I found "Kim" as an eight week old puppy at the Peperone kennel while working as a kennel help at an Airedale terrier kennel in England in 1987. Kim turned out to mature very slow but at the summer of 1989 things started to happen and Kim won nearly everywhere he went for the rest of the year and ended up top whippet in Sweden for 1989.
Kim has always been a specialists cup of tea and has always done very well at whippet specialties. During his show career he won a total of 6 BIS and 4 BOS at specialties. Kim has continued to look very beautiful in to old age and for example he won BIS under Debbie Butt, Sporting Fields, at the age of 9. In 1998 at the age of 11 Kim won several BOS and ended up among the top ten whippet dogs for 1998.
Kim has been a very successful stud dog and was top whippet stud dog in Sweden in 1993. In 1995 he was top whippet stud dog in Finland.
"Kim" winning BIS progeny group at Skokloster 1993. From left to right:
Kim, Ch Balzac Opsis Kalopsis, Ch Balzac Galago, Corpus Chloe, Ch Balzac Cafe Existens
| Ch Hardknott Quadrille | Ch Gainscliffe Renown | Ch Oakbark Mr Magic of Silkstone |
| Solera Summer Rose | ||
| Hardknott Marietta | Ch Novacroft Madrigal | |
| Ch Belinda of Hardknott | ||
| Mithrandir Gazelle | Hardknott Neptune of Mithrandir | Ch Oakbark Middleman |
| Ch Belinda of Hardknott | ||
| Peppermint of Peperone | Benroy Rikitik | |
| Kienford Apache Girl |
Kim is behind many of the current top winning whippets in Sweden. His influence as a stud dog is especially obvious in Finland where he is behind a great number of the current top winners.
Kim lived a quiet life the last years of his life, at Play A While, as the indisputable leader of the kennel.
Kim was a champion in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and an international champion.
Sadly, Kim passed away a few days in to the new millennium.
Kim has sired a large number of champion offspring. Here are a few favorites:
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