you. A pity. RCC; 3 Lovelace’s Brazan Slippery Jack. PB (5) 1 Bower & Kenyon’s Sinead’s Siofra, 8 month puppy, in good form & very much like the male pup for type. Good head & expression, good neck & shoulders, in good coat, moved & showed well; 2 Lovelace’s Brazan Choral, close up & not disgraced. Good head, neck & shoulders, quarters & tailset sound. Not in quite the coat of 1; 3 Nevill’s Courtington Elena at Rosemonelle. JB (2) 1 Bradley’s Montelle Star Of The Ring, ideal size, make & shape, good head, neck & shoulders, good body weight, quarters & tailset sound; 2 Hardman’s Bonosue Snow Storm, correct size & close up to winner, good head, neck & shoulders, tailset & quarters, moved well. PGB (4) 1 Rundle & Goddard’s Allatsea Gift Of Gold at Marshcourt, top class bitch, all quality & type, very good head & expression, great forehand, good quarters & tailset, good angulation, moved soundly & a great showgirl. RCC; 2 Bamsey’s Holbam Pearly Shannon, good head, neck & shoulders, good body, sound, ideal size; 3 B Snow Storm. LB (1) 1 Blower’s Saredon Ruby Red of Turith, good head & expression, good neck & shoulders, in good body weight & condition, sound, showed well. OB (5) 1 Anderson’s Ch Kerrykeel Orlaith, lovely bitch from all angles, type, keen, racy, ready to chase, good head & expression, neck & shoulder, body & body weight, good tailset, angulation, sound in movement, showed well. CC & BOB: 2 Rundle & Batley’s Ch/Sw Ch Larkan Lidda, carried her years well. Today could not deny the winner the laurels; 3 Willetts’ Saredon Rosanne. GERRARD MORRIS
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