Judge: Lewis Russell Tans, Marked, Satins, Aovs, Selfs

General Comments

Had a lovely first experience judging ! Thanks to Stephan for allowing me to judge the show
Thank-you to my steward Millie you did an amazing job and Jess for stepping in near the end
The mice spoke for them selfs especially that silver satin buck WOW will be even better in weeks to come.
Congratulations to Sarah and the rest of the winners
See you all at Manchester

selfs

White (pink eye) Ad – 0

White (pink eye) U8 – 1

1st S Cudbill B Good type with an amazing thick tail and good ice white colour

Cream Ad – 3

1st S Cudbill B Nice colour and finish this mouse really presented himself well ,best colour out of 3

2nd S Cudbill B Big buck with a good tail , Ears could be bigger slight yellow tinge

3rd S Cudbill B Plump mouse , nice eyes and tail again ears could be bigger
Yellow tinge with a small amount of moult behind ears

Cream U8 – 0

Black Ad – 6

1st S Mönninghoff B Deep rich black ! Good type , small amount of tan hairs round vent , white guard hairs round body

2nd S Mönninghoff D Again a nice black mouse but thinner tail , Body and skull width

3rd S Mönninghoff D Same as 2nd place but the thinner under and line spoiled

Black U8 – 3

Champagne Ad – 0

Champagne U8 – 0

Fawn Ad – 2

1st R Yardley D Best of the two I liked the deep colour but the large amount of moult + snipey head stopped this doe going further

2nd R Yardley D Square tail , mouse looked dehydrated and was extremely light

Fawn U8 – 0

Blue Ad – 0

Blue U8 – 0

Red Ad – 2

1st S Cudbill B Really like this mouses colour deep rich red ! With matching under slight sooty-ness too the head

2nd J Jeeves D Thin tail and poor condition very sooty and masses of moult

Red U8 – 0

AOC Self Ad – 1

1st J Jeeves D Silver ? Moult mask , hole in ear , thin mouse , under colour was better than top

AOC Self U8 – 0

SELF CHALLENGE Ad – 14

1st S Cudbill Cream D

2nd S Cudbill Cream D

3rd S Cudbill Red D

SELF CHALLENGE U8 – 4

1st S Cudbill White (pink eye) D

tans

Black Tan Ad – 2

Black Tan U8 – 0

Chocolate Tan Ad – 0

Chocolate Tan U8 – 0

Cham / Silver Tan Ad – 1

1st S Mönninghoff Champagne Tan B Cham – top colour a tad dark , the type was great for a PE tan , condition was great but cobby in the face

Cham / Silver Tan U8 – 0

AOC Tan Ad – 4

1st S Cudbill Dove Tan B Dove- this buck caught my eye straight away the sheer size was like a rat ! Tan + top colour was amazing but the light nose held it back

2nd J Jeeves Cinnamon Tan D Cinnamon – Tan wasn’t very prominent , quite a thin doe for the AD class top colour was fair

AOC Tan U8 – 3

TAN CHALLENGE Ad – 7

1st S Cudbill Dove Tan D

2nd S Mönninghoff Champagne Tan D

3rd J Jeeves Cinnamon Tan D

TAN CHALLENGE U8 – 3

marked

Dutch Ad – 2

1st M Shutt B Black – Really handleable Dutch ! Liked this mouse saddle decent but light ear and uneven cheeks held him back

Dutch U8 – 3

1st S Mönninghoff D Red- bold eyes like beads , loved the colour , tail could be fatter
Saddle low and cheeks uneven

Broken Marked Ad – 3

1st S Mönninghoff D Choc- 8 spot nice placement of most but some even spots on back end spoil
Best of 3

2nd M Drake D Black- 8 spot nice mouse but thin tail and big patch on shoulder spoil

3rd S Mönninghoff D Choc- 13 spot double nose spot and even in back apart from that a fit mouse

Broken Marked U8 – 3

1st S Cudbill D Black- 6 spot nice placement of spots loved the eyes and type on this , the sides spot was a little large

2nd M Drake D Black- need a few more weeks(very runty) apart from that nice pea spots well placed

