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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

5th Series Recap

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

5th Series – Land/Water Triple with and Honor

67 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs started out the series first thing on Tuesday morning at 6:55 am, beginning with "Jake" and handler Michelle Visel, then "Boogie" with handler Suzan Caire. Now that the competitors had a nice view of the series, we were ready to go!

Our first running dog this morning was #7. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD’S ACE OF A HIGHER GRADE, “Deacon,” BLM, and handler Mark Medford. They came to the line at 7:19 am to kick off the 5th Series!

The weather today started off around 60 degrees and clear and warmed up to be Sunny and 82 degrees.  A little warm, but over all, nice weather for running a field trial!

Here is how things turned out for the 5th Series…

No-Bird / Re-Run (7):
 2 – 10 – 29(x2) – 47 – 88 – 92
Handles (6): 1 – 23 – 36 – 48 – 51 – 56
Pick-Ups (3): 14 – 30 – 58
Scratches (0): 

Our last running dog for this Series was dog #
2. FC SHOTGUN RIDER OF FAITH, “Tim,” BLM, with handler JD Babb for a Re-RunThey completed the test at 3:54 pm.

67 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 8 hours and 35 minutes, which averages out to be just over 7.5 minutes per dog. 
  • Callbacks will be given on the Blog this evening, along with the starting # and test location instructions for the 6th Series
  • We hope to see you at the Workers Party!!

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