The Collie Club of Wales
Sunday 18th August 2024

Firstly I would like to thanks the officers and committee of The Collie Club of Wales for inviting me to judge Rough Collie Dogs on Sunday 18th August 2024 at the Royal Welsh Showground.
The show was well organised and run thanks to Christine Collins and the committee and made my wife and I feel very welcome. A big thank you to my very efficient steward on the day Mrs Marina McLaughlin.
Generally speaking the breed is in a good position health wise and I did not see any real problems. All exhibits were well presented and I thank the exhibitors for taking my decisions in a sporting manner.

Class 1 Minor Puppy Dog 3-0
1st Telford’s’ Beldones Diamond Touch For Glenbowdene. A  six month old sable and white with a lovely head and expression. Well balanced confirmation. Lovely Eye, correct ears well placed and a good reach of neck. Moved well for such a young one. A bright star for the future.
2nd Tipper’s Tiganlea Turned To Black. Eight month old tricolour with a nice outline coming from a good length of back with a balanced length of neck. Good eye and expression with nice neat ears and rounded muzzle. Good bone and moved well.
3rd Lewis’s Triburle Magnanimous

Class 2 Puppy Dog 3-0
1st Lockyer’s  Salsina Red Hot Crush With Gataj. Eleven and a half month old sable and white with a lovely make and shape. Good muscle tone which helped him move round the ring. Lovely level head plains with correct placement of ears which were used well, nice length of neck and level topline. Moved soundly.
2nd Harris’s  Geosamka Loves To Love. Ten month old sable and white with good confirmation and movement. Level topline balanced with length of neck with a deep chest. Nice expression which could be improved with better placement of ears which were a little wide set.
3rd Lewis’s Triburle Magnanimous

Class 3 Junior  Dog 3-0
1st Turner’s Paulara Blaze Of Glory. Thirteen and a half month old sable and white who was sound all round. Nice eye and expression with parallel head plains and correct placement and well used ears making a super expression. Good bone and sound mover. Liked him very much and was considered for the Reserve CC.
2nd Lockyer’s Gataj Lewis Capaldi. Nine and a half month old sable and white very similar to the above. With level head plains, good ears, sweet eye and ears used well. Sound construction and movement who went on to get Best Puppy Dog, Best Puppy in Breed and Best Puppy in Show.
3rd Riddell’s Primo Bell’uomo

Class 4 Yearling Dog 2-1
1st Skinner’s Ladnar Makeithappen For Nikal. 18 month old blue merle with a nice head and expression coming from level head plains. Sweet eye, correct ears placement and a rounded muzzle. Level topline with nice depth of chest, good angulation front and rear and moved well. A little out of coat but the quality was there to see.

Class 5 Novice Dog 2-0
1st Parnham’s Caribbean Blue Sky Actis To Samanta (Imp Pol). Three year old blue merle with an excellent clear broken blue coat. Nice head and expression with correct ears a sweet eye, rounded muzzle and level head plains. Lovely outline when standing and moved well.
2nd Riddell’s Primo Bell’uomo. Fourteen month old tricolour who was full of energy and enjoyed his day in the ring. Good overall shape but on the upper limit for size. Nice eye and ears but receding in back skull. Nice depth to his chest and moved well.

Class 6 Graduate Dog 2-0
1st Hassock’s Camanna Cellmate. An excellent exhibit oozing quality. Good size and good bone and all dog at the young age of 19 months. An super outline when viewed from the side with a good reach of neck and a level topline . Good angulation front and rear. An excellent head and expression with correct parallel lines, a well rounded muzzle with good underjaw. A sweet eye and correct placement of ears which were used well. I wrote next to my critique (Top Draw) and he was awarded the CC and Best Opposite Sex In Show. It was lovely to see a male look like a male.
2nd Gelder’s Libanel Erebus Eternal Love. Two year old tricolour who was well constructed with a nice make and shape. Level topline with a nice reach of neck. Flat skull and well rounded muzzle, ears correctly placed would prefer a sweeter eye. Moved well.

Class 7 Post Graduate Dog 4-0
1st Hassock’s Camanna Cellmate ( Winner of Graduate Dog )
2nd Dix’s Barrenclough Diamond Skies. Five year old sable and white in super condition. Sweet eye and expression with correctly placed ears which were used well. Correct parallel head plains and blunt wedge. Nice deep chest with a level topline with a balanced length of back and neck. Well boned and moved well.
3rd Leese’s Essanjay Fields Of Gold For Firesaga
Res. Crawford’s Stregato Foolish Guy

Class 8 Mid Limit Dog 1-0
1st Cronk’s Chelborn Gambling List. Two and a half year old tricolour with a lovely make and shape with good angulation front and rear and good bone. Nice head and expression with a well-rounded muzzle,  flat skull sweet eye and correct placement of ears. Deep chest and moved soundly.

Class 9 Limit Dog 4-0
1st Hodges’ Jopium Love On The Rocks. A very nice twenty two month old tricolour with excellent construction with correct balance of length of back and reach of neck. Good turn of stifle and nicely balanced on the move. Excellent head and expression with a well-rounded muzzle, sweet eye, flat skull and well boned.
2nd Lockyer’s Gataj Turn Back Time JW. Two year old sable and white with a nice head with a sweet eye, good ears a well-rounded muzzle producing a sweet expression. A nice deep chest with good angulation front and rear and moved soundly.
3rd Gautrey’s Lillyway Landwind
Res. Gelder’s Libanel Erebus Eternal Love

Class 10 Open Dog 6-1
1st Blaikie’s Ch Kourika You’ll Do For Me. An excellent 3 year old tricolour with super bone and construction. A lovely masculine head with correct parallel head plains, a sweet eye correct placement of ears making a lovely expression. Good underjaw. Nice reach of neck in proportion to the length of back with good angulation front and rear. Sound on the move and was awarded the Reserve CC. Another excellent masculine exhibit.
2nd Shipp’s Ch No More Heroes Du Clos De Sea-Wind JW (Imp Fra). A six year old sable and white in super coat and condition and showing well for his handler. Excellent make and shape with a deep chest and good length of back. A nice flat skull and good ears. Would prefer a sweeter eye but a pleasing expression none the less. Moved well.
3rd Cronks’ Chelborn That’ll Do
Res. Hawkins & Foy’s Beldones Toucher Du Bois
VHC Allsopp’s Aqualita It’s a Miracle

Class 11 Veteran Dog 1-0
1st Mill’s Lynmack Starman At Lemivee. Eight year old sable and white with a lovely eye and expression with correct placement of his well-used ears and showing nonstop for his handler. Lovely reach of neck and level topline.  Moved easily and with purpose.

Judge Tony Iley