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Flame's Show Career
Flame
is a real show girl - she loves the Show Ring and she loves to show-off.
This makes her a real pleasure to Show. She seems to have an inherent knowledge that you need to butter up the judges. She gives them great attention and on more than one occasion has "eye-balled" them whilst in the line-up. And she will often let her loving personality show through as well, showing signs of affection by giving either a lick or a paw before leaving the ring.
And she has really surprised us on a couple of occasions when she has tried to thank the judge when she has won something at Group or at Show level. It makes for amusing video when she thinks that she has won, when she hasn't....
One thing that I have to do with her though is really run! She has such a long effortless stride, she covers so much ground so easily, without really appearing to be moving at all. That is unless you are on the other end of the lead <gg>.
From the first day Flame entered the ring, she
showed nothing but potential - a potential that has been proven by her results since. She
was a multiple Baby Puppy of Breed winner, and at just her second show where she was
competing against the adults for points, she won her first "Reserve Challenge"
award from a large line-up of bitches, including several Australian Champions. Her first
RuBOB soon followed.
That first BOB took a little bit longer, but what a day that turned out to be: Runner-up Best Exhibit in Group followed by Puppy in Show, under two different judges!
The highlights of Flame's career would have to be her Bitch Challenges at the 1999 and 2001 Royal Adelaide Shows (with Runner-Up Best of Breed in 1999 as well), her Intermediate in Show at the 1999 Hound Club of New South Wales Champ Show (pictured), her Reserve Bitch Challege at the 2002 Basenji Club of New South Wales Champ Show (under Breed Specialist Mr Paul Singleton (Jethard - UK)), her Reserve Bitch Challenge and Open in Show at the 2001 Basenji Club of Victoria Champ Show, and her Opposite Australian Bred in Show at the 2000 Basenji Club of New South Wales Champ Show. All but one of these wins were under International judges representing Chile, South Africa, the United States, and England.
Now in her senior years, Flame has been retired from the Show Ring, and will now only make occasional appearances in Veteran's Parades.
Notable firsts Flame has brought Mzalia Basenjis...
 | Our first Royal Adelaide Show Runner-up Best of Breed winner |
| Our first Royal Adelaide Show Challenge Bitch winner |
| Our first Multiple Breed Specialty Reserve Challenge winning Bitch |
| Our first "Class in Show" winner at a Specialist Champ Show |
| Our first "Class in Show" winner at an All-Breeds Champ Show |
| Our first "Runner-up in Group" winner at an All-Breeds Champ Show |
| Our first Baby Puppy in Group winner |
| Our first Properties Class winner at a Basenji Specialty Show |
| Dam of our first Specialty Class in Show winning progeny |
Judges' Critiques...
"Another quality bitch with a lovely body, very close up. She
acquitted herself well when brought in to challenge for the Res CC."
Mr Paul Singleton (Jethard Basenjis - United Kingdom)
Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc Championship Show - 12th October, 2002
2nd Australian Bred Bitch Class and RESERVE
CHALLENGE BITCH
"pretty 3yrs r/w, quality head and expression, feminine outlook, confident
showgirl, sleek and fine coat, enjoyed 'taking off' on the move, excellent front action,
well handled."
Mrs Liz Cartledge (United Kingdom)
Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc Championship Show - 7th October, 2000
1st Australian Bred Bitch Class and OPPOSITE AUSTRALIAN BRED IN SHOW
"Another bitch of good size and type. Carried herself well on the
move."
Mr Hans Lehtinen (Finland)
Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc Championship Show - 9th October, 1999
3rd Intermediate Bitch Class
"Best of Breed, Eilsta Qwyt Kutani had [a] well wrinkled
medium sized head with the necessary 'high on leg look' - well handled and moved
nicely."
Mr Frank Lister (NZ)
Spitz Breeds Club of South Australia Inc Championship Show - 6th June, 1998
Best of Breed
"The winners had the elegance, the correct proportions, good movements
with reach in the front."
Mrs Eva Ekstam (NZ - formerly Finland)
Hound Club of South Australia Inc Championship Show - 14th March, 1998
Reserve Challenge Bitch and JUNIOR IN SHOW.
Summary of Results...
4 x Classes in Show
3 x Runner-up in Group
16 x Other Classes in Group
16x Best of Breed
42 x Runner-up Best of Breed
67 x Bitch Challenge / Best Bitch
67 x Reserve Challenge / Runner-up Bitch
Specialty Show Highlights
2004 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
Short-listed - Open Bitch
(Judge: Mr Simon Parsons, United Kingdom)
2003 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
Short-listed - Open Bitch
(Judge: Mrs Sandra Bridges - Jato Basenjis, United States of America)
2003 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
1st Place - Dam's Progeny
(Judge: Mr Peter Frost, Victoria)
2002 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
Reserve Challenge Bitch
(Judge: Mr Paul Singleton - Jethard Basenjis, United Kingdom)
1st Place - Dam's Progeny
(Judge: Mrs Mary Hickie, New South Wales)
2002 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
4th Place - Open Bitch
(Judge: Miss Margaret Joyce, Victoria)
2001 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
Reserve Challenge Bitch & Open in Show
(Judge: Mr Darren Bowey, Victoria)
1st - Brace Class
(with her son Mzalia Lotus Tasman)
(Judge: Mr Jamie Hubbard, Victoria)
2000 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
Opposite Australian Bred in Show
(Judge: Mrs Liz Cartledge, United Kingdom)
Best Red & White Coat (Adult)
(Judge: Mrs Irene Terry - Zizunga Basenjis, United Kingdom)
2000 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
1st - Brace Class
(with her daughter Mzalia Texas Cheerleader)
(Judge: Mrs Kris Coralluzzo, Victoria)
1999 Basenji Club of New South Wales Inc
Final Cut - Red & White Coat
(Judge: Mr Peter Warby, New South Wales)
3rd Place - Intermediate Bitch
(Judge: Mr Hans Lehtinen, Finland)
1999 Basenji Club of Victoria Inc
1st - Red and White Coat
Final Five - Best Gaited
(Judge: Ms Judy Oliver, Victoria)
Final Cut - Intermediate Bitch
(Judge: Mrs Dawn Clark - Clendon Basenjis, New Zealand)
Specialist Show Highlights
1999 Hound Club of NSW Inc
Intermediate in Show
(Judge: Mrs A McE Field, United States of America)
Reserve Challenge Bitch
(Judge: Mrs Romayne Strilka-Switch, United States of America)
1998 Hound Club of South Australia Inc
Junior in Show
Reserve Challenge Bitch
(Judge: Mrs Eva Ekstam, New Zealand)
Royal Show Highlights
2002 Royal Adelaide Show
3rd Place - Open Bitch
(Judge: Mr Paolo Dondina, Italy)
2001 Royal Adelaide Show
Bitch Challenge
(Judge: Mr David Grimbly, Zimbabwe)
2000 Royal Adelaide Show
2nd Place - Open Bitch
(Judge: Mr Jorge Nallem, Uruguay)
1999 Royal Adelaide Show
Bitch Challenge & Runner-up Best of Breed
(Judge: Mr Ramon Podesta, Chile)
as at 12 June, 2004
Page Created: 26 July 1998 - Last Modified: 18 December 2007
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