(Below you can read about some of Jason's major wins
during his year with the Airescots)
...Jason in the Scandinavian show rings...
Jason won his qualifying CACIB towards his
International title
in Turku, Finland on January 20th, his last show in Europe
before his return to Australia.
(To become an International Champion a dog must win at
least four CACIB's
in at least three different countries and under at least three different judges,
and there must be at least one year between the first and the last CACIB.)
Since January 8th 2000, when Jason won his first CACIB in
Gothenburg,
he has acquired a total of 12 CACIB's in five different countries,
given to him by 12 different judges.
At this final show in Finland Jason also was BOB under Frank Kane,
England and Group 2 under Donald Fitzsimmons, Canada
- a great ending to a great show career in this part of the world.
Jason was Sweden's Top Whippet for 2000,
and we are very pleased, indeed, that so many judges and breeders
just like us have found him to be a very special Whippet.
Below is a picture from Turku with judge
Frank Kane,
and Pirjo Muhonen with her homebred Softouch Sweet Medicine,
BOS and winning her Finnish champion title on the day.
(Below you can read about some of Jason's major wins
during his year with the Airescots)
Jason started the new millennium very
successfully
at the Gothenburg Dog Festival in January
by winning his Swedish title, his first CACIB on his way
to the International title, and his first Scandinavian Specialty BIS.
Jason winning BOB at the Sighthound Specialty
in Gothenburg.
Judge: Andrew Brace
Jason winning BIS at the same show
Judge: James Hayward
Photo: Pekka Nykopp
THREE PRESTIGIOUS SIGHTHOUND GROUP WINS
At the Norwegian
KC International all breeds show in Bergen,
where breed specialist Knut Blütecher (Showline) gave him his Norwegian champion title,
the Norwegian CACIB, the breed and the Sighthound group.
At the Swedish KC International all breeds
Easter show in Stockholm
Jason again won the Sighthound group, this time under breed specialist,
Per Iversen, Norway.
The breed was judged by Swedish Sighthound specialist Elisabeth Janzon.
From the 10 group winners, sorted out among the more than 3 000 exhibits,
the Best in Show judge, Enrique Filippini, Argentina,
chose to make Jason BIS-3.
At the Finnish KC International All Breed show
in Lahtis Jason won his Finnish title, CACIB and BOB under allrounder judge
Glenda Cook, Australia, the Sighthound group under Finnish whippet specialist
Unto Timonen (Woodbrook),
and finally BIS judge Glenda Cook placed him 2nd among the 10 group winners
from a total entry of more than 4 000 dogs.
EUROPASIEGER
At the VDH-Europasieger-Zuchtschau 2000, held
in Dortmund, Germany
Jason won BOB, CACIB and the Europasieger-title,
judged by Joachim Kiack, Almansor whippets, Germany.
Almost 300 Sighthounds were entered to this International All Breeds show,
and Jason was placed 3rd by group judge Stefan Sinko, Slovenia.
ANOTHER TWO SIGHTHOUND GROUPS FOR JASON
June 3 - Jason wins another Sighthound group
judged by a breed specialist,
this time at the SKK Int. show in Linköping, Sweden, where breed and group
judge
was Agneta Kappers-Karlsson (Kapriol whippets).
The following day Renée Sporre-Willes gave him BIS-3.
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At the All Breeds SKK show in Avesta,
June 18, Kenneth Edh gave Jason
the breed and the Sighthound Group,
and Karl-Erik Johansson gave him another lovely BIS-3-placement.
Another two Sighthound groups for
Jason
and a first visit in England on Pet Passports.
July 8 - Jason wins BOB and Sighthound Group
under Rainer Vuorinen
at All Breeds Show in Halmstad, Sweden, then BIS-2 judged by Rita Trainin,
Israel.
July 22 - Jason wins BOB under Marisa
Brivio-Chellini at All Breeds Show
in Västerås, Sweden, and Sighthound Group under Annika Ultveit-Moe, Norway.
BIS was judged the following day by Rainer Vuorinen in pouring rain,
but Jason refused to put his feet down in the mud and was, of course, unplaced.
More pictures below
Jason in Bergen with Breed and Group judge Knut
Blütecher
and BOS in the breed, Ch Paper Moon's Parisian Maiden,
which, thanks to earlier and later wins, was Norway's Dog of the Year for 2000.
Photo: Eva Svendsen
Jason at the Stockholm show with group judge
Per Iversen,
and handled, as always, by Nenne Runsten. (Photo: Petter Fodstad)
Jason BOB and Ch Woodbrook's Kohinoor BOS in
Lahtis
with breed judge Glenda Cook.
At this show Jason later won the Sighthound Group, judged by
Whippet Specialist Unto Timmonen, and then BIS-judge Glenda Cook
made him BIS-2 from the line-up of ten group winners.