North West CC - 28 September 2013

Thanks to Jenny, Doreen and the show committee for the invitation to judge here for the first time, quite a bust day with a number of cats of high quality. Thanks also to Sarndra for stewarding for me having been allowed to take the time off from show committee duties - a pleasure, and good to find a Balinese present so that she could complete an assessment for that BAC.

Open Classes

Oriental Imperial Grand Champion Male

IGCC Brownrigg's GR CH HEMLOCK SOULJA BOY (38a) 25 Mar 12
A handsome mature lad of very good type. Longish even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Eyes of very good shape and set, a very good green in colour. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Long muscular, long legs with neat paws, long tail to balance. Marked in rather a dark shade of cool toned blue, good markings to the head, good definition to the spots with just a little linkage, almost free from agouti invasion, spine line well broken. Good leg bars and tail rings. Short close coat of excellent texture. Excellent temperament and presentation,

Oriental Imperial Grand Champion Male

IGCC McParlin's GR CH PIPPASTRO CHI-WOW-WOW (62 43ps) 15 Jul 10
A mature girl of very good type. Long even wedge which ideally needs a little more width at the top, well set ears just large enough to balance. Tiny dip in profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set, just a little deep set, colour an olive green. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra inch to balance. Pattern colour a good browny toned lilac-based caramel sparsely broken with the paler shades of apricot, silver to about two third of the hair length, very little tabby pattern visible on the surface. Good length to her coat and superb soft silky texture, profuse fronds to her ears, good furnishings to her feet, very good plume.
2 (Res IGCC N/A) Corby & Dolan's GR CH IKISHIROO CASCADE KIKIMA (29c) 9 Sep 09
A girl of good type. Medium length wedge with a small pinch, needing a little more width at the top, well set large ears. Dip in profile, chin ebbs slightly, level bite. Eyes of good shape and set, of an olive green rather than the vivid green the SOP requires. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Colour a darkish lilac, somewhat unsound in places. Coat short and close, of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Imperial Grand Champion Male

IGCC Rice's GR CH ARTENSA TUMBLING DICE (24) 2 Mar 10
A very masculine lad of very good type. Longish even wedge showing light jowling, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set and a good depth of blue though a little paler at the rim. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Points a dense darkish warm seal, body moderately shaded but still showing good contrast. . Short close coat just a little harsh in texture. Excellent temperament though a little timid, excellent presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Imperial Grand Champion Female

1 (IGCC N/A) Keoghan's GR CH ALDERSTAR INDIGO INDULGENC (32b8) 23 Oct 11
Quite a mature girl of very good type. Longish even wedge ideally needing a fraction more width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set and a good depth of blue, unfortunately she would insist on squinting at me every time I revisited her pen in the hope she had given up the idea. Long well fed body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Her colour is something of a conundrum, nose leather indicates blue, paw pads while they are not exactly right for blue also are not the purplish colour I would expect for blue-based caramel, but somewhere in-between as a slightly brownish blue. On head and legs, the base colour looks to be blue, though the tail is dark and browny toned. The points are sparsely broken, most of the breaks are of background colour and there is no evidence of hot or dark apricot. I couldn't say she definitely was not caramel, but she is not a good example of the colour, equally though if blue she isn't a good example of that either. Body heavily shaded but still showing adequate contrast. Excellent temperament though inclined to wriggle, excellent presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Imperial Grand Premier Male

IGPC Calloway's GR PR DRESTOTHRIL DAQUARI (24b) 24 Oct 10
A large mature lad of very good type. Long even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile straight apart from a small bump on the nose, firm chin, level bite lacking most incisors. Eyes of very good shape and set of a very good depth of blue. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, almost balancing length of tail. Points a warm chocolate which though darker than I should ideally like I found well within the bounds of acceptability, almost unshaded body of a very good warm ivory colour, short close coat of excellent texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Imperial Grand Premier Female

IGPC Brider & MacKenzie's GR PR NANPEMA HOLLY-GOLIGHTLY (32b1) 8 Dec 10
A mature girl of type somewhere between good and very good. Medium length wedge with a small pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile straight, though angled down from the brow, firm chin and level bite. 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 and is rather blunt at the tip. Points of good warm seal well broken with mostly pale shades of red, though some real red to be seen in the tail and to the ears. Short close coat of excellent texture. Excellent temperament and presentation. I did have to think quite hard about the certificate, but in the end concluded she just made the grade.

