2011 Ms Karolyn McAteer ISCV 50th Championship Show
Sunday, 30th October 2011
IRISH SETTER CLUB OF VICTORIA CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
held at Bulla Exhibition, Bulla, Victoria – in an open air ring whilst it rained most of the day!
Judge : Ms Karolynn McAteer (USA)
Baby Puppy Dog (3 entered)
1 Eirean Masterpiece (Am Gr Ch Greengate Buzz Lightyear (USA)/Eirean Pure Elegance) – Anderson
2 Jendally Red Spots Only (Ch Cueunaich Sherlock Holmes/Ch Brodruggan Beautiful) – Delmenico
3 Jendally Red Carpet (Ch Cueunaich Sherlock Holmes/Ch Brodruggan Beautiful) – Delmenico
Minor Puppy Dog (2 entered, 1 Absent)
1 Martinridge Flirt W Perfection (Ch Cairncross Concierge with Tullane (Imp USA)/Grand Ch Martinridge Flirtini) – Martin
Puppy Dog (4 entered, 1 Absent)
1 Lanascol Rip Roar N Party (Gr Ch/Am Ch Lanascol Gladiator/NZ/Am Ch Windrose Famous Last Words (Imp USA) – Underwood
2 Pendoric Red N Smokin (Ch Pendoric Red N Ragin /Ch Pendoric Fire Anythyme) – Hearn
3 Eireannmada Top Hat (Eireannmada Rolling Stone/Ch Eireannmada Flashdance) – Browne
Junior Dog (5 entered)
1 Tullane Might N Power (Ch Martinridge Wild Wild ET/Ch Cairncross Flirting with Tullane (Imp USA)) – Paine
2 Martinridge Flirt With Danger (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada(Imp USA)/Grand Ch Martinridge Flirtini) – Martin
3 Glengray Moon Lover (Ch Brodruggan Rogue Trader/Ch Glengray Cracklin Rose (AI)) – Gray
Intermediate Dog (5 entered, 1 absent)
1 Eireannmada Blarney Stone (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada (Imp USA)/Shelomith Very Merry) – Browne/Briggs
2 Eireannmada Rolling Stone (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada (Imp USA)/Shelomith Very Merry) –Browne
3 Eirean California Lightyear (Am Ch Greengate Buzz Lightyear (USA)/Eirean Desert Fire – Anderson
Limit Dog (3 entered)
1 Pendoric Rustic Red Ka (Ch Eireannmada Rusticana/Ch Pendoric Red Angel) – Hearn
2 Eireannmada Paradise Lost (Am Ch Sunnyhills Wings of the Wind (USA)/Ch Tahtan Forbidden Fruit) – Browne
3 Drommask Oystercatcher (Ch Kiltimagh Mahogany Morn x Solasdas Oonagh Dooley) – Fisher
Australian Bred Dog (6 entered)
1 Ch Martinridge Whisperin Secrets (Gr Ch Herihunda’s Image of Windrose (Imp USA)/Gr Ch Martinridge Kissinthedark) – Martin
2 Ch Pendoric Red Rauri (Ch Eireannmada Rusticana /Ch Pendoric Red Angel) – Hearn
3 Ch Brodruggan Rogue Trader (Ch Brodruggan Temptation/Ch Brodruggan Dresdin Doll) – Stewart
Open Dog (6 entered, 1 Absent)
1 Avon Farms Stars N Stripes (Imp USA) (Am Ch Carousal’s Leaps N Bounds/Am Ch Stylish N Avon Farm Liberty) – Browne
2 Gr Ch & NZ Ch Setterlands Tamburello at Pendoric (Imp NZ) (Ch, Int & Am Ch Pendoric Perfect Thyming/NZ Ch Eireannmada Royal Ascot) – Hearn
3 Gr Ch Martinridge Work Of Art (Gr Ch Martinridge Flamin Glory/Ch Martinridge Raizn Arukus ET) – Martin
Veteran Dog (4 entered, 1 absent)
1 Gr Ch Shelomith Vice Regent (Ch/NZ Ch Eireannmada Prince O Wales/Ch Tullane Ateicol Dot Com) –Cleland/Browne/Langham-Goodwin OAM
2 Ch Brodruggan Temptation (Ch, Int & Am Ch Pendoric Perfect Thyming/Brodruggan Summertime) – Stewart
3 Ch Notnyl Fickle Unda Fire ET (Ch Kiltimagh Mahogany Morn/Ch Pendoric Kiss Unda Fire ET) – Cochrane
Veteran Dog (10+yrs) (1 entered)
1 Ch Glengray Marxman (Gr Ch Brodruggan Far and Away CD/Ch Glengray Penelope) – Whittington
