MID-WEST '18 BEST IN SHOW
Ann Ingram’s Best in Show winner was Stewart and Heather Cummings and Kelly Lawless’ Pointer, Sh Ch Kanix Kroner At Sevenhills. Reserve Best In Show was Amanda Payne’s 22 months old Boxer, Tarnaut Authitised For Willow.
MID-WEST '18 BEST IN SHOW
Ann Ingram’s Best in Show winner was Stewart and Heather Cummings and Kelly Lawless’ Pointer, Sh Ch Kanix Kroner At Sevenhills.
MID-WEST '18 BEST BABY PUPPY IN SHOW
BBPIS under Ann Ingram was Joan Duffus’ Russian import Samoyed, Radost Zhizni Winter Fairy, with RBBPIS going to Dione Fitzsimons’ Dobermann, Fitzkin Inspired.
MID-WEST '18 PUPPY STAKES
John J Walsh was the judge elect for the Stakes classes at Mid-West, finding his Puppy Stakes winner and POTY qualifier in Maria and Ray Weafer’s 9 months old American Akita, Mamoru I'm No Angel.
MID-WEST '18 PUPPY STAKES
John Walsh’s Puppy Stakes runner-up was Jean Cullen’s 7 months old Labrador Retriever, Philipstown Lexington.
MID-WEST '18 CHAMPION STAKES
Heading up the Champion Stakes under John Walsh was Ross Delmar’s 3 year old Smooth Fox Terrier, Ch Shillelagh Miss Moneypenny.
MID-WEST '18 VETERAN STAKES
John Walsh judged the Veteran Stakes where his winner was Maura Farrell’s 9 year old Shetland Sheepdog, Ch Karyshanty Pure Destiny Of Moifara, with second place going to Seamus and Maura Gettings’ GWHP, Ch, Sh Ch & Int Ch Kimmax Krystal Klear Of Beechillawn.
MID-WEST '18 BRACE STAKES
John Walsh's Brace Stakes winner was Elizabeth Higgins' Shetland Sheepdog pairing, Cearthall Blue Moon and Pluto Gintarine Sala At Cearthall.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 1
Nicky White’s Group 1 winner was Ber Mulley and Donal O’Donoghue’s Russian import Australian Shepherd Dog, Triplemoon Iris Blue, handled by Jayne Keyse, with the runner-up rosette going to Alan and Sarah Matthews’ Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Craigycor Viva Las Vegas.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 2
It was the RBIS winning Boxer, Amanda Payne’s, Tarnaut Authitised For Willow, who came through from Group 2 under James Byrnes, whose runner-up was Dione Fitzsimons’ Dobermann, Ch Sant Kreal Hugo Boss Iz Fitzkin.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 3
Topping the terriers in Group 3 under James Newman was John O’Hanlon and Susan Kealy’s Airedale Terrier, Ch Kealdale Canis Major, handled by John, with the runner-up rosette awarded to Ross Delmar’s Smooth Fox Terrier, Ch Shillelagh Valhala.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 4
Nicky White’s Group 4 winner was Tim, Marion and Ian Finney’s 4 year old Wire Haired Miniature, Ch & Int Ch Dom Pérignon Vitoraz, handled to victory by Ian, with Caroline Reynolds’ Miniature Smooth, Glenariff Praise Be, in second place.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 4
Nicky White’s Group 4 winner was Tim, Marion and Ian Finney’s 4 year old Wire Haired Miniature, Ch & Int Ch Dom Pérignon Vitoraz, handled to victory by Ian, with Caroline Reynolds’ Miniature Smooth, Glenariff Praise Be, in second place.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 5
Olive Taylor’s Chow, Ch, GB & Int Ch Chivas Royal Djalo At Taylorian, who went on to BIS 4 later in the day, was Darren Walker’s winner in Group 5, with second place awarded to group newcomer, Johnny McGrath’s Akita Unu, Ch Imaru Go Sara Hana Kensha.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 6
Evelyn Hurley was centre ring for Group 6, finding her winner in Debbie and Jim Irvine’s Basset Hound, Ch Emmorah All Right Now, in second place was Dorothy Park, Jane Hough and Sharon Kelly’s Black and Tan Coonhound, Sh Ch Scentaway Sherlock Holmes.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 7
Topping Group 7 under Ger Cox was the eventual Best in Show winner, Stewart and Heather Cummings and Kelly Lawless’ Pointer, Sh Ch Kanix Kroner At Sevenhills, with second place taken by Tom and Annie Mervyn’s GSHP, Ch, Int & Lux Sh Ch Tomanipoint Celtic Knight.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 8
Cheryl Donaldson’s American Cocker Spaniel, Sh Ch Silveross Van Halen Sings Cherdon, was Eddie Patterson’s Group 8 winner at Mid-West, with second place awarded to Brian and Liam Moran’s Flat Coated Retriever, Sh Ch & GB Sh Ch Almanza Final Impact.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 9
It was the BIS 3 winning Havanese, Ashleigh Rutzel’s Havanese, Am Ch Kolmar's Painted Masterpiece, pictured here with his ‘minders’ Julie Connolly and Virginia Dowty, who topped Group 9 under Sean Carroll, with second place to Gordon Gault and Henry Stanley’s Pekingese, Pekehuis Hocus Pocus.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 9
The Group 9 winner, Ashleigh Rutzel’s Havanese, Am Ch Kolmar's Painted Masterpiece, pictured here with his ‘minders’ Julie Connolly and Virginia Dowty, and judge Sean Carroll.
MID-WEST '18 GROUP 10
Taking top spot in Group 10 under Evelyn Hurley was David Gibson’s 3 year old Saluki, Ch El-Ubaid's Utopia Mandana Of Brookhaven, with second spot filled by Tim, Marion and Ian Finney’s 11 months old Irish Wolfhound puppy, Gulliagh Vulcan.