In our 21 years of breeding and showing Whippets we had never imported a Whippet and knowing my 'ideal' in what I want in my breeding programme it was a special day when I saw pictures of Cassidy's sire and dam. Statuesque Extortion "Jason", for me, was quite the most beautiful Whippet as was Ch. Airescot Emily Gray and particularly her grandsire, Int. Nordu Ch. Aust, Port and Finnish Ch. Airescot Waistcoat. "Jason" was visiting Nenne Runsten of Airescot in Sweden for a year from his owners Frank and Lee Pieterse (Statuesque Whippets in Australia) and Nenne agreed that I could have a dog pup from Emily's litter.
Cassidy arrived in May 2000 and we could not have wished for a more promising pup, so full of the qualities we wanted to compliment our line. Cassidy is co-owned by Dr Nathalie Rouget, our veterinarian and friend.
Cassidy's beautiful balance, conformation and movement were acknowledged when he started his show career as a puppy. At his first four shows as a puppy his success was quite phenomenal. At All Breed Ch. shows he achieved: 2x BPIS, 2 x Puppy Groups and 1 x Puppy Group 2nd. He also took Res. CACIB, Res. BOB, Best of Breed and was Hound Group Winner from the Graduate class at one of our premier all breed Ch. shows in August 2001.
Cassidy's first litter out of Smithvale Classic Debut of Bacaret (Daisy) have made their debut in the show ring with some wonderful results. His second litter out of Smithvale Star Magic of Corandy ("Nikki") are beautiful and two boys have been exported to Canada. A bitch pup, "Jade" is staying at Smithvale. Our much awaited litter from Cassidy and Ch. Smithvale Classic Moment (Smudge) has arrived, and a bitch, "Pippa" has been kept to continue Smudge's line as she had to be spayed after her second litter. |
