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Saturday, June 14, 2025

1st & 2nd Series Recap

Saturday, June 14, 2025

1st & 2nd Series – Land Double with a Land Blind

102 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs started out this series on Saturday morning at 7:15 am, beginning with "Fancy," handled by Dave Kress and then "Morgan," handled by Tom Hawley.

The first running dog of this series was #13 AFC HARDCORE TROUBADOR, “Earl,” with handler John Russell. They came to the line at 7:48 am.


The weather to start this series was 54 degrees with overcast/cloudy skies and a light breeze coming from the East.

Here is how things turned out for the 1st & 2nd Series …
No-Bird / Re-Run (14): 10 – 19 – 39 – 46 – 47 – 50 – 52 – 59 – 63(x3) – 87 – 100 – 105
Handles (4): 14 – 34 – 65 – 72
Double Handles (0): 
Pick-Ups (3): 23 – 40 – 68
Scratches (4): 85 – 89 – 90 – 96 

Our last running dog for this Series was a rerun for dog #10 
FC-AFC BLACKFOOT’S SITTIN’ ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY, “Otis,” with handler Thierry Mahon. They completed the test at 7:31 pm.

102 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 11 hours and 43 minutes, which averages out to be just less than 7 minutes per dog. 

We will be moving on to the 3rd Series Tomorrow! Callbacks to come - we will post them on the blog as soon as we have them! 

Have a great night everyone!

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