Judge’s Critique:
Such a nice entry of quality without CCs excellent coats on show every exhibit was a credit to the breed thank you exhibitors for allowing me to assess your lovely dogs.

PD (1)
1 Tonispada Vuori Vincent By Blanshard. Eight months black most promising balanced head intelligent expression dark eyes well set typical breed outline grand lay of shoulder and reach of neck splendid solid body condition for a puppy and the very best of tight well arched feet thickly padded. Good depth of brisket pleasing for size and topline coat a mass of dense tight curls a lovely puppy. BP. (amended following correction by judge)

JD (3)
1 Stephens, Ravenho Looks Like Trouble For Brightmeadow. Twelve months a sizeable upstanding solid dog very well bodied for just out of puppy splendid bone strong pasterns and tight feet. Lovely depth of brisket falls away somewhat over the croup but straight sound angulation from shoulders well placed with good reach of strong tapering neck. Very impressive masculine head slight stop strong clean jaw wide nostrils skull well formed neat ears. Excels in reach of forward movement and length of stride at steady powerful pace elegant flowing profile action which carried him through to BD on the day, congratulations.
2 Valentine, Ravenho Tallow Tango At Pattonia. Black litter brother to the winner with a topline I preferred to the first dog and shorter in the couplings very firm across the loins slightly weaker in head than the winner but all in proportion well shaped and planes well set. Most pleasing thick dense well texture curls on display tail well carried though tending to pace on times initially when not fully in to his stride standing a lovely typical breed example RBD, congratulations.
3 Green, Ravenho Comradai Cymro. Litter brother

YD (2)
1 Dooley, Rowancurl Pullman Porter. Eighteen months black super solid front construction excellent strong bone tight thickly padded feet firm across the loins good depth of body for his age well sprung ribcage reaching back. Correct topline well angulated throughout a lovely strong driving mover from powerful hindquarters with deep second thighs. Excels in coat qualities dense tight curls extending along thick tail.
2 Green, Ravenho Comradai Cymro. Twelve months black pleasing balanced head correct stop wide full nostrils and bright intelligent expression excellent dark eye colour solid bone strong pasterns. Another excellent super dense coat tight curls well textured not carrying the body substance yet of the older dog. Impressive forward reach and rear drive from well set hocks a flowing profile mover.

PGD (2)
1 Duff, Overbore League Of Their Own. Rising three years excels in front construction solid and muscled excellent depth of body better bone and tighter feet than the second placed dog in my opinion head in proportion with slightly darker eye colour than second placed. Correct topline well sprung ribcage with slight tuck up rib extending deep and well back super tight curls extending along tail very sound and true on the move fore and aft muscled hindquarters with deep second thighs.
2 Dooley, Rowancurl Pullman Porter.

OD (1)
1 Baines & Hawley-Clarke, Karnawalowy Drink Z Basisfory (Imp Pol) Rising five and a half years liver delightful strong masculine head excels in stop and skull shape pleasing eye colour shape and set excellent solid bone straight true strong front and tight feet slight throat but neck strong well placed into shoulders. Well sprung ribcage strong loins a tad long in couplings I considered for overall balanced outline. Excellent tight curls dense well textured on a liver a sound true mover plenty of solid substance on show.

PB (1)
1 Inman, Foxriever Silver Wing Among Keamarola. Ten months liver excellent overall construction super coat for a puppy a mass of tight close curls strong bone close formed thickly padded feet a very neat well knit together bitch a very sound mover. Clean neck typical firm topline short coupled good depth of brisket for her age well sprung and set ribcage, promising puppy notably muzzle and stop RBB, congratulations. (amended following correction by judge)

JB (4,2)
1 Stephens – Ravenho Up Town Girl For Brightmeadow. Twelve months black compact balanced outline full of elegance and style standing and moving lovely feminine head and expression well proportioned dark eye colour bright intelligent expression well sprung ribcage with correct topline. Good solid bone typical feet strong muscled hindquarters for her age moved as she is made sound and true a credit to the breed in this department with good head and tail carriage hocks correctly set and powerfully driving her forward. In super coat and body condition BB and topped her brother for BOB being in better coat on the day and with an outline I preferred, congratulations.
2 Moskowitz, Ravenho Mochara Cadeaux. Litter sister another from this impressive litter congratulations to the breeder of such excellent stock super coat qualities on show, so breed typical, lovely feminine head similar in most respects to her sister above, the same excellent bone and feet good depth of body and slight tuck up. Not quite the spring and finish of ribcage and slightly longer in the couplings than the winner I considered with less hindquarter muscling at present. Correctly angulated essentially sound on the move but tending close on times at the rear on the day.

YB (3,1)
1 Moskowitz, Ravenho Mochara Cadeaux.

OB (3,1)
1 Moskowitz, Blue Willow at Ravenho. Five years three months the dam of the super litter on show today excellent overall angulation pleasing head balance intelligent bright expression strong underjaw good depth of body powerful wide loins hocks well set. Sound in front movement good bone and typical feet correct topline wonderful thick dense tight crisp curls just slightly muted disposition possibly due to the heat on the day, a grand type.

Richard Morris