Afghan Hound Club of Scotland Ch Show

Saturday 15th August 2009

Judge : Bitches : June Leitch

Thank you to the the AHCS committee for their wonderful hospitality & beautiful gift.

Having attended very few shows over the past two or three years many of the exhibits were new to me.
I was delighted with the overall quality & could have happily awarded the CC to at least five of the bitches.


Veteran Bitch - 4
1st) Leiper's Chinzae's Sheer Elegance at Joneca, 10 year old B/M gold, showing like a youngster and obviously enjoying her day out.
Shade strong in backskull, good length of neck in to well laid shoulders, nice return of upper arm, good depth & spring to ribs,
good topline, fall away & rear angles. Ground covering movement.
2nd Vowles Ch. Jalhar Leading Lady With Azmari Extremely pretty girl with beautiful head, eye & expression. More compact than 1st, not as pleasing in neck & withers.
Beautifully conditioned & presented, a great showgirl. Good movement, but not quite the scope of 1
3rd Hindley,Martyn & McDonald's Birkhall Tuppeny Treat

Minor Puppy Bitch - 2
Two lovely babies of completely different type, which made this a difficult descision.
1) Rhodes Freecloud Nanak Denim to Shadowfax, Sweet brindle domino, nicely proportioned & well made throughout. Balanced angles front & rear, low hocks.
Good topline & ribbing, ring tail. Moved very soundly for such a baby, with good reach & drive. BPIS.

2) Dunn's Finix Lindores at Gylemuir Leggy B/T who at first glance thought would be my winner, looks great in profile. Level topline, prominent hip-bones,
nice angle to croup, well angulated quarters, deep chest. Needs time to settle and fill out. Not as positive in front as1

Puppy - 2
1) Deen & Hannigan's Freecloud Nafrini at Jahera, Eyecatching cream/oyster brindle. Tall & elegant. Good length of foreface with strong underjaw, long neck, into well laid shoulders,
strong topline, well muscled loin. Good length, spring & depth to ribcage, correct angle to croup & ring tail. Showed well, beautifully conditioned & presented.

2) Westgarth's Bichoux Bella for Tamareesha. B/T rather unsettled in this class. Nice head & eye, good reach of neck, excellent front assembly, deep chest.
Shade high in rear at this stage which spoiled her outline. Another that needs time.

Junior Bitch - 5
1) King's Cubanba Mara with Kinpaja B.CC & BIS. WOW..... Absolutely stunning brindle, caught my eye as she glided round the ring with the rest of the class.
For me this bitch was the epitome of breed type & temperament. Perfect for size, substance & balance. Beautiful head, feminine but still with the desired strength of underjaw & backskull.
Dark, well shaped eye. Good length of neck, well laid smooth shoulders, with corresponding angle & length to upper arm. Well ribbed back with adequate depth & spring, short well muscled loin,
hard level topline (one of the best on the day) prominent hip bones, correct angle & length of croup. Tremendous quarters which were perfectly balanced with her front.
short hocks, had real power & drive from the rear. Moved as her conformation suggested, with long effortless, springy strides.
At times she was a bit playful, but settled enough to show what she was capable of. Loved her aloof & naughty moments, so typically "Afghan".
Such an exciting youngster, who can only improve with age. I wish her lucky owners well, I'm sure she will have a very bright future.
Beat her sire on the referee's descision for BIS.

2) Metcalfe's Cubanba Northern Star J.W.
Pale gold, litter sister to 1 & possess the same virtues. A shade bigger & rangier overall, but still feminine & again correctly proportioned. Lovely type, square & angular, eyecatching on the move.
Just didnt quite match her sisters reach & drive, or strength in topline today. Another worthy of top honours. Congratulations to their breeders on such a fantastic litter.

3) Lacey's Keamarola Karlesha


Yearling Bitch - 5
1) Howard's Altside Blu For You under Asianskies
Houndy blue, with the outline & balance I was looking for. Long, balanced head, dark well shaped eye, great neckline, good shoulder & return of upper arm, strong level topline,
good pin bones & croup, sweeping quarters, big feet, very impressive on the move. Was kept in to the final 3, just lacked the sparkle of the CC & RCC winners today.
Would like to see her outdoors in a big grass ring.

