CRUFTS 2018
ROUGH COLLIE DOGS
I would like to thank the Committee for inviting me to judge at Crufts and my efficient stewards. It was a great honour to judge my breed at this prestigious show. My thanks to the exhibitors for their entry, it was a privilege to judge your dogs. I found type and size a little mixed, presentation very good, except I found a couple needing grooming and knots behind the ears, temperaments were excellent. As would be expected, open and veteran were both full of quality dogs.
VD (16, 2) Lovely class.
1 Hawkins & Foy's Ch Beldones Double Diamond. S/w in full coat of good texture, clean head, lovely expression, correct stop, well filled back skull, nicely angulated, moved out strongly, kept topline, good bone and tight feet.
2 Edwards' Ch Elshajo Armani Moon. Tri in lovely condition, his coat gleamed, scored on shape and size, balanced wedge head, pleasing expression, ears on top, good reach of neck, clean withers, firm topline, moved soundly, positive action. 3 Scott's Ch Moon Walker Dallinaire For Chantique (Imp). S/w, not in full coat today so nothing hidden, showed off his excellent front assembly and balanced angulations, masculine head, excellent set of eye, exquisite expression, moved soundly with strong drive.
MPD (2)
1 Gladwell's Sunswirl Win Step TO Jotars (Imp Blr) NAF. S/w. Liked his make and shape, correct head pattern, attentive expression, ears on top, nicely angulated shoulders and rear quarters, moved out freely, tad close at rear.
2 Cronk's Culbrae Code Red At Chelborn. S/w, size bigger all round, still in proportion, good length of head, nice expression, excellent neck and withers, nicely angulated, moved out well, little slack at rear.
PD (7, 1)
1 Wall & Walsh's Hawkfield's Return To Sender To Joshren. Tri. Liked his outline, stood and showed off his lovely shape, super neck onto well placed shoulders, nice sweep over croup, good length of tail, head needs to finish, lovely expression, ears on top, moved soundly all ways.
2 Jones & Blackburn's Erjon Eminent. S/w, balanced all through, pleasing head, well set eye giving sweet expression, good back skull, neat ears, nicely angulated front and rear, moved out soundly with drive. 3 Gallagher's Kisalagi Dartagnan At Galdana (Imp Hun) NAF TAF. Another with balanced shape, correct wedge head, well placed ears, good neck and depth of brisket, firm loin, moved out well, needs to firm up in rear.
JD (9, 1)
1 Proctor's Wilmaranna Out Of The Blue For Cathbri. Blue, nice type, clean wedge head, pleasant expression, attentive to handler, good spring and length of rib, nicely angulated, moved out freely and soundly.
2 Humphrey's Shasam Sign Of The Times JW. S/w. Masculine head, correct stop, sweet expression, good forehand, topline and turn of stifle, good bone and feet, moved out soundly, lovely presentation.
3 Benton & Smith's Brooklynson El Dorado. Upstanding male. Super moving dog, good neck and angulations, firm topline on the move, head of good length, well used ears.
YD (9, 1)
First three could change places another time.
1 Disse & Penning's Willow The Best From Nelly's Paradise Ger JCh (ATC AV00439DEU). Blue, super colour, all male, not overdone, clean head, pleasing expression, excellent reach of neck and angulations which showed in his superb movement.
2 Cronk's Chelborn Story Teller. Tri, lovely size and shape, balanced head with super expression, well placed ears, good front and brisket, nice bone, tight feet, firm topline, moved out soundly with drive in lovely condition.
3 Scott's Magical Moon Of Lowlands Green Valley For CHantique (Imp Fra). S/w. Liked his make and shape, super head, expression, good depth of brisket and front assembly, firm loin and flow over croup, moved covered the ground with ease. Excellent presentation.
GD (9, 2) 1 Hawkins & Foy's Beldones Tom Wood. S/w. Not a big lad but all male, correct wedge head, good stop, pleasing eye set and expression, ears on top, nicely angulated front quarters, good width of chest, moved with positive action on good bone and tight feet. 2 Gladwell's Moon Happy Jotars (Imp Rus). Flashy blue, good size, nice type of head, good back skull, nice length of neck, good front, length of rib and turn of stifle, moved true. 3 Rust's Jotars Moon Spritzer. Good shape wedge head with good underjaw, well used ears, nice length of neck, firm topline, sound on the move.
