Thursday November 17, 2022
7th Series – Water Quad with Two Retired, One Flyer and One Simulated Flyer
32 Dogs Started this Series
Test Dogs: Test Dogs came to the line today bright and early at 6:42 am, beginning with "Gretta," and then "Steel" was up next to giving the teams a a good look at this large test and what they might expect.Start: The Series officially kicked off with the first running dog #81 FC FC-AFC LAIRD’S CYNFUL SEASIDE GAMBLE, “Betty,” BLF, with handler Chris Parkinson at 8:03 am!
Conditions: The weather today was cool with mostly clear skies, the morning temps were in the mid 20s and it warmed up a bit to the low 40's as the sun rose. There was not much wind for most of the day.
Here is how things turned out for the 7th Series…
No-Bird / Re-Run (3): 1 – 14 – 45
Handles (13): 14 – 24 – 40 – 45 – 47 – 55 – 63 – 73 –76 – 79 – 81 – 93 – 99
Pick-Ups (4): 4 – 9 – 32 – 74
Scratches (0):
Finish: Our last running dog for Test 7, was dog #79 TIOGA APPLE IDOG QAA, “Ti,” BLM, with handler Ed Forry. They came to the line at 2:35 pm and the test was concluded at 2:46 pm.
Finish: Our last running dog for Test 7, was dog #79 TIOGA APPLE IDOG QAA, “Ti,” BLM, with handler Ed Forry. They came to the line at 2:35 pm and the test was concluded at 2:46 pm.
32 dogs were sent from the line Thursday for this test. The series took approximately 6 hours and 43 minutes in total, with the average running time to be about 12 minutes per dog.
The 7th Series is Officially in the Books, Callbacks are coming this evening and will be posted on the blog. Test dogs will run at 6:30 am on Friday morning for the 8th Series!