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2023 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog

Saturday, June 17, 2023

1st & 2nd Series Recap

 Saturday, June 17, 2023

1st & 2nd Series – Land Double and Land Blind

112 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs started out the day at 6:40 am, beginning with "Millie"  and then came "Buddy" giving the competitors a good idea of what they might expect for these first two series. 

Our first running dog #92 AFC COOLWATER’S THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN, “Wizard,” with handler Alex Washburn.

The weather today started in the low 50’s with light rain. We had some significant wind, rain and then partly cloudy conditions later day. 

Here is how things turned out for the 1st and 2nd Series…
No-Bird / Re-Run (8): 30 – 53 – 55 – 64 – 70 – 74 – 84 – 113 
Handles (10): 30 – 48 – 49 – 60 – 74 – 78 – 106 – 107 – 113 – 114
Pick-Ups (8): 33 – 47 – 63 – 85 – 91 – 92 – 102 – 115
Scratches (4): 16 – 75 – 79 – 80

Our last running dog for the day, and for Series 1 and 2 was dog #30 FC-AFC SMOKY MOUNTAIN’S MIDNIGHT RIDER, “Ike,” with handler Greg Seddon. 


112 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of about 11.5 hours, which averages out to be just about 6 minutes per dog. 

On to the 3rd Series we go on Sunday! 

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