CH. KARLRACH KENTUCKY LAD 'A' nn (x-rayed after 5 years of age) (BVA 0:1 at 12 months) * Breed Survey Class 1, *Graded Multi Excellent, * Triple National Medal Winner  * Best Exhibit in Show Winner - at a specialty show and all breeds * Twice Winner of Sires Progeny and twice Runner up (Images Copyright) Dino was born at Karlrach Kennels in 1980 and was purchased by Elbasco Kennels as an 8 week old puppy. He was the product of the mating of two UK imports, namely Liakar Satan of Fuhren, and Kurtlee Minnisota (who he mirrored in type) (see photos of Satan and Minnisota below). He was from an outstanding litter where he had an excellent graded brother, Karlrach Chicago Hood, an excellent graded sister - Karlrach Colorado Puss as well as an Excellent Select rated sister Karlrach Wyoming Belle. His Dam:  Ch.Kurtlee Minnisota (Photo courtesy Karlrach Kennels) His Sire:  Liakar Satan of Fuhren (Photo courtesy K Outtrim) His brother: Karlrach Chicago Hood BSCL1V His sister:  Karlrach Wyoming Belle BSCL1VA Dino was only shown sparingly in his early life. His first National win came as a junior dog, where he won a Silver Medal under Dr Beck at the 10th National. At the 11th National, Herr Orschler awarded Dino Intermediate Dog, an Excellent grading, and Bronze Medal, and his daughter, Karlrach Dino's Charm (from an unshown/unsurveyed dam), won the Junior Bitch Class under Herr W Martin at the same National. At the 12th National, Dino won 2nd Open Excellent, and Bronze Medal and he was only three and a half years of age with a tally of 3 National medals under his belt.

Photos taken at 11th National where he won 1st Intermediate (Excellent) and his second National Medal (Bronze)
Photos taken at 12th National when he was 2nd Open Dog and won his third National Medal (Bronze Medal)

At that time in the breed development in Australia (in the late 70's and early 80's due to lifting of the import ban in 1972), imported dogs were taking precedence at stud as new blood was being imported into the country on a regular basis. Australian bred dogs were finding it difficult to attract studs and popularity. By the time Dino had won his second National medal, he was starting to get regular stud work and make his mark as a stud dog, although he didn't attract the amount of top quality bitches that the top imported dogs received. Nevertheless, his impeccable producing bloodlines came to the fore to produce many top show winning and producing progeny, many of these from unsurveyed and/or unshown bitches.

In 1985 and 1987 Dino won the NSW GSDL Sires Progeny Point Score. In 1984 and 1986 he was Runner-up. Considering that Dino only received a low level of breed surveyed dams at stud - 32% according to L Donald in 1986, (German Shepherd Dog Quarterly National Review, July 1986) it is clear that Dino had much to contribute to the breed as in 1989 he topped the chart as having the highest number of breed surveyed progeny sired by an Australian bred dog (The Essential German Shepherd Dog, R & C Allan) and was fifth overall from 34 sires (mainly imported sires) (Condensed History of the German Shepherd Dog in Australia, 1990, p 141). 

Dino's progeny on the whole, demonstrated the strengths and typeyness of Kurtlee Minnisota and amongst his best winning progeny were VA Ch.Landrina Magic Melody, VA Denargun Chardi and VA Elvarado Super Star, who also demonstrated the Minnisota type. Dino sired many other Excellent graded progeny, National winners and placegetters and winners at all major Australian shows. Many of his progeny have proven to carry the strengths of his producing bloodlines and have been good producers also. On the whole Dino sired better females than males and his daughters, including many which did not come from top show-winning dams, have gone on to become the producing and/or foundation dams for many winning kennels in Australia today.  Dino has sired at least 29 Excellent graded animals with 3 Excellent Selects.

(Click link at the bottom of the page to view Dino's VA & V Rated progeny)

Dino died prematurely of cancer in 1988 at just seven and a half years old.  Just prior to his death his daughter was awarded Australia's first Siegerin and his sister was awarded Vice Siegerin at the First Main Breed Show. His grandaughter was VA5 at the same show. At the 2nd Main Breed show his daughter again took Siegerin and his son took Junior Sieger (and this son went on later to gain his VA). Unfortunately, Dino had been too ill to exhibit at the First Main Breed Show to attain his own VA Grading.

Dino lives on in the bloodlines of a high percentage of Australia's current top winning dogs which are taking top honours at major Australian shows and his blood can be found in the top producing brood bitches behind dozens of successful Australian kennels. Some of the most notable relatively recent top winners to carry the Dino bloodline are Seigerin VA Hagenstolz Draw Card, VA Hagenstolz Wild Card, VA Hagenstolz Jerry Hall, Sieger VA Denargun Browned Off, Siegerin VA Denargun Flying Colours, VA Craisan Mortisha, VA Leitungen Prince Rowdy, VA Tashrodan Mindari, Seigerin VA Bronacre Ramoth, VA Vonpeta Eva, VA & State Sieger Lindendale Strike Force, VA & State Sieger Karlrach Combination, VA Aldaina Noricum Monza, VMerit Crossfire Cantona, VA Crossfire Celline, VA Karlrach Rum Ball, VMerit Karlrach Grand Finale, VMerit Karlrach Stone th' Crows, VA Drepesh Miss Jane, Tasmanian State Siegerin VMerit Drepesh Miss Mary, Tasmanian State Sieger VMerit Karlrach Another Half, VA Denargun Iwony and VMerit State Vice Siegerin Rakishka Picachu, VA Bhuachaille Jazz Leader, VA Zandrac Rivendell, V Gr.Ch Vonpeta Taykall By Storm and Seigerin VA Sunhaze Intrigue to name just a few. Some of the above dogs are also linebred on Dino and/or his sister, Wyoming Belle.

In the 2004 German Shepherd Dog Council of Australia's Breed Survey Year Book, Dino is listed as equal 12th (from 56) on the greatest producers list of australian breed surveyed animals calculated from 1978 to 2004.  Fifty six (56) current and past sires who have more than 20 breed surveyed progeny appear in this list, and many are prominent sires of the 90's and 2000's.