Crufts (Ch - 08/03/2012)

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VD (1) 1 Mole’s Ch Molead Moonbean, lovely 8 year old dog, moved well, good eye & earset. PD (2) 1 Wright’s Orion Shockwave, very nice 11 month old puppy, nice head, well coated, moved with drive; 2 Holmes & Leadbetter’s Berlington Bertie Of Bow, a lovely 11 months puppy, there was a lot to like about this baby unfortunately it was less mature than 1. Worth watching in future. JD (1) 1 May’s Ayupduck Bees Knees, nice 15 months dog, nice movement with level topline. Was a bit skittish on the move. PGD (6) 1 Kemp’s Orion Black Dazzle at Yanlan, lovely dog, beautiful strong head, short coupled, moved well, good coat; 2 Eades’ Seirian Mr Bojangles, lovely dog, well presented with good movement deserved 2^nd; 3 Mole’s Chilite Shooting Star. LD (4) 1 Shepherd’s Chilite Indian Chief, lovely dog, well balanced head, well ribbed & level topline; 2 Norkett’s Applebanks Thruppence, nice dog, nice head & neck, moved well; 3 Wright & Kemp’s Orion And Your Point Is. OD (3) 1 CC & BOB, Wright’s Ch Minigarden Emil Lovely Boy, a beautiful example of the breed, well coated, good turn of stiffle, compact & moved well; 2 RCC, Metcalfe’s Ch Flactem Domino, another fine dog, well coated, well boned, lovely head, moved with drive. Not a lot between these two; 3 Kulyk’s Fr/Swiss Ch Eyko du Royaume des Bouts de Chou. GCD(0).

VB (2) 1 Breen’s Ch Kylecroft Symphony, 7 years bitch, moved well, compact, in good coat; 2 Wright’s Chilite Midnight Magic, 11 years bitch, nice for her age but was hopping in the rear during movement. PB (4) 1 BP, Wright’s Orion Still Here, lovely moving puppy, good coat, lovely feminine head, deserved her award; 2 Moir’s Stormavon Sheezgifted, presented well, good coat, moved well; 3 Wright & Thomas’ Orion Silver Spirit. JB (2) 1 Metcalfe’s Flactem Midnight Blue, beautiful 16 months bitch, moved very well, good coat; 2 Eade’s Seirian Solitear, unfortunately this 13 month old bitch played up on the table & move, apart from that she has some promise. PGB (4) 1 Tullis’ Radajasa Agent Bett Cherfiz, lovely bitch, compact with good movement, good coat; 2 Norkett’s Applebanks Florentine, similar to 1, just a smidgen longer; 3 Rodgerson’s Terendak Desirabubble. LB (5) 1 RCC, May’s Ayupduck Queen Bee, beautiful b/w bitch, moved well, well coated, lovely feminine head, worthy of the reserve award; 2 Wright’s Chilite Lunar Moon, another lovely bitch, moved well, nice turn of stifle & well coated; 3 Lagand Sylviane’s Ermeraude de Brachy Blanche. OB (7) 1 CC, Moir’s Stormavon Sky Flyer to Jansanleis, beautiful compact bitch, well coated, moved with drive, lovely feminine head with well placed eyes & ears, lovely construction, nice tight toes; 2 Storm’s Stormavon Sky’s Pink, yet another beautiful bitch from the same kennel as 1. Lovely movement, well coated. Just slightly longer; 3 Wright’s Ch Orion Absolutely Fabulous. GCB (1) 1 Ch K Symphony.

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