The 3 sergeants:
Blackthorn Hiram
Int. FTCH Blackthorn Racer
Garagill Pike at Blackthorn
Judges: Roddy Forbes (GB), Cinzia Sgorbati (I)
1. place with very good - Int. FTCH Blackthorn Achenar handled by Csaba Karai.
Adu won this amazing trial out of 16 dogs. All day he was working excellent, but unfortunately we did not find the last bird which was really hard and technical. This is the worst situation on trials which could happen. Hard luck.
The stud dog for Libby (Litter O) has been decided, he will be FTCH Adoraden Quinn.
Very promising young dog from England, running on the IGL Championship this year until the 3rd day. His sister, Adoraden Izzy also made excellent performance and got a COM.
Details under Litters >> Litter O
I wish all my two and four legged friends a lovely Christmas time and much success and joy for the New Year!
1. place Exc. - Blackthorn Ceginus with Beate Biesenbach, 313/320 points
Nash is the first labrador in Austria with all working qualifications for the Austrian Obedience Champion.
Judges: Anja Helber (D), Uwe Helber (D), Maurizio Matteo Abbruzzetti (I)
Int. FTCH Blackthorn Achenar finished on 1st place his first italian event.
Judges: Ralph Klieber (A), Lydia Gossens (B)
1. place Exc. CACIT/CACT - Blackthorn Grus handled by Zsolt Török
What a week-end! I am so much pleased with all three dogs and handlers who did so well this week-end on their first Field Trial!
Judges: Ralph Klieber (A), Lydia Gossens (B)
3. place Exc. - Blackthorn Hiram (with Nicolette Szendrei, see photo)
5. place Vg. - Blackthorn Enki "Eyk" / Bernd Janich
First field trial for both of them, young dogs, excellent performance!
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I felt really honoured to be asked to give opinion on different issues in breeding, competition & judging and it is very useful to read the wide experiences of other breeders on the same subject.
I warmly propose everyone to read through them all!
Two Blackthorns finished among the top 10 on the DRC WT Finals, Open Class:
- Blackthorn Dschubba "Jean" 2. place with Claudia Klose
- Blackthorn Enki "Eyk" 8. place with Bernd Janich
Congrats to both teams for the excellent result!
Blackthorn Gecko 'Bless' passed the RGB with 1st prize and got a special award for the free searching for duck.
Blackthorn Homam "Johnny" finished 10. place in the Beginner class (A) on the "Best of Best" workingest of the DRC out of 42 dogs.
Congratulations to the nice placement to the handler, Christophe Langkau!
Blackthorn Eos "Mackó" came 2nd on her first ever Field Trial in England.
She did a splendid work, she was steady during the drives, she was sharp on the whistle and hunting beautifully. I was very pleased, as well as the Stewards - she also got the Stewards' Credit Award!
More photos here: http://www.dovevalleygundogs.com/Catton=202011/
passed and won the JBP in Austria on 8. October with 173 points out of 176!
One week later he also passed and won the BLP with 200/200 points!
Congratulations Daniela, well done!
passed the IRO test RH-RL/A
Excellent team with his handler, Roman Starman!
"In September Hay passed the test in "jagdliche Brauchbarkeit", means hunting ability test, an she was the best of 5 dogs.
Wonderfull day, very successfull."
Steffi
Class S/O
Blackthorn Biham "Viky" - 1. place + Judges' Choice
Excellent dog, good handler, well deserved winning on the Best of Best! Congrats Martin!
Judges: Rainer Scesny, Christian Schlögell, Martin Kühn
Class S/O
Blackthorn Dschubba - 3. place with Claudia Klose
On the Open Mock Trial in the Rosshof, judged by Eva Berg and Michael Renner:
Blackthorn Eos "Mackó" finished 4th place with Excellent out of 18 top dogs!
I am very proud on her! It was a really exciting competition in wonderful surroundings, thanks for the organization to Iris Renner and her team!
Class E
Blackthorn Isar "Bruno" - 4. place
Class L/A
Blackthorn Isar "Bruno - 1. place + Judges' Choice (with the handler, Mirek Krejcimir, on the photo)
Class M/F
Blackthorn Dubhe "Buddy" - 1. place
Blackthorn Giansar "Gori" - 3. place
Class S/O
FTW Blackthorn Biham - 1. place + Judges' Choice
Blackthorn Gandalf - 3. place
Class E
Blackthorn Jove "Indy" - 2. place (with the handler, Stefan Kussman, on the photo)
Class L
Blackthorn Hasseleh "Flint" - 3. place
Class M
Blackthorn Hasseleh "Flint" - 9. place (first time in M)
Class S
Blackthorn Enki - 3. place
Blackthorn Hiram - 4. place
Chance of Dukefield - 7. place.
Chance is 8,5 years old and still competing in the Open with such good results - thanks to her new handler and trainer, Miklós Janecskó!
