A lovely entry, it gave me much food for thought.

I was disappointed with the dogs, apart from my winners. The bitches are so much better quality. My main concern is still the lack of forechest due to straight upper arms. Some very narrow fronts & also very wide fronts.

Ticking in the coats is still with us & spoils the whole effect.

I did find a few with over knuckling on the front legs & also weak front pasterns & feet could also be improved. More thought should be given to underlines, they are just as important as toplines.

On the credit side, temperaments were lovely & my hands kept remarkably clean.

PD (5) 1 Harrison-Stratford's Dalkereve Dark Dragon, 10 months l/w, good outline, well spotted, liked his bone & feet, good head & expression, excellent coat & hard condition, well shown & moved well. BPD; 2 Todhunter & Robinson's Millbelle Young Gun, 9 months l/w, very good spotting, nice head, lovely spotted ears, moved well when settled. Just needs time; 3 Casey's Moyglass Proffessor Plum.

JD (7) 1 Cutts' Kilndandy Casanova at Marzelina, very promising l/w, superb spotting, lovely head & expression, balanced outline, good underline, good bone & feet, excellent condition, moved out well. Just needs to have a little more forechest. Can trouble the best; 2 Roach's Holderness Henman Hill, up to size b/w, balanced outline, good underline. Head a little strong. Good bone & feet, moved with a long stride; 3 Alcock's Creaganbrec Face Of Beau at Dalspartan.

GD (5) 1 Alexander's Offordale Chevalier, super young dog, took my eye when entering the ring. Well balanced outline, very good topline & underline, lovely black spotting, lovely head, neck & ear carriage, powerful mover with a long stride, great type. Should go to the top. RCC; 2 H Henman Hill; 3 Carruthers' Shulune Ice And Fire over Briarmist.

PGD (3) 1 Williams' Phadante Brighton Rock, good head & expression, l/w spotting spoilt by tick marks. Good hindquarters which he used to produce driving movement, balanced outline; 2 Munro's Tanstar Sea The Stars, superb spotting on this young dog, nice head, plain face but good eyes & ear carriage, nice outline, good bone & feet. Just not moving well.

MLD (2) 1 Dodds & Pearson's Kelevra Hudson Hawk, b/w, lovely head & expression, very good hindquarters, balanced outline, good bone & feet, moved well with drive. Won this class on his better movement; 2 Quayle's Buffrey The Shaded Sun at Cubalibre, super b/w, good presentation, nice head & solid ears, balanced outline, moving wide in front movement.

LD (7) I was disappointed with this class. 1 Kay's Kaytian One Kool Kat, l/w, nice outline, nice head & expression, good topline & underline, good bone & feet. Spotting good but a few tick marks. Moved soundly but would like more reach & drive; 2 Todhunter & Robinson's Takesti Moon Dancer, b/w, head & expression good, powerful hindquarters. Wide in front. Covered the ground in profile well; 3 Alcock's Mapplewell Chocolate Box for Dalpartan.

OD (10) 1 Hoie & Lehmann's Spotnik's First Farao for Ormond, a new one to me but this b/w was superbly spotted. Very elegant, super outline, good topline & underline, lovely head & expression, good bone & feet, moved so soundly with a long stride, looked good in profile, in good hard condition. CC & BOB; 2 Adderley's Ch Leiahart Chicago Bear, very worthy ch, in great condition, lovely head & expression, good coat & clear black spots, moved well. Could not match drive of 1; 3 Christie's Sophtspot Abracadabra.

PB (7) 1 Christie's Sophtspot Cha Cha Cha, 7 months b/w, really has style, superb black spotting, lovely elegant outline, good head & expression, great assurance for one so young, moved with rhythm & drive, loved her. BP; 2 Stevenson's Dalkereve Divine Decision for Macula, 10 months pup, very attractive head & expression, displays a nice outline, good black spotting, moved very well when she settled; 3 Townson & Pardoe's Shacarlu Bumblebee.

JB (16) 1 Alexander's Offordale Sapphire, elegant b/w, superb outline, lovely head & expression, great topline, quality coat & good black spotting, good bone & feet, moving so well with reach & drive, really good condition. RCC; 2 Adderley's Buffrey May Queen at Leiahart, lovely young bitch, good black spotting on balanced outline, lovely head & expression, moved well in profile & up & down; 3 Cobb McGill's Kalokairie's Eye Candy.

GB (10) 1 Wright's Boutonneux Artemis of Millbelle, I was very impressed with this l/w. Very elegant outline, good topline & underline, lovely head & expression, good ear carriage, very good bone & feet, moved so well with reach & drive. Close up to top winners, very well shown; 2 K Eye Candy, outline good, lovely b/w spots, attractive head, nice expression, moved well keeping topline; 3 Petersen's Dalimese Who's That Girl at Daedalus.

PGB (6) 1 Whincup's Tamilanda Lilly The Pink, b/w, elegant outline, good head & spotted ears, well shown to good effect, moving well in profile with good reach & drive; 2 Baker's Klarkeson Royal Mint, lovely type, super coat & condition, black spots really gleaming, attractive head, dark eye, good neck & shoulder, moved well. Just lacks a little scope; 3 Whiting's Cibrith China Aster.

MLB (6) 1 Page's Winflash Magic Mystery, b/s, took my eye for her type. Very good outline, lovely head & ear carriage, good bone & feet, hard condition & moved well with drive; 2 Smith's Tamilanda Pretty In Pink, very good b/w, very close up to 1. Lovely head & expression. Just not quite so tidy in front movement; 3 Cheetham's Koroyza Cute As Candy for Dollywood.

LB (8) 1 Gibbs' Phadante Dixie Lily, balanced typy bitch, lovely black spotting, attractive head & expression, good outline, powerful hindquarters which she uses, good profile movement; 2 Dore's Daldior Ace Of Diamonds, lovely black spotting on this pretty bitch on pure white coat, nice head & ear carriage. Just lacked the drive of 1; 3 Williams' Phadante Bossa Nova Baby.

OB (13) 1 Quayle's Ch Cubalibre Spot On, good honest bitch, in super condition, very fit & hard, dense black spots on pure white background, loved her head & expression, good bone & feet, powerful hindquarters used to produce good movement with rhythm & drive. CC; 2 Hoie's Ch/Dan Ch Spotnik's Diva Deluxe, l/w, good topline, balanced outline, very good bone & feet, very good forechest producing powerful movement with reach & drive; 3 Page's Ch Winflash Spring Angel.