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Sandra Tonkyn’s Ch Willowglen Silver Cavalier
sired three champions in his first litter for Peter
and Alison Hughes two of which Ch Trenwydd
Blue Mirage and Ch Trenwydd Goodnight
HISTORY The great Ch Lanchester Statesman
Girl, became multi CC winners.

(photo) was sadly never allowed to be
used until he was eleven, first on Thelma
Taylor’s very first Cardigan Joseter Regal
(2CCs) which resulted in the Tamlin kennels
first two champions Tamlin King Solomon and
Tamlin Black Baroness. Solomon went on to
sire champions both at home and overseas and
two other Stateman sons, His only other mating
was was to Regal’s sister Ch Joseter Chivas that Ch Bymil Picture This Crufts 2010
produced Joseter Doublewood and La-Froygs,
both sired champions, leaving one thinking what
might have been. Thelma Taylor also won 15 CC’s PERIOD
with the red Ch Tamlin King George the First.
2010 – 2020
The period ended making history with Sarah
Taylor’s importing the puppy Ch Blondies Read
My Lips for Bymil, bred in Demark by Moller and The end of the last period and the start of this
Nielsen her breeding traced back to DK Ch Bymil span saw the development of a line that was,
Blackberry who was exported to Denmark and still is, extremely influential to the point
some years previously and to Int Ch Bymil Black that it moved the breed forward, with several
Treacle who went to Holland. Read My Lips, becoming serious contenders at the Group level.
bred to Ch /Dan Ch Gowerston Jazz Singer for Previously, it had generally been the Pembrokes
Pemcader, produced Ch Bymil Picture This who that got selected for top honours, but suddenly,
became the first Cardigan to win a group in the the Cardis flourished and, in the last year or two,
U.K at Manchester in 2009, followed by group have even overtaken the Pembroke for entry
1 at Crufts the following year. She went on to numbers at many shows.
win six groups and became the first to go best
in show at a group Ch show, and then produced The dog that can probably be credited with
the next generation in Ch Bymil Smile Please making much of this happen was Aus Gr Ch
who became a constant winner from puppy to Bethwyn Music Man (photo) who was sent to
veteran when she went best of breed at the UKs this country by Sue Hadley on loan to
only Euro Corgi Ch show.
Kevin Dover, Allan Taylor & Idris Jones. He
The Association held its first American style was bred to Sandra Muckle’s Casey May
National speciality at Chesford Grange hotel Brookview and produced the big winner Ch/Dan
in 1996 with Cardigan fanciers attending from Ch Gowerston Jazz Singer for Pemcader who
around the world. The weekend proved so became the Top Stud in 2009, 10, & 15 with Ch
successful that the events continued to be held Blondies Read My Lips for Bymil who was bred
on the same scale every five years, and this to him becoming Top Brood in 2009 & 10 as the
period saw the publication of the first Cardigan dam of Picture This.
Welsh Corgi Association book of champions
from 1926 onwards, which sold out within Jazz Singer, bred to Llaneirwg Witches Brew at
weeks. Belroyd, produced yet another great stud dog in

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