City of Birmingham Championship Show

Judges Critiques

Mr T ALLCOCK

Judging:

City of Birmingham Ch Show September 2023 – Bichon Frise 

SBD (3 Entries) Abs: 1
1st: Grantham’s  Deizi Yabba Dabba Doozie at Lake Giants. 17 months and maturing nicely. Balanced skull, well shaped dark eyes. OK for neck. Well laid shoulders. Correct forechest, well ribbed, muscled loins and hindquarters. Beautifully presented coat. Moved out well and superbly handled.  Special Beginners Group 2
2nd: Crawford’s Luka Songbird. 17 months, Well-proportioned head with a pleasing expression. Dark eyes. Just lacking pigmentation. Well ribbed body. Coat texture OK. Moved soundly.


PD (1 Entries) Abs: 0
1st: Stokes & Parkinson’s Delbrupar's Moretti. Promising, 6 month old baby. He has well-proportioned head with round eyes. Excellent pigmentation. Admirably balanced with correct body proportions. Impressive mover and especially his forehand. Nicely textured jacket for age. Best Puppy and Puppy Group shortlist. 

JD (2 Entries) Abs: 0
1st: Grantham’s Deizi Yabba Dabba Doozie at Lake Giants
2nd: Crawford’s Luka Songbird. 

Class PGD (1 Entries) Abs: 0
1st: Crawford’s Luka Songbird

Class LD (3 Entries) Abs: 0
1st: Anderson’s Manoir's Licensed to Thrill for Brokengate. This 19 month old has a lot to like. Super head and expression with dark pigmentation. Appealing eyes. Well bodied with a nicely arched neck well set. Produced impressive forehand movement. Excellent tailset and carriage. Moved with style and accuracy. 

2nd: Aspinall’s  Sherrosea Future Hopes. 5 years old. Very fit. Presents a pleasing overall balanced outline. Good for reach of neck. Nicely bodied with well sprung ribs. Broad loins, secure backline and correct tail carriage. Sound mover but not quite the forehand extension of 1. Presented in excellent coat. 
3rd: Marsden’s Winharleigh Magic of Music

 

OD (5 Entries) Abs: 1
1st: Coad & Sanghoon-Lee  & Nam’s, US Ch & Ch Holdsway Lion King (Imp). All male masculine, mature 4 year old. Well shaped skull. Superb dark, well shaped eyes and deep pigmentation. Clean forequarters, well laid shoulders. Plenty of forechest. Excellent for ribbing and short strong loins. Correctly angulated quarters. Presented in exemplary fashion and headed a great class to judge. CC, BOB and Group 4
2nd: Carr’s Ch Daveyluvs D' Artagnan JW.  Another beautiful 4 year old dog and clearly of champion quality. Super for head and expression. Great pigmentation. Well balanced body. Strong, correctly angulated  hindquarters producing effortless rear drive.  Dense, soft coat of correct length. Close up on 1, so without hesitation -  RCC
3rd: Mault’s Ch Limartine Mr.Blue

 

GCD (1 Entries) Abs: 0
1st: Marsden’s Winharleigh Magic of Music. Really nice to examine and everything in the right place. Admirable head containing appealing eyes. Nicely maturing at 4 years. Presented in excellent coat and moved well. 

VB (2 Entries) Abs: 0
1st: Parkinson’s  Jaimens Petrichor. 7 ½ year old and so pretty and feminine. Loved her head and expression. Well ribbed body, good for forechest. Neat front; well-placed shoulders. Strong hindquarters aided impressive movement.  Best Veteran. Veteran Group 2.
2nd: Crawford’s  Evie Bella. 8 years and another presented in excellent condition. Lovely temperament and clearly enjoying her day. Pigmentation not at its best. Well bodied. 

PB (4 Entries) Abs: 1

1st: Walklate & Walklate’s Pamplona Almost An Angel At Ashoka. 8 ½ months and still rather a baby, but she is very promising and when settled she moved out well and with style. Very pretty head containing  excellent pigmentation. Good for neck and shoulders. Nicely balanced body for age. Good coat texture.
2nd: Pike & Carter’s Cartikes After Midnight. I was captivated by her gorgeous eyes. 8 ½ months. A touch longer cast than 1 but has equally the same wonderful attributes. Super coat. She moved beautifully. Close call. 
3rd: Aspinall’s Eithlynn Grateful Heart


JB (2 Entries) Abs: 0
1st: Robinson’s Wattlemaede Biddy. 12 months. Pretty, feminine head with lovely eyes and good pigmentation. She is quite lovely to go over and clearly well put together. Neat well angulated forequarters, producing an impressive forehand. Body is well ribbed. She moved extremely well but just occasionally a little unsure. As she matures she will trouble the best. Considered her for the RCC. Best Junior. 
2nd: Walklate & Walklate’s Ashoka Copacobana. 13 months. Nicely balanced throughout. Well ribbed with a good body and slight arch over the loin. Well angulated hindquarters. Particularly pleasing in profile. Unfortunately, was spooked by the noise created by movement of the drain covers under the green baize carpet.


PGB (2 Entries) Abs: 1
1st: Hill & Macleod’s  Deizi Diamonds Are Forever 17 months. Beautifully balanced. Admired her pretty, well pigmentated  head containing super eyes contributing to a most pleasing expression. Nicely arched neck and good for body. Tail is well set. Super coat. Purposeful, accurate mover and another one to watch. 


LB (1 Entries) Abs: 0
1st: Stokes’s Delbrupar Jamaican Me Crazy at Anneymar. 2 ½ years and another whose head qualities are worth a second look, especially those halos. Neck with good reach and well set. Good for ribbing and chest. Elbows neatly placed. Produces impressive profile movement. 


OB (5 Entries) Abs: 0
1st: Carr’s Ch Daveyluvs Hot Tramp I Luv U So. Just super! Soft, gentle  expression from dark appealing eyes with correct halos. Beautifully constructed throughout with good reach to neck.  Balanced angulations produce such an impressive profile when moving. Sturdy, well ribbed body and nicely rounded hindquarters. Lovely coat texture. Super temperament. On the move she never put a foot wrong. CC.
2nd: Smith & Coad’s Pamplona New Sensation. 2 years old. Another quality girl. Super reach of neck, neat front. Good for ribs and loin. Correctly placed tail, held well. Moved soundly. Coat of exemplary texture. RCC.
3rd: Marquiss’s Ch Quissmar Chasing Lightning

TONY ALLCOCK OBE (Judge)