PGD (11, 2)
1 Congdon's Monsolana Bounty Taste For Aaronwell (Imp Rus). JW ShCM. Tri in full coat of good texture, super presentation, head handles well, dark eye giving desired expression, flat back skull, well used ears, good neck, front and rear angles, moved out well on good bone and tight feet.
2 Melvin & Jopson's Leeamanway River Phoenix At Nithview. S/w. Another with pleasing shape, balanced head, good stop, ears bang on top, pleasing expression, good neck, front quarters and turn of stifle, moved freely.
3 Allen's Lynmack Labyrinth. S/w. Nota big lad, correct head pattern, pleasing eye set and expression, well set ears, nice neck and depth of brisket, firm loin, moved well.
MLD (9, 2)
1 Fox's Alanita Acker Bilk For Westoak. S/w, instantly appeals, best mover in the class, good size and shape, masculine wedge head, clean stop, lovely expression, good reach of neck, firm topline and flow over croup, in lovely coat, moved sound and true.
2 Hollinshead's Starlyn Diamonds 'R' Forever. Blue, nicely marked, correct head pattern, good shape, in full coat, nice front and rear angles, little overweight which showed in movement, well presented. 3 Arrowsmith's Saganan Gundagai. Blue, no jacket today but what he had was a lovely colour, good body shape, angles and length to height ratio, moved soundly with positive action.
LD (10)
1 Gladwell's Jotars Blue Moon JW. Blue in excellent order throughout, stood and showed off his lovely shape, clean head, good underjaw, just right for stop, pleasing attentive expression, ears on top, giving true balance, good reach of neck onto well placed shoulders, depth of brisket and length of rib, flow over croup, moved soundly and smoothly round the ring, he can be a little happy with his tail but it did not distract from the overall picture. CC.
2 Carmichael's Kilchrenan Keltic Brier JW. Tri all male, super size and shape, balanced head of good length, well filled foreface, correct stop, dark well set eye, strong neck and shoulders, good width of chest, depth of brisket, firm topline and loin, nice sweep over croup, moved soundly on good legs and tight feet.
3 Duffield's Angelfield Frankel. S/w. Good breed type and body shape, stands well, good front, correct topline and angles, masculine clean head, well set ears, good ribcage, moved soundly.
OD (21, 5) Super class.
1 Cooney's Ch Jopium Stole My Heart At Lingwell. S/w. Quality male, honest Collie, no exaggerations in any department, clean masculine wedge head, well filled foreface, correct stop, pleasing eyes giving sweet expression, well placed ears, good reach of neck, muscled shoulders, balanced angles front and rear, moved out soundly with smooth action and drive. Lovely outline. Pushed hard RCC.
2 Congdon's Jugband Blues Do Clos De Sea-Wind Via Aaronwell (Imp Fra). Quality blue, excellent colour and presentation, in full coat, super head and eye, neat ears, nicely angulated front assembly and depth of brisket, firm topline and flow over croup, good height to length ratio, correct turn of stifle, good bone and tight feet, moved freely and soundly, a pleasing picture on the move.
3 Tipper's Tiganlea Too Good To Be Forgotten. S/w. Another quality lad, all male and not to be forgotten not overdone in any department, clean wedge head, good expression, alert and attentive, well set ears, straight front, nice depth of brisket, spring and length of rib, solid loin, good length of croup, moved out with positive action.
GCD (12, 1)
1 Arrowsmith's Saganan Gundagai.
2 Mellish's Demelewis Catchmydrift. Blue. Excellent body shape and mover, wedge head, good back skull, pleasing expression, good neck, balanced angles front and rear, good ribcage, kept topline, moved soundly with plenty drive and extension.
3 Scott's Aniesh Touch Of Black. Tri. Nice type, clean wedge head, good back skull, pleasant eye, nice neck, shoulders and angles, moved well.
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