5th Series Recap

Tuesday November 15 – Wednesday November 16, 2022

5th Series – Land  Quad with Two Retired and Two Flyers

81 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs: Test Dogs started out the day Tuesday bright and early at 6:48 am, beginning with "Gretta," and then "Steel," giving the competitors a look at what the 5th series was all about. On Wednesday morning a single test dog "Steel" was run to show handlers any new conditions and/or factors for the test on the second day.

Start: The Series officially kicked off with the first running dog #27 FC FC-AFC WINDY CITY’S LONE RANGER, “Ranger,” BLM with handler Charlie Hines at 7:22 am on Tuesday! 

Conditions: The weather on Tuesday was wet and cool with cloudy skies, drizzle on and off in the morning and temps in the 40's. There was no wind for most of the day. Wednesday, it cold but it was sunny, with not much breeze present.

Here is how things turned out for the 5th Series…
No-Bird / Re-Run (11): 14 – 32 – 35 – 36 (3x) – 37 – 53 – 60 – 72 – 86
Handles (14): 18 – 25 – 28 – 29 – 31 – 35 – 37 – 52 – 54 – 75 – 87 – 88 – 96 – 98

Double Handles (1): 34 

Pick-Ups (7): 8 – 60 – 62 – 66 – 68 – 84 – 94

Scratches (1): 20

Finish: Our last running dog for Test 5, was dog #36 FC-AFC BAYOU TECHE EXPRESS, “Ryan,” BLF, with handler Lauren Hays. They came back to to the line for a rerun Wednesday morning at 11:59 am and the test was concluded at 12:06 pm. 

81 dogs were sent from the line Tuesday and Wednesday for this test. The series took approximately 13 hours and 20 minutes in total, with the average running time to be about 8.5 minutes per dog. 

Callbacks are coming up, and then we will be heading on to the 6th Series!