Class L/A
Blackthorn Ireneus "Fix" - 1. place, Exc.
Handler: Rainer Scesny
Judges: Iris Renner, Michael Renner, Rainer Scezny
Class S/O
Blackthorn Dschubba "Jean" - 2. place
Well done, Claudia !!
Judges: Stefania Gandolfi, Cinzia Sgorbati (I)
Class M/F
1. Blackthorn Fair "Fibi" (with Katalin Megyeri, see photo)
Class S/O
4. Blackthorn Hiram
6. Int. FTCH Chance of Dukefield
A nice Blackthorn week-end again - thanks to the handlers for the great results!
Judges: Rainer Scesny, Jürgen Laux, Michael Walter, Wolfgang Vergiels
Class S/O
Blackthorn Dschubba "Jean" - 2. place
Judges: Stefania Gandolfi, Cinzia Sgobarti (I)
Judges: Allan Rees, Mark and Jamie Bettinson, Phil Allen and Jim Gale
Cold Game Test, Open
Blackthorn Enki "Eyk" - 3. place, Exc.
Workingtest, Open
Blackthorn Enki "Eyk" - 3. place, Vg.
Class L/A
Blackthorn Ireneus "Fix" - 2. place out of 75 competitors!
Blackthorn Homam "Johnny" won the Novice Class on the Munich Cup!
On the 5 tests he lost only 3 points! Congratulations to the handler, Christophe Langkau!!
4 Blackthorns finished in the top 10 on the Munich Cup in the Open Class - nice week-end for us!
2. GB FTCH Blackthorn Ascella (Rita Kökény)
3. Libby of Carinthia (Tanja Zimmer)
7. Blackthorn Hiram (Nicolette Szendrei)
10. Int. FTCH Blackthorn Racer "Drake" (Dr. András Kupper)
Asca just jumped out from the puppies to run on this test - she is always amazing. Funny, she defended her last year's 2nd place in a run-off with Libby ;-)
Hiram finished his first Open very nicely taking that he has just passed his 2nd birthday ...
Poor Drake got a bad diarrhea the days before the MC so we were thinking until the last minute to start him but on the day he was happy so we let him playing - of course he could not give 100 % this time.
Open
Libby of Carinthia, handled by Tanja Zimmer, went through the trial, was in the run-off and got a Certificate of Merit!
Novice
Blackthorn Enki "Eyk" - 2. place with Bernd Janich
Judges: Steve Ashby (GB), Rupert Hill (GB), Henk Slijkhuis (NL), Michael Brühl (D)
Blackthorn Enki "Eyk" - 2nd place, Exc.
Blackthorn Ceginus "Nash" finished on the 8. place on the Obedience World Championship out of 95 dogs!!
Wowww, big-big congrats Beate!
People told her some years ago: you are a fool to take a labrador for obedience - I guess they do not think this now!
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Judges: Bruno Julien (F), Stefano Martinoli (I), Kurt Becksteiner (A), Andreas Pözlberger (A)
Class M/F
Blackthorn Hiram - 1. place
Judges: Fille Exelmans (B), Chris Brain (UK), Chantal Goreux (B)
Class M/F (Novice)
Libby of Carinthia - 4. place
Congratulations to Tanja and Libby for this superb result on the Belgian Finals where everybody knows that WTs are hardest and competitors are on the best level!
Judges: Anja Möller, Werner Haag (DE)
Class M/F
Blackthorn Enki "Eyk" - 1. place
Judges: Iris & Michael (D), Herwig Deutinger (A)
Class S/O
Blackthorn Enki "Eyk" - 1. place + Judges' Choice
Judges: Allen Schoefield, Jim Munroe, Keith Bedford, Bill Liddell (UK)
Team Competition 2. place: The Old Lady and the Guys:
- Int. FTCH Chance of Dukefield (The Old Lady) - Miklós Janecskó
- Blackthorn Hiram - Nicolette Szendrei
- Blackthorn Grus - Zsolt Török
Individual Competition:
Class M/F
Blackthorn Hiram - 1. place
Class L/A
Blackthorn Grus - 2. place
Congratulations to the Old Lady and the Guys and their handlers for the great result!
Judges: Allan Schoefield, Jim Munroe, Keith Bedford, Bill Liddell (UK)
Blackthorn Hiram - 1. place
Blackthorn Fair "Fibi" - 3. place
Alltogether 3 dogs were qualified out of the 17 starters - 2 of them Blackthorns and both from Hungary! Congratulations to the handlers, Nicolette Szendrei and Katalin Megyeri (on the photo with Fibi)!
