Three Counties Agricultural Society - 08/06/2025	Sally Griffin (Sanjika)
A very enjoyable days judging, thank you to the society for inviting me to judge and the excellent stewards.
I was very pleased with the presentation of the dogs but feel it is important to address movement. The breed is “intrepid and untiring”, this must be considered when exhibiting and evaluating the breed. Unfortunately for me there were many dogs who did not present this ability, poor muscle tone and incorrect footfall was evident in far too many exhibits. Sadly, the tick tock tails are also disappearing.
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Award	Info	Dog	Owner	Critique
Best of Breed		Sh Ch Affilato You Can Bank On It (JW)	Clark & Sharp	-
Best Puppy		Inostricani Time Will Tell	Rossiter	-
Best Veteran		Inostricani Crown Jewels	Boyes-Weston	-
Dog CC		Sh Ch Affilato You Can Bank On It (JW)	Clark & Sharp	-
Res Dog CC		Inostricani On a Mission	Hinton	-
Bitch CC		Connomar Sciacca	Woodward	-
Res Bitch CC		Sh Ch Affilato The Other Woman	Sharp	-
Best Puppy Dog		Inostricani Time Will Tell	Rossiter	-
Best Puppy Bitch		Cartrefyspin Oren Sunburst	Davies	-
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Puppy Dog	.	Dog (4 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Inostricani Time Will Tell	Rossiter	A very promising brown roan puppy, which oozes breed type and typical of this kennel. With a lovely square outline, he is already showing maturity in his solid construction. A masculine head with correct breed requirements of depth and divergent planes. A beautiful melting dark eyed expression, a pronounced occiput and good earset finished of his classic head. A good neck into good shoulders depth of chest into strong loin and a good tailset good coat and thick skin finished his appearance. Movement needs to be developed as he matures but very happy to award him Best Puppy, a shame he didn’t stay for the group.
2nd		Affilato Jump With Style at Rydonmist	Beecham & Clark	I am sure these 2 puppies will swap places many times in the future. He is an excellent example of the breed. A typical head with good planes, depth of muzzle and length and set of ear. A harsh white and orange coat on a thick skin covered a pleasing outline with a strong chest and evident breastbone. Very balanced front and rear assembly. Movement again will improve with age; I just preferred the expression on my 1st placed.
3rd		Cartrefyspin Oren Seville	Preston	-
Res		Osulf Peanuts Barney	Blanchard	-
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Junior Dog	.	Dog (2 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Affilato Jump The Gun	Clark & Sharp	Another quality puppy from this kennel. A well constructed square white and orange male who was presented in tiptop condition. Good head, with correct median furrow into occiput and evident crest before a nice neck leading into correct placed shoulders. Good depth of chest and strong loin into a good tailset. Movement coming together well just a tad more apprehensive when stood.
2nd		Stowledge Soul of Blymara	Blythe	A longer, larger male than my winner. A brown roan, a shade darker than preferred with soft areas. Another showing a tad apprehension, must be the age. A longer narrower head without depth of muzzle. Correct eve placement which hopefully will darken with age, good set and length of ears. A good neck but less developed in chest and prosternum. A longer cast body into a weaker rear end.
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Graduate Dog	.	Dog (2 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Connomar Cipirello of Roughmoor	Cook	2 nice square males. A robust workmanlike brown roan male with a correct coat and thickness of skin. A typical head with a beautiful melting expression. Good divergence, ear set and length of ear. Required median furrow into occiput. Strong neck into good shoulder, which was balanced with rear angulation. Good tail set and pleasing tick tock movement on the move.
2nd		Rossetti at Stowledge	Bevan & Thompson	A white and orange male who presents with good square outline. A nice typical head with good head planes. Pleasing expression, correct placement of eyes with correct ears. Good coat and thick skin, nice oval bone. Balanced front and rear angulation. Correct tail set and good movement.
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Post Graduate Dog	.	Dog (1 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Connomar Artussi	Godfrey	Stood alone, an immature white and orange 3-year-old. Good square male with a nice short coarse coat. A beautiful correctly divergent head, good depth of muzzle and correct muzzle length to skull ratio. Movement could be improved by correct tail carriage.
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Limit Dog	.	Dog (3 entries, 1 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Inostricani On a Mission	Hinton	A square workmanlike dog, matured very nicely with good substance, presented in very good condition. Everything is in correct proportions, a typical head with correct expression, correct ochre eye colour and placement. The correct squareness shows the balance of front and rear assembly, a good depth of chest and short strong loin. Good strong oval bone with good feet. Movement good but in developing with age more muscle would be a great improvement.
2nd		Lucoru Blow a Fuse at Cloudnine	Fordham	A larger, all through, white and orange dog. A strong masculine boy with a strong head exhibiting correct divergence, a nice kind eye, correct placement and good ears set, and length. Correct neck into good shoulders and a strong chest with good depth. Although longer cast a strong loin with good coat and correct thick skin. Let down on movement with weak pasterns and loose movement in the hocks.
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Open Dog	.	Dog (4 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Sh Ch Affilato You Can Bank On It (JW)	Clark & Sharp	CC & BOB An excellently presented, well muscled and fantastic movement in this young white and orange male. Correct head, from depth of muzzle to equal ratio. Good eye placement and correct colouring. Ear set and length correct. Nice correct median furrow into occiput and nape of neck. Lovely powerful neck into strong muscled shoulders. Good depth of chest with a pronounced sternum. Excellent bone and feet. Correct topline, with excellent skin and coat. Strong loin leading into excellent rear angulation with evident muscle and strength in thigh. Movement is extremely strong and powerful, drives around the ring with a good stride and maintains his topline and correct tail carriage on the move.
