"My thanks for such a huge entry and to the handlers for their acceptance of my placings. As always the exhibits were of excellent temperament, through a long period in the ring due to the size of some classes. Last time I judged I had fears that we were losing both size and type, but I was pleased to find such thoughts could be dispelled. One point I would make is the need to be vigilant over dentition - some were barely acceptable, a couple verged on being wry and quite a few were lacking in strength of underjaw. A few had muzzles which were not as broad as desired, which led to rather narrow jaws.

I was pleased to see out representative in the group put in a good performance, and was warmly applauded for her Group 2 placings."