2) Small's Cloudside Glitterstorm J.W. was really taken with this silver brindle, very much my cup of tea. Beautiful head,eye & expression, long punishing jaws, balance backskull,
great length of neck flowing into clean well laid shoulders, excellent return of upper arm, good body & ribbing, nicely angled rear balanced with front.
Tremendous ground covering, springy gait. Not carrying a great deal of coat, which enhanced her elegant outline.
My only criticism was that there was just too much of her.

3) Sanghera's Sitana Jandiala J.W.

Novice Bitch - 1
1) Westgarth's Bichoux Bella for Tamareesha,

Undergraduate Bitch - 2
1) Inman's Keamarola Karola Thats Me, Quality B/T, beautiful head with good underjaw, dark expressive eyes, good neck, excellent depth of chest, nice size & substance. moved well.
2) McDonald, Martyn & Hindley's Metewand Zaraza at Birkhall Stunning cream of a type I love. Feminine head, lovely expression, nicely angled & balanced throughout.
Natural & springy stride. Not happy today & refused to raise her tail in action.

Graduate Bitch - 6
1) King's Cubanba Mara with Kinpaja
2) Wignall & William's Sitana Patiala of Syrdarya Liked everything about this B/M red. Feminine, beautiful type, gorgeous head & expression, well proportioned body,
balanced angles. ring tail, moved well. Unlucky to meet 1.
3) Lacey's Keamarola Karlesha

Post GraduateBitch - 7 (1a)
1) Harris & Day's Khorinya Narooma with Portianja & 2) Moyes & Devaney's Metewand Arania with Bryelis, Two very differnt types, both putting in a good performance, making this such a difficut descision.
Narooma was an exciting, leggy, angular blue, who almost threw the class away by being too exuberant on the move. Lovely head & expression, very stylish with proud carraige.
Arania was more moderate, workmanlike, very sound & honest gold who possesed all the breed essentials, natural springy gait, never put a foot wrong. I loved them both.
It was just the ring prescence of 1 which stole the class.

3)Moore's Metewand Archana at Cloudside

Mid Limit Bitch - 5
1) O'Donnell's Javidan Keep the Faith Quality B/m brindle who stood out in this class. Stunning headpiece, long chiselled forface, lean backskull, strong underjaw, madarin beard, dark expressive eyes.
Lovely neckline into well laid shoulders, good forechest & return of upper arm, deep well sprung ribcage, sweeping quarters, huge feet. Massive coat which rather detracted from her femininity & outline.
Tended to roach her topline slightly & would have liked more more definition of pinbones & angle to croup. Ring tail. Strong, powerful ground covering movement.
2) McCrindle's Kazzlyn Kool N Sassy. Not the head or eye of 1, squarer in outline, nicely made & honest shaded gold. good body, correct coat pattern, big feet, ring tail, steady mover.
3)Small's Cloudside War of The Roses

Limit Bitch 10 (5)
The strongest class of the day.
1) Traversari & Greenwood's Altside Bimbo Baggins. R. CC. Exotic & extrememly impressive blue/brindle/domino Oozes quality & femininity. Balanced throughout, an absolute joy to go over.
Beautiful head, small dark triangular eyes, loved her haughty expression. Impressive ground covering movement. Great showgirl. In fabulous condition & handled to perfection.
Lost to CC winner on topline. I believe she already has her title & a hound group under her belt. I'm sure she will go on to be a great ambassador for the breed.

2)Moore, Rodgers & Freer's Cloudside Wardance at Montravia. Feminine brindle, reminiscent of her dam. Excelled in outline & balance, another with a lovely head & expression.
All the breed essentials. Never put a foot wrong, just lacked the sparkle of 1 on the day. Her day will come.

3)Beck's Metewand Koomooloo at Zilbec

Open Bitch - 4 (1)
1)Harris's Baltoro Crystal Clear at Portianja. Lovely white bitch, a real favourite of mine. Houndy & feminine, elegant, flowing lines, holding her topline better than I've seen in the past.
Moved with a light springy stride, covering pleny of ground. I believe she is now a Champion, congratulations.

2)Rhodes & Shavernela's Ch.Dan.S. Shadowfax Ciao Agrippina (Sorry lost my notes on this one, the puppy got hold of my notebook!!)
I can remember being impressed when going over this blue & she moved very well. I thought fairly similar in type to 1, just not quite the finish or outline.

3)Alouann Hot N Spicey at Orashan JW. SHCM.

June Leitch (Judge)