Wedgnock Gundogs
FTCh Marstonprior Grenadier of Wedgnock (Cider)
Stud fee £900
Cider is an exceptionally talented, beautiful looking, kind and friendly dog. Very easy to train, fast, stylish, fit and athletic.
Made up to a Field Trial Champion at 3 years old, has qualified three times for the Retriever Championship, and was selected to run for The England Gundog Team in 2024, 2025 and 2026. He was Top scoring dog at the England Team Selections in 2024 and 2025
2025 England team Skinner's World Cup 3rd individually out of 52 of the top dogs in Europe, 2025 Home International at The Game Fair Cider was awarded the Top Marking Dog . 2026 top scoring dog England team Scottish Game fair, England winning team at The Game Fair.Winner Forth & Clyde 2 day Open
Cider's father is my FTCh Sothebys Choice of Wedgnock, and his grandfathers are my FTCh Astraglen Hail and my FTCh Birdsgreen Cluedo of Wedgnock) - the best four dogs I've ever had the pleasure to own, train and run!
Strong improver for hips and elbows
Dob 17/4/21
Hips 0/0
Elbows 0
Clear BVA Eyes,
Clear EIC, SD2, CNM, HNPK, PRA, carrier STGD*
Fantastic EBVs and a very strong improver for hips and elbows!
* A carrier will never be affected by the condition and can be bred with a tested clear bitch as none of the puppies will be affected.
FTW Emmanygan Damson of Wedgnock
Stud fee £600
Tully is a lovely friendly, intelligent and handsome dog with fantastic health scores 0:0 hips and 0 elbows.
Tully has fantastic breeding, his father is Cluanie (FTCh Birdsgreen Cluedo of Wedgnock), and he looks and works just like his famous dad! Cluanie sired the 2024 IGL Championship winner, and the winner of the 2025 European Championship, so he has left an amazing legacy!
His mother is the beautifully bred Emmanygan Winter, with an amazing pedigree!
Hips 0:0
Elbows 0
Current Eye Certificate Clear
Clear EIC, CNM, HNPK, PRA, carrier STGD*
BVA Eyes clear
Fantastic EBVs and a very strong improver for hips and elbows!
* A carrier will never be affected by the condition and can be bred with a tested clear bitch as none of the puppies will be affected.
FTW Shooting Vega of Wedgnock (Bluff)
Stud fee £700
Bluff is very friendly, with a wonderful temperament, lovely looking, and highly intelligent! Superb health tests, and clear of everything!
His father is my FTCh Sothebys Choice of Wedgnock, his grandfathers are my FTCh Astraglen Hail, and FTCh Mistigri Finn of Featherfly. It's a wonderful pedigree with beautiful breeding.
Bluff won his 1st trial in 2025, and was awarded 3rd place in a 2 day open trial in 2026. He is immensely talented, and incredibly responsive
He was placed 3rd in his first working test, which was an Open, just 2 points behind Cider, and 3 points behind the winner!
Bluff is a very natural game finder and a pleasure to take out. He's the sort of dog that wants to please you. Soft, but hard going!
Hips 2:3
Elbows 0
Current Eye Certificate Clear
Clear EIC, HNPK, SD2, STGD, MCD, PRA, CNM
Excellent EBVs and an improver of both hips and elbows
Betscalo Esgaroth of Wedgnock
Stud fee £650
Caleb is Sally's very friendly and immensely talented young dog with Otto (FTCh Sothebys Choice of Wedgnock) as his grandfather, and Cluanie (FTCh Birdsgreen Cluedo of Wedgnock) as his great grandfather.
His father is FTCh Craigmaddie Mufasa of Bishopbrae who was 3rd and 4th in recent retriever championships.
He has masses of drive, and has already won a Novice Working Test.
His health tests are fantastic, as you'd expect from his breeding!
Elbows 0:0
Hips 0:2
DNA clear of CNM, EIC, HNPK, MCD, PRA, SD2 and STGD
Astraglen Vardy of Wedgnock
Stud fee £600
A lovely friendly Labrador with fantastic conformation.
Connor lives with my friend Guy Bennett near Woodhall Spa in Lincolnshire.
Connor heads Guy's picking up team.
Hips 5/3
Elbows 0/0
BVA Eye test clear
DNA clear for EIC, HNPK, CNM, SD2 and PRA
A stunning pedigree:
Sire IR CH FT Ch Astraglen Hardy
Dam FT Ch IR FT Ch Astraglen Faith
Progesterone Testing
Timing matings is best done by Progesterone Testing which is the gold standard method for this purpose.
Why should I progesterone test?
Some of the many benefits of numerical progesterone testing are as follows:
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Over 90% success rate (as opposed to 70% for untested bitches)
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Less stress for the bitch - more likely to stand and get a 'natural mating'
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Higher litter size
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Saving in time and fuel costs with wasted journeys when the bitch isn't ready
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We would generally recommend two matings, two days apart. However, with progesterone testing it is highly likely that one correctly timed mating will be effective.
We recommend Matenow - www.caninepregnancyscanning.co.uk for progesterone testing. Please order a testing kit from the website before your bitch comes in to season so that you are ready!
It is really important that you correctly identify Day One of your bitch's season, so we recommend putting an old white sheet in her bed a few weeks before she is due to come into season. You will be able to see the first drops of blood that way. Most bitches like to keep themselves very clean, so without the white sheet it's very easy to miss Day One!
This is a blood test, so I would recommend that you find a vet nurse to take the blood, put it in the vial, and then you return the test by post to Matenow.
Testing is best started approx day 7/8 unless your bitch falls into one of these categories:
1. A bitch that had previously failed to conceive
2. A bitch that has colourless seasons
3. You are travelling a long way/abroad to the stud dog or using chilled or frozen semen in these instances start earlier.
If using our postal service, samples need to be sent via special delivery next day Royal Mail before 1pm or clients can hand deliver the sample directly to Matenow.
Once your sample has arrived you will receive a text to confirm its arrival and after processing for one hour a text with the progesterone level with advice on how next to proceed whether it be retest and when to do that or if she had already ovulated then when to mate her,on occasions we have the bad news that the fertile window had been missed but this can usually be avoided if testing is started day 7 or even earlier.