Cheshire Area CC - 9 November 2013

Thanks to Pat, Dorothy and the show committee for the invitation to judge, a good entry of Siamese and Orientals and definitely some quality present. Thanks also to Pina for making the long journey to steward for me, a great help and good company.

Open Classes

Siamese/Balinese Grand Premier Male

GPC Ellis's PR STYPERSON CRACKERJACK (32/8) 13 Aug 12
A youngster of very good type and good maturity for his age. Long almost even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile straight other than a small bump on the nose, firm slightly shallow chin, bite scissored over. Eyes of good shape and set but rather small and deep set, of a brilliant blue which I would ideally prefer to be deeper in tone. Very long well fed muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Well marked in a slightly pale lilac-based caramel showing very clear browny overtones, good markings to the head including thumbprints, fully ringed tail, legs markings just visible. Lightly shaded body, short close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
Res GPC Caney's GR CH & PR MERRYTAIL MYHINENI (24c) 6 Feb 07
A mature lad of good type. Long wedge, a tiny pinch and a little broad in the muzzle, good width at the top, well set large ears. Small dip in profile, firm chin, level bite lacking incisors. Eyes of good shape and set and good depth of blue. long well fed body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Points a darkish lilac and rather flat, lacking pinky overtones. Moderately shaded body, coat short but rather thick and a little harsh in texture. Rather an apprehensive and wriggly lad though easy enough to handle, excellent presentation.
Also considered Green's PR BELROO PERFEQUETION (24n) 5 Aug 12
A youngster of good type who still needs to mature to be in the running for a certificate at this level. Longish even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile rather flat over the forehead and with a dip below the brow, firm rather shallow chin, level bite. Eyes of good shape and set, needing a little more depth of blue. Long well fed body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra inch. Points quite a pale lilac-based caramel showing some browny tones to mask and tail, very little colour to front paws. Body lightly shaded over the hips, coat a fraction long but of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Oriental Cream/Apricot Adult

1 (CC N/A) Keoghan's ALDERSTAR ANDRO (37fn) M 19 Jan 13
A handsome and well developed lad of very good type. Medium length even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set, olive green in colour. Long firm muscular body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Colour a very good warm toned apricot, really a text-book example of what the colour should be, showing rather a clear linked spotted pattern (perfectly allowable according to the SOP). Unfortunately though it lacked soundness everywhere, though better on the sides than the upper body, and I did not fell able to award the certificate for that reason. Short close coat of excellent texture. Sweet tempered, excellent presentation.

Red Point Siamese Adult

BOB Brown's GR CH BECKSTAR CALLIN BATONROUGE M 30 Aug 12
A handsome lad of very good type. Long wedge with a tiny pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears. Quite a bump on the nose, profile otherwise straight, firm chin, bite scissored over. Eyes of good shape and set, I should prefer a little more depth of blue. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Points a very good bright red, unshaded body, coat a little long along the back, close lying and of very good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Cream Point Siamese Kitten

Wrong Colour Ball's GELCUNE KEISER M 5 Jul 13
A very friendly and promising baby of good type. Medium length wedge, a little short in the muzzle as yet, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile slightly angled down from the brow and with a small dip, chin ebbs slightly, bite level. Eyes of good shape and set, of quite a good depth of blue. Proportionate firm body, long legs with tiny paws, balancing length of tail. The points unfortunately are very definitely not cream, lacking the opaque appearance typical of the breed (let alone the powdery look of a good cream), instead having the translucence typical of red, and actually he is quite a good red, even having a hint of colour on the front paws. Unshaded body, baby coat as yet. Superb temperament, excellent presentation. Re-registered as red, he should do well.

Red Point Siamese Neuter

BOB Thorpe's IMP GR PR JOHPAS SPARKS WILL FLY MN 12 Nov 10
A large and very handsome lad of excellent type,. Long even wedge, very good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin with a tiny beard, bite level. Eyes of very good shape and set, of a good deep blue. Long, well fed, muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needing an extra inch. Points a slightly pale shade of red, lightly shaded body, coat a fraction long and rather rough in texture. Excellent temperament and presentation. The coat notwithstanding, he was as he often is by a good margin the best cat I handled on the day.