CHALLENGE DOG: AVON FARM STARS N STRIPES (IMP USA)
RESERVE CHALLENGE DOG: CH MARTINRIDGE WHISPERING SECRETS
Baby Puppy Bitch (1 Entered)
1 Jendally Bold and Beautiful (Ch Cueunaich Sherlock Holmes/Ch Brodruggan Beautiful ET) – Delmenico
Minor Puppy Bitch (2 Entered)
1 Martinridge Flirting WTullane (Ch Cairncross Concierge With Tullane (Imp USA)/Gr Ch Martinridge Flirtini) – Martin
2 Eireannmada Santa Ana (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada (Imp USA)/Ch Eireannmada CallotheWind) – Browne
Puppy Bitch (2 entered, 1 Absent)
1 Eireannmada Centre Stage (Eireannmada Rolling Stone/Ch Eireannmada Flashdance) – Browne
Junior Bitch (6 Entered)
1 Tullane Pomp N Ceremony (Ch Martinridge Wild Wind ET/Ch Cairncross Flirting With Tullane (Imp USA) – Paine
2 Martinridge Flirtatious (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada (Imp USA)/Gr Ch Martinridge Flirtini) –Browne/Martin
3 Eireannmada Che Sara Sara (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada (Imp USA)/Eireannmada Wild Honey) – Browne
Intermediate Bitch (8 entered, 1 absent)
1 Ch Gwyndara Its Raining Men (Ch Gwyndara One Man Show (AI)/Ch Dunloe Original Sin) – Jones
2 Eirean California By Design (AI) (Am Ch Greengate Buzz Lightyear (USA)/ Eirean Desert Fire) – Anderson
3 Eireannmada Romance the Stone (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada (Imp USA)/Shelomith Very Merry) – Browne
Limit Bitch (1 Entered)
1 Eireannmada Rosetta Stone (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada (Imp USA)/Eireannmada Very Merry) – Browne
Australian Bred Bitch (11 entered, 5 absent)
1 Ch Brodruggan Dancing Doll (Ch Brodruggan Temptation/Ch Brodruggan Dresin Doll) – Sullivan
2 Pendoric Playing Wiv Fire (Gr Ch Setterlands Tamburello at Pendoric (Imp NZ)/Ch Pendoric Fire Anythyme) – Hearn
3 Eirean Pure Elegance (AI) (Am Ch Pure Genius by Clonageera (UK)/Eirean Desert Fire) – Anderson
Open Bitch (7 entered)
1 Ch Eireannmada Queen of Rock (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada (Imp USA)/Shelomith Very Merry) –Browne/Tyler
2 Gr Ch Pendoric Perfect Angel (Ch, Int & Am Ch Pendoric Perfect Thyming/Pendoric Angels Kiss) – Hearn/Baker
3 Ch Eireannmada Alouetta (Devlin Marcopolo at Eireannmada (Imp USA)/Eireannmada Wild Honey) – Wheatley/Browne
Veteran Bitch (10+ yrs) (2 entered, 1 absent)
1 Gr Ch Rhiannon Resplendence (Ch Saxonys Evening Tide (Imp USA)/Ch Rhiannon Gloriana) – Scott
CHALLENGE BITCH: CH GWYNDARA ITS RAINING MEN
RESERVE CHALLENGE BITCH: CH EIREANNMADA QUEEN OF ROCK
BEST IN SHOW: AVON FARMS STARS N STRIPES (IMP USA)
RUNNER UP IN SHOW & OPPOSITE SEX IN SHOW: CH GWYNDARA ITS RAINING MEN
BABY PUPPY IN SHOW: EIREAN MASTERPIECE (AI)
MINOR PUPPY IN SHOW: MARTINRIDGE FLIRT WPERFECTION
PUPPY IN SHOW: LANASCOL RIP ROAR N PARTY
JUNIOR IN SHOW: TULLANE MIGHT N POWER
INTERMEDIATE IN SHOW: CH GWYNDARA ITS RAINING MEN
LIMIT IN SHOW: EIREANNMADA ROSETTA STONE
AUST BRED IN SHOW: CH BRODRUGGAN DANCING DOLL
OPEN IN SHOW: AVON FARMS STARS N STRIPES (IMP USA)
VETERAN IN SHOW: GR CH SHELOMITH VICE REGENT
VETERAN 10 YRS & OVER IN SHOW: GR CH RHIANNON RESPLENDENCE
BEST IN SHOW: *
AVON FARMS STARS N STRIPES (IMP USA)
(proud breeder/handler Leslie Russell – Avon Farms USA)
*this photo has been provided from the week after the show due to inclement weather (again!)
