Southern Open Show 2007
Judge's Critique
The
Irish Setter Club of Wales held an open show
where I had a lovely entry. BIS was Covarney
Miss B Havin; RBIS, Covarney Masterpiece; BP, Tiroen Time After Time for Alolfran;
& BV, Coppershell Fearless Fred.
MPD (6,1 a) 1 Danks-Kemish's Tiroen Time After Time for Afofran, very promising puppy, liked everything about him; lovely head & expression, good neck & shoulders, well balanced for one so young, moved steadily in challenge for BP; 2 Burkes' Tiroen Trailblazer to Gregalare, lovely youngster, very close to I & could easily change places another day. Beautiful head, good front, nicely balanced & good bend of stifle, did not move as steadily as 1 but still very sound; 3 Stevenson's Lochlorien Murphys Law by Andley
PD (3,1) 1 Tiroen Time After Time for Afofran; 2 Tiroen Trailblazer to Gregalare.
VD
(5) 1 Davies' Coppersheil Fearless Fred, adorable 11 years, beautiful head/soft expression, nicely
balanced, in good coat & still moved well; 2 Rodda's Teramour Happy Go Lucky; 9 years,
in good
condition, good front & shoulders, lovely shape & moved well; 3 Harris’
Teramour Call Me Lucky of Trapwell
JD (7,1) 1 Need's Covarney Mocha, lovely young dog, bit restless to start with but did settle down, lovely head & expression, good front & feet, nice topline, well bent stifle, well presented; 2 Drinkwater's Brabrook Shochalpza, very promising dog, nicely balanced, good head & shoulders, lovely neat feet, moved with drive; 3 Pickering & Hay's Amberwave Frankie.
YD (9,3) 1 Mugford's Linwood Field Of Dreams, love everything about this young dog from his head to his tail, nice head arched neck, good shoulders, good front & feet, strong quarters, moved very well; 2 Prangle's Heathclare A Chance Of Magic, nice outline & in good coat, good neck & shoulders, good bend of stifle, did not move as well as 1; 3 Amberwave Frankie.
Tyro (6,2) 1 Drinkwater's Brabrook Shochalpza; 2 Amberwave Frankie, nice head & topline, good front & bend of stifle, moved soundly; 3 Burke's Polmennor Dazzling Effects.
GD (9,1) 1 Burke's Clachnahor Ami Pierrot, beautiful dog, one I have often admired from the ringside, so well balanced with excellent conformation, lovely head & expression, well bent stifle & beautiful dark coat, moved soundly; 2 Need's Ginger And Condron's Covarney Brings Verdi to Stourford, close second, lovely balanced dog, nice head & expression, arched neck, well laid back shoulders, good bend of stifle & moved well; 3 Heathclare's A Chance.Of Magic.
PGD (7,4) 1 Condron's Covarney Master Class, my type of Setter, so well balanced, excellent conformation, beautiful head & soft expression, good bend of stifle &-moved round the ring. RBIS; 2 Clachnahor Ami Pierrot; 3 Child's Brenrue Outlander
LD (5,1) 1 Condron & Symons’ Covarney Cruiser, very elegant dog, lot to like about him, nice head & expression, lovely flowing topline & front, moved well; 2 Ostman's Coppers Bubblands Glad, unfortunate to meet 1 in first class condition, lovely head & good neck & shoulders, well balanced; 3 Davies’ Carnbargus Colorado.
OD (6,1) I Mortimer’s Covarney Crusader, beautifully presented, pleasant head, good topline kept on the move; 2 McDonagh's Ronzalda Don Magnifico, lovely dark coat, good head, well placed shoulders & good bend of stifle, moved well; 3 Ancell's Twoacres Kavanagh.
MPB (3) I Stevenson's Lochlorien Prime Suspect
for Andley, very pretty baby, beautifully presented, lovely head & nice dark coat, nicely balanced,
shows a lot of promise; 2 Hall’s Glennara Lehana, promising youngster,very pretty, nice head
& expression, good angulation; 3Randies Rionore Bewitching Thyme,
PB (2) I Berry & Morris’
Brinara Winter Cherry, such a pretty youngster,
just the type I like, very promising future,
lovely shape, nice head & soft expression, showed well; 2 G Lehana.
VB (6,3) 1 Rodda's Sh
Ch Covarney Cora Mia Mine at.Teramour, almost 8 years & in beautiful condition, nice head &
expression, good shoulders & front, kept her topline
on the move, beautifully balanced, lovely type,
still showing well; 2 Simon's Covarney Carra Bella of Westridge, I see she is litter sister to 1, both
lovely bitches, lovely expression & nice shape,
moved well, really elegant bitch; 3 Roberts’
Polmennor Village Gossip.
JB (7,3) 1 Powis' Amberway
Freckles, beautiful bitch, scored in head
& expression, good front with neat feet & lovely neck & shoulders, moved soundly; 2 Naylor &
Morrison's Bardonhill Singing Skies over Anlory,
very close second, just preferred head of
1, lovely shape/good front & nice dark coat, good hindquarters &
moved well; 3 Mortimer & Condron's
Covarney Coco.
YB (8,3) 1 Mugford's Lynwood
Follow Your Dream, beautiful bitch, promising
future, lovely head & expression & good
reach of neck & correct front & shoulders,
Nicely balanced with good hindquarters
& moved soundly; 2 Condron's
Covarney Kayanne, different type to 1
but very pleasing to go over, nice head & soft expression, good topline & very elegant on the
move; 3 Amberway Freckles.
TB (3) 1 Covarney Kayanne; 2 Amberway Freckles; 3 Brinara
Winter Cherry
GB (7,4) I Roberts’ Lynwood
Theme Song for Polmennor; lovely bitch, nice head, soft expression, good shoulders &
front, good feet, nicely balanced & moved well; 2 Naylor & Morrison's
Anlory Durize, lovely bitch but preferred head of I, nonetheless a beautiful balanced
bitch with good front, lovely neck & shoulders, strong hindquarters &
moved with drive; 3 C Coco.
PGB (8,1) 1 Hiron's Loskeran Larch,
very eyecatching & very typical of the breed, lovely soft expression, nice head, good
neck &
shoulders,
correct front, well balanced & moved with style round the ring; 2 Condron's Scotch Law
Memphis Belle at Covarney, lovely bitch, nice head,good head & shoulders,good front & topline, moved
well; 3 Pickerill's Amberwave Tamsin
LB (6,3) 1 Condron's Covarney Miss B Havin, bitch I
have admired from the ringside, very elegant, lovely
head & expression. Beautiful arched neck, well
laid back shoulders, good front, well bent stifle,
good topline maintaining this on the move. BIS; 2 Naylor & Morrison's
Anlory Valpolicella, lovely bitch, very
typical of the breed, good reach of
neck, well placed shoulders, nice topline, well angulated at rear & moved soundly; 3 Hall's Glennary
Klipspringer.
OB (7,3) I Waterton's Lynwood
Strands Of Silk at Sandstream, lovely bitch, beautifully presented, very typical of the breed
with her soft expression. Good neck & shoulders, nice outline & strong hindquarters, moved
very well; 2 Berry & Morris’ Brinara Backseat
Driver, very close to 1, maybe preferred head of 1, lovely shaped bitch, good
reach of neck & well placed
shoulders, correct front & nice bend of stifle, moved well; 3 Harris*
Goldings Helleana of Trapwel.
Brace (3,1) I McDonagh's Ronzaldo
Don Magnifico & Don Quichotte; 2 Stevenson's Lochlorien Prime Suspect for
Andley &
Murphy's Law by Andley.
B Laidlaw