GCCF Judge Critique - Carol Ward - Coventry and Leicester Cat Club Show 2010 | Coventry and Leicester Cat Club Show

Highlights :

You are here: Home

Cat Shows

Coventry and Leicester Cat Club Show - 27/02/10

GCCF Judge Critique - Carol Ward - Coventry and Leicester Cat Club Show 2010

Written by Tina

Monday, 01 March 2010

COVENTRY & LEICESTER CAT CLUB SHOW 27TH FEBRUARY 2010 Judge: Carol Ward

My sincere thanks and congratulations to Mark, Lesley and the Show Team for their invitation to judge at this important all-breed Show and for the hospitality that was afforded to me. My grateful thanks also to me excellent steward Jane Haggar, whose pleasant and attentive company I always enjoy and whose handling of the cats is second to none.

AV ORIENTAL PREMIER FEMALE

GPR awarded to Weaver’s GR. PR. FOXYDALE TILLY BUTTERCUP (37d) Red 1yr 8months.

A well grown and log bodied lady with a good length tail to balance, long legs and elegant feet. Longish wedge, good sized ears well set and open at the base, good top of head, straight profile, firm chin and a slightly untidy mouth. Lovely shaped and set eyes of olive green (I the artificial hall lighting). Overall her head could be marginally larger to balance her body. Bright red coat, showing minimal tabby markings, short fine and sound in colour. She was slightly grumpy and said several rude words when handled, but her bark was worse than her bite!

ORIENTAL BLACK KITTEN MALE

1st Bailey’s WESTGARTH BATOUTOFHELL 5 months.

A well grown young man of excellent overall Oriental type and elegance with elegant limbs and feet and w long whip tail to balance. Medium wedge, excellent straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Large and very well placed open based ears which he tends to tip forward a little, good top of head, good green eyes, which he holds just a fraction open, but of pleasing set. Dense black coat, short, sleek and close lying. Shown in excellent condition and lovely to handle.

ORIENTAL BLACK KITTEN FEMALE

This was a difficult decision as these two litter sisters were both deserving of an award.

1st & BOB to Gray & Johnson’s TOGHAR WITCHOF TSAICHIN 17 weeks.

A dear little soul this, who made ‘puddings’ all the time we spent with her, as continued to do so every time I walked past the pen. A delightful kitten with lovely type and such presence! A well grown little lady for her age, elegant limbs and feet and a long whip tail and with a beautiful head, huge ears excellently placed and open at the base. Straight profile, strong chin and level bite. Lovely deep green eyes of excellent set and shape. Dense black coat, short, fine textured and sleek. A very promising kitten.

2nd TOGHAR PUTASPELLON YOU 17 weeks.

Another very elegant and stylish little person who ran her sister a very close second. Excellent overall Oriental type, dainty limbs and feet and a good length whip tail. Medium wedge, profile virtually straight, large flaring ears, well set. Good green eyes which she held slightly open when handled, better when she relaxed. Her coat also jet black to the roots, short and of fine texture.

AV JUNIOR

1ST Hudson’s SHADOWSQUAD GOINGFORGOLD (37k) Cinnamon F. 10 months 3 weeks.

A very well grown and extremely elegant young lady, long in the body and with a tail that could do being marginally longer to balance her long body. Elegant legs and feet and a lovely slender neck. Lovely balanced wedge, large flaring ears open at the base, nearly straight profile, chin could be marginally stronger for perfection but bite level. Small muzzle pinch at present. Lovely deep green eyes of excellent set and shape. Rich colour cinnamon coat, short and fine textured and sound to the roots.

2nd Cassar-Simmonds CH. FIORDILISO INFEDITY (29) Havana M. 13 months 1 week.

A big and strong boy of good overall type and balance. Medium wedge, slightly weaker in the muzzle to balance his strong top of head, average sized ears, well set. Eyes of pale green and of good set and shape, straight profile, good chin and bite. Excellent rich Havana coat, short and virtually sound and glossy with some faint tabby barring on his haunches.

3rd Bailey’s METEXA LA PROMESA (48h) 12 months 3 weeks. Chocolate Tortie Bicolour.

AV SENIOR

1st Sharp-Popple’s CH DENSON LOUISIANA (29) Havana F 2years 5 months.

A smallish girl of good overall type. Medium wedge, average sized ears of good non-exaggerated placement, good straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Slight muzzle pinch which spoils somewhat the lines of the wedge. Rather pale green eyes (in the hall lighting) of good set and shape. Coat of rich Havana colour and of good length and texture with faint barring on her haunches.

AV KITTEN

1ST Gray & Johnson’s TOGHAR WITCHOF TSAICHIN (37) Black F. 17 weeks.

2nd Sharp-Popple’s DENSON HAVENOCINN M COLLINS (29) Havana F. 7 months 1 week.

A well grown kitten who likes her food, being a touch ‘podgy’ for such a young person! Otherwise of good overall type with strong limbs and feet and a good length tail. Shortish wedge, good profile, chin and bite, ears of acceptable size and placement. Good green eyes of pleasing set and shape. Coat of warm Havana colour, good length and texture, rather fluffy around the base of her tail and with some barring on her haunches. Otherwise the coat was sound to the roots.

