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Manchester Championship Show 2025 Critique

Thank you so much to the committee of Manchester Dog Show Society for this appointment. A huge thanks to my hard working steward who did a super job (two judges and many different breeds). I was very pleasesd with my main winners when my Dog CC and Bitch CC stood side by side they complimeted each other one hundred percent for breed type!

Puppy Dog 2 entries, 0 absentees

1st: Mr M & Mrs G Peach’s KILBOURNE JAGGER

Nine month old beautiful youngster of excellent size and substance. Excellent length of body and generous leg length. Very good, masculine head with a strong jaw, dark eye and good pigment and very well set neat ears. Good lay of shoulders and very good depth of chest with a good spring of rib for his age. Excellent feet and super coat. Moved so sound coming and going with an effortless side-movement. Guess he has a very promising future, and I was very pleased to see him later also winning best puppy in the Hound Group. BP

2nd: Miss W R Rose's HYNDSIGHT BETTER BELIEVE IT

Six weeks younger, but of the same size and substance as 1. He did enjoy his day, especially while going around the ring. Very shapely and handsome young boy. Lovely out-lines, beautiful, masculine head and expression. Another youngster with a promising future.

Post Graduate Dog 4 entries, 0 absentees

1st: Mrs J Wragg’s NEROCHE KIELDER

A mature well made male of lovely type. Very nice head and expression. Dark eyes and well folded ears. Good size and flowing curvy lines, long body with a very good arch over the loin. Very good angulations front and rear. Good feet and excellent coat. Moves with a long stride. Very well handled. RCC

2nd: Mr S A McPherson's & Mr P C Paterson's ANTONIUS VERTRAGUS THE-NGONG-HILLS (Imp Fra)

Still young looking very well build male with a lot to like about. Overall correct with moderate angulations. Lovely head and expression. Good length of neck and body but needs a little more overall depth and breadth to his chest. Good, harsh coat. Straight coming and going, could have more reach and drive. A very nice young male who needs another year to mature, like some Deerhound-males do.

3rd: Mrs S Bigland CLAONAIGLEN AFFRIC

Limit Dog 5 entries, 2 absentee

1st: Miss L Sandells & Mr J Lovell's PACKWAY BLUE MOON

Very attractive, balanced male of excellent type. Workmanlike, strong and muscular. Beautiful head, dark eyes. Good length of leg and superb length of body. Excellent angulations front and rear. Very good rise over the loin. Very good coat. Sound and correct movement from all angles with good front-reach and drive from behind. Owner and dog are a great team and they show it. CC

2nd: Ms S G Thom's FLAXSIDE A WILL TO LIVE

Very nice hound who doesn't show his age. Very good type and good bone. Well knuckled feet, and coat. Moved effortlessly with plenty of drive.

3rd: Mr R & Mrs J Allday's & Mr J & Mrs W Foster's KILBOURNE LAURIE MCLEOD AT LORAH

Open Dog 4 entries, 2 absentees

1st: Mr M & Mrs G Peach’s CH QUANTISTICO GUISEPPE TO KILBOURNE

Good looking, almost three-year-old male. Masculine head with dark eyes and a lovely expression. Good ears. Well proportioned with very good substance. Very well angulated front and rear. Excellent coat. He has a good stride, but coming and going he is rather wide in front and has the tendency to throw out his right front leg.

2nd: Mrs C C & Miss M L Anderson's IR CH HUMBLEHOUNDS VELVET TATTIE

Well made male, with very good proportions. Nice head and expression. Correct ears. Very good feet and very good coat. Moves very well with drive.

Veteran Dog 1 entry, 0 absentees

1st: Mrs A B Aston's BALGALED ARLAN

Very attractive seven your old male. Lovely type covering a lot of ground. Very nice head with a beautiful expression. Correct angulations front and rear. Very good feet and good coat-texture. Moves very well.

