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Bon, check EE, 30s-40s in the Opens for the next two weekends in TX and OK. Entries could be larger closer to the NRC Championship stake in Texas but there is a dynamic in play I haven't figured out but I like the trend!Originally Posted by BonMallari
And BTW condolences on your Horns upcoming loss to the Sooners....
My fall season has been chopped up with work and judging commitments, but many of the trials I run this time of year are smaller than usual.
I wonder if the effects of the economy are manifesting themselves in trial size
Wow...never thought I would see that...the fall trials in Idaho were 34/26 and 54/45 (Open/Amat)
I like my Horns on Saturday because it is make or break time for both teams...don't like the way they lost to WVU, that was a bitter pill to swallow....
All my Exes live in Texas
with $5-6 dollar a gallon gas in California it has to have some effect on the west coast..Glad I dont have the Suburban anymore at fill up time
All my Exes live in Texas
That is weird that trial entries are down when the Grand and Master National double header numbers are way up...over the next 3 weeks
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I don't think you can compare a weekend field trial to the Master National which is only once a year and the Grand that is only twice a year. There's what? 750ish dogs entered in the Master National? All going to the same place at the same time and over 400 headed to the Grand. Weekend field trials are spread all over the country. In general the hunt tests in this area were flat to slightly down this year versus last year.
Rick Curtis ~ Now in Ontario, CA
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"If you train a young dog for momentum, precision will arrive. If you train for precision, demanding perfection, momentum will depart."
~Rex Carr
I noticed generally smaller Amateur stakes and normal (large) Open stakes this summer in Minnesota/Wisconsin/Dakotas. Maybe economy/gas prices affecting amateurs more than pros? One exception was 75-dog Amat at Chippewa a couple of weeks ago, but this was on grounds to be used by 2013 National Amateur, so may have contributed to some extra entries for a look-see at the "Swiss Alps" terrain near Mondovi, WI!
Not to highjack the thread but: Having been there in the early days of sanctioned NAHRA/AKC gundog tests Those numbers are absolutely mind boggling!!!!
They told us at the time that the gundog movement wouldn't get any traction.
May you pin all the marks and line the blinds!!
The NARHA Invitational is still pretty modest, but SHHHHH don't tell anyone, I enjoy the smaller events
On the smaller FT entries, how many of those Amateurs are running the MNH or Grand? Some people do cross venues, Some FT Pros even cross venues. Couldn't that be a factor in the lower entries? 700-1000+ dogs heading to the deep south, you can't tell me some of them don't run trials. Hard to be training for and running trials, if your looking for a MNH or Grand pass this month, they are very different styles to focus on.
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Just to mention........
This past September for the Golden Club National Specialty and the All Breed field trial that followed it........there were over 800 entries for the 8 days these field events were held in the St. Louis area.
People came from all areas of the country and Canada to run dogs here.......now the middle of the country is also hosting the Grand, Master National and the National all over the next month or so..........
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