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IRISH SETTER CLUB OF VICTORIA
50th ANNIVERSARY CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
CRITQUE OF JUDGE : KAROLYNNE McATEER (Red Barn Irish Setters – USA)
To start, it was a great honour to receive the call almost two years ago, to ask if I would be available to judge your 50th Anniversary championship shows. Since I was here to do your First National, it seems I am the “special occasion” judge. It was a two week stint filled with wonderful dogs, great horses, and some very fine visits to your national galleries and superior hospitality. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Peter Frost for “putting up with me” for 10 days. That’s quite a while for a “house guest” to be hosted in your home. I think he made a mad dash daily to get to school just for the relief, and I had his Champion Tess and young male Ethan as my breakfast company. Also, I am sure most of you know Peter’s sister Mary McClosky, she was my daily hostess, provider of hair ‘fascinators for the races”, fellow hunter of Georgian Crystal (I collect antique perfume bottles) and general tour guide. If I lived in the Melbourne area she and I would be in a good deal of trouble together! The club dinner organized by Anne Marie Hearn on the following Thursday was great fun, and a nice opportunity for me to relax among you all, thank you. My stay was rounded out by an invitation from Gail and David Cleland to visit their home for dinner, and apart from delightful conversation and a great meal with new friends, House and Hugo guided me on a walk through the evening lighted sugar gums! I am grateful to you all for the kind hospitality.
Onward, I want to thank Jan Robinson for her news just prior to my departure of the entries, and for her general follow up. Also to Rhonda Fisher who had been my initial contact and a guide through the paperwork at your Kennel Club. Kathy Humphries kept track of all during the downpours, including my boots, and saw to it that all ran smoothly. I had a superior “steward” in Anthony Price. I just pointed and left myself in his very good hands. I wanted to check ages on the classes, as they do differ from ours, and despite all my reading, I left nothing to memory and just asked Anthony. I regret the weather was fairly foul, but I stood out in it with you, and I want to see our dogs move as well as stand…I apologize for damp clothes and curly hair (that’s yours not the dog’s that’s curly).
DOGS:
Baby Puppy Dog – Class of 3
1. Eirean Masterpiece: Lovely together pup for his age, good solid top and correct bone
2. Jendally Red Spots Only: Waited for him to settle, good potential here, all the right pieces waiting to come together
3. Jendally Red Carpet: Littermate to #2, my notes said beaten on current head planes
Minor Puppy Dog – Class of 1
1. Martinridge Flirt W Perfection: Nice side picture exhibiting proper croup and tail set. With maturity hope to see more thigh…this is a just a youngster coming together nicely.
Puppy Dog – 3 in class
1. Lanascol Rip Roar n Party: Great bones, big pup that so far has kept it all together. Looks like a lot of promise here
2. Pendoric Red n Smokin: Elegant pup, whether the ground and weather I don’t know, but did not use his rear to full potential.
3. Eireannmada Top Hat: A nice pup, his chest has not come in yet (10 months old)
Junior Dog – 5 in class, very nice collection of youngsters
1. Tullane Might N Power: This pup a standout (just about to turn a year). Overall an impressive picture, powerful and correct coming and going and in silhouette. Also great color
2. Martinridge Flirt with Danger: Pushed hard to be number one, in picking hairs, he is slightly shorter in upper arm.
3. Glengray Mood Lover: Again, very good Irish Setter properties, a bit less mature than 1 and 2 and well worth waiting for maturity.
Intermediate Dog – 4 in the class (I want to comment on this “class” category at the end)
1. Eireannmade Blarney Stone: Good elegant dog, moves as he stands with good ground coverage. Liked his length of head.
2. Eireannmada Rolling Stone: appears to be a littermate to #1. Very typey, good silhouette but too wide in rear movement for me.
