“Lex” - Lex is a powerfully built, smaller-framed British Labrador male with exceptional desire and speed.  Lex is one of the best pedigreed British field Labrador males in the United States and United Kingdom.  His Sire is FTCH Craighorn Bracken, the 2001 British National Retriever Champion.  His Dam was FTCH Garendon Cassie of Ropehall, a remarkable dog in her own right and littermate to FTCH Garendon Captain, the 1998 British National Retriever Champion.  In addition to his sire, Lex’s five generation pedigree includes five other British National Retriever Champions, including FTCH Pocklea Remus, one of the best know British field champion retrievers of all time.  In Lex’s five-generation pedigree, 47 out of 62 dogs achieved British Field Trial titles, 40 of which were Field Trial Champions (FTCH) and 7 of which were Field Trial Winners (FTW).  Lex’s Pedigree.

Lex is a great marker – Lex has his sire’s marking skills (FTCH Craighorn Bracken finished and won the 2001 British National Retriever Championship without handling on a single mark – that’s good marking!).  Lex is also a very nice lining dog and reached a literal casting standard in his handling at a remarkably young age.  Lex has an intense desire to please, which when combined with his singular desire to retrieve has made him particularly easy to train.  Lex is the type of dog that even in mundane drill work, never slows down.  He was the kind of puppy and is the kind of dog that always finishes training wanting more – he never gets tired of this game.   

In addition to trialing/testing, Lex is a great hunting dog and has retrieved dozens of ducks in Arkansas and literally hundreds of pheasants at plantation shoots in Georgia.