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2026 CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
The 2026 British Chihuahua Club Championship Show was held at the Brackley Leisure Centre on Sunday 8th November and was well attended, with an entry of 78 longcoats and 97 smooths.  Hazel Senior was the longcoat judge and her BCC and BOB was Hornbys' Ch Bramerita Priceless, with the dog CC going to Day, Bisson & Beaumont's Ch Monicachi Money Talks at Beaulamey.  In smoothcoats, Andrew Oxley awarded DCC and BOB to Huntley's Ch/AmCh Knockout Chuck A Duck for Jahneemahs and BCC to Hunt's Moltobello Game Of Thrones, her third, making her a Champion subject to RKC confirmation  Rosie Clarke then picked Ch Bramerita Priceless for Best in Show and Monicachi Money Talks at Beaulamey for Reserve.  Best Puppy was Barker's Baralicia Love To Dream, with RBPIS Halls' Jorazan Kairos Kooky Sox, and Best Veteran was Huntley's Ch Natimuk Beaumont with reserve Hunt's Ch Diamonchi Button Moon for Moltobello. (See photo: left to right top row BIS, BPIS and BVIS, and under them RBIS, RBPIS and RBVIS)


A £50 prize is given by the family of the late Mr & Mrs Foote in their memory for the Ballybroke Stakes class for puppies of either coat.  There was a good entry for this Stakes class and the winner was Barker's Baralicia Love To Dream (pictured above, as she went on to also win Best Puppy in Show.)

Alongside the show, respiratory function grading sessions, subsidised by the Club, were undertaken in a confidential side room, with exercise in the field outside.  The RKC has expressed concern that, being a relatively short-muzzled or "brachycephalic" breed, Chihuahuas should be monitored for breathing difficulties, and we hope that testing sessions like these will show there is no cause for such concern.  There was also a celebration to mark a special birthday for Mr David Reece, with a piece of excellent cake for everyone made by Amy Wilcox.

Results of the show can be viewed here.

2026 OPEN SHOW
Our Open Show was held on Saturday 2nd May at a new venue for us, Tomlinsons Canine Centre near Leicester.  For the first time in many years we were able to hold the show outdoors, and the weather cooperated to make it a lovely day.  Our smoothcoat judge was Mr Andy Shone (Pamedna) whose principal winner was Serena Hunt's lovely 7-year-old dog Ch Diamonchi Button Moon for Moltobello, who was Reserve BIS and also took Best Veteran in Show.  Meanwhile Dorothy Entwistle's 2-year-old bitch Ch Dorenty Textututango was smoothcoat BOB under Josh Parker (Zuvan) and went on to win Best in Show.  Best Puppy in Show was Joe Magri's bitch puppy Bramerita Im A Faithful Rozamie

At this show we offered a £10 prize in the Champion Stakes class, and this was snapped up by Dorothy Entwistle and Ch Dorenty Textututango.

Our AGM was be held in the lunch break with the annual election or re-election of members to the committee, and we were delighted to welcome new addition Jordon Hobbs.  Lynda Soper takes over as Chair while Shelda Hornby steps down and is appointed a Vice-President.  Pauline Lodwick remains as Hon Secretary, while Amy Wilcox was confirmed as our new Treasurer, replacing Bernard Coxhead who now becomes Vice-Chair.  Beverley Sutton has come to the end of her three-year period of office as President of the club, and we are pleased to announce that Dorothy Entwistle has agreed to become our new President. Since then, Amanda Burrows and Quentin Lane have also agreed to join the committee.

For the Championship Show later in November this year we will return to our usual venue of Brackley Leisure Centre, but there has been good feedback about Tomlinsons and we are inclined to hold next year's Open Show at this venue again..

To view the critique from Smoothcoat judge Andy Shone in PDF format, click here

Image of book cover 2026 BCC YEARBOOK (The Chihuahua Chronicle)
The latest Chihuahua Chronicle, with all the information from 2025, is now on sale.  Published annually since 1990, it's a valuable reference for show results and the achievements of top winning dogs for the whole of 2025.  The New Champions Gallery has a photo and pedigree of each new champion made up during the year, and there are lists of all CC and RCC winners and their pedigrees, 'Top Dog' award wins and other facts and figures.  The second half of the book contains stunning full-colour advertisements by breeders and exhibitors featuring their beautiful Chihuahuas.

You can order your copy from this website for £12.50 including postage to a UK address, £16.00 to Europe including Irish Republic, £20.00 to most of the rest of the world or £21.00 to the Pacific region (Australasia).  You may also be able to pick up a copy at the cover price of £10 at our shows.  Click here to go to the yearbook sales page.

2025 CHAMPIONSHIP SHOW
Our 2025 Championship Show was held on Sunday 9th November at Brackley Leisure Centre. Louisa Henry (Trinzy) judged Smoothcoats, Rosie Clarke (Oxsirius) the Longcoats and Lyn Ison was our Best In Show judge. 

This year as an experiment we arranged catering by a food van sited just outside the entrance, which served very welcome bacon rolls on arrival and hot dogs or burgers and chips forlunch.  Reactions were positive and his prices were reasonable.

Here are the main winners from the show:

Photo of BIS winner and BIS judge

  • BIS, l/c BOB & Bitch CC: Rushton & Robson's Rushwarden Gold Charm with Tidos. This was her third CC, qualifying her for the award of Champion, subject to KC confirmation.
  • RBIS, s/c BOB & Dog CC: Halls' Ch Jorazan Quincy Quirky Sox JW
  • L/c Dog CC, Best l/c Puppy and RBPIS: Day, Bisson & Beaumont's Monicachi Money Talks at Beaulamey.
  • S/c Bitch CC: Fothergill's Diamonchi Miss Sparkel JW.
  • L/c RCCs went to the Pattersons' dog Bramerita Mr Motown with Bratilda and Todd-McCoids'bitch Rubyanlo Magic Trix JW. This was her 5th RCC, and with 2 x CCs previously gained, qualifies her for the award of Champion, subject to KC confirmation.
  • S/c RCCs were Fothergill's dog Diamonchi Italian Stallion JW and Hicks' imported bitch Legado de Lagos La Fama at Casiatodo.  The former was the third new champion of the show (subject to Kennel Club confirmation) as this was his 5th RCC, having already been awarded two CCs.
  • BPIS Rooney & Holland-Smith's smoothcoat Starceylon Nick Rockett
  • BVIS Hunt's smoothcoat Ch Diamonchi Button Moon for Moltobello
  • The longcoat Best Baby Puppy was Colquhoun's Okeanid Fantasy for Cleioanto while the best baby smoothcoat puppy was Hartley & Fahey's Zoomeera Stormbreaker. Meanwhile Parker's Zuvans Danger Mouse won the Ballybroke Stakes and £50 prize.

Photo of Ballybroke Stakes winner and judges
(Left) Winner of the Ballybroke Stakes, Mr Josh Parker with Zuvans Danger Mouse

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to our excellent judges, to the hard-working committee who always pull out all the stops, and especially all the lovely exhibitors who came and supported our show.

To view the critique from Longcoat judge Rosie Clarke in PDF format, click here
To view the critique from Smoothcoat judge Louisa Henry in PDF format, click here

 
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