Miscellaneous Classes

Oriental Visitors Adult

1 McParlin's GR CH PIPPASTRO CHI-WOW-WOW (62 43ps) F 15 Jul 10
An attractive mature girl of very good type. Long even wedge needing a fraction more width at the top, well set large ears. Profile almost straight, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set, just a little deep set, colour a pale olive green. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra inch to balance. Colour a sparse mingling of good browny toned lilac-based caramel and mostly pale apricot though some deeper shades present, silver to about two third of the hair length, little surface pattern. Coat of good length and superb texture, frilling round the neck, attractive fronds to her ears, good furnishings to her feet, very good plume. Excellent temperament and presentation
2 Allen's WICCANWAYS DIVA VON TEEZ (48h) F 15 Dec 12
An attractive well grown girl of very good type. Longish even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set of an olive green. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Colour a very dark chocolate attractively patched with shades of rich red, white in all the right places but unfortunately on the underbody there is quite a long narrow strip- at best a third of the body width - and with not enough elsewhere to add up to the required third. Short close coat of very good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
3 Palmer & Newman's CH ADELFSH MYPRECIOUSBOY (29c) M 20 Jan 11
A large handsome lad of good type. Long wedge with a small pinch, needing a little more width at the top, large ears set in line. Straight profile, firm slightly shallow chin, bite scissored over. Eyes of good shape and set, of a good green. Long muscular wriggly body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Colour a darkish lilac almost sound, close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Oriental Junior Adult

1 Brownrigg's GR CH HEMLOCK SOULJA BOY (38a) M 25 Mar 12
A handsome masculine lad of very good type, a little upset today by his neighbours. Longish even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Eyes of very good shape and set, of a very good deep green. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Marked in a darkish blue sound to the roots, good head markings, well defined spots with little linkage and no agouti invasion, well broken spine line, good leg bars and tail rings. Short close coat of excellent texture. Easy to handle, excellent presentation.
2 Webb's CH CHANTEUR SHADY LADY (62 43e) F 6 Sep 12
An attractive girl of very good type. Medium length even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile mostly straight, though with a small bump on the nose, firm deep chin, level bite. Eyes of good shape and set which she does open a little wide, of a good green. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra inch. Colour attractively mingled black and shades of rich red, paler undercolour ranging from half to two-thirds of the hair length, a little grey at the roots, showing little surface pattern. Coat on the short side though just acceptable, but of excellent texture, reasonably good plume. Excellent temperament, having one of her braver days, excellent presentation.
3 Allen's WICCANWAYS DIVA VON TEEZ (48h) F
4 Hirst's KARAMUSHI PANDORA SURPRISE (29) F 6 Nov 12
A girl of good type. Longish even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set, rather a pale green in colour. Long well fed body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra inch. Colour a very dark sound chestnut showing too much ghost spotting, a cluster of white hairs on the neck and a sprinkling across the shoulders. Short close coat of very good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Oriental Debutante Kitten

1 Hinson's HEMLOCK MEMPHIS BELLE (37g) F 4 Apr 13
A girl of good type. Long even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set, a good green in colour. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, long tail with a tiny irregularity at the tip. Her colour is sound to the roots, but does appear to be caramel rather then the blue she's registered as - the blue a very dark slatey colour with some browny tones, and the profuse mingling in a very hot colour, not far from red in appearance. Short close coat of good texture, excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Allen's TABEA VON GLENDALE (49b) F 8 May 13
A girl of reasonably good type. Medium length wedge needing more width at the top, large ears set in line. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape if rather full, well set, of a good green. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra inch. Colour a slightly dark chocolate, a little unsound. White blaze to head, white under chin, to chest, front legs up to the shoulders but not meeting, a complete line to the underbody, not covering the whole width anywhere and very narrow in the middle - I think a quarter white to colour is a generous estimate. Coat showing promising length for her age, and of an excellent texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Oriental Limit Kitten

