PD (4,1a) 1 Coxon’s D’arisca Danish Diplomat, lovely sh/r with a beautiful head & eye, necky & lovely to go over, very sound & very well balanced, shown inn gleaming condition; 2 Mitchell’s Bronia Stefano, this b/t is totally different in type to the winner but still very nice, has a decent head & eye, & is very well bodied, good front, but goes a little wide behind; 3 Upton’s Denval Distinction. JD (3) 1 Lewis’ Trixhund Bring Me Sunshine, very masculine dark red who has lovely bone & feet, decent neck & a very good topline, so well made throughout & is very sound, shown in lovely condition; 2 Shutt’s Donnadoon Waterloo Sunset, liked this dark red a lot for type, pleasing head & a very good outline, little proud of his tail & not so coordinated on the move as winner; 3 Upton’s Denval Distinction.  PGD (3) 1, 2 & 3 withheld, I felt it necessary to withhold in this class as all 3 exhibits were well overweight. LD (4,1) 1 Hunt’s Carpaccio Casablanca, quality b/t shown in pristine condition & he is an extrovert showman, lovely head & good front, reachy neck & firm quarters, good mover, just a touch long in loin; 2 Laidlaw’s Russteck Figgy Duff, another b/t, again shown in gleaming condition, very pleasing in head & has a typical outline, very well bodied & a decent mover; 3 Melbourne & Holdsworth’s Melriding Perkin Warbeck. OD (6,2) 1 Coxon’s Distinctly So D’arisca, & so he is! Reminded me so much of dogs from this kennel from the past, quality in head & eye, lovely shoulders, front & feet, super ribs & topline, strong quarters, so very sound on the move, shown in nice condition & holds himself so well going round. CC, his 3rd I was told, & BOB; 2 Williams, Moes & Harp-Jones’ Cwmdarhian Tropic Thunder at Carlita, very nice clear red, small yet masculine, lovely bone & feet, firm topline & so well ribbed, very sound athletic mover, not quite in the same pristine condition of winner but so well constructed to win the RCC; 3 Ergis’ Siouxline Aaron. VD (1) 1 Kent’s Ch Barratini Jeeves at Lokmadi, this 8 year old b/t really enjoyed his day out, shown in lovely condition & still a sprightly mover.

PB (9,2) 1 Ergis’ Siouxline Esther Rose, gorgeous little red who is full of quality, pretty head, lovely bone, feet & pigment, so lovely to go over, very sound & scores heavily going round. BP, shown in pristine condition; 2 Coxon’s D’arisca Danish Delicacy, sh/r, again has a lot of quality, loved her head, front & feet, so well off for ribbing so she is good to go over, sound out & back, just needs to use herself a little more going round; 3 Upton’s Denval Temptation. JB (10,1) 1 Hunt’s Carpaccio Blithe Spirit, lovely b/t, shown hard & fit & in gleaming condition, lovely head & eye, very well put together, so sound & so very showy; 2 Burke & Manston’s Radclyffe Zathera, very houndy dark red, so pleasing in head, lovely front, feet & forechest, very soundly made & a good mover, tail can detract a little at times; 3 Kay’s Lochlip I Cast A Spell On You. PGB (8,3) 1 Gorman’s Gordax Black Beauty, very smart b/t, liked her a lot, shown in gleaming condition, pretty head on good neck, has such a pleasing outline, very sound & so well balanced, lovely going round; 2 Melbourne & Holdsworth’s Stargang Glimmer at Melriding, this b/t is such a disappointing showgirl, she is so nice on the table & sound enough but needs a lot more deportment going round; 3 Fieke’s Lustrum Daydream Believer. LB (9,2) 1 Russell’s Russteck Plum Duff, quality b/t with a lovely head & eye on strong, reachy neck, lovely front & feet with good shoulders & forechest, firm topline & good ribbing, very sound coordinated mover & holds herself well going round, shown in lovely condition to win the RCC; 2 Kent’s Lokmadi Goodnight Irene, this b/t is very similar in most ways to the winner, just a touch longer, very sound & typy, well conditioned; 3 Coxon’s Sundsdal Dirty Diana. OB (8,1) 1 Page & Carroll’s Bronia Vittoria of Marvale, this little red is so correct in most departments, so well balanced, small yet sturdy, liked her head & eye, good front, feet & pigment, the best of ribbing, strong quarters & so very sound out & back, sound & effortless & lovely going round, won CC; 2 Ergis & Melbourne’s Siouxline Rapunzel with Melriding, liked the head & neck very much on this red, lovely topline & good in front, shown in lovely condition, not quite so positive behind as winner; 3 Andison & Peel’s Clentry Golddigga. VB (0)