Mossyfern Busy Bee at Foxbarton (Bracken)

Tonkory Morgan JW x Mossyfern Run Softly
D.O.B: 16.02.98 ~ DNA tested Normal for CEA/CH ~ Hips: 9:8

Photo by Sue Domun

Bracken is an enigma! So pretty she should adorn the front of a chocolate box, but she's all Border Collie and likes nothing better than playing football. Not caring much for the limelight of the show ring, although she went Best Puppy in Breed (10) at Chertsey under Jo Ratcliffe and got a 3rd at Southern Counties in her youth, now a Veteran, I decided to show her again and she qualified for Crufts 2007 winning Veteran Bitch at Bath, first time out.

Bracken's greatest triumph has been as a brood bitch – she simply adored her puppies and did them fantastically well. She had wonderful litters, sired by Sheltysham Shepherd Boy, Sh.Ch. Whenway Royal Highlander, Sorcerers Apprentice at Shepherdspal and Bellatrix Highlander, CDex, UDex. Among her children are four multiple championship class winners: Foxbarton Could Be, Foxbarton The Magician, Foxbarton Flash Harry and Foxbarton Royal Lion JW, a wonderful tricolour boy, who has now established himself successfully at stud.

Bracken now has 3 sons, from 3 different litters, who have gained their KC Stud Book Numbers. She also has a son, a grandaughter and a great-grandaughter who have all achieved their Junior Warrants, and I am so very proud of her.

Bracken was also bred by Julia Dickenson, from the same line as my Willow, whose dam, Hawkesmere Echo, was Bracken's Grand-Dam.

Photo by Sue Domun

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Pedigree of Mossyfern Busy Bee at Foxbarton