1 Simpson's WESTGARTH CRYSTALINA (29c) F 10 May 13
An attractive girl of good type. Long wedge with a small pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape though a little full, well set, a good green in colour. Long slender body, long elgs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Colour a good pale lilac, a little unsound. Short close coat of very good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Novice Adult

1 Smout's KAMIK IRRESISTIBLE (32t8) F 24 Jun 12
An attractive girl of very good type. Long even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile almost straight, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set, of a good depth of blue. Long slender muscular body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Reasonably well marked, in a pale lilac-based caramel sparsely mingled with pale apricot, unshaded body, coat a fraction long but of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Kitten Male

1 Smout's KAMIK HEIR TO THE THRONE (32/5) M 22 Jul 13
A charming and very promising baby of very good type. Longish wedge with a small pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin with a little beard, level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set, which could ideally be a deeper shade of blue. Proportionate firm body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Markings developing in a rather pale red, unshaded body, baby coat as yet. Super temperament, excellent presentation.
2 Ball's GELCUNE KEISER (32c) M

Siamese/Balinese Kitten Female

1 Ball's MADAM FABULOUS TYGER LILY (24k) F 15 Jul 13
A very friendly girl, of fair type. Rather a short wedge, needing more width to balance, large ears set in line. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set and a good depth of blue. Proportionate firm body, long legs with tiny paws, balancing length of tail. Points quite a dark cinnamon, unshaded body, short close coat of excellent texture. Excellent presentation, she could purr for England, excellent presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Radius Kitten

1 Ball's MADAM FABULOUS TYGER LILY (24k) F

Siamese/Balinese Non-Breeders Neuter

1 Thorpe's IMP GR PR JOHPAS SPARKS WILL FLY (32a) MN
2 Ellis's PR STYPERSON CRACKERJACK (32/8) MN

Siamese/Balinese Maiden Neuter

1 Brown's BECKSTAR SACRAMENTO (24r) MN 21 Jan 13
A large lad of reasonably good type looking very mature for his age. Long wedge rather broad in the muzzle, needing more width at the top, well set large ears. Roman profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set and a good depth of blue - remarkable in a fawn point. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Points a good fawn, unshaded body, close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Visitors Neuter

1 Ellis's PR STYPERSON CRACKERJACK (32/8) MN
2 Brown's GR CH & GR PR HEMLOCK MONTEREY JACK (32fn) MN 17 Jul 10
A lad of very good type. Long wedge with a slight pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm slightly shallow chin, level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set though he does open them a little wide at times, needing a little more depth of colour but very creditable for an apricot. Long lean muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needing an extra fraction. Points a good apricot to the tail, hind legs and in the shading on the back end of the body, rather paler and less convincingly brown-hued at the front. Lightly shaded body, Close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
3 Hinson's GR PR LITTLEFEAT OVERTHERAINBOW (32b1) FN 1 May 11
A girl of very good type. Longish even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile a little angled down from the brow and with a small dip, deep chin which ebbs slightly, bite level. Eyes of good shape and set, of a good depth of blue. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Points of a dark warm seal all well mingled, but with a very pale red and little foreground red present. Moderately shaded body, coat short and close, of very good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
4 Johnson's GR PR SULALAYA ICEWARRIOR (32/8) MN 18 Aug 11
A large lad of good type. Longish wedge with a small pinch, needing a little more width at the top, well set ears of adequate size. Profile with a small dip and a bump on the nose, chin a little shallow and ebbs a little, bite messy but basically level. Eyes of good shape though a little full, needing a little more depth of blue. Long well fed body, long legs with neat paws, tail need an extra inch. Marked in a slightly dark lilac-based caramel, the browny tones mot too clear, rather sketchy "M" and single ribbon, well ringed tail, leg bars just about visible. Lightly shaded body, close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.