WELKS (Ch - 27/04/2013)

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German Spitz Mittels

PD (3) 1 Heslop’s Flamuna Arktouros, OK for size & shape with balanced head, good wedge & correct stop. Dentition OK but showing some flew & a little short on coat. Steady mover, holding a level topline. JD (5) 1 Hewett’s Spellcast Shout About It, cracking young black & one to watch, compact & square, good head with dark expressive eye, clean neck, scored in body with firm loin & level topline, covered the ground freely both ways; 2 Williams’ Galvizach Galatea at Druitz, well presented white, pleasing head & expression, small well carried ears & topline & tailset were plus points. Not quite the hind action of 1; 3 Davies’ Nixtev Serylius. PGD (4) 1 Jones’ Flamuna Revelations at Runestone, sable, well presented in good coat & condition, very showy lad, well made & nice lines in profile, scored in head, eye & neck with level topline, moved well fore & aft; 2 Clayton’s Rossfort Gerhardt, not the presentation & coat of 1 & longer cast. Head OK with good wedge, clean neck & well set tail, steady mover; 3 Heslop’s Flamuna Franz Ferdinand. LD (4) 1 Williams’ Spellcast Talk To Da Paw at Trebettyn, pleasing head of good size & shape with well set ears & topline also plus points, neat feet & correctly angulated at the rear, free mover; 2 Pooley’s Wyndlee Short N Sweet at Azkaban, did not help his handler & somewhat erratic on the move. Compact & square, displaying a pleasing head & body shape. Will no doubt have a better day in the future. OD (6) 1 CC, Chambers’ Ch Musique Worth The Wait, aptly named, showy, compact & well made, in excellent coat & condition, balanced head, clean neck, neat erect ears, topline & tailset complement the whole picture, free mover both ways & close up for BOB; 2 RCC, Andrews’ Claran Narada, another quality & showy lad in cracking coat & condition, nice for size, short coupled, scored in head, eye, neck & shoulder, held good topline & once settled moved out well; 3 Hewetts’ Ch Spellcast Secrets And Lies.

PB (6) 1 BP, Beard’s Wyndlee Jet, what an exuberant young lady, full of herself & balanced in head & body with good set on, neat feet & shows nice lines in profile, free mover once settled & should progress; 2 Purves’ Bulabs Leading Lady, not in the best of coat & hesitant at first. Head shape OK with good wedge, clean neck, well ribbed up & held level topline, moved out quite well; 3 Mulholland’s Zephon Akane. JB (6) 1 Hunter’s Rossfort Elena, compact & short coupled, head of good shape, well set ears & clean neck. In correct coat though presentation could be improved. Hesitant at first but moved out well both ways; 2 Williams’ Hocombewood Party Popper at Druitz, well presented & square with nice head, OK for size & outline. Front not her fortune but moved quite well going away. PGB (1) 1 Pooley’s Spellcast Talking Secrets with Azkaban, pleasing black, well proportioned head with good wedge, just enough neck, in nice coat & condition, held firm topline, well set tail & good quarters, moved out well with good side gait. LB (3) 1 RCC, Williams’ Druitz Follow That Dream, compact, well made, nice for size & shape, in good coat, balanced head with small, well set ears, clean neck & well ribbed up with a firm loin, excellent topline & set on, neat feet, moved well both ways; 2 Heslop’s Flamuna Babyshambles, longer cast than 1 & not so balanced all through, pleased in head shape, eye & ears & moved out quite well going away. OB (4) 1 CC & BOB, Moir’s Ch Jansanleis Mayhem, this cream set an excellent example with her first class presentation & showmanship, cracking head, lovely eye & ears, pleased in neck & shoulders, in lovely coat & level topline with a good set on & correctly angulated hindquarters, excellent profile & moved out freely fore & aft; 2 Orr’s Rossfort Andante with Sobriety, not quite the size & balance all through of 1 but nicely put down & showed herself off really well, well proportioned head & scored in eye, ears & topline, moved out quite well once settled.

ROGER THOMAS