Stubbylee Blog

To me Manchester marks the start of the new Ch show season. yes, I know, Boston was a couple of weeks ago but its still too new and has too few sets of CC’s to really draw in many exhibitors. No doubt over time my mindset will evolve and Boston take its place.

I had to stay at home as Liz & Andrew went in the Discovery which currently has only 2 seats. After a bad journey down with lots of fog around it was almost straight into the ring with Diva for a big Champion Stakes class. Diva wasn’t quite on form but we were delighted to get 3rd. Next was Andrew in the YKC Stakes with Zorro (S. Wintersmith) where the good day continued when he won the class, this qualifies him for the finals at Crufts 2012.

Finally it was the breed classes where Borzoi followed a large entry of Afghans. Both breeds were judged by Eleanor Bothwell, now recovering from cancer, and it was her first time awarding CC’s in Borzoi. Zorro got a creditable 3rd in Limit before Andrew handled Pam Wild’s Skyrose Razluka in Open Dog. Although finishing 4th Luka went better for Andrew than he did at LKA. Last but not least it was Diva in Open bitch where she won the class before taking the CC, her 13th CC, and then beating Sue Graham’s Jack Frost for BOB (a reverse of the result at Boston). Unfortunately as we’d been beaten in the Champ Stakes Diva didn’t get her final moment in the big ring so Liz offered her apologies to the breed & group judge.

It was good to win BOB again after a 12 month gap and what seemed to be so long stuck on 12 CC’s. The best part of the day though was that Liz managed to get through a full day’s showing without pain,  discomfort and a back support for the first time since her back went at the Eukanuba Champion Stakes final.

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