Helsinki, 3rd of August, 1985
In this photo Sergej and I are standing on the ringside after
getting 1st prize and waiting for the competition class.
I am trying to figure out what is happening next.
I was 11 years old and Sergej and I were first time in a dog show.
BIS Fin Ch Hatsina Artamon Sergej
born 21st of July, 1984
sire Fin & S Ch Burjan Red Rudolf
dam Fin Ch Polongain Galina
breeders Johanna & Pertti Hellgren, kennel Hatsina, Finland
Sergej was my first borzoi. He moved to our family in September 1984 when I was 10 years old. Sergej was my best friend and we grew up together.
Sergej was a very strong and self-confident character. He acted like he owned the whole world and all the other creatures here were just his poor servants.
In 1985 I decided to enter him to his first show and so it all began. Sergej gained his Fin Ch title very easily and show after a show our team work became more and more fluent. He started to win BOBs and get Group placements.
In1989 Sergej became BEST IN SHOW in the biggest all breed dog show in Finland that time, over 3100 dogs entered!
During one year he gained 4 x GROUP-1, BIS-1, BIS-2, 2 x BIS-4!
For our great joy - and also for a great surprise - Sergej became one of the most successful borzois in his time in Finland and stayed in TOP 5 Show Borzoi list for five years on a row. Still in veteran class he continued his winning ways and was 2 x BIS-1 Veteran and 2 x BIS-4 veteran in all breed shows.
Sergej was always owner-handled.
Sergej became father of Hatsina C -litter in April, 1988. That was a litter on 3 males and one female. The mother was Fin Ch Colhugh Cinatasha, a gorgeous, extremely well moving import from Reg Bassett's wordlfamous Colhugh kennel, GB. I had adored English type of borzois and this was a dream combination for me. My pick from the litter was white-red male puppy, Hatsina Czardas Czar, who moved to our family.
Sergej graced our lifes 10 wonderful years and made me fall in love with this gorgeous breed.
