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Thursday, June 22, 2023

7th Series Recap

Thursday, June 22, 2023

7th Series – Water Triple with an Honor

50 Dogs Were Called Back and ran this Series

Test Dogs started out the Series this morning at 6:36 am, beginning with "Buddy" and then "Milli" giving the dog teams a look at what this Water Triple would have in store for them today! 

The first running dog for this test was #101 FC-AFC SEASIDE'S SMARTY JONES, "Smarty," with handler Derek Smith at 7:09 am this morning.


The weather at the start of the series was in the mid 30’s with clear skies for the most part and almost no wind, as the day progressed the temps reached up to nearly 70.

Here is how things turned out for the 5th Series…
No-Bird / Re-Run (5): 1 – 27 – 36 – 58 – 65 
Handles (2): 39 – 99
Double Handles (0): 
Pick-Ups (7): 17 – 20 – 37 – 65 – 70 –93 – 96
Scratches (0):

Our last running dog for this series was dog #
99 FC-AFC JIMAVICHE'S HOLLANDAISE JAMMER, “Jammer” with Handler Bobby Lee. They completed the test this afternoon at 4:05 pm.


There were 50 dogs sent from the line in this series, taking a total of about 8 hours and 56 minutes, which averages out to be just over 10.5 minutes per dog. 

The 7th Series is officially in the books and we will be moving on to the 8th Tomorrow!

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