MECHELEN 2018, UK VICTORY!
in the Center Park 1 km away and make it a long, relaxing weekend in combina- tion with the show. GENK LKV 2018 Again a single CACIB show, the LKV show of Genk with 1613 entries. The weather was very warm that weekend and we all crossed our fingers that there would be no stupid exhibitors or visitors leaving dogs unattended in closed cars. Fortunately, there was not a single inci- dent. Inside the halls, the temperature was pretty OK and everybody seemed to be very relax. Mr. Miguel Angel Martinez is a famous and popular judge and as a member of the board of the FCI he needs to come over from time to time to Belgium where the FCI has its seat. The Toy Poodle “Christmas Spirit Superior World” was the ultimate choice of Mr. Martinez. This little black poodle was entered in Open Class males and won it from 10 other competitors. Judge was Mr. Jean-François Vanaken from Bel- gium. His Group judge was Mr. Vidal Montero Jose from Spain. LIÈGE 2018 GOLDEN DOG TROPHY There was a dropdown in entries for this show too. Last year there were 3341 entries, this year 2607. For a double show this is not much, 1324 entries for the Saturday Show and 1283 for the Sunday edition. One of the rea- sons was probably the World Dog Show of Amsterdam 3 weekends away and last year this show was a Crufts quali- fier and not this year I have compared the number of entries of the last years of this show. In 2013 1945 dogs were entered, 2035 in 2014, 1879 in 2015, 2275 in 2016, last year, the first double
edition, 1721 and 1620, this year 1324 and 1283. The Golden Dog Trophy has always been the pearl of Wallonia, the best organized and most colorful show. There is much to see and much to do and there are a lot of competitions like the Golden Lead for the handling com- petition, the Golden Groomer , a very famous international grooming compe- tition, the Masters Trophy, a champion- of-champions style competition along with a gala dinner, and the “Dogs in art”exposition in the Foyer. Liège keeps its status of being one of the most inter- national shows in. Best In Show judge on Saturday was Mrs. Monique Van Brempt from Bel- gium. Mrs. Verstovsek was the judge of the Toypoodles and found 13 in her ring. She made “Yamit Muskat Lit- tle Pride of Art of Life” as her Best Of Breed. This 5-year-old boy was entered in Open Classe and is owned by Kur- batskaya Polina from Russia. Mr. Neo- fytou from Cyprus agreed with that choice and send him to the finals to represent group IX. And that was how he became finally Best In Show. On Sunday it was Mrs. Kelveri Philipou from Cyprus who had the honor to judge Best In Show. The Best In Show winner was the Miniature Dachshund “Magic Rainbow Verino Roberto Gold” coming from St. Petersburg with his master Ivanova-Chudinovskaja Victo- ria. The dog is 4 years and was entered in Champion class that was judged by Mr. Victor Lobakin from Azerbaijan, and Mr. Lobakin was the group judge too. Verino won the group on Satur- day too but it was a nice surprise to see a Dachshund win Best In Show as too often they are placed behind in the lineup.
I was wrong, contrary to last year it was again a single show, but next year will be a double version again. Notwithstanding the World Dog Show of Amsterdam just behind, there was a rather good entry of 1456. The orga- nizers were not disappointed but of course, they all paid for more. But remember that last year there were only 1228 entries on the first show and 1242 on the second. The committee has been flirting with bankrupt not long ago and they crossed their fingers that this show would not mean the end. It would be a pity if this would be the last show in a long row, but there is good hope that next year the 40th (and 41th) edition can be celebrated. It was Mr. Christopher Habig, who was granted the honor to pick out the Best In Show. The winner of Best In Show went to one the Rottweiler “Minaeleas Black Mambo”, a choice of Mr. John Bond from Ireland, and again the same judge for the group. Black Mambo was entered in Champion Class being 8 years old, imagine! He is bred and owned by Robert Taylor for the United Kingdom! Is it just a coincidence or can I suspect Mr. Habig from being chauvinistic as all 3 breeds are German Breeds? Nice victories anyway, a veter- an winning Best In Show and a breed that is usually placed low in the line- up of the groups winning Reserve Best In Specialty! LA LOUVIÈRE WALLONIA DOG SHOW 2018 The Wallonia Dog Show Last year was the last edition in the old Expo halls of Charleroi. The old building was being demolished and the club had to
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