ICP Show Report 2018

PORTADOWN '18 BEST IN SHOW
Sara and Gavin Robertson, Lizzie Greenslade and Cathy Neill’s Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Soletrader Buddy Holly, handled by Cathy was Best In Show under judge Ralph Dunne. RBIS was Lyn Appleby, John Minchin, Jayne Edwards and Mary Mulvaney’s Afghan Hound, Ch, GB & Int Ch Dashvey To Tell The Truth.
PORTADOWN '18 BEST IN SHOW
Sara and Gavin Robertson, Lizzie Greenslade and Cathy Neill’s Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, Soletrader Buddy Holly, handled by Cathy was Best In Show at Portadown.
PORTADOWN '18 BEST BABY PUPPY IN SHOW
Ralph Dunne’s Best Baby Puppy in Show was Emer Wright and Mairin Jackson’s Japanese Shiba Inu, Lacsar Twix Up His Sleeve, RBBPIS went to Jagen and Keith Walsh’s Shar Pei, Chifido Chance To Shine, handled by Jagen.
PORTADOWN '18 BEST BABY PUPPY IN SHOW
Best Baby Puppy in Show was Emer Wright and Mairin Jackson’s Japanese Shiba Inu, Lacsar Twix Up His Sleeve.
PORTADOWN '18 PUPPY STAKES
Kenny Stevenson judged all the Stakes classes, finding his Puppy Stakes winner in Seamus and Maura Gettings’6 months old GWHP, Beechillawn Argyle Pink Jubilee, in second spot was Lynda Matthews’ 7 months old Whippet, Ison Ailesbury Of Gentle Mind.
PORTADOWN '18 JUNIOR STAKES
Kenny Stevenson’s Junior Stakes winner was Billy Henderson’s Dobermann bitch, Irresistable Tuwos Dobgrace.
PORTADOWN '18 CHAMPION STAKES
Winning the Champion Stakes under Kenny Stevenson was Stewart and Heather Cummings and Kelly Lawless’ Pointer, Sh Ch Kanix Kroner At Sevenhills, in second place was Gillian Gibson & Tracey Hitt’s Shih Tzu, Ch & GB Ch Miracey Rebel Rider.
PORTADOWN '18 VETERAN STAKES
Anastasia Winogradova’s 9 year old Scottish Terrier, Ch Blr, Ch Rus Imp In Skirt Zen-Seng, handled by Pavel Yokimenko, topped the Veteran Stakes under Kenny Stevenson.
PORTADOWN '18 BRACE STAKES
Kenny Stevenson’s Brace Stakes winner was Stuart Pearson and Caroline Dodds’ Dalmatian pairing of Kelevra What The Dickens and Ch, GB & Int Ch Kelevra Classic Cliché.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 1
Ian Wilson’s Group 1 winner was Jenny Hickey’s 11 months old Border Collie, Locheill Special Surprise For Hapenny, with Grainne Keeling’s Shetland Sheepdog, Ch Fearnach Show Me Heaven In Kishdigra, handled by dad, Kieran, runner-up.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 2
Harry O’Donoghue judged Group 2, awarding top spot to Dermot Kelly’s 3 year old Bulldog, Int Ch Shipshape Beyond Suspicion Ocobo, with second place going to Dione Fitzsimons’ Dobermann, Ch Sant Kreal Hugo Boss Iz Fitzkin.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 3
Margaret O’Gorman’s Group 3 winner was James Byrnes’ Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Multi Ch Sandstaffs Inkberry Holly, with second place going to Una Rigney and Jessica McGurk’s Kerry Blue, Ch Arigna First Lady.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 4
Heading up the Dachshunds in Group 4 under Chris Cathcart with first place going to Gary McAlpine’s 16months old Miniature Long, Lampcien Georgia, with the runner-up slot filled by Gerry McFaul’s Standard Long, Ch Shardaroba's Fashion Flow At Dachville.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 5
Heather Salmon Wilson judged Group 5 where her winner, Olive Taylor’s Chow, Ch, GB & Int Ch Chivas Royal Djalo At Taylorian, went on to BIS 4 while in second place under Heather was Jimmy Duggan’s Siberian Husky, Ch, Int & Neths Ch Leorient Flying Solo.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 6
The BIS winning PBGV, Sara and Gavin Robertson, Lizzie Greenslade and Cathy Neill’s Soletrader Buddy Holly, who progressed through Group 6 under Jane Anthony, whose runner-up rosette went to Eamon Murray’s Beagle, Ch Davricard Brandon.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 7
Heading Group 7 under Cathy Loughlin was the Pointer, Stewart and Heather Cummings and Kelly Lawless’ Sh Ch Kanix Kroner At Sevenhills, with second place going to Seamus and Maura Gettings’ German Wire Haired Pointer, Sh Ch & Int Ch Beechillawn Sound Of The Underground.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 8
Brian and Liam Moran’s Flat Coated Retriever, Sh Ch & GB Sh Ch Almanza Final Impact, who finished the day taking BIS 3, was Cathy Loughlin’s Group 8 Winner, with Kerry Brennan’s Cocker Spaniel, Sh Ch Kerrijoy Sirocco, in second place.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 9
Topping Group 9 under Paul Lawless was Lauren Coulter’s homebred 16 months old Miniature Poodle, Sonorous Elizabeth Bennet, with second place awarded to Jason McMorrow and Fergal Martin’s Maltese, Mademoisella Coco Forussi.
PORTADOWN '18 GROUP 10
Topping Ann Long Doyle’s Group 10 was the eventual Reserve BIS winner, Lyn Appleby, John Minchin, Jayne Edwards and Mary Mulvaney’s Afghan Hound, Ch, GB & Int Ch Dashvey To Tell The Truth, with second place awarded to Lynda Matthews’ Whippet, Ison Ailesbury Of Gentle Mind.
PORTADOWN '18 JUNIOR HANDLING
Kenny Stevenson judged the Junior Handling classes, winning the 10-12 age class was Ronan McLaughlin handling the Cocker Spaniel.
PORTADOWN '18 JUNIOR HANDLING
Kenny Stevenson judged the Junior Handling classes, winning the 13-14 age class was Meabh Briscoe handling the Whippet.
PORTADOWN '18 JUNIOR HANDLING
Kenny Stevenson judged the Junior Handling classes, winning the 15-17 age class was Rebecca Clarke handling the Samoyed.