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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

5th Series Recap

Tuesday, June 17 – Wednesday, June 18, 2025

5th Series – Land Quad

71 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs kicked off the 5th series on Tuesday afternoon at 12:50 pm, beginning with "Morgan," handled by Tom Hawley and then "Fancy," handled by Dave Kress. And Wednesday morning we had a single test dog to give a fresh look at the test before we finished up this series.

The first running dog of this series was #76 FC-AFC TRUMARC’S WEST POINT, “Army,” with handler Sylvia McClure. They came to the line at 1:25 pm on Tuesday afternoon.


The weather at the start of this series was nearing 80 degrees with cloudy skies and a light breeze. Wednesday's weather was much the same.

Here is how things turned out for the 5th Series …
No-Bird / Re-Run (8): 9 – 30 – 32 – 39 (x2) – 53 – 64 – 92
Handles (28): 1 – 7 – 17 – 18 – 19 – 20 – 25 – 30 – 36 – 37 – 44 – 47 – 48 – 55 – 56 – 57 – 64 – 72 – 73 – 74 – 80 – 83 – 84 – 93 – 98 – 99 – 104 – 105
Double Handles (8): 8 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 17 – 51 – 81 – 91
Pick-Ups (6): 26 – 46 – 49 – 92 – 100 – 102
Broke: (1) 49
Scratches (0): 


Our last running dog for this Series was a Re-Run for dog #64 
NFC-AFC HOLLAND CLIFFS PLAY IT AGAIN, “Luke,” with handler Alvin Hatcher. They completed the test at 4:15 pm.

71 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 12 hours and 45 minutes, which averages out to be a little more than 10 minutes per dog. 


Stay Tuned for Callbacks!

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