Morris & Essex Kennel Club – One for the History Books
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By Joan Harrigan
When Desmond Murphy surveyed the seven Group winners assembled under the lights in Morris & Essex’s Best In Show ring on October 6, he saw dogs of widely varying ages and experience. As he later noted, judges are used to seeing some very good dogs in the Best In Show ring—at a show like Morris & Essex, you expect to find some super dogs. And that is just what he found.
It was an impressive array of dogs by any standard. The Terrier Group winner had come out of retirement at nearly 9 years old. With owner/handler Kim Rudzik, he won his breed from the Veterans class. “Louie” (GCHP Roadhouse’s Life of the Party CGCA, RATN, DN) is the top winning Am Staff in history, and he looked the part. From the Working Group came Striker—GCHP Vanderbilt ‘N Printemp’s Lucky Strike. His handler, Laura King calls Striker’s record of 77 BIS wins “insane”—his career only began in January 2020.
Jamie Clute handled the Herding Group winner, the red tri-colored Australian Shepherd bitch “Sketti,” GCHB Stonehaven Bayshore Secret Sauce, who won the group at last year’s AKC National Championship. And there was Valerie Nunes-Atkinson with a daughter of the German Shorthaired Pointer who won Westminster in 2016: C.J., GCHG Vjk-Myst Garbonita’s California Journey. “Jade,” GCHS Clarity Reach The Sky Vjk-Myst is only two, but like Striker, she’d won her group at Westminster in June.
The Hound Group was represented by Angela Lloyd and the 4-year-old Scottish Deerhound bitch she bred and owns with Dr. R. Scott and Cecilia Dove, GCHS Foxcliffe Claire Randall Fraser, named for a character in the Outlander novels. “Claire” is a granddaughter of “Hickory,” GCH Foxcliffe Hickory Wind, who went BIS with Lloyd at Westminster in 2011.
A Rising Star
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