________A BRIEF HISTORY_______

We are a small select kennel established in l978.  My wife, Sue and I  enjoy great success in the U.K. and many other parts of the world, where the Courtmasters have been exported.  We specialise in particolours, particularly the blues, the chocolate gene also runs in the line, as does black and white.

We are both International Championship Show Judges and have been invited to many countries to judge the breed where we have made many friends.

In 1979 two foundation bitches were purchased these were the foundation of our kennel today and all stock is line bred back to these.

From Wild Oats  we bred our first litter and retained a bitch Courtmaster Enchantress who won a R.CC our first major success. Next we mated Wild Oats  to Sh. Ch. Celeine Echelon from this mating we retained a dog and a bitch Courtmaster Bon Ton & Sh Ch.Courtmaster Je Suis. Bon Ton later went to
France where he won B.I.S. at the St Ettiene all breed Ch. show. While in England Je Suis became our first Show Champion 5ccs and 5 rccs. We only bred once from her and kept a bitch Courtmaster Santa Lucia
who was to be the dam of our next champion  Sh Ch Courtmaster Abracadabra, whose great achievement
was to be B.O.B. at Crufts in 1987. Later he went to India with H.R.H. Prince Husian and gained his Indian title and up until he retired was unbeaten  in India being B.O.B. & B.I.S. at every all breed championship show attended.

            We later sent another dog  , Indian Ch Courtmaster Ali Bongo, to Mr Malhotra who became the reserve Top Dog All Breeds in India.

From Abracadabra we kept a daughter Courtmaster Jezebel the dam of Sh.Ch Courtmaster Mr
Magic 10 CC's  9 B.I.S & 10 R.CC,s including R.CC at Crufts in 1991. Mr Magic went to France where he proved a valuable stud dog stamping his type and quality on his progeny At this time Breeders from Russia were able to use him and he had a valuable influence on the breed there which can still be seen today.  We had the pleasure of judging  in Moscow  and meeting many of the breeders whose current stock were descended from him.   His sister Courtmaster Angel Dust, another top winner was the dam of Indian Ch. Courtmaster Ali Bongo.

We then campaigned Courtmaster Witchdoctor  (1 CC 1 RCC), he was exported to Spain  where he became Spanish & Portuguese Champion and has been a major influence on parti-coloured breeding there.

After Witchdoctor came the next winner, Courtmaster Blue Icon 1 R.CC and his daughter Courtmaster Box of Tricks. Blue Icon subsequently went to Spain and is behind many of todays winners there.

In 1999 we campaigned Sh Ch Courtmaster Wardance, the son  of Blue Icon who was best minor puppy at the Cocker Spaniel Club championship show. He was also RDCC at both the Cocker Club and Crufts 2001, winner of the Open dog at Crufts 2002,with 12 English Champions and again RDCC at the Cocker Club Centenary Show in 2002 with a record entry of 532 cockers. He is stamping type and quality
and his progeny are now in the ring winning well.  He is proving a great sire for us and we are now campaigning his daughter Sh. Ch. Courtmaster Catch A Dream whose latest win has been Best of Breed
and Group 3 South Wales Kennel Association Ch.Sh. His half brother, Canadian & USA Ch. Courtmaster Warpaint was exported to Virginia Lyne in Canada and soon gained his title for her.  He is at present in the USA with Virginia being campaigned with his champion daughter.

Today we are now campaigning Courtmaster White Wizard with 2 RCCs to his credit and his young daughter Courtmaster  Lets Tango, her latest win being Best Puppy in Breed at South Wales Ch.Sh at just
9 months old.

            Other than these home based Champions we have also exported to many parts of the world where
our dogs have enjoyed great success including :-                 

                  2     Finnish Champions
                  1     Irish   Champion
                  3     Indian  Champions
                  1     Maltese Champion
                  1     Brazilian Champion
                  1     Argentinean Champion
                  4     Spanish  Champions
                  1     Gibraltar Champion
                  1.    Portuguese Champion
                  1.    Canadian Champion 
                  2.    Hungarian Champions
                  1.    Latvian Champion

Plus top winners in Sweden, Austria, and in France and Spain our dogs have won the Spaniel Speciality shows.        

            All this has been accomplished by us whilst never keeping more than seven adult dogs, and carefully line breeding.

We have also had the pleasure of judging many fine Cockers throughout the world, and have made many lasting friends.