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Debbie's Show Career
Debbie has been a most consistent performer
since she first entered the show ring in September 1999. She places well in most of her
shows, and has very good conversion rate when looking at her ratio of Class of Breed to
Class in Group wins.
But our biggest thrills with Debbie have come at Breed Specialty Shows in particular. At the New South Wales Basenji Specialty Shows (which here in Australia is the closest Show we have to a National for Basenjis) she has an outstanding record: in 1999 under Mr Hans Lehtinen (Finland) she was 3rd in the large Baby Puppy Bitch class, in 2000 under Mrs Liz Cartledge (UK), she was 2nd in the large Junior Bitch Class, and then in 2001, she won the Intermediate Bitch Class, and then went on to Intermediate in Show under Mrs Judy McMurtrie (Queensland) to become Mzalia's first homebred Specialty Class in Show winner. In 2003 Debbie won the Australian Bred Bitch Class (like her mother did 3 years earlier), and was Opposite Australian Bred in Show under breed specialist Mrs Sandra Bridges (Jato Basenjis, USA). In 2004 she was 3rd in the large Australian Bred Bitch Class under Mr Simon Parsons (UK).
Debbie was also Intermediate in Show at the 2001 Victorian Basenji Club Specialty Show under Mr Darren Bowey (Victoria) and in 2006, was 2nd (to her half-sister Aus Ch Mzalia Time Warp) in the Australian Bred Bitch Class at the Basenji Club of Victoria Specialty under Mr Wayne Douglas (Victoria), and 2nd in the Veteran Bitch 7-10 Years Class at the New South Wales Specialty Show.
At the Broken Hill
Shows in March 2000 Debbie became the
first Mzalia to win a Class in Show award at an All Breeds
Championship Show and in June 2000, followed it up with Puppy in Show under a Danish Spitz Specialist at the Spitz Breeds Club of SA Inc Champ Show.
On Saturday 17th March 2001, Debbie became the third Mzalia Champion in fine style, by going Runner-up in Group at the Barmera-Berri Show Society All Breeds Championship Show. Since then Debbie has also added two All Breeds Champ Show Best Exhibit in Group awards to her name.
Debbie has been an easy going and fun dog to show during her career, but she has earned her retirement and is now only shown at Specialties and selected All Breeds shows, where she continues to do well.
Judges' Critiques...
"...handsome powerful-moving bitch of a different type, not so short in
back or "all of a piece" as 1 or 2. Good feminine head, could be a
touch darker in eye but had to be of a very good type & quality to earn a
place in this excellent class"
Mr Simon Parsons (United Kingdom)
Basenji Club of New South Wales - 9th October 2004
3rd Place - Australian Bred Bitch Class
"Another pretty bitch with the correct outline type,
short bodied, up on leg, level topline standing, very good coat colour. Typey
head with good wrinkle, dark eyes and good skull to muzzle proportions."
Mrs Sandra Bridges (Jato Basenjis - United States)
Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc Championship Show - 11th October 2003
1st Place - Australian Bred Bitch Class and OPPOSITE AUSTRALIAN BRED IN SHOW
"good head qualities... excellent coat and condition, pliant
skin, excellent body"
Mrs Liz Cartledge (United Kingdom)
Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc Championship Show - 7th October 2000
2nd Place - Junior Bitch Class
"Good shape with nice head and expression. Very promising
puppy."
Mr Hans Lehtinen (Finland)
Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc Championship Show - 9th October, 1999
3rd Place - Baby Puppy Bitch Class
Summary of Results...
7 x Classes in Show
2 x Best Exhibit in Group
2 x Runner-up in Group
33 x Other Classes in Group
15 x Best of Breed
43 x Runner-up Best of Breed
71 x Bitch Challenge / Best Bitch
52 x Reserve Challenge Bitch / Runner-up Bitch
In Sweepstakes
1 x 1st Place
Specialty Show Highlights
2007 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
2nd Veteran Bitch 7-10 Years Class
(Judge: Mr Stephen Wailes, Victoria)
2006 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
2nd Veteran Bitch 7-10 Years Class
(Judge: Mr Magnus Hagstedt, Sweden)
2006 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
2nd Australian Bred Bitch Class
(Judge: Mr Wayne Douglas, Victoria)
2004 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
3rd Australian Bred Bitch Class
(Judge: Mr Simon Parsons, United Kingdom)
2004 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
1st - Brace Class
(with her son Aus Ch Mzalia Caught on Camera)
(Judge: Mrs Beulah Pontin, Victoria)
2003 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
Opposite Australian Bred in Show
(Judge: Mrs Sandra Bridges, Jato Basenjis - United States of America)
2002 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
1st - Brace Class
(with Eilsta Undaunted Spirit)
(Judge: Mr R Beattie, Victoria)
2001 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
INTERMEDIATE IN SHOW
(Judge: Mr Darren Bowey, Victoria)
Best Owner/Bred/Handled
Best Interstate Bred
(Judge: Mr Jamie Hubbard, Victoria)
2001 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
INTERMEDIATE IN SHOW
(Judge: Mrs Judy McMurtrie, Queensland)
Best Adult Red & White Coat
(Judge: Ms Rosalie Mayo-Ramsay - Eurabbie Basenjis, New South Wales)
2000 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
2nd Junior Bitch Class
(Judge: Mrs Liz Cartledge, United Kingdom)
2000 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
1st - Brace Class
(with her mother Aus Ch Eilsta Qwyt Kutani)
(Judge: Mrs Kris Coraluzzo, Victoria)
1999 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
3rd Baby Puppy Bitch Class
(Judge: Mr Hans Lehtinen, Finland)
Short-listed - Baby Puppy Red & White Coat
(Judge: Mr Peter Warby, New South Wales)
Specialist Show Highlights
2007 Spitz Breeds Club of South Australia Inc
Championship Show
Bitch Challenge & RuBOB
Judge: Miss Pauline Suhr (New South Wales)
2004 Hound Club of ACT Inc
Championship Show
Bitch Challenge & RuBOB
Judge: Mr Brian Daley (New South Wales)
2004 Hound Club of ACT Inc
Championship Show
Reserve Bitch
Judge: Mr Nigel Trainor (New Zealand)
2000 Spitz Breeds Club of South Australia Inc
Championship Show
PUPPY IN SHOW
Judge: Mr Freddie Klindrup (Denmark)
Royal Show Highlights
2004 Royal Adelaide Show
2nd Place - Open Bitch
(Judge: Dr Goran Bodegard MD, Sweden)
2002 Royal Adelaide Show
Reserve Challenge Bitch
2nd Place - Open Bitch
(Judge: Mr Paola Dondina, Italy)
2001 Royal Adelaide Show
1st Place - Intermediate Bitch
(Judge: Mr David Grimbly, Zimbabwe)
2000 Royal Adelaide Show
2nd Place - Junior Bitch
(Judge: Mr Jorge Nallem, Uruguay)
as at 09 June, 2007
Page Created: 31 October 1999 - Last Modified: 10 June 2007
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