3rd M Drake B Black – even ears and back again a runty sized mouse

AOV Marked Ad – 3

1st S Cudbill Variegated B Choc vari- very attractive mouse ! Good splashing all round and underneath
The conditions was second to non WOW ! BOA in show

2nd S Cudbill Tricolour B Tri- really nice separation of colour on this mouse! Small amount of brindle on rear stopped this placing 1st

3rd S Cudbill Tricolour B Tri- more brindle than the 2nd could have done with more patches of solid colour other than that a good mouse

AOV Marked U8 – 4

1st S Cudbill Tricolour D Tri- some blended patches but rly nice type for a young mouse

2nd J Jeeves Banded D Banded fawn- thin tail , top was fairly good for such a hard variety but under was spreading

MARKED CHALLENGE Ad – 8

1st S Cudbill Variegated D

2nd M Shutt Dutch D

3rd S Mönninghoff Broken Marked D

MARKED CHALLENGE U8 – 10

1st S Cudbill Broken Marked D

2nd S Cudbill Tricolour D

3rd S Mönninghoff Dutch D

satins

Ivory Satin Ad – 0

Ivory Satin U8 – 0

AOV PE Self Satin Ad – 0

AOV PE Self Satin U8 – 2

1st S Cudbill PE Silver Satin B Silver- This mouse was glowing as soon as it came out of the maxey was like a mirror ! The under was thick not a line in sight
Colour was of a freshly polished silver coin
BIS

2nd J Jeeves PE Silver Satin D Silver- sore eye , needed condition and better type

BE Self Satin Ad – 0

BE Self Satin U8 – 0

AOV Satin Ad – 1

1st R Yardley Argente Satin D Argente- dark , rough coat , thin tail and had white splodges on belly handleable

AOV Satin U8 – 0

SATIN CHALLENGE Ad – 1

1st R Yardley Argente Satin D

SATIN CHALLENGE U8 – 2

1st S Cudbill PE Silver Satin D

2nd J Jeeves PE Silver Satin D

aovs

Agouti / Cinn Ad – 1

1st S Mönninghoff Agouti B Ag- really deep rich red colour with lovely condition tail for me could have been thicker small dot of moult on head and under

Agouti / Cinn U8 – 3

1st M Shutt Cinnamon D CIN- even colouring on top but could have been richer needed more ticking

2nd M Shutt Agouti D Ag- not very red ticking was decent but had a light under and slight moult

3rd M Shutt Agouti D Ag- moult on the face like a mask needed a tone of red

SP Siamese Ad – 2

1st S Mönninghoff B Good dark points ! Big mouse
Nice amount of shading a tiny bit of moult

2nd S Mönninghoff D Little shading on this doe , great points , thinner tail and line under

SP Siamese U8 – 0

BP Siamese Ad – 0

BP Siamese U8 – 0

Argente Ad – 0

Argente U8 – 2

1st S Cudbill D Great type and colour for such a young mouse , silvering to come with age , tail could have been longer

Roan Ad – 1

1st J Jeeves D Blue- a few solid patches , very light for a roan
Very thin under with almost a light to dark demarcation line

Roan U8 – 1

1st S Cudbill B Black- nice even roaning , dark moult on head spoils , belly was lovely and even

AOV Ad – 3

1st S Mönninghoff Pearl B Pearl- lovely light colour with a bright white under coat , good tail and type is coming , slight tan vent and moult on side

2nd S Cudbill Silver Grey D Silver grey – nice mouse with good type and a thick tail , silvering well carried out ! Just moult held it back from 1st place

3rd S Mönninghoff Pearl B Pearl- big bold eyes , had the most moult but liked the colour
Line under and tanned vent held it back

AOV U8 – 2

1st S Mönninghoff Pearl B Pearl- nice silver colour with good white undercoat , thick coat with slight moult on head

2nd M Drake Himalayan D Him- light all round , very small , needs darker points

AOV CHALLENGE Ad – 7

1st S Mönninghoff Agouti D

2nd S Cudbill Silver Grey D

3rd S Mönninghoff SP Siamese D

AOV CHALLENGE U8 – 8

1st S Cudbill Argente D

2nd S Mönninghoff Pearl D

3rd M Shutt Cinnamon D

Grand Challenge

GRAND CHALLENGE Ad – 37