National Retriever Championship Blog


2022 National Retriever Championship Blog

Monday, November 14, 2022

4th Series Recap

Monday November 14, 2022

4th Series – Water Blind

81 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs: Test Dogs started out the 4th Series 10:35 am, beginning with "Steel," and then "Gretta," giving the competitors a quick overview of what to expect in this Water Blind series.

Start: The Series officially kicked off with the first running dog #1 FC-AFC MIDWAY’S AVENTADOR, “Jenny,” BLF with handler Tim Milligan at 10:51 am this morning.

Conditions: The weather was mostly clear and sunny all day, with temps starting in the 30s and getting up into the mid 40's. It was a brisk day with a slight breeze going W at or below 6mph.

Finish: Our last running dog for the day, and for Series 4 was dog #99 FC M&T’S MAESTRO’S TANGLED UP IN NOTES QA2, “Rayna,” BLF, with handler Craig Crook. They came to the line Monday afternoon at 3:09 pm and the test was concluded at 3:11 pm. 

81 dogs were sent from the line today in this series, taking approximately 4 hours and 20 minutes in total, with the average running time to be about 3 minutes per dog. It was a fast moving series!

The 4th Series is officially in the books! Callbacks will be coming shortly and we will start the 5th Series Tuesday Morning!