3rd Cassar-Simmonds’ FIORDILISO INDIAN PRINCE (48/40) M.Seal Pointed Bicolour. 14 weeks.

AV BREEDERS MALE KITTEN

1st Cassar-Simmonds FIORDILISO INDIAN PRINCE (48/40 M. Seal Pointed Bicolour 14 weeks.

A tiny baby but well grown and shown in excellent condition. A dear little chap who was a joy to handle and beautifully presented Overall good Oriental type. Shortish wedge at present, good profile, large ears which unfortunately he tended to bonnet, lovely bright blue eyes of lovely set and shape. Good distribution of white on his face around his nose, white on the tips of his ears, underneath his chin, down his chest and underside down his tummy and haunches and all four legs and feet. Some shading down his back and his tail essentially a seal tail. A very sweet little chap.

AV BREEDERS ADULT

1st Cassar-Simmonds’ CH. FIORDILISO INFEDILITY (29) Havana M. 13 months 1 week.

AV BREEDERS FEMALE

1st Sharpe-Popple’s CH. DENSON LOUSIANA (29) F. 2 years 5 months.

AV NOT BRED BY EXHIBITOR FEMALE

1ST Bailey’s METEXA LA PROMESA (48h) Chocolate Tortie Bicolour 13 months 3 weeks.

We had minimally handled this little lady in a previous class, but she had been so unhappy that she had been returned to her pen without close examination. I was able to ascertain that she was of good overall Oriental type with a medium wedge, good eye set and shape, good profile, and chin and with good sized ears, well placed. She appears to have sufficient white on her body and face, but I noted that there was considerable ‘bleeding’ of the warm red and chocolate coloured areas into the white.

AV BREEDERS FEMALE KITTEN

1st Hirst’s TOGHAR PUTASPELLON YOU (37) Black 17 weeks.

2nd Sharp-Popple’s DENSON HAVENOCINN M COLLINS (29) Havana 7 months 1 week.

AV NOT BRED BY EXHIBITOR KITTEN

1st Gray & Johnson’s TOGHAR WITCHOF TSAICHIN (37) Black F. 17 weeks.

AV VISITORS KITTEN

1st Sharp-Popple’s DENSON HAVENOCINN (29) Havana, F. 7 months 1 week.

`AV SENIOR NEUTER

1st Halliday’s GR. PR. TOGHAR MIDNITE MAJIK (37) Black MN. 2 years 4 months.

A lovely big softy!! Lovely temperament and shown in superb condition. A large and very long bodied boy of very elegant type, with tall limbs and strong feet and a tail that could do with another inch or two to balance his extremely long body. Longish wedge, slight muzzle pinch, large ears, well placed, straight profile, good green eyes of excellent set and shape. Dense black coat, short, fine textured and sound to the roots.

AV VISITORS NEUTER

1st Halliday’s GR. PR. TOGHAR MIDNITE MAJIK (37) Black MN. 2 years 4 months.

AV ORIENTAL/SIAMESE/BALINESE ADULT, KITTEN OR NEUTER

1st Brook’s GR. CH. KARAMUSHI TUTI FRUITY (32b1)

Seal Tortie Point Siamese.

What a lovely girl!! A large and strong queen who was also extremely elegant and had considerable presence, as well as a delightful temperament. A real joy to handle. A stunning big girl of excellent type and shown in lovely condition. Medium wedge, lovely straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Lovely flaring large ears, beautifully placed with an excellent top of head, Lovely deep blue eyes of excellent set and shape. Warm seal points, well broken; her mask slightly colder in colour than her feet and tail. A really lovely girl who was a joy to handle.

AV FOREIGN OR ORIENTAL NEUTER

1ST Lowell’s GR. PR. SUSPIRIA WILLIAM BECKFORD (37k) MN. Oriental Cinnamon MN. 2 years 10 months.

A very large and marginally overweight chap who lacked a little in the sartorial elegance department, but is nevertheless of good Oriental type. Strong masculine head, strong limbs and feet and a good length tail. Medium wedge, slightly angled profile now, ears of acceptable size, well placed. Eyes of pale green and pleasing set and shape. Coat of warm cinnamon, slightly long but fine textured and very sound in colour, although some ghost tabby markings evident.

2nd MEGGYMOOO DANTES INFERNO (33/36) MN. 11 months. Devon Rex.

A very sweet young boy who just wanted to be cuddled. Good overall type but as yet his coat just showing waving down his back, but not as yet on his sides.

AC ORIENTAL CAT, KITTEN OR NEUTER

1st Lowell’s GR. PR. SUSPIRIA WILLIAM BECKFORD (37k) Cinnamon MN. 2 years 10 months.

AC ORIENTAL/SIAMESEOR BALINESE KITTEN

1st Tonkinson’s TENAJ HERMOINE GRAINGER (32/1) Seal Tabby Point Siamese. F. 15 weeks.

A tiny baby of lovely type. Well balanced little wedge, good facial marking and thumb prints on her ears, clear white body and ringed tail. Lovely blue eyes of excellent set and shape, straight profile, firm chin and level bite. A promising baby.

Carol Ward 28th February 2010

Comments

Add New