Finnish Whippet Specialty & Open Show 6.-7.6. and Mikkeli Lure Coursing 14.6. update

I'm still freezing after super windy specialty weekend! But very pleased with our results :)

Males were judged by Felicity Thompson, Barnesmore Whippets

Enzo (M. Cuba Gooding) EXC/4 out of 12 junior males

Toffe (M. Flagship Flanagan) EXC/3 out of 9 intermediate males

Karo (M. Arrivederci Aruba) VG intermediate

Bitches were jugded by Eva Ekstam, Ronndal Whippets

Kiki (M. Jamaican Portrait) EXC/- junior 

Juliet (M. Red Stripe Ruby) VG junior

Greta (M. May In Martinique) VG/3 out of 5 intermediate bitches

Taffy (SF Jamaican Me Crazy) EXC/- champion 

But wait - BIS BREEDER MAGTAF with prize of honor!!! (by Felicity Thompson)

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Greta, Toffe, Kiki & Enzo

Thank you Kaija, Elina ja Sanna :)

On Sunday it was time for the unofficial Open Show and our star of the day was Toffe :) He won intermediate males with prize of honor and was finally placed BEST MALE-3 and BOS intermediate

Photo Ilkka Montonen

BIS intermediate C'mere Please Please Please BOS Magtaf Flagship Flanagan

(He was so tired he was sleeping through the photo shoot :D poor thing <3 )

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Toffe 

Photo Marko Pessi

Greta 

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Taffy

Photo Marko Pessi

Taffy and her babies (Greta, Toffe, Kiki, Enzo) in progeny class

3rd with prize of honor

And finally daddy Vito won BIS :)))

Photo Marko Pessi

BIS Sobresalto Quann Staje C'me-re BOS Sagramour Graceful Henrietta

Next weekend there was a lure coursing competition in Mikkeli. Both Aslan (M. Buona Notte Bonaire) & Toffe (M. Flagship Flanagan) were entered and after the first round they were in the lead and kept their places through the finals :) So Aslan WON with 473 points + CC and Toffe came second with 468 points + CC. I'm so proud of these boys and their owners. WELL DONE!

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Helsinki INT 24.5.2015

And the next weekend wasn't so bad either :) Whippets were judged by Per Iversen, Norway 

Photo Ilkka Montonen

First was Karo (M. Arrivederci Aruba) in junior males. He didn't behave at all when I was trying to stack him so all he got was VG but he's such a joy to trot around the ring with! He moves like train.

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Then Enzo (M. Cuba Gooding) was EXC/4 in junior class. He's such a pro!

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Toffe (M. Flagship Flanagan) was EXC/1 with CQ in intermediate class and went all the way to BEST MALE-4 with res-CAC. He's a male version of his beautiful mom.

Photo Sinikka Morander

Greta (M. May In Martinique) got a great critique but as she's a bit tall she was placed EXC/2 in intermediate class. 

Photo Sinikka Morander

And Taffy (Sporting Fields Jamaican Me Crazy) showed her kids how it should be done and won the whole thing! EXC/1 in champion class with CQ, BEST BITCH-1, CACIB, BOB, GROUP 3rd 

LOVE HER!!!

Team MAGTAF went to Rauma all breed show 17.5.2015

And what a day we had! I'm still on the cloud nine after all the success my beautiful babies had. First in the ring went Aslan and he won junior males with CQ and was placed 4th in the best male competition and BOS-junior at the end of the day.

Photo Kirsi Aalto

Aslan (M. Buona Notte Bonaire) & Toffe (M. Flagship Flanagan) 

Then it was Toffe's turn to win the intermediate males with CQ and sail all the way to the best male 1st and BOS with CAC 

Photo Kirsi Aalto

Toffe trotting with Timo Aalto. Thank you Timo for handling :)

Then it was ladies turn and Greta won the intermediate bitches with CQ and was placed 2nd in the best bitch competition with res-CAC

Photo Ilkka Motonen

Greta (M. May In Martinique) on the table

And last but not least was my pride and joy Taffy... She won the champion bitches with CQ and was placed 4th in the best bitch competition. 

Photo Kirsi Aalto

Taffy (Sporting Fields Jamaican Me Crazy) on the table

Photo Ilkka Montonen

BOB Zelig Flaming Glory & BOS Magtaf Flagship Flanagan

Judge Mr. Joe Lobb, Canada

I'm so proud of these puppies and can't wait what the rest of the gang will achieve in the future :)

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Toffe, Aslan & Greta

Photo Ilkka Montonen

And the whole team: Aslan, Toffe, Greta & Taffy

Well done!

Toffe starts his coursing career with style

Very very proud of Toffe (M. Flagship Flanagan) who chased the lure for the first time officially yesterday and ended up being 2nd with 471 points and CC. So happy for this talented boy and his family who keeps him so fit :)

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Great weekend for Enzo & Toffe

On Easter Monday brothers Enzo & Toffe were at Lappeenranta Dog Show and they did so well!

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Enzo won junior class and finally he ended up being BOB-junior. So proud of Sanna & Enzo :)

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Then Toffe won intermediate class with CQ. He was beautifully handled by Sanna Norhio-Hanski. Thank you Sanna :)

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Photo Ilkka Montonen

Photo Ilkka Montonen

He was finally BEST MALE-2 with res-CAC!!! Congratulations Toffe, Kaija & Ilkka :)

Whippets were judged by Lisbet Utke Ramsing, Denmark

Breeder here is so happy, happy, happy :D

We have a brand new champion!!!

Aslan had a super weekend in Estonia :) On Saturday 11 Whippets were judged by Harto Stockmari (Finland) and Aslan was the only male who got EXCellent. So he ended up being BOB-junior, Best Male and finally BOS. He also won his last Junior CAC for Est JCh title!!!

But wait there's more! On Sunday same 11 Whippets were judged by Galina Kalininchenko (Ukraine) and Aslan was once again BOB-junior, Best Male-1 and finally BOB :)))

Super duper happy for team Maiju & Aslan! Great job! CONGRATULATIONS!

Photo Anna Mäkinen

On the move

BOB Est JCh Magtaf Buona Notte Bonaire BOS Tiger's Chaos Her Mesetas

Photo Maiju Savolainen

Happy champion. 

How cute is that face :)

Puppy meet and official one-year-old photos

We had a puppy meet on January and everybody made it except Enzo. The whole gang was also officially measured so now they are ready to start their coursing careers this year :)

Aslan - M. Buona Notte Bonaire

54,5 cm

Kiki - M. Jamaican Portrait

48,9 cm

Jenny-Carla - M. Kick'-Em-Jenny

45,5 cm

Donna - M. Ella Eleuthera

47,2 cm

Photo Pirjo Muhonen

Enzo - M. Cuba Gooding

Karo - M. Arrivederci Aruba

53,5 cm

Greta - M. May In Martinique

50,6 cm

Rio - M. Kingston Kane

54,1 cm

Toffe - M. Flagship Flanagan

51,8 cm

Juliet - M. Red Stripe Ruby

47,3 cm

And the whole gang :)

We'd like to thank the owners for giving them such a good homes!