Bruadair Lag-An-Rata - Critiques

 


Four Counties Beagle Club 18/03/12 – Judge Ms Jo Norris

1st Post Grad & RDCC – Loved the shape and balance of this dog who caught my eye when he entered the ring. Lovely masculine head with mild appealing expression.  Good pigmentation and dark eye.  Straight front and nice tight feet. Good layback of shoulder and well let down chest. Level topline held on the move. Strong hindquarters which enabled him to drive out today. Shown in top condition and well presented. Pleased to award him RDCC.

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Crufts – 11/03/12 – Mrs Marion Hunt

2nd Graduate – Tri from smaller mould, well balanced. Good pigmentation, moving true out and back.  Firm level topline and good quarters, well presented.

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Catrine – 26/02/12 – Mrs S Campbell

1st Open & BOB -  23mnths, blanket tri. Nicely balanced, pretty head, dark eye and ear set.  Good front with plenty of fill, good bone, exc  feet.  Strong neck into good lay of shoulder, strong  topline, well ribbed and deep chest. Strong hind quarters, moved really well, lovely hound.

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Rutherglen – Mrs A Hill 11/02/12

1st Beagle Open, BOB & GP 1 – an impressive young male who I liked a lot: he has a typical head and is balanced both when standing and on the move. True well made front with particularly good pasterns: good body of pleasing proportions. Overall  houndy and good size.  Moved   extremely  well with reach and drive.  Later good to see him go Reserve Best in Show.

Rutherglen – 11/02/12 - Judge Mr G  Hill


Reserve Best In Show – Eye catching beagle, 21 month old male who excels in size, shape and overall confirmation.  He is typical in head with lovely shape, set and hang of ears framing his superb expression.  He impressed on the move especially in side gait.

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Selkirk – 25/09/11 – Mr Ian Halbert

1st Open – BOB & Group 4 – 17 months, moved well, well let down pasterns, good rear angulation, good earset and expression

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Clydebank  - 27/11/12 – Mrs Fran Mitchell

1st Sp Yearling – lovely head, dark eye.Good neck.Deep ribbing. Balanced quarters.Moved soundly.

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Cambuslang – 18/12/11 – Ms A Fox

1st Open BOB & Gp 2 – well constructed dog, masculine head and expression, good front, well angulated front & rear, deep chest, well ribbed, good level topline, moved true with good rear drive.

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Lothian  - 10.09.2011 Breed Judge Ms Margaret Pocklington –Hall ….Group Judge Mrs Jen Davies

Junior, 1st & BOB……. Lovely boy of correct size who moved with drive when settled. Nice head, good ear set , soft eye, clean neck into well laid back shoulders. Kept topline on the move
Group 1 – 17 month old yound dog that had to pull out all the stops to win this lovely hound group. Tri, very well balanced young man, masculine head with soft expression. Nice length of neck leading into good shoulder placement. Round bone. Well padded feet. Good deep chest. Level topline which he kept on the move. Good ribbing. Well muscled quarters. Moved with reach & drive.


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Highland – 30.07.2011 – Judge Linda MacKenzie


Graduate 1st, Open 1st, BOB & Gp1 – Smart tri dog, lovely soft expression but masculine with it, good length and ribbing, excellent front and reach of neck, plenty of muscle allowed him to power round looking as though a days work would come easily to him.  All this and not quite 17 months !!!

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Annandale – 24.07.2011 – Judge Mrs D Hardie


Open 1st & Group 1 – Extremely smart youngster who is well balanced in profile, lovely  head and expression, clean neck flowing into well laid shoulders, correct topline, strong backed which showed in his driving movement.

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Cleveland -  23.07.2011 – Judge Mr Dick Morrison

Junior 1st, Post Grad 1st, BOB & GP 2 – maturing well, compactly built, extrovert, active and has stamina,  liked his head shape, slightly domed skull, equidistant ratios, eye shape and colour, dense pigmentation, good ears and carriage, lovely front assembly.  A1 spring of rib & depth of chest, nicely balanced in shape. A little erratic in hind action going away but settled & in profile when moving has lovely front reach and drive from the rear. Well handled and presented.

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Leeds Championship Show  - 22.07.2011 – Judge Mrs A MacDonald

1st Junior & 1st Graduate – Tri, nice head, good length of neck, good shoulders, neat elbows & well boned legs, good depth of chest & good topline & tail, strode ut well going round and true up and down, in excellent condition.


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Durham County CS – 17.07.2011 – Judge Miss Kristen Theobold

A  15month old tri dog who headed up  two good classes.  Good shaped head with excellent dark pigment and correct scissor bite. Good length of neck, straight front with lovely round bone and tight feet.  Short backed and coupled with level topline, good bend of stifle and hocks well let down, muscled thighs that he used well on the move to drive round the ring.

