Szilvásvárad Show Weekend 23-25 April 2011

[Laura Kolbach]

Szilvásvárad is a MUST.

Every second year at Easter it is time to move to Szilvásvárad for some days, one of the most beautiful places in Hungary. It is famous for its Lipizzaner stud farm as well. My favourite showground, always perfectly organized and beautifully decorated. It was mostly the weather gods that wouldn't cooperate: 2001 we had hail stones falling from the sky, 2003 was very very warm, 2005 flooded away in heavy rains and 2007 quite normal compared to the previous years :-) 2009 was perfect, except for a thunder-shower on Monday - when the champion bitches were in the ring. This year - 2011 - we had lovely sunny weather during the weekend but quite cold and rainy on Monday. Oh well, you can't have it all :)

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday: the Setter Club show with Mrs Susan Stone-Amport (CH) judging all the Irish Setters (red and r/w)  and Mrs Nikki Ruigrok (IE) the English and Gordon Setters.

Danka's son Glady (Pawsword Piano Man) went to win Best Puppy In Show.

Sister Bella (Pawsword Blue Mazurka) won puppy bitches and Zilou (Pawsword Northern Song) was second in the class. Beautiful little Neita (Copper's Wine 'N' Roses) became Junior Club Winner and later on Best Junior In Show, chosen from all the junior winners from all setter breeds!

Half-naked Danka (Copper's Music And Paws) won working class bitches and received later on Best Working Dog In Show! Lovely rosettes as prizes and a very happy smiling Laura was the result :-)

Here I would like to mention baby Copper's Scones 'N' Jam "Poker" owned by kennel Garden Star's who won Best Baby In Show-2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, the CACIB show: the judges from the day before switched breeds, so it was Nikki's turn to judge the Irish. Only Neita was entered and she won juniors. By this she received her Crufts qualification for 2012 as this is the only show in Hungary that gives the qualifier! In the end she was chosen as Best Junior.

Glady was best puppy again and was shortlisted in the last 6 puppies all breeds in the main ring!

Monday: hunting dog show with Mr Kari Järvinen judging. Glady was now in juniors as he turned 9 months old. There were 4 junior males in the class, all from the Netherlands, all older than him but he managed to convince the judge somehow and won the class!!! Neita again won her class and when competing with Glady for the best junior title, she managed to win it again! By this, she had her 3 junior class wins during the weekend, meaning that as soon as the kennel club confirms, she can use the Hungarian Junior Champion title in from of her name, right next to the Romanian one earned the weekend before :-)))

All in all, it was a super long-weekend. We hired a house with friends, 8 people with 10 Irish. We had a big garden for the dogs to play in (even the 6-year olds joined in!) and a lovely old lady cooking home-made Hungarian style dinner for us every evening! We fell into our beds dead-tired every night as you can imagine :-)

 

full results for all three days:
Hungarian Setter Club Show 23 April 2011
judge: Susan Stone Amport (CH)

baby dog:
copper's scones 'n' jam - very promising 1, baby BIS-2

puppy dog:
pawsword piano man - very promising 1, puppy BIS

junior dog:
jacwillins perfect isn't easy - very good
luxatori kinky killian - very good
stonemine-hunter beretta - very good

intermediate dog:
garden star's red bull - exc 2, res.CAC
garden star's royal legend - exc 3
irish town admiral nelson - exc 1, CAC, club winner

open dog
garden star's original edition - exc 1, CAC
luxatori jimmy james - exc 3
sangarah cockridge - exc 2, res.CAC

working dog
crawford heaven's gate - exc 1, CAC

champion dog
crawford flicker of hope - exc 4
garden star's olympic gold - exc 1, CAC
icy breeze slovak base - exc 2, res.CAC
luxatori johnny cake - exc 3

veteran dog
garden star's double scotch - exc 1, CAC

puppy bitch
pawsword blue mazurka - very promising 1
pawsword northern song - promising

junior bitch
copper's wine 'n' roses - exc 1, HPJ, junior club winner, junior BIS

intermediate bitch
endless love of magic fields - exc 3
garden star's rubin pearl - exc 1, CAC
irish town apple juice - exc 2, res.CAC

open bitch
crawford just a dream - exc 3
irish town agatha christie - exc 2, res.CAC
lara jay slovak base - exc 1, CAC, CACIB, BOB, BIS

working bitch
copper's music and paws - exc 1, CAC, working BIS
nakaniyenne nakea red nokomis - exc 2, res.CAC

champion bitch
crawford eternal flame - exc 1, CAC
garden star's light joghurt - exc 1, res.CAC
love to please of skyrocket - exc 4
night witch red wonder - exc 3

