COURTHILL WHIPPETS

- where whippets are a 'moving tradition'

Patsy started along with her first husband with a small fawn bitch called Lowglen Micant Madonna, who won 1 CC and several reserves. Roger's first was Laguna Lyre sired by Ch Laguna Light Lagoon, he was exported to Italy. Roger's second Whippet was Ch Courthill Dondelayo Tiara and she is behind every subsequent Courthill.

Patsy's first champion was Ch Lowglen Newbold Cavalier who was a trememdous influence on Whippets, in fact Tiara was mated to Cavalier to produced Courthill Crown Jewel, who won BP at Crufts and then exported to Switzerland.

Roger's first home-bred Champion was Courthill Coromet who was out of a daughter of Tiara mated to Laguna bred dog at Shalfleet.

Patsy's first champion bitch was Ch Lowglen Holly Go Lightly who was by Roger's Dondelayo Repetition, sister to Tiara and Duette (RBIS at Crufts).

Roger then couldn't have dogs for ten years and Barbara Wilton-Clark kept his line going so he could come back into Whippets with his original lines intact, his first bitch was Crown Affair of C when mated to Ch Pencloe Dutch Gold produced two champion sisters, Crown of Gold and Classical Jazz, which Roger's thinks are his best Whippets to date. A sister went to Bob Bailey's Fullerton kennel and produced three champion sisters.

Meanwhile Patsy bought in Ch Novacroft Madrigal as a puppy and his influence in seen all round the world. When Patsy remarried she had to start again but produced many more champions especially seeing the potential in puppies by her boy's. Patsy has always had a strong kennel of champions boys and much prefers boys to girls.

Patsy was lucky to have Ch / Int Ch Rivarco Classical Jazz to come to stay and live with her and her other import is Ch Sporting Field's Winged Dove.

Patsy and Roger are now in partnership formally and thus a new path is being trod.

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Emma North-Row