HERE ARE THE MAIN WINNERS AT THE WORLD SHOW IN PARIS. If I have missed anyone out please let me know and I will happily correct it. The judges were Hans Boelaars from Holland, Pietro Paolo Condo from Italy and Frank Kane from the UK.There were 232 Cavaliers entered, 140 dogs less than the day before but as this was a very expensive show to enter, this may explain the drop in numbers. It was a great weekend and I hope these pictures bring back some happy moments for those who were there, and make those who didn't attend, wish they had been there! Next year the World Show is hosted by Austria. Maybe see you there!
BEST OF BREED AND WINNER OF CACIB - ROGER MADEC'S ENEA DE LA GEODE
(L) RESERVE BEST DOG - ANGELS PRIDE GENTLEMAN, HANS BOELAARS who judged Best of Breed with ENEA DE LA GEODE (R)
BEST BITCH and winner of CACIB - CH DAMOISELLE OF SOPHINE with Severine Abraham
TRICOLOUR CAC WINNER - CRAIGOWL SANTANA seen here with owner Klaus Vorderstrasse
SANTANA STEPPING OUT.....
CAC WINNER IN TRI BITCHES - EROTICA DE CARTLEDGE seen with owner Joris Mirabel
TRI BITCH CAC AND RCAC "EROTICA" and EUPHORIA DE CARTLEDGE, both bred by Thierry Carteau (on right) with Judge Frank Kane
NEW FRENCH CHAMPION MADE UP ON THE DAY - EBONY AND GOLD DU PRE AU COMTE
BEST PUPPY IN BREED - GYPSEY WIFE DES BEYLIAS - with owner/breeder Nathalie Boutin- Triquet
VETERAN BITCH WINNER - ABIGARRADA DEI COMTE D'EAU from Italy with Oscar Ugolotti
VETERAN DOG WINNER - ROYAL HERO'S FREEDOM FOREVER from Germany handled by Angela Nyland from Holland
REBHANN MASTERFAMS ROXANA - BEST JUNIOR. Owned by Elizabeth Hardy from Norway and bred by Anna Fisk in the UK
CH CITRUS DE LA GEODE, owned by Roger Madec, and who won the wholecolour Champion class
DEARMAGIC TOUCH DE LA FIEFFE AU SONGEUR wins the Blenheim CAC for her owner Chantal Tranchant, from the Open ClaSS
The regal - CH DESENCHANTEE DE CARTLEDGE who won both days
A relaxed Klaus and "Sydney"
EMINGWAY DU CLOS DE LARPEGE took 3rd in Intermediate Blenheim males
CH BARKLAY DES HAUTS CADOURQUES, CH BONITOS COMPANEROS HALLI GALLI , CH BONITOS IMPERATOR IN CHAMPION BLENHEIM CLASS
(L) CAMBRIDGEMIMISTICK CARLOSSANTANA (R) WINNER OF JUNIOR WHOLECOLOUR MALE CLASS - RAY OF LIGHT SYLENA with owner Jersy Olzewski
EASY MELODIE DE CASTLEBURRY - WINNER OF INTERMEDIATE BLENEHIM BITCHES
PALOMA SHALOM ALEIHEM who won Junior Blenehim Bitch for her owner Julia Skriganova
EDELWEISS DES BUIS DE LA MUSCADIERE bred by Mony Bouichou
NORMA INGLIS and CH BONITOS COMPANEROS IMPERATOR
CEDRIC JEGOU showing CRAIGOWL LUXEM BURG and took 2nd place in INTERMEDIATE BLENHEIM DOGS
Hans Boelaars being INTERVIEWED BY THE MEDIA .....with ROGER MEDAC, SEVERINE ABRAHAM, TANJA ENGEL and fellow judge PIETRO PAOLO CONDO
CAPTION COMPETITION
WHAT IS THE CONVERSATION HERE BETWEEN JUDGE HANS BOELAARS AND JANE NAYLOR? Your suggestions would be appreciated!
I loved the show, it had a magical feel and the conversations taking place in so many different languages was fascinating. Just too many Cavalier rings to be able to fully appreciate all the dogs and no written critiques meant it was fast moving. So often, the FCI thorough system of reporting and grading every dog can be tedious to the spectator. So unless you sat at one ring and concentrated on that colour, it meant a frantic rush between rings to see what you were missing. Wholecolours on Day 1 was not adjacent to the other colours, so I never got to watch the black/tan and rubies which I was sorry about. Like Crufts the layout was huge but with 36,000 dogs entered, it had to be. I saw the area where hunting for truffles was going to take place but never got back to watch. I assume the pens full of ducks, geese, sheep etc were for herding displays. I did hear a few French people lamenting some of the organisation but as a spectator (apart from the horrendous amount of unattended dog s..t you had to navigate walking into the venue) I was quite happy. What was gong on behind the scenes...who knows! The food was very reasonable (unlike Crufts), lighting was good, plenty of chairs and large rings. The dogs were with their owners in their own crates and as it was unbenched, it was difficult if you wanted to find a particular dog outside of the ring. But the exhibitors do stand in the ring in catalogue order, making life much easier for visitors who must find that aspect of our British dog shows a nightmare!. Parking seemed easy. The long wait to get our friends' dogs vetted was a bit of a pain but we went really early and avoided the queues and crowds that arrived later. All in all I think it was a success and the French Kennel Club can be proud of their extravaganza. Next year it moves to Austria. Not quite so accessible as France for UK inhabitants but having got a taste for European shows, just maybe we may make the trip.
16th july 2011
