United Retriever Club 2019

United Retriever Club

Wednesday 13th February 2019

Judge: Ms Penny Gowland (Remington)

Best Of Breed

Tollelkin Bay Of Ice

Fuard

Best Opposite Sex	Tollelkin Water Dancer	Elkin
Best Puppy	Melanitta Sinamay JW	Burgess
BIS	Tollelkin Bay Of Ice	Fuard

Many thanks to the committee for their kind invitation, and lovely to have the opportunity to judge this alluring breed, an enjoyable day with sporting exhibitors

Puppy Dog or Bitch (1 entry)

1^st

Burgess MELANITTA SINAMAY JW
9m bitch of good size and substance, well developed for her age, a little unsettled at times but she will settle with time, clean cut head with wedge shaped muzzle, moderate stop and lovely almond eyes, high set triangular ears framing her face nicely, well set clean neck into well laid shoulders, good spring and depth of rib, with a moderate tuck up, and strong loin, nicely bent stifles which she used well on the move BP.

Junior Dog or Bitch (6 entries)

1^st	Akehurst RIPPLERUSH AVERBODE just right for his age, typical outline, nice length of leg, very true movement with nice parallel stride and correct jaunty tail carriage, masculine head with a good broad skull and a slight wedge muzzle and moderate stop, Well set neck into laid back shoulder, well sprung rib, nice turn of stifle, moved freely, nice double coat with soft texture orange with white points feet and blaze.
2^nd	Adshead AFONBACH DANCE WITH DRAGONS JW another young dog who needs a bit of time to develop his confidence, nice outline, rich dense coat, dark friendly eye, well set neck, straight front, nice tight round feet, correct body for age, nice bend of stifle, moved with nice reach of stride and level head carriage.
3^rd	Smith TIVALAKE ANYTHING GOES AT TOLLISTY JW
Res	Burgess MELANITTA SINAMAY JW
VHC	Williams FAST AND FLYING CRICKET GANG RUDEJ WYDRY (IMP POL)

Post Graduate Dog or Bitch (4 entries)

1^st	Fuard TOLLELKIN BAY OF ICE big masculine quality young dog, not over done, well muscled, with super double coat good feathering, lovely masculine head with a friendly and alert expression, broad clean cut skull moderate stop tapering muzzle with a well developed nose, kind almond eye. strong clean neck well set into laid back shoulder, correct bone pasterns and round tight feet, well sprung rib, well muscled quarters with hocks well let down, used them well on the move with good drive from behind, correct set tail, jaunty movement. totally at one with his handler. Pleased to award him BOB and delighted to hear he went on to take BIS!
2^nd	Elkin TOLLELKIN WATER DANCER lovely feminine bitch, just melting head with a correct scull, moderate stop and slightly wedged muzzle, flat cheeks, and lovely framing ears which are correctly set, well set clean neck, well laid shoulders with good fore chest and nice upper arm and elbows closely fit, straight front, nice rib level top-line, well bent stifle, moved well in profile with correct foot fall BOS.
3^rd	Adshead AFONBACH DANCE WITH DRAGONS JW
Res	Williams FAST AND FLYING CRICKET GANG RUDEJ WYDRY (IMP POL)

BIS

Fuard TOLLELKIN BAY OF ICE
From a very good complement of BOB's, winner of BIS was the Toller, Tollekin Bay Of Ice, shown to perfection on a loose lead, smart active powerful mover, super male head with intelligent expression, shoulders well laid back, elbows close to body pasterns strong, ribs well sprung, short coupled, strong in loin, well muscled quarters with let down hocks, correct tailset, parallel movement fore and aft, handled so well.