DCC Midland Area Show – 5^th December 2010.

Judge: Allan Trigg                                                                          No. Of Entries: 40

Red Boar Adult (5)  1^st Sarah Stribley. Nice placement saddle & coat. Sound ears. Fair blaze, cheeks & stops. 2^nd Alan Wilson. Quite nice cheeks, tipped ear, fair saddle and undercut (shade far back), little odd stops. 3^rd Kevin Hopkins. Nice saddle, stops & colour but cheeks catch smellers & mouth badly and poor undercut. Res. Alan Wilson. Not in show coat today. A disappointing class.

Red Sow Adult (3) 1^st & 2^nd Alan Wilson, A pleasing exhibit with shade heavy cheeks, Sound ears if edges could be better. Nice saddle. Quite good undercut & level toe stops. 2^nd Another nice sow but beaten stops (run inside) and slightly overgroomed today. 3^rd Kevin Hopkins. Nice cheeks. Tipped ear. Nice saddle but out undercut. Toe stops. A much better class than the boars.

Black B/S Adult (4) 1^st & 2^nd Crazy Cavies. A nice all round boar with quite good cheeks & blaze. Nice top to saddle but cuts away at side to undercut. Nice stops. 2^nd Another decent boar that pushed the leader on saddle but a little untidy on blaze (stray hairs) and not the stops of winner. 3^rd & Res. Stuart Inch. Boar. Fair cheeks, one cuts away, other shade heavy. Quite good saddle & undercut. Nice stops. Res. Odd cheeks catch smellers. Inclined to skew saddle. Toe stops. Fair coat.

Chocolate B/S Adult (3) 1^st Amy Heale. A sweet sow with good balanced markings. Nice cheeks, ears & saddle. Level toe stops. Just inclined to dip undercut but a lovely exhibit and Best Dutch. Others absent.

Cream B/S Adult (4) 1^st Alan Wilson. Sow. Heavy cheeks catch and drag neck. Quite nice saddle & undercut. Odd stops.  Best for colour & coat. 2^nd Stuart Inch. Heavy cheeks and a drag. Fair saddle. Toe stops. Others absent.

Golden Agouti B/S Adult (1)  1^st Amy Heale. Boar. Pleasing cheeks if shade odd. Reasonable saddle & undercut. Tipped ear. Quite good stops if shade odd. Needs more handling.

Silver Agouti B/S Adult (3)  All absent.

Chall Red Adult (6) 1^st, 2^nd ,Res. Alan Wilson. 3^rd Sarah Stribley.

Chall AOC Adult (15) 1^st & Res. Amy Heale. 2^nd & 3^rd Crazy Cavies.

Chall A.C. Adult (21) 1^st Amy Heale. 2^nd & Res. Alan Wilson. 3^rd Crazy Cavies.

Red Boar 5/8 mths (3) 1^st Amy Heale. Nicely marked all round with toe stops. Best Intermediate but lacks table manners that made assessment difficult and tested my patience!  2^nd Kevin Hopkins. Quite nice cheeks if a little heavy and untidy (drag). Shade out saddle. Fair stops. Nice colour. One absent.

Red Sow 5/8 mths (1) 1^st Amy Heale. Slightly odd cheeks (one a shade heavy & to smellers) but nice else. Quite nice saddle. Nice undercut & stops.

Black B/S 5/8 mths (3) 1^st Mrs W. Goldsworthy. A neat sow that wins well today. Quite nice cheeks if a shade untidy. Sound ears.  Nice saddle & undercut if shade far back. Toe stops. 2^nd G.W.Godfrey. Cheeks to smellers and a drag one side. Sound ears. Nice saddle (if SFB) and stops. Slight dip undercut. 3^rd Stuart Inch. Heavy & ragged cheeks. Fair saddle & undercut. Nice stops if slightly odd.

Chocolate B/S 5/8mths (1)  1^st Pen 392 no name as seems a late entry.  Carries markings that can best be described as complete but fair all round.

Silver Agouti B/S 5/8 mths (1) 1^st G.W.Godfrey. Boar. Rather messy and poor cheek markings spoil an otherwise useful example of this colour.

Challenge Red 5/8 mths (4) 1^st & 2^nd Amy  Heale 3^rd Kevin Hopkins.

Challenge A.O.C. 5/8mths (5) 1^st Mrs W. Goldsworthy. 2^nd & 3^rd G. W. Godfrey. Res. Stuart Inch.

Challenge A.C. 5/8 mths (8) 1^st & 3^rd Amy Heale. 2^nd Mrs W. Goldsworthy. Res. G.W. Godfrey.

Red Boar u/5 mths (1) 1^st Sarah Stribley. Nice cheeks but just catch smellers a trifle. Sound ears. Nice saddle. Quite good undercut. Even toe stops. A very promising youngster that immediately took the eye. Best u/5 mths.

Red Sow u/5 mths (1) 1^st Sarah Stribley. Quite good cheeks, just inclined to cut away a shade. Sound ears. Nice saddle if a shade far back. Odd stops.

Black B/S u/5 mths (3) 1^st Mrs W. Goldsworthy. Sow. Neat cheeks if a trifle heavy. Tipped ear. Nice saddle & undercut. Toe stops. 2^nd Stuart Inch. Heavy cheeks with pigment to nose. Sound ears. Fair saddle. Nice undercut. Odd stops. One absent.

Chocolate B/S u/5 mths (1)  1^st Sarah Stribley. Sow. Nice cheeks if a little heavy one side. Sound ears.  Quite nice saddle & undercut if could be better. Nice stops.

Cream B/S u/5mths (1)  1^st Alan Wilson. Nice cheeks if just into smellers. Quite nice saddle & undercut. Nice stops. A promising sow and a good effort for this difficult colour.

Challenge Red u/5 mths (2) 1^st & 2^nd Sarah Stribley.

Challenge A.O.C. u/5 mths (5)  1^st Mrs W. Goldsworthy. 2^nd Alan Wilson. 3^rd Sarah Stribley. Res. Stuart Inch.

Challenge A.C. u/5 mths (7) 1^st & Res Sarah Stribley. 2^nd Mrs W.Goldsworthy. 3^rd Alan Wilson.

Grand Challenge A.C.A.A (30) 1^st Amy Heale. 2^nd Sarah Stribley. 3^rd Alan Wilson. Res. Crazy Cavies.

Boar A.C.A.A. (12) 1^st Sarah Stribley. 2^nd & Res Crazy Cavies. 3^rd Amy Heale.

Sow A.C.A.A (17) 1^st Amy Heale. 2^nd & Res Alan Wilson. 3^rd Mrs W. Goldsworthy.

New Members A.C.A.A (4) 1^st & 2^nd Crazy Cavies 3^rd Kevin Hopkins.