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2025 National Amateur Retriever Championship Blog

Friday, June 20, 2025

7th Series Recap

Thursday, June 19 – Friday, June 20, 2025

7th Series – Water Triple with 2 Retired

49 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs kicked off the 7th series on Thursday morning at 10:26 am, beginning with "Morgan," handled by Tom Hawley and then "Fancy," handled by Dave Kress. And Friday 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 the 7th series was #27 FC-AFC WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN QA2, “Wilma,” with handler Mark Huffman. They came to the line at 11:12 am on Thursday morning.


The weather at the start of this series was nearing 80 degrees with mostly clear skies and a light breeze. Friday mornings weather started in the upper 60s with party cloudy skies and a little bit more wind.

Here is how things turned out for the 7th Series …
No-Bird / Re-Run (2): 38 – 94
Handles (21): 19 – 20 – 27 – 29 – 30 – 33 – 37 – 38 – 39 – 52 – 53 – 57 – 61 – 65 – 70 – 71 – 76 – 80 – 83 – 98 – 105 
Double Handles (5): 6 – 32 – 58 – 104 – 106 
Pick-Ups (10): 18 – 43 – 56 – 64 – 73 – 74 – 84 – 93 – 99
Scratches (0): 

Our last running dog for this Series was a Re-Run for dog #38 
FOGGY BOTTOMS I CANT RIDE HIM IN HERE, “Bones,” with handler Adam Coleman They completed the test at 9:16 am.

49 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 9 hours and 57 minutes, which averages out to be a little more than 12 minutes per dog. 


Stay Tuned for Callbacks!

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