3. Eirean California Lightyear: This is a good dog overall, on this day he was not using himself well, which affected his top.
Limit Dog – class of 3
1. Pendoric Rustic Red KA: while I see he is 2 years old, he is slower maturing, and still waiting to show off all he can be, but it is all there. His silhouette held together very nicely.
2. Eireannmada Paradise Lost: Nice standing, but on this day did not use his rear
3. Drommask OysterCatcher: I believe this dog was a result of the ground on the day, but he looked like he was going to “erupt” on his leash and was therefore jamming his topline.
Australian Bred Dog – 6 dogs in the class
1. Ch.Martinridge Whisperin Secrets: the complete package, standing and moving. Good under my hands, and did not disappoint when moving
2. Ch. Pendoric Red Rauri: Elegant, typey for me long in loin
3. Ch. Brodruggan Rogue Trader: Good substance, he is wider in rear than I want, did not converge to a center line which also popped his croup.
Open Dog – 5 in the class, I admired all 3 placements
1. Avon Farm Stars’n Stripes: An overall elegance exhibited both standing and moving. Great proud neck carriage with smooth layback of shoulder into topline. Impressive from first glance.
2. Grand Ch. and NZ CH Setterlands Tamburello at Pendoric: Pushed hard to go over #1, had good ground cover, and my notes say “a wonderful head.” Preferred layback on #1.
3. Grand Ch. Martinridge Work O Art: Fit in nicely with placements 1 and 2 on type and soundness, I preferred the headpiece on the two above.
Veteran Dog 7-10 years – 3 in the class, all in the 7 year variety according to catalogue
1. Grand Ch. Shelomith Vice Regent: Filled the eye at just 7 years old. In wonderful muscle and condition for a veteran class.
2. Ch. Brodruggan Temptation: A very good dog, I wanted a different croup than he exhibited this day.
3. Aust Ch. Notnyl Fickle Unda Fire ET: Would have preferred a different moving rear. It could have been greatly improved with muscle.
Veteran Dog 10 years and over – 1 in class
1. Ch. Glenbray Marxman: A dog in very good shape and with smooth ground cover for his age of 10 ½.
DOG CHALLENGE:
I was pleased with my line up of class winners – where classes allowed I painted the picture of my preferences. My eye rested on each of the class winners with a good deal of pleasure, and until the last go around, I had three winners in place (well that won’t do.). Removing any thought of “judging on potential” and going with the dog on the day, I focused on my Open and my Australian Bred…both enormous credits to the breed and your standard. For me on this day the Dog Challenge went to Avon Farm Stars N Stripes. He was effortless as he passed before me, held a wonderful hard topline and his length and fit of neck into shoulder made the difference. Ch. Martinridge Whisperin Secrets was awarded Reserve and was a tremendous compliment in quality.
BITCHES:
Baby Puppy Bitch
1. Jendally Bold and Beautiful: Great hard top, correct croup and tail, I’d say she has all the pieces for a promising future!
Minor Puppy Bitch – 2 in class
1. Martinridge Flirting w Tullane: Nice overall and I noted good strong pasterns and a pleasing head.
2. Eireannmada Santa Ana: Seemed to have all the pieces, but on this day seemed uncertain on her leash so performance was a bit start/stop.
Puppy Bitch – 1 in class
1. Eireannmada Centre Stage : Waiting to come together and reach maturity. She appears at that stage where she has been together, and is now growing and is loose in all the right places. I predict something nice here as she continues to mature and grow.
Junior Bitch Class – 6 in the class
1. Tullane Pomp N Ceremony: Presented herself and demanded she be considered. Great substance yet feminine. Very sound on the move.
2. Martinridge Flirtatious: A lovely exhibit, I preferred the head on #1
3. Eireannmade Che Sara Sara: Very good all over, minor differences in maturity made her #3
Intermediate Bitch – 7 in class
1. Ch. Gwyndara Its Raining Men: Impressed me as she entered the ring, and never let me down. She is a beautiful package standing and moving.
2. Eirean California By Design: A bitch to be proud of, nice standing and moving, preferred head on #1
3. Eireannmada Romance The Stone: Lovely all over, but in silhouette would have changed croup/tail.
Limit Bitch – 1 in class
1. Eireannmada Rosetta Stone: Very elegant and exhibits correct type and soundness
Australian Bred Bitch – 6 in class ( lot of absentees here??)
