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Any news? Did they finish the derby today?
 
Derby took 12 to the third series of two long water marks and 3 survived. Callbacks are:

3 - Ivy - Kahn
8 - Kate - Kongsore
11 - Boogie - Jackson

Fourth series tomorrow morning.
 
Yikes....tough 3rd series..
 
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That must have been 2 very cold swims. Was it snowing over there also?
 
Ooops! Sorry I miscounted. There were eleven call backs to the 3rd in the Derby.

It was a really tough series with two very long swims with a cross wind in cold water that took 15 minutes per dog. Any dog that even attempted to make that second retrieve showed a lot of courage.

No snow, but it was cold, rainy, and windy in the morning. The sun broke out in the afternoon. Still cold and windy, though.
 
well....still, Yikes, tough Derby. Good Luck to those called back to the 4th.

Good Luck this weekend, Judy!
 
Samish Trial

I heard that the open triple took out abut 1/3 ofthe field. ABout 30 dogs made it. The land blind did not turn out to be too tough.
You wouldn't know that by the callbacks. If I didn't know any better I would think I was across the border where the Open finishes in a day.
With the cold water blind ahead my guess is 3 back to the 4th in the Open as well.
 
Go, BOOGIE and Ole!!!

Boogie is one of our Saber-Ruby puppies.

There are 5 from our litter running in Derbies this spring -- Boogie, Bobby, Moxie, Shooter, and Sally.

Chet and Nitro are running Senior in hunt tests.
 
Qual began with a triple with long bird in center thrown first, shorter bird on left thrown second and retired,and the short flyer on the right. Nineteen called back to the land blind (1,2,3,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,21,22,24).

Land blind was down a hill through sagebrush, over a slope of land, behind where the retired gunner's station was, and into a circle of sagebrush - maybe a couple of hundred yards. Ten called back to the water blind (2,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,17,21).

Water blind had a long land entry paralleling the water and then tight to the shore in running water with a patch of tules on line, two trees flanking the exit water, and up onto land. Six called back to the water marks tomorrow (7,10,11,12,17,21).
 
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Good luck in the Qual tomorrow, Judy. Nice meeting you today.
 
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