Seal Point Siamese Adult Male

BOB Rice's GR CH ARTENSA TUMBLING DICE

Seal Point Siamese Adult Female

1+CC Calloway's DRESTOTHRIL SIAMAZING 27 Nov 12
A feisty girl of good type, though not the biggest she does show good maturity for her age. Long wedge, a little overlong in the muzzle, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of excellent shape and set, of a reasonably good depth of blue. Long slender body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Points a dark warm seal, very lightly shaded body which would ideally be a little warmer in tone, close coat of good texture. She had a good line in invective but handled well nevertheless, excellent presentation.
Considered for BOB Bohanna's CH JOMESE JAMBALAYA 9 Apr 10
A girl of good type. Long wedge with a small pinch and rather overlong in the muzzle, good width at the top, well set large ears. Small dip toi profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set needing a little more depth of blue. Long well feed body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Points a darkish warm seal, modersately shaded body, close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Caramel Point Siamese Adult

BOB Gurney Taylor's CH SENSUAL TINKER TAYLOR F 18 Sep 11
An attractive petite girl of good type. Medium length even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm slightly shallow chin, level bite. Eyes of good shape and set though a little full, well set, needing a little more depth of blue. Firm long body, long slender legs with neat paws, tail needing an extra fraction. Points quite a pale lilac-based caramel which could do with more obvious brownish overtones, though those do have time to develop. Very lightly shaded body, short close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Miscellaneous Classes

Oriental Senior Adult

1 Brownrigg's IMP GR CH HEMLOCK BOBBI DAZZLER (37d) F 23 July 2011
An attractive and very friendly mature girl of excellent type. Medium length even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Slight dip in profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set, olive green in colour. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Attractive warm red colour, sound to the roots, and displaying only slight tabby markings. Short close coat of very good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Cassar-Simmond's CH FIORDILISO CHANA (37e) F 8 Feb 11
A girl of very good type, worthy of a first prize in most company but here outclassed. Loingish wedge with a small pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears. Small dip to profile, firm deep chin, level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set, olive green in colour. Long muscular well fed body, long legs with neat paws, tail almost balances. Points a good dens black mingled with shades of pale red, sound to the roots. Close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament belying her evil look, excellent presentation.

Oriental Junior Adult

1 Brownrigg's GR CH HEMLOCK SOULJA BOY (38a) M
2 Brown's CH WESTGARTH GENEVIEVE (37h) F 1 May 12
A girl of good type. Long even wedge, needing a little more width at the top, well set large ears. Profile almost straight, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set, olive green in colour. Long well fed body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction and a little blunt at the tip. Colour an attractive mixture of fractionally dark warm chocolate and shades of red showing good brightness, hairs sound to the roots. Short close coat of excellent texture. Superb temperament, excellent presentation.
3 Webb's CH CHANTEUR SHADY LADY (62 43e) F 6 Sep 12
An attractive girl of very good type and good maturity for her age. Medium length even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile straight apart from a small bump on the nose, firm deep chin, level bite. Eyes of good shape and set, of a good shade of green. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs another couple of inches to balance. Pattern colour an attractive mingling of black and shades of rich red, paler undercolour about two-thirds of the way up the hairs, slightly grey at the roots, only a very faint surface pattern visible. Her coat is extremely short over the neck, elsewhere on the back and upper sides just about an acceptable length, a little shorter than ideal elsewhere. Reasonably good plume, some furnishings to ears and feet. The texture is quite lovely; in view of her youth and the season I was prepared to make allowances for her coat length, but it did weigh against her a little and was the reason she was not placed second.

