The Scottish Kennel Club
DACHSHUND (MIN LONG-HAIRED)

MINIATURE LONG HAIRED

PD (2) 1 Phillips’ Metadale Secret Assignment, pleasing red, good head & eye, nice outline, well bodied, firm hindquarters, nice bone & feet. Could be a little firm in elbows; 2 Bell’s Larkhund Jack of Diamonds, nice head, pleasing neck, shoulders & forechest. Could be better in hindquarters, needs experience on being handled. JD (2) 1 Brooks’ Layways Piper fro Lyndarlea, glamorous light red coat in lovely condition, good dark pigment & eyes, pleasing forehand, nice outline, good hindquarters; 2 Dutson’s Rossdach Red Leader, expressive shaded/r. Not just as pleasing in ribs. Good bone & feet. PGD (3) 1 Paterson’s Wilmaranna James Bond, nicely balanced dapple, good front, bone & feet, nice topline kept well on the move, good ears & eyes. Coat not at its best; 2 Brooks’ Lyndarlea Fizical Atracts, attractive choc/t, good neck, shoulders & topline. 1 had the edge in hind action; 3 Buchan’s Helenium Copper. LD (4) 1 Worswick’s Dollyharp Franz Schubert, nice clear red coat, very good head, eye & ears, good neck, shoulders & front, nice outline, moved freely & soundly; 2 Brooks’ Lyndarlea Pedro, neat b/t, pleasing head & eye, well bodied, nice forehand. Could be a little better in croup. Sympathetically handled to make the best of him; 3 Warren & Rowell’s Jadag Continental Diplomat. OD (7) Headed by three very good b/ts with little between them on the day. 1 Oxley’s Dinkidax Donny Rova, well balanced, no exaggerations, good head & eye, nice forehand construction, pleasing body, bone & rib, good hindquarters, lovely coat & condition which won him a second CC; 2 Colley & Buchan’s Stainesacre the Riddler, his coat also shone with condition, pleasing head, well bodied, very good front, moved sound. I thought 1 just scored in quarters. RCC; 3 Graham & Wood’s Ch Jadag Fortons Special.

MPB (3) 1 Geeson’s Abydachs Absolution, I liked this b/t very much, good neck, shoulders & outline, well made hindquarters with good width, nice forehand, moved soundly, very promising. BP; 2 Keay’s Essendy Delicous, neat, feminine 6 month baby, nice outline, moved out well, has character. Needs to improve in front; 3 Tattersall’s Asbach Artimis. PB (5) 1 Laird’s Flavian Bonye at Morn, very promising b/t. Needs a touch more confidence on being handled. Good neck, shoulders & front, pleasing body & rib, well made hindquarters, moved well; 2 Brooks’ Lyndarlea Dark Moment, sweet feminine b/t, pleasing forehand, good topline. Has the time to strengthen a little in quarters but as the breadth; 3 Heiser’s Polinard Grace ‘N’ Favour. JB (2) 1 Phillips & Duton’s Ralines Black Lace, neat, feminine, pleasing head, nice neck & shoulders, good bone, well made hindquarters. Needs to come on in front; 2 Bell’s Longort Tanya of Distinction, good coat texture & attractive rich tan, good head. Pushed the measure today & can improve over the loin but still very young. PGB (6,1a) 1 Cooper’s Jumanda’s Gypsy Silver, this dapple was the most outgoing in the class, very good neck & shoulders, well made hindquarters. Could be a little better coupled. Moved out well; 2 Jury’s Torwood Back To Blue, well bodied b/t, good rib, nice over loin & croup, good legs & feet; 3 Kennedy’s Denkena’s Glitter Baby. LB (4,1) 1 Morrison’s Wilmaranna Miss Money Penny, pretty headed dapple, well bodied, good depth & brisket, nice bone & feet, well made hindquarters. Just a touch soft in topline at time but overall a well balanced pleasing bitch who moved well; 2 Worswick’s Simply Music from Dolyharp, good headed shaded red, nice eye & pigment, good bone & limbs. Could be a touch better coupled & tail is sometimes carried a little high; 3 Bainbridge’s Oakboro Debonair at Helenium. OB (3) 1 Goddard’s Ch Minard Krystal Darque, beautiful b/t, difficult to think she is 7. Lovely shape, good forehand construction, pleasing body, rib & outline, well coupled, well made over croup & hindquarters, nice head & ears, in great form, moving & showing well. CC & BOB; 2 Kennedy’s Denkena’s Black Berry, very attractive & feminine, made on good lines, pleasing neck, shoulders & topline, moved & showed well. Could have a little more coat. RCC; 3 Cooper’s Jumanda’s Black Magic.

FERELITH SOMERFIELD