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Saturday, November 19, 2022

10th Series Recap

 Saturday, November 19, 2022

10th Series – Land Quad with One Flyer and Three Retired

14 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs: Test Dogs came to the line this morning at 10:23 am, beginning with "Gretta," and then "Steel." The competitors got a good look at this Land Quad and what they may expect for this series!

Start: The 10th Series officially kicked off with the first running dog #10 PLEASANT RIVER KING EIDER, “King,” BLM, with handler Hunter Street at 10:52 am.

Conditions: The weather this morning was cold with clear skies, temps remained in the 20's throughout the test and the wind was coming out of the west at 6-10 mph.

Here is how things turned out for the 9th Series…
No-Bird / Re-Run (0):
Handles (4): 10 – 47 – 73 – 79
Double Handles (1): 70
Pick-Ups (0): 
Scratches (0):

Finish: Our last running dog for Test 10, was dog #1 FC-AFC MIDWAY’S AVENTADOR, “Jenny,” BLF,  with handler Tim Milligan. They came to the line at 12:58 pm and the test was concluded at 1:06 pm

14 dogs were sent from the line this morning for this test. The series took approximately 2 hours and 14 minutes in total, with the average running time to be about 9.5 minutes per dog.