Siamese/Balinese Breeders Adult

1 Brock's IMP GR CH KEVELS TWICE AS NICE (24b) M 18 Apr 10
A mature masculine lad of very good type. Longish even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Small dip to profile and chin ebbs slightly, bite level. Eyes of very good shape and set, of a good depth of blue. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Points a slightly dark warm chocolate, Very lightly shaded warm toned body, close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Rice's SIAMAIDEN IL VIVO (24c) F 11 Nov 12
An attractive adolescent girl of good type. Longish wedge with a small pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears. Profile straight apart from a small bump in the nose, firm deep chin, level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set of a good depth of blue. Long slender body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Points quite a pale lilac though rather flat and lacking pinky tones, almost unshaded body, coat a little long but of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
3 Keoghan's GR CH ALDERSTAR INDIGO INDULGENC (32b8) F

Siamese/Balinese Non-Breeders Adult

1 Rice's GR CH ARTENSA TUMBLING DICE (24) M
2 Calloway's DRESTOTHRIL SIAMAZING (24) F
3 Gurney Taylor's CH SENSUAL TINKER TAYLOR (24n) F
x3 Bohanna's CH JOMESE JAMBALAYA (24) F

Siamese/Balinese Radius Kitten

1 Maguire's SIAMAIDEN VIVA LAS VEGAS (24) F 29 Mar 13
A well grown girl of good type. Medium length wedge a little broad in the muzzle good width at the top, well set large ears. Small dip in profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape and set, needing a little more depth of blue. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Good warm seal points, lightly shaded body, close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Visitors Kitten

1 Smout's FLUTTERBY ARTHUR PENDRAGON (24b) M 27 Mar 13
An attractive lad of very 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 very good shape, set a little straight, of a good depth of blue. Long firm body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Points just a little darker than I should ideally prefer, and showing good warmth of tone, unshaded body, close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Smout's KAMIK MARVELLOUS CREATION (32b2) F 9 Apr 13
An attractive girl of very good type. Long even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears which she does tend to bonnet. Profile straight other than a bump in the nose, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of good shape but set rather straight, I would prefer a little more depth of blue. Long muscular body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Well mingled points in dark warm chocolate and shades of bright red, unshaded body, close coat of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
3 Cassar-Simmonds's FIORDILISO MS DIOR (32a) F 8 May 13
A promising and attractive girl of good type. Medium length wedge with a small pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears. Small dip in profile, firm chin and level bite. Eyes of very good shape set a little straight, of a good depth of blue. Proportionate firm body, long legs with neat paws, balancing length of tail. Points a good bright red, unshaded body, coat a little long but of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.

Siamese/Balinese Senior Neuter

1 Thorpe's IMP GR PR JOHPAS SPARKS WILL FLY (32a) MN 12 Nov 10
A super lad of excellent type, by some distance the best Siamese I handled on the day and I was extremely disappointed to find him not in the lineup to be considered for best Siamese neuter. Long even wedge, good width at the top, well set large ears. Straight profile, firm chin with a little beard, level bite. Very long well fed body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra inch. Points a slightly pale shade of red, lightly shaded body. Coat a little long but of good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.
2 Calloway's GR PR DRESTOTHRIL DAQUARI (24b) MN
3 Weatherill's IMP GR PR BURNTHWAITES GOOD-TIME-GAL (32b1) 13 Aug 10
An attractive girl of very good type. Long wedge with a small pinch, good width at the top, well set large ears, a small bony nobble at the back of the head. Small dip in profile, firm slightly shallow chin, level bite. Eyes of very good shape and set, of a good depth of blue. Long slender body, long legs with neat paws, tail needs an extra fraction. Points a good warm seal mingled with shades of red though the deeper tones which were abundantly present could ideally do with more brightness. Moderately shaded body, coat short and close of very good texture. Excellent temperament and presentation.