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Cumberland CS Open Show – 16.07.2011 – Judge Mrs Irene Glen

Lovely type of dog with correct head proportions. Strong neck with lovely shoulder placement. Nice and square with good overall balance with strong quarters and correct topline. Moved with drive BOB.


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Hound Association Limited Show 10.07.2011 – BIS judge Miss S Marston-Pollock  -   Beagle judge Mr G Clacher (Misken)


Young dog who won BOB out of junior under a different judge, to myself I found him, sturdy & compact. He had a good head with plenty of stop and an alert expression.  Long  rounded ears. Suitably long neck into clean, well laid shoulders with plenty of forechest. Good bone and substance with a level topline. Plenty bend of stifle. Moved well around the ring. A lot to like about him.
Beagle Junior 1st – Compact 15month old tri dog with nicely proportioned head and good width at the back on the move, when his topline held well, super feet. The best yet from these kennels in my opinion....BOB & RBIS


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Greenock & District – 07.07.2011 – Judge Miss Jemma McCarthy

Open 1st & Group 1     Stunning male, lovely head, well muscled, good reach of neck, excellent lay of shoulder, good forechest, level topline, beautiful on the move, one to watch in the future.

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Blackpool Championship Show 25.06.2011 – Special Beginners Stakes  - Judge Mrs Jill Peak (Bayard)

2nd/83 Beagle male, good masculine head and expression, good bone legs & feet, nice neck...good body & ribbing, went well, holding topline on the move.

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St Andrew’s & Cupar – 12.06.2011 – Judge Mr Derek Sharpe

Junior 1st, Post Graduate 1st..14th Month old dog, good head, expression, dark eye, deep chest, tight feet, correct length of rib, good bend of stifle. Moved well keeping topline level.  Pushed hard in the challenge.

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Livingstone CS – 04.06.2011 Judge Mrs D Hunter

Junior, 1st, Post Grad 1st & BOB…. Tri-colour youngster, full of himself..Good head and eye, excellent body and good overall confirmation. Moved round the ring with style.

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SKC Championship Show – 20.05.2011 – Judge Mrs D Ayland

Junior 2nd & 1st Graduate...Pleasing head and eye, well constructed, correct tailset, moved okay.  Nice size, good shape and balance.

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Border Counties Hound – 01.05.2011 – Breed judge Mr Colin Gillanders,  BIS judge Freda Marshall

Junior 1st, Post Grad 1st.  BOB & RBIS..........13 month tri dog, eye catching dog, has soundness & quality all through, correctly proportioned head, lovely eye and expression, well placed shoulders and sound ribbing, can really move covering much ground was pleased to see him go R.B.I.S


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Clackmanshire – 30.04.2011 – Judge Mr Paul McFarlane

Junior 1st, Post Grad 1st & BOB.... High quality, clean cut dog of very nice type, nice head and expression. Nice properties throughout and nice for size and strength of bone, free flowing movement in all directions.


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Cambuslang – 10.04.2011 – Judge Peter Broadbent


Graduate 1st, BOB & Hound Group 1...12 month and a bit, a sound honest beagle, appealing in head, with correct leathers. Well bodied, in good muscle, will just need to get his movement truer, and he will.

 

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Clydebank – 19.03.2011 – Judge - Fiona MacDonald

Junior 1st & Puppy Group 2 Nicely balanced tri puppy with pleasing head and expression, good reach of neck, well laid shoulders, good depth of chest, forelegs straight and under body, tight feet, level topline, good turn of stifle, correct tailset, moved well, very promising.

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East of Scotland – 06.03.2011 – Judge Mr Hardie

Graduate 1st – Very nice young dog, pleasing head, good front and rear, nice depth of chest, good turn of stifle.  Well balanced, moved well.
 Judge Mrs Doreen Hardie
Puppy Group 1 – Good masculine head and expression, low set ears, long length of leathers, good front and back. Assembly rear muscles developing well, moved with drive.


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Upperward of Lanarkshire –  19.02.2011 - Judge Eve Hamilton

Junior 1st, Graduate 1st BOB , Group 4 & Puppy Group 1......What a promising youngster this is. Solidly built but not course. Beautiful head and soft expression. Moved very well.

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Rutherglen -  16.02.2011 – Judge Mrs M Head

Post Grad 1st, tricolour puppy, proper little showman, super sound mover, excellent balance of substance and size, handled to get the best out of him, a future star.


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 8th October 2010   South Wales Kennel Association Championship Show

2nd in PD – Tri Dog 6 months and 4 days old, nice size, good head, neck and shoulder, neat front, level topline, good stern carriage, moved well enough, just a little unsure of it all at present but it will come.