1. Ch. BrodrugganDancing Doll: A beautiful package, lovingly presented. Exudes great female breed traits and moves like she means it. A winner in a lovely class of ladies
2. Pendoric Playn Wiv Fire: A very nice bitch, exudes good type; on this day had a slight rise in the loin/topline.
3. Eirean Pure Elegance: A good type, exhibits lovely balance, I preferred the head on #1 and #2.
Open Bitch
1. Ch. Eireannmada Queen of Rock: Entered the ring with surety, stacked up like a dream showing off femininity, moved as she stood. In lovely winning condition
2. Gr. Ch. Pendoric Perfect Angel: Great soundness, good substance, clearly a winning type and pushed hard to be #1. These two can flip in placements on any day.
3. Ch. Eireannmada Alouetta: My notes say a good bitch with a glorious expression, a little less impressive on the go around.
Veteran Bitch – 10 years plus
1. Grand Ch. Rhiannon Resplendence: My notes say “this bitch is a huge credit to type and condition. Wonderfully sound at what I know has to be more than 10 years of age. Beautifully presented. Superior head planes”
BITCH CHALLENGE
As Anthony called the bitch class winners in, I turned my back and when I turned around there were 9 class winners, starting with my Veteran at the head of the line. As I paused to admire them, even in the damp, I thought WOW! The strength of this breed, much like at home, is in the girls! Truly, it was a vision to see a glorious 10 year old at the head and that minor puppy at the end. All standing up on their toes and exuding type. As is my way, I say to each, “one big sweeping circle around please” this way I catch the rears on the way out, the profile, and the fronts coming back. It is a pleasure to have a collection of winners where you pick hairs to make your ultimate placement. On this day, with something of a “handler change” I went with Ch. Gwyndara It’s Raining Men (love the name) for the bitch CC. The whole package, great substance and no one would mistake her for anything but a bitch. She performed flawlessly and effortlessly. My reserve challenge went to Ch. Eireannmada Queen of Rock who greatly complimented my bitch CC and who herself is a wonderful representative of the breed. I hope these two girls don’t have to come head to head too often, as they both deserve to win.
BEST IN SHOW
Bringing back my Dog and Bitch challenge winners, I had no idea who would come out ahead. Dog on the day and of the moment. In the end I went with the male, whose silhouette remained flawless, with Runner up and Opposite going to the bitch.
And now a word of caution. Your headpieces and your fronts are very good, decent prosternum, overall balanced bone to individual dog, your tailsets are very good (ours in the US still something of a worry!!). But you have GOT to watch those rears. Your hocks are way too long, and they are not even perpendicular to the ground. When moving away in the males, over 50% did not converge to the centre line, and were wide and unbalanced. Pay attention here. You have such wonderful specimens I don’t want to see you go down this path. Our Irish Setters are athletes – they need good running gear, and good muscle behind. Remember, even while not asked to, they should be built to hunt a full day and not fatigue. Well, I will get off my soap box…but you have so much to be admired that I don’t want all that to be lost by unsoundness.
One note from my paperwork that day, and one other from later: INTERMEDIATE?? this class goes to 3 years of age. This is really a disservice to the younger members in this category of 18 months plus. I can see pitting them against 24 months, but I think asking some to stand up to a 3 year old is a bit much. This class seems odd. And secondly, I LOVE your catalogue with the extended pedigrees. What a great idea and one which I plan to steal ASAP and present to ISCA. For me it was very educational to look back into the pedigrees, and see who came from what two-three generations back.
Personally, it was wonderful to see Keith McCarthy and Peter Mangos ringside, I miss the days of having them in the ring, not outside of it. I was glad we had a chance for a few days to talk and catch up. They both have so much knowledge, I hope they are watching over you all, and doing some guiding.
My sincere thanks for your invitation to judge. Our 2012 National is in Santa Rosa, California in June (much wine drinking) and in April of 2013 in historic Richmond, Va at the birthplace of Secretariat. I invite you all to look at your calendars and come visit. Like our standard states in the US, we are rollicking!
Respectfully submitted,
Karolynne McAteer (USA)
Red Barn Irish Setters
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IRISH SETTER CLUB OF VICTORIA
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