National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog


2023 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

5th Series Recap

 Tues. - Wed., June 20-21, 2023

5th Series – Land Quad

82 Dogs Were Called Back to this Series - 81 Started

Test Dogs started out the Series on Sunday at 6:33 am, beginning with "Milli" and then "Buddy" giving the competitors a look at this large land quad! (Wednesday morning a single test dog ran to show if there were any conditions changed)

The first running dog for this test was #45 FC-AFC HOCKLEY CREEK’S SWITCH HITTER, “Mickey” with handler Robby Bickley at 7:10 am Tuesday morning.


The weather at the start of the series was in the low 40’s with partly cloudy skies for the most part and only a light wind.

Here is how things turned out for the 5th Series…
No-Bird / Re-Run (7): 28 – 31 – 39 – 46(x3) – 67 
Handles (19): 3 – 4 – 8 – 15 – 31 –43 – 44 – 46 – 50 – 55 – 58 – 67 – 68 – 70 – 81 – 97 –108 – 110 – 114
Double Handles (1): 100 
Pick-Ups (11): 7 – 10 – 14 – 19 – 24 –35 – 59 – 66 – 69 – 74 – 90

Scratches (1): 22

Our last running dog for this series was dog #
39 FC-AFC BD NORTH SHORE’S INSTANT RAIN GEAR QA2, “Poncho” with Handler Malcolm Haith (rerun). They completed the test Wednesday morning at 11:17 am.


There were 81 dogs sent from the line in this series, taking a total of about 15 hours and 25 minutes, which averages out to be just over 11 minutes per dog. 

The 5th Series is officially in the books ... On to the 6th!

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