Puppy Bitch 7 entries, 0 absentees

1st: Mr G & Mrs N Bailey's GREYFLAX MISS GRACE

Nine month old very promising young girl. Lovely shapely all over, - nothing overdone. Very pretty head and expression. Well angulated front and rear. Well knuckled feet and shows already a very promising movement.

2nd: Mrs J Wilce Quinton's KIRJOJAX THRILLING THISTLE

Coming up to nine month of age and already so mature. Beautiful head and expression. Very shapely outlines, and very good coat. Very broad loin for her age. Moves well, but a bit 'rolling' in top-line.

3rd: Mrs A McAlpine's HUMBLEHOUNDS SGONA TATTIE

Junior Bitch 3 entries, 2 absentees

1st: Ms S G Thom's LOWLAND FAUNS IANTHE AT FLAXSIDE (Imp Ger)

Very old-fashioned type, and I mean it in the best words meaning. 13 month young girl with a lovely head and expression, balanced angulations. Moves well. Very good feet and excellent coat.

Post Graduate Bitch 7 entries, 1 absentee, 1 withdrawn

1st: Miss R V Lucas & Mr C J Daronne's PACKWAY THE ENIGMA

Very nice bitch with curvy out-lines. Beautiful head and expression, dark eyes, lovely ears and good neck. Very nice body to go over. Excellent top-line and a long tail. Super coat and an effortless movement.

2nd: Ms M A Stuart's & Ms K Holt's PACKWAY CORA SUNDROP AT OLLANDSHEART

Beautiful bitch. Very nice head and expression. Lovely neck and top-line. Well tucked-up underline. Very good angulations and feet.

3rd: Ms M A Stuart's & Ms K Holt's OLLANDSHEART MATILDA

Limit Bitch 6 entries, 2 absentees

1st: Miss R V Lucas & Mr C J Daronne's PACKWAY ECO TRAILER

Lovely bitch of very good type, not over-done in any way. Balanced angulations. Feminin head and expression and correct ears. Light and effortless on the move.

2nd: Miss D Kilgar's CLONAIGLEN TILT MAELSTORM

<Different type. Strong build and long in body. Excellent angulations and moves with drive and reach. A lot to like about her, but a bit too masculine.

3rd: Mrs L A Spence's HYNDSIGHT NEAGHLEY

Open Bitch 8 entries, 1 absentee

1st: Mrs S & Mr D Spring-Arnold's HYNDSIGHT ONLY IN MY DREAMS

Feminine from nose to tail. Beautiful type with classic eye-pleasing out-lines. Beautiful head and expression with hazelnut-coloured eyes, Superb high-set rose-shaped ears. Lovely neck flowing into a super top-line with the arch over the loin the standard is asking for. Very good chest. Correct angulations, nothing overdone. Excellent feet. Presented in very fit condition. Shown on a loose lead and with the exact speed this bitch needs to show her movement.

She excells on the move with that charm only a Deerhound bitch has. CC & BOB

2nd: Mrs T & Mr M Edwards QUANTISTICO LUCIA TO KILBOURNE

Typey bitch, very well constructed with a beautiful head and expression. Lovely body to go over. Correct front and rear angulations. Lovely length of neck and good depth of chest. Shapely topline and well arched loin. Broad, well sloped hindquarters. Easy, active and true on the move. RCC

3rd: Mr M & Mrs G Peach’s KILBOURNE OPAL'S FIRE TO ABAYOMI

Veteran Bitch 2 entries, 0 absentees

1st: Mrs J Wilce Quinton's KILBOURNE LOUISA CHICK TO KIRJOJAX

Seven and a half years young veteran. Very nice type with flowing lines all-over. Very nice head and soft expression. Presented in very good condition what enabled her to show a very active and true gait. BV

2nd: Mrs L A Spence's SHAGIEAD STORMYSEAS

Just three month younger but also shown in very good condition. Very easy on the move but less tight feet.

Björn Fritz