 

CACIB Show 24 April 2011
judge: Nikki Ruigrok (former Hughes) (Ireland)

baby dog:
garden star's irish sultan - very promising, in the last 5 in baby bis

puppy dog:
pawsword piano man - very promising, in the last 6 in puppy bis

junior dog:
jacwillins perfect isn't easy - exc 1, HPJ
juggernaut's noble - exc 4
luxatori kinky killian - exc 2
reddins kiplin - exc 3

intermediate dog:
garden star's red bull - exc 1, CAC
garden star's royal legend - exc 2, res.CAC

open dog
garden star's original edition - exc 1, CAC, res.CACIB
irish town admiral nelson - exc 3
luxatori jimmy james - exc 2, res.CAC
sangarah copyright - absent

champion dog
garden star's olympic gold - exc 2, res.CAC
icy breeze slovak base - exc 3
luxatori johnny cake - exc 1, CAC, CACIB

puppy bitch
pawsword blue mazurka - very promising

junior bitch
copper's wine 'n' roses - exc 1, HPJ, best junior in breed

intermediate bitch
endless love of magic fields - exc 4
garden star's rubin pearl - exc 2, res.CAC
irish town agatha christie - exc 1, CAC
irish town apple juice - exc 3

open bitch
garden star's pepsi cola - exc 4
garden star's purple heart - exc 3
lara jay slovak base - exc 1, CAC, CACIB, BOB, BOG-3
sangarah conspiration - exc 2, res.CAC

champion bitch
garden star's light joghurt - exc 1, CAC, res.CACIB
love to please of skyrocket - exc 2, res.CAC

 

Hunting Dog Show 25 April 2011
judge: Kari Järvinen (FIN)

junior dog:
juggernaut's noble - exc 4
luxatori kinky killian - exc 2
pawsword piano man - exc 1, HPJ
reddins kipling - exc 3

intermediate dog:
garden star's red bull - exc 1, CAC

open dog
garden star's olympic gold - exc 1, CAC
luxatori jimmy james - exc 2, res.CAC

champion dog
icy breeze slovak base - exc 2, res.CAC
luxatori johnny cake - exc 1, CAC, BOB, BOG, BIS-2

junior bitch
copper's wine 'n' roses - exc 1, HPJ, best junior in breed
pawsword blue mazurka - good

intermediate bitch
endless love of magic fields - absent
garden star's rubin pearl - exc 1, CAC

open bitch
lara jay slovak base - exc 1, CAC

 

[Michelle Walsh]

Sounds like a great weekend ! many congratulations !

[Nadine Bonjean]

Bravo Laura!

[Carmel Murphy]

Congrats on an amazing weekend Laura;o)))

[McBIRDY - Jean DUHANT]

Congratulations Laura for these beautiful results. A great weekend with a nice weather !

[Tania ..danwish-irishsetters]

Well done Laura and all your girls . What a lovely story and pics as well ..

[Chantal McIlveen-Wright]

Very well done Laura, congratulations!!!

[Sherry Miller]

Love all the wonderful pictures but it is that very first one that made me smile the most...that I 'm still your baby no matter how big I am one! Congratulations!

[Melinda Auld]

Fabulous results, Laura - well done!  Also nice to see Aneira's brothers, sisters and mother doing well, too ;-)

 

Well done to all!

[Myra Thomas-Rhodes]

Congratulations Laura - great photos and write-up.

[Cornelia]

Wow - what a wonderful show - congratulations and thanks for this wonderful blog!!!