Judge: M Davis, All
GENERAL COMMENTS
It was great to see such a good entry for the first Harlow Open of 2023. My thanks to Eric Jukes and Terry Sales for inviting me to judge and to Laura Birchall my steward on the day who did an exemplary job. Overall there were some very nice mice and it was particularly gratifying to see some of the rarer varieties making an appearance, in particular a very attractive variegated and a lovely brindle. If I had one negative observation to make it was that a few mice were shown with quite clear faults and unfortunately I had to disqualify one exhibit for a suspected URI (Upper Respiratory tract Infection). In addition I had to put off the table a mouse that was in the auction class but had a scab on its back. Those issues aside, I thoroughly enjoyed my judging engagement and congratulations to all the winners, in particular Stephan who took both top honours on the day with a cracking little self Black and a very nice Chocolate Broken respectively.
Selfs
PE WHITE Ad – 4
1st S Cudbill B Good size and type, wins on colour
2nd S Goss D Nice head, fair col- our, feisty!
3rdS Goss D Fair type and coat PE WHITE u/8 – 4
1st S Goss D Nice youngster, wins on colour
2nd S Goss B Good size, stud buck in the making!
3rd S Goss D Fair colour and type CREAM Ad – 3
1st S Goss D Nice type, fair col- our, wins on depth
2nd S Goss D Fair type and colour 3rd J Mullan D Fair type, slight blemish in coat on back
CREAM u/8 – 1
1st S Goss B Coat not in tip top condition
CHAM/SILVER Ad—0 CHAM/SILVER u/8—2
1st S Goss D Fair colour, saggy flanks, blemish on coat
2nd S Goss D Too dark, also had blemish on coat
BLACK Ad – 2
1st S Mӧnninghoff D Nice type, good colour
2nd S Mӧnninghoff D Fair type and colour
3rd S Mӧnninghoff D Again fair type and colour
BLACK u/8 – 8
1st S Mӧnninghoff D Lovely depth of colour, very nice mouse
2nd S Mӧnninghoff D Good depth of colour
3rd L Birchall D Nice baby, will make up
BLUEAd–0
BLUEu/8–0
AOC SELF Ad – 0
AOC SELF u/8 – 2
1st S Cudbill Red B Even colour- ing, no sootiness
2nd S Cudbill Fawn D Fair colour, slight blemish on coat
SELF CHALLENGE Ad – 10
1st S Goss Cream
2nd S Mӧnninghoff Black
3rd S Goss PEW
SELF CHALLENGE u/8 – 17
1st S Mӧnninghoff Black
2nd S Mӧnninghoff Black
3rd S Goss PEW
Tans
BLACKTANAd–2
1st P Hall B Good top and belly, slight tan on feet
2nd J Mullan B Paler tan, ribbed under
BLACK TAN u/8 – 1
1st J Mullan B Fair size, pale un- der
CHAMPAGNE TAN Ad – 3
1st Chew Valley B Fair top, pale under
2nd Chew Valley D Small, mealy top, fair tan
3rd Chew Valley B Small, poor top and tan
CHAMPAGNE TAN u/8 – 3
1st Chew Valley D Nice top colour, fair under
2nd Chew Valley B Fair top colour and tan
3rd Chew Valley B Again fair top and under
DOVE TAN Ad – 0
DOVE TAN u/8 – 1
1st S Cudbill D Nice top colour, fair under, tan feet
CHOC TAN Ad – 0
CHOC TAN u/8 – 1
1st P Hall B Good top colour, nice under, tan feet
AOC TAN Ad – 1
1st Chew Valley D Silver? Colour nearer Champagne
AOC TAN u/8 – 2
1st S Cudbill B Silver? Colour closer to Dove
2nd K Berry Ag B Very small, too young to show!
TAN CHALLENGE Ad – 6
1st P Hall Black Tan
2nd Chew Valley Cham Tan
3rd J Mullan Black Tan
TAN CHALLENGE u/8 – 8
1st P Hall Chohc Tan
2nd S Cudbill Dove Tan
3rd Chew Valley Cham Tan
Marked
DUTCH Ad – 2
1st Chew Valley Blk D Heavy cheek markings, nice high saddle 2nd Chew Valley Blk B Uneven cheek markings, jagged saddle DUTCH u/8 – 4
1st Chew Valley Choc D Nice head, slight ‘V’ on saddle under 2nd Chew Valley Choc B Fair head, poor saddle
3rd Chew Valley Choc D Heavy cheeks, low saddle
BROKEN/EVEN Ad – 5
1st S Mӧnninghoff Choc D 7sp good spread, lovely type
2nd L Russell Cinn D 6sp Nice mouse
3rd L Russell Blk B 8sp One or two heavy patches of colour BROKEN/EVEN u/8 – 1
1st L Russell Blk B 6sp Nice youngster
HEREFORD Ad – 0
HEREFORD u/8 – 0
AOV MARKED Ad – 2
1st s Cudbill Var B Colour not evenly splashed but nice effort 2nd S Cudbill Tri B Heavy mark- ings, some brindling
AOV MARKED u/8 – 1
1st S Cudbill Tri B Good distribu- tion of colours, nice young mouse
MARKED CHALLENGE Ad – 10
1st S Mӧnninghoff Broken
2nd S Cudbill Variegated
3rd Chew Valley Dutch
MARKED CHALLENGE u/8 – 5
1st S Cudbill Tricolour
2nd L Russell Broken
3rd Chew Valley Dutch
Satin
IVORY SATIN Ad – 5
1st S Goss D Nice size, type and satinisation
2nd S Goss D Fair size and type 3rd S Goss D Fair size and type, narrow head
IVORY SATIN u/8 – 2
1st T Sales D Fair type, blemishes on coat
2nd T Sales D Fair type, ribbed under
CREAM SATIN Ad – 2
1st S Goss D Nice type, fair satini- sation
2nd S Cudbill B Good size, slight blemish on coat
CREAM SATIN u/8 – 0
CHAM/SILVER SATIN Ad – 0
CHAM/SILVER SATIN u/8 – 0
AOC SELF SATIN Ad – 0
AOC SELF SATIN u/8 – 0
AOV SATIN Ad – 3
1st J Mullan Ag D Nice type, too dark on top
2nd K Berry Blk Tan B Small, ribbed under
3rd J Mullan Ag D Marks on coat, saggy sides
AOV SATIN u/8 – 1
1st K Berry Blk Tan D Does not really show off satinisation
SATIN CHALLENGE Ad – 10
1st S Goss Ivory Satin
2nd S Goss Cream Satin
3rd S Cudbill Cream Satin
SATIN CHALLENGE u/8 – 4
1st T Sales Ivory Satin
2nd T Sales Ivory Satin
3rd K Berry Black Tan Satin
AOV
AGOUTI/CINN Ad – 2
HIMALAYAN/SIAMESE Ad – 1
HIMALAYAN/SIAMESE u/8 – 2
CHIN/FOX Ad – 0
CHIN/FOX u/8 – 0
ARGENTE Ad – 3
ARGENTE u/8 – 3
AOV Ad – 6
AOV u/8 – 5
AOV CHALLENGE Ad – 12
AOV CHALLENGE u/8 – 11
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Sorry got wrong show and year my apologies pls disregard the comment thank you it was the 2024 show in march I was confused about .
The Argente adult class I won it with a ab not Lewis so why is my name not there as he was also boa aov with Sarah’s brindle winning best aov