Jespersen's Excalibur (IMP DNK)

Prince

CRUFTS 2015 Breed Winner Prince. Excalibur was one of the first of the Adorele Havanese & Coton de Tulear champions! He is also one of the few UK based FCi International Champions in the Coton de Tulear.

We are so happy to having had the pleasure of owning and showing this wonderful boy in the UK and Europe.

• International (FCI) Champion
• German (Deutscher VDH) Champion
• Slovenian (Ch. SLO) Champion
• German (Deutscher VDH) Youth Champion
• Croatian (HR) Junior Champion
• CRUFTS 2015 Best of Breed Winner
• Shortlisted for Best in Group CRUFTS 2015

He has current clear eye tests and is free by parentage from all current testable diseases.

Prince has been patella tested and is certified 0/0.

SUMMARY OF PRINCE'S SHOWING ACHIEVEMENTS

Overall, Prince was awarded 12 JCACs (as Junior, JCACs) and a further 12 CACs, 5 CACIBs, 4 Reserve CACIBs (as an adult) in competitions in eight different countries. He has also been given Best of Breed some thirteen (13) times at national and international championship shows, and even gone Best in Group twice (2).

In addition, Jespersen's Excalibur holds the accolades of Lisbon Junior Winner 2012, Bundesjugendsieger 2012, Slovenian Winner 2013, Ortenau Sieger 2013, Saarbrucken Sieger 2014, Karawanken Winner 2014 and CRUFTS 2015 Best of Breed Winner!

Judge's comments from around the world:

'the beautifully textured Coton de Tulear Int/Ger/Slo Ch. Jespersen's Excalibur at Cotonese with his lovely expression' - Stephen Bardwell, Best in Toy Group Judge, CRUFTS 2015 -
(published in 'Crufts 15 - Toy Group', Dog World, 8 March 2015).

'beautiful dog of excellent quality, lovely head, eyes and pigmentation. Really good bone, front and top-line. Typical movement and best coat quality and presentation. Best Dog (BD) and Best of Breed (BOB)' - Judge R. Sporre-Willes (Sweden), CRUFTS 2015 (published in Coton de Tulear Show Report - CRUFTS 2015, Dog World, 7 April 2015).

THE HIGHLIGHTS: PRINCE AS A JUNIOR (2012):

International (FCI), German (VDH) National Champion, Slovenian Beauty Champion and Multi-Junior Champion Jespersen's Excalibur at Cotonese - aka Prince - was imported from Denmark with tremendous excitement as Prince was the only male born in the first litter of World Winner Flamencoton Bahiya (Junior World Winner 2009, World Winner 2010, International Champion as well as Danish Champion and Norwegian Champion). Thanks to Brigitte and Karsten Jespersen for entrusting Lesa and Lee Miles with such an important prodigal son!

• Awarded 'Very Promising' in the Puppy class at the World Dog Show, Salzburg, Austria in 2012.
• Achieves three notable wins in Spain and Portugal, including being awarded the title of Lisbon Junior Winner 2012 at the Lisbon International Dog Show in July 2012).
• Prince becomes a Croatian Junior Champion in summer 2012.
• Prince visits Germany. After three major shows, including the national and international shows in Dortmund (October 2012), Excalibur is awarded the title of Federal Junior Winner (Bundesjugendsieger) 2012, and qualified to become a German Junior Champion!
• Prince goes to Belgium, Wins Best Junior (Youth) dog and Best Junior in Breed as well as a Dubutant's Cup (Debscup) at the 49th Eurodogshow in Kortrijk, Belgium (17 November 2012).

THE HIGHLIGHTS: PRINCE AS AN ADULT: (2013- 2014):

• Prince visits Slovenia. Wins all his classes as Excellent 1, CACs and being given his first full CACIB and Reserve CACIB, Prince awarded Best Dog and the title of Slovenian Winner 2013 at the Ljubljana II CACIB International Show (13 January 2013).
• Prince proves a winner in Belgium. He wins Best of Breed (BOB), a CAC and CACIB at the 45th Flanders International Championship Show in Gent (23rd February 2014)!
• In Germany, Prince secured six CACs at international championship shows in Offenburg (10 March 2013), Ludwigshafen (28 July 2013) and Hannover (27 October 2013) and national championship shows in Oldenburg (4 and 5 May 2013) and Saarbrucken (9 June 2014). Moreover, he was also awarded two CACIBs and Best of Breed at five of those six championship shows.
• Coton Club of Germany officially ranked Prince as one of the Top Ten best adult male show dogs in Germany for the first 6 months of 2013!
• Prince confirmed as a full German (Deutscher VDH) National Champion (by VDH, 11 July 2014).
• Prince returns to Slovenia. Wins his fourth Slovenian CAC at the Bled I International Dog Show (21 June 2014), and officially became a Slovenian Beauty Champion (CH. SLO).
• Excalibur achIeves Best of Breed, Best Dog, and Reserve Best Dog at numerous UK KC championship shows in 2013 and 2014!
• After achieving five CACIBS in three different countries (Belgium, Germany and Slovenia), Prince was formally confirmed (30 July 2014) as full FCI International Beauty Champion.
• Prince is one of a only a handful of Coton full FCI International Champions based in the UK! In fact, the official statistics of the FCI illustrate what a notable dog Prince actually is since he was of only 19 British registered dogs (across all breeds) and one of only 24 Coton de Tulears across the world to be awarded the FCI International Champion title in 2014 (FCI Official Statistics 2014, pp. 4 and 11).

THE HIGHLIGHTS: WINNING BEST OF BREED AT CRUFTS (2015)!

• Prince's showing career goes into the stratosphere - winning 1st in Open Class, Best Dog and Best of Breed (BOB) at CRUFTS 2015 (8 March 2015)! Not only this but he was shortlisted among some of the best dogs showing for Best in Group!