Number 1 Dogue de Bordeaux in Australia for 2006 - and No. 1 Aust. Bred DDB in 2007 - DOL Pointscore. Ben is the "star" of the Suncorp Insurance TV commercial! October, 2007 - Ben is now Aust. Grand Champion Bordogue Benjamin. Ben has achieved 2 Best In Group and 5 Reserve in Group awards at Champ Shows. Ben is the only the second Aust. bred to achieve a Best in Group award. He is the only Aust. bred Grand Champion to hold Best in Group awards. Ben is only the third DDB in Aust. (and only the 2nd Aust. bred DDB) to be placed at Group level by an international judge when he was awarded Reserve in Group from the Junior Class (17 months old)by Mr Stan Zielinksi(USA) from 188 dogs entered. Ben won Puppy of Breed at Brisbane Royal in 2004, Res CC Dog at Toowoomba Royal in 2005 and RU BOB at Toowoomba Royal in 2006. He also took Best Intermediate Dog at the 2006 Sydney Royal(from a class of 4) under Mr J. Juslin (Fin)and First in the Aust. Bred class at the 2007 Canberra Royal. Ben is a gorgeous boy with a real laid back personality. He is a magnificent dog with great width of chest, very solid bone and a good topline. Pictured here at 4 years, he has the most stunning head plus his rich red colouring. Ben's children are doing well with daughter Ch. Bordogue Joelle the No. 1 DDB Puppy in Aust. in 2007 and No. 1 Aust-bred and No. 2 nationally in 2008 (DOL Pointscore). Another daughter Ch. Bordogue Sian finished No. 3 nationally in 2008 (DOL Pointscore). Four of his offspring are multi Class in Group winners. Daughter Joelle was CCB and RU BOB at Toowoomba Royal 2008 and daughter Sian was Res CCB at the Brisbane Royal 2008 and CCB at Toowoomba Royal in 2009. Sian takes Best in Group at the Burnett KC Open Show, the first Aust. bred bitch to take BIG at all breeds level. Ben has been hip and elbow scored and has a total hip score of "4" and elbows 0/0