St Patrick's Day Int '19 BEST IN SHOW
Taking centre stage to judge Best in Show at the St Patrick's Day International was the well known exhibitor and GP member, Paul Lawless. From the ten group winners assembled before him, his choice for top spot fell to Lucinda Thompson's 3 year old homebred Whippet, Barnesmore Cherokee Lad with Reserve BIS to the Labrador Retriever, just fifteen months old Talard Cee Three Pee Ohh owned and bred by Alec, Lynne and Tracey Douglas, and handled by Alec
St Patrick's Day Int '19 BEST IN SHOW
Best in Show at the St Patrick's Day International under judge Paul Lawless was Lucinda Thompson's 3 year old homebred Whippet, Barnesmore Cherokee Lad.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 BEST PUPPY IN SHOW
It was a day to remember for the mother and daughter Barnesmore team, Lucinda and Felicity Thompson when they completed 'the double' with Best Puppy in Show awarded to Felicity's 7 months old Whippet, Barnesmore Gold Digga, bred by Lucinda, and a half sister to the eventual BIS winner. All the Puppy groups had been judged by Bernie Ladd, with Paul Lawless making the final decision and taking Reserve BPIS under Paul was Paul Keenan and Darren Griffin's 6 months old Boxer, Bessbox Magic Sparkle.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 BEST IN SHOW & BPIS
BIS winner Lucinda Thompson's 3 year old homebred Whippet, Barnesmore Cherokee Lad with Best Puppy in Show Felicity Thompson's 7 months old Whippet, Barnesmore Gold Digga, bred by Lucinda, and a half sister to the eventual BIS winner.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 BEST IN SHOW & BPIS
BIS winner Lucinda Thompson's 3 year old homebred Whippet, Barnesmore Cherokee Lad with Best Puppy in Show Felicity Thompson's 7 months old Whippet, Barnesmore Gold Digga, bred by Lucinda, and a half sister to the eventual BIS winner.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 BEST VETERAN IN SHOW
Best Veteran In Show at the IKC St Patrick's International under Paul Lawless was Jimmy Duggan's 9 year old Siberian Husky, Ch, GB Ch & Int Ch Dutch Ch Bedarra Cold Paws Warm Heart For Leorient, handled as always by Anita, with RBVIS going to Martin Bailey and Jennifer Duggan's 9 year old OES, Ch & Int Ch Dromtrasna Jack At Guapo.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 CHAMPION STAKES
Colette Muldoon was back centre-ring after her BIS appointment the previous day, this time judging the Stakes classes, awarding top spot in the Champion Stakes to June Gould's 3 year old Bichon Frise, Ch & GB Ch Manoir's Air Force Zero; runner-up was Sally Burns, Mary Coghlan and Lesley Howard's top winning Toy Poodle, Ch & GB Ch Grayco Poetic Image.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 JUNIOR STAKES
Colette Muldoon's pick for first place in the Junior Stakes was Mccarthy's Shih Tzu, Solaris Avis Yglamour Sinissipi, with runner-up Becker's Akita, Estava Rain Taste The Feeling.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 1
Michael Faulkner's Group 1 winner the Hastings, Richardson & Mader partnership's Old English Sheepdog, Ch Lambluvs Irish Brew, starting the year as he left off as top on the GAIN PET NUTRITION/Irish Canine Press Group 1 Leaderboard, and handled as ever by Colm; runner-up was David McKenna's Bouvier Des Flandres, Ch Nikolaev Tyrion At Davdeir.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 2
Heading up Group 2 under Finnish judge, Elina Haapanemi, was Sandra English's 2 year old St Bernard Short Haired, Ch Parsival Van't Hof Ten Eynder, with second place awarded to Murray's Dogue De Bordeaux, Ch Glenrouge Carbon Copy.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 3
Topping the terriers in Group 3 under Torsten Himmrich from Germany was the BIS 3 winning Smooth Fox Terrier, Ross Delmar's Ch Shillelagh Valhala, with the runner-up rosette taken by Jimmy Byrne's Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Multi Ch Sandstaffs Inkberry Holly.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 4
Ricky Lochs-Romans was the judge for Group 4, where her winner was the 14 months old Long Haired Kaninchen, Gerry and Frances Larkins' Luna Caprese Via Dalla Pazza Folla, a first group win, with second place going to Lesley Patton's Standard Wire, Ch Lesandnic Ludovic.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 5
Ligita Zake's Group 5 winner was Carroll & Komyakova's Pomeranian, Multi Ch Dan-Star-Kom Lion Heart, with the runner-up spot taken by Mairin Jackson & Emer Wright's Japanese Shiba Inu, Lascar Twix Up His Sleeve.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 6
Ricky Lochs-Romans was back centre-ring for Group 6, finding her winner in Martina Bermingham's 16 months old homebred Dalmatian, Lornlee Bite The Bullet, with second place awarded to Jones and Gregg's Griffon Fauve De Bretagne, Multi Ch Lillie Beatrice.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 7
Svente Frisk's Group 7 winner was Stuart Pearson and Carole Dodds' 2 year old Bracco Italiano Ch & Vdh Ch Braccorions Juno What, the Killarney BIS winner on the Circuit last year while runner-up was Kay Donnelly's 6 year old Irish Setter, Ch & Int Ch Millcroft Whispering Moon.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 8
It was the RBIS winning Labrador, Alec, Lynne and Tracey Douglas' Talard Cee Three Pee Ohh, who topped Group 8 under American judge, Desmond Murphy, whose choice for second place fell to Emma, Bette and Frank Archibald's 4 year old Golden Retriever, Abinvale Santa Ana.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 9
Ken Sinclair's Group 9 winner was Gillian Gibson and Tracey & Mike Hitt's 4 year old Shih Tzu, Ch & GB Ch Miracey Rebel Rider, who finished the day as BIS 4; taking the runner-up rosette was Sue Roberts' 5 year old homebred Lhasa Apso, Ch & GB Ch Marbledale Perfection.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 GROUP 10
It was the Best in Show winner, Lucinda Thompson's Whippet, Barnesmore Cherokee Lad, who triumphed in Group 10 under Refet Hadzic, with second place awarded to Lyn Appleby, John Minchin, Jayne Edwards and Mary Mulvaney's Afghan Hound, Ch, GB & Int Ch Dashvey To Tell The Truth.
St Patrick's Day Int '19 ICP VETERAN OF THE YEAR '18
Topping the Irish Canine Press Veteran Leaderboard in 2018 was Seamus & Maura Gettings' German Wire Haired Pointer Sh Ch & Int Ch Kimmax Krystal Klear Of Beechillawn Jun Ch. Joyce Crawford-Manton is pictured presenting the Crystal Glass Trophy, IKC President, Séan Delmar is also photographed.
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