2nd		Sh Ch Gradevole Strufolli	Robinson	Took the 2nd spot on his movement and muscle condition. A strong mature brown roan male, who could easily work all day. Another with a slightly darker shade of brown roan and something that needs to be watched in the breed going forward. A worthy champion that met all the correct breed characteristics, head was of a nice balanced size to body. Correct divergence with good length ratio. Good depth of chest, good bone and quality of coat and thick skin. Strong loin into correct tail set and good movement.
3rd		Sh Ch Inostricani Bell Ragazzo via Krismoor (JW)	Littlemore	-
Res		Inostricani Masai at Ilsolo	Bovio	-
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Veteran Dog	.	Dog (0 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
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Puppy Bitch	.	Dog (2 entries, 1 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Cartrefyspin Oren Sunburst	Davies	Lovely baby puppy enjoying her day out. Pleasing head and eye. Good bite. At just 6 months raw but already showing a good topline and tailset. Erratic on the move which is totally understandable at this age. I will look forward to her development.
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Junior Bitch	.	Dog (2 entries, 1 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Stowledge Scilla at Incantevole	Kruglow	A good moving youngster held her shape and has a good tail set. With her body depth and strength, I would have preferred a head to balance this.
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Graduate Bitch	.	Dog (2 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Connomar Sciacca	Woodward	CC. A beautiful square brown roan (correct shade) youngster. An expression that you just melted into, on the most balanced and typical head. Correct divergence, equal length of muzzle to skull ratio, nice occiput leading into a good strong neck. Well placed shoulders led into depth of chest. Good oval bone, a strong muscular loin into a correctly angulated tail set. Loved her tick tock movement when she held her topline. Good thick skin and a nice coarse coat.
2nd		Stowledge Secret	Bevan & Thompson	Unfortunately, her coat colour impacted on the overall look of this pretty girl. The soft texture on her front was also evident through her coat on her body where it mixed with different shades. She was balanced in her front and rear angulations, but I felt she was too narrow throughout. I’m not looking for masculinity in a bitch, but they should still be strong and robust just feminine in appeal.
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Post Graduate Bitch	.	Dog (1 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Connomar Ramacca with Bardantop	Guest	Litter sister to my Graduate/CC winner. Shares a lot of the same qualities. Correct workmanlike square girl, good head with correct Spinone features. Strength in muzzle, with a lovely grouchy appearance. Ears a tad long with a low ear placement. Nice strong neck into well muscled and correct shoulder placement. Good depth of chest with good strong loin and correctly placed tail. Strong oval bone, nice course coat. Moved very well and matching her sister with a wonderful ticktock tail.
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Limit Bitch	.	Dog (5 entries, 2 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Inostricani Athena	Boyes-Weston	A lovely pretty square brown roan bitch. A very typical type of Spinone from this kennel. Pretty correct head. Good equal ratio head, strong muzzle. A well placed and look of eye. Good ear placement and length. Strong neck into good shoulders, strength in chest and good loin. Good rear angulation with correct tailset. Balanced for and aft. Moved well but requires more drive.
2nd		Valeska V D Turfhoeve am Cartrefyspin	Davies	Another nice bitch but built very differently. Strong bitch with good bone, a tad longer than square. A great shade of orange but would prefer a coarser coat. Good bone and strength in her rear assembly. Movement could have more drive.
3rd		Scodinzolare Philomen	Mortimer	-
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Open Bitch	.	Dog (4 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Sh Ch Affilato The Other Woman	Sharp	Res CC. A beautiful mature brown roan. Correct Spinone head meeting all the requirements of ratios, divergence and strength, although retaining femininity. A strong neck sat in well placed strong shoulders. Correct oval bone, good feeT and prosternum. Good depth of chest with spring of rib. A nice harsh coat presented very well. Good topline and tailset with a rear assembly balancing her front to show a nicely balanced girl. Nicely muscled which enable her to move well and with drive.
2nd		Sh Ch Affilato It Had to Be You (JW)	Sharp	Another quality bitch from this top winning kennel. A pretty feminine square shaped orange and white girl. Has all the correct breed attributes with pretty feminine head. Correct balanced head, with lovely expression. Good well placed dark eyes, good ears, length and placement. Good depth of chest from well placed shoulders. Nicely balanced through out and moved out well.
3rd		Sh Ch Inostricani Mima am Charluben	Jones	-
Res		Sh Ch Amberellie Rosanna (Sh CEX)	Kruglow	-
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Veteran Bitch	.	Dog (2 entries, 0 absent)	Owner	Critique
1st		Inostricani Crown Jewels	Boyes-Weston	Wonderful to have 2 quality 10-year-olds for me to judge, both moved out very well, certainly showing a few youngsters how its done. A larger framed workmanlike robust girl. Good head, body and rear. Strong bone, good course coat and depth of chest. Good topline and balanced.
2nd		Sh Ch Connomar Zambana	Woodward	Smaller framed than 1st but a quality girl. Lost her topline slightly which detracted from her other typical Spinone properties. Good head, eyes, and ears. Good coat with good thick skin.
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AV Gundog Puppy Stakes	.	Dog (59 entries, 34 absent)	Owner	Critique Judge Keith Young
1st		Affilato Jump With Style at Rydonmist	Beecham & Clark	-