Judges: Bobby Robertson (IR), Oliver Király (H), Chris Dearling (UK), Thomas Bouy (F), Lydia Gossens (B), Dirk Volders (B)
Class M/F (Novice)
Libby of Carinthia - 6. place
Class L/A (Initiate)
Blackthorn Dabih - 6. place (see photo)
Judges: Moira Frank (I), Andrea Böszörmenyi (H) , John Drury (GB), Stan Tweedy (GB), Sebastian Hochreiter (A)
Class M/F
Blackthorn Diadem "Szöcske" - 1. place (handled by Nici)
Blackthorn Hiram - 3. place
Blackthorn Enki - 5. place
3 Blackthorns in the first 5 - not bad ;-)
Judges: Guy Matter (CH), Werner Haag (DE), Herwig Deutinger (A)
Class L/A
Blackthorn Cameleon "Lea" - 3. place
Judges: Kevin Doughty (UK), Les McLean (UK), Robin Wise (UK), Tom Smith (UK), Heike Klieber (A)
Our team finished 6th place out of best 32 teams of Europe! We are very satisfied because we had one of the oldest and the youngest competitor. Chance is 8 years old and Hiram is not yet 2!! Brilliant dogs and special thanks to my friend Miklós Janecskó who helped to prepare Chance for the competition!
The Team:
Int. FTCH Chance of Dukefield - Rita Kökény
Int. FTCH Blackthorn Racer - Dr. András Kupper
Blackthorn Hiram - Nicolette Szendrei
Unusual photo of our team, just before the Gala Dinner in the Castle :-)
Judges: Ton Buijs (NL), Steve Crookes (GB), Anne Crookes (GB), Patsy Deheyder (B)
Class M/F (Novice)
Libby of Carinthia - 3. place and qualified for the Belgian WT Finals!
organized by the Clwyd Retriever Club
Judges: Andy Latham, David Latham, Ms Griffiths, Mrs Smith
Blackthorn Enki finished 4. place out of 34 dogs in the Novice!
Congratulations to Bernd Janich to his first great success in England!
Judges: Jennifer & Gordon Hay (UK), Stefan & Filip Bollen (B)
Class L/A
Blackthorn Gandalf - 4. place
Class M/F
Libby of Carinthia - 4. place
Judges: Les McLean, Roddy Forbes (UK)
Open
1. Int. FTCH Blackthorn Racer "Drake" (see photo)/Dr. András Kupper
Novice
1. Blackthorn Hiram /Nicolette Szendrei
2. Libby of Carinthia /Tanja Zimmer
Judges: Bobby Robertson (IRL), David Field (UK), Karel van Loo (NL), Ralph Klieber (A)
Superhard test with good judges, wonderful area - high adrenalin level!
Pike and Ivor did well in the puppy, and despite that he is only 13 months old, Pike had also wonderful result in L - from 38 dogs only 20 stayed in and he finished 8th place.
Hiram won with ease both L and M.
In the S 11 dogs stayed in from 25. Drake showed an outstanding performance again, points were 20-20-20 and on the "killing" test 11. He was just perfect!
Class E
Garagill Pike at Blackthorn - 4. place
Blackthorn Ivor - 7. place
Class L/A
Blackthorn Hiram - 1. place
Blackthorn Cameleon "Lea" - 3. place
Garagill Pike at Blackthorn - 8. place
Class M/F
Blackthorn Hiram - 1. place + Judges' Choice
Blackthorn Enki "Eyk" - 4. place
Class S/O
Int. FTCH Blackthorn Racer "Racer" - 1. place (handled by Rita)
Blackthorn Biham "Viky" - 3. place
Class M/F
Blackthorn Dschubba - 3. place
Judges: Roger Tozer, Ronnie Gent (UK)
Class E
Blackthorn Ivor - 1. place + Judges' Choice (on the photo) handled by László Pék
Class L/A
Blackthorn Hiram - 1. place
best hunting labrador in Finland 2011
Warm congratulations to his handler, Tomi Sarkkinen.
won the WT Tour 2011. in Checz Republic.
On the photo with his handler, Jaroslava Bubenikove. Well done Jarka!
Blackthorn Ilmarinen "Bosco" arrived to his new home to Sandra and John Halstead, Drakeshead kennels
Bosco has grown up and got basic training in the Blackthorn kennels and then, after his blood test waiting period expired, he travelled through Europe to the Drakeshead kennels to follow in track of his mother GB FTCH Blackthorn Ascella, and his father GB FTCH Drakeshead Indiana.
No doubt he could be in any better hands than those of Sandra and John to get out the best of his natural abilities!
First - and successful! - blood tracking of Blessy!
Blackthorn Gecko "Bless" went to Germany in January to live the real life of labradors - being the assistant to Mr. Edgar Wagner, best know blood-tracking specialist in Germany.
Bless' ancestor was Falcon of Carinthia, a "bloodhound by honour" with about 100 successful tracking on wounded wild boars and deers. So he has a name to follow!
Bless' first action in official details
Judges: Anders Carlsson (SE), Dr. Robert Kaserer (A)
Int. FTCH Blackthorn Racer "Drake" - 2. place Res.CACIT
The first place also went to a Blackthorn, to Blackthorn Bedwyr "Tom"