Just giving a quick update on what the weather is looking to be tomorrow, for day 2 of the 2020 National Retriever Derby Club Championship.
We are looking at the sunrise at 7:13 am with a warmer start then today, with a temp at 55 degrees. It looks to clear and sunny all day with a high of 78 degrees with west winds between 10-15 mph.
Great weather for a great National.
2019 NDC Spark Your Enthusiasm “Mona”, BLF
2019 NDC
Owner/Handler: Don English
NDC Spark Your Enthusiasm, the most recent National Derby Champion was handled in the 2019 National Derby by owner/handler Don English. She finished up her Derby career in January 2020 with a JAM at the Bluebonnet Retriever Club. Her Derby career consisted of 19 starts for a total of 22 points, 4 total placements, with one being a 1st placement; she also had 2 jams and 1 reserve jam.
We have finished day one for the 2020 NRDC at 3:11 pm. Completing two series, we have a total of 3 dogs that got dropped.
1st Series, Land Double with Flyer Rooster and Dead Rooster started with dog #2 at 8:17 am. We had a gun change at 9:18 am after dog #14 completed its series. We average about 5 minutes per dog to complete this series which was done at 10:58 am. We had a total of 6 no bird/re-runs and one pick up by dog #6. The callbacks came out shortly after the completion of the 1st Series with 31 dogs being called back one being dropped.
2nd Series, Water Double with Drake and Hen Ducks started at 11:58 am with dog #10. The gun change happened after dog #23 completed its series at 1:20 pm. We completed all 31 dogs in just over three hours taking roughly about 6 minutes per dog to complete their series. We had no no bird/re-runs but had two dogs pick up (14 & 19).The callbacks came back shortly after the end of the series at 3:11 pm with 29 dogs being called back and 2 being dropped.
We will start back tomorrow morning with test dogs at 7:45 am and the first running dog # 18 at 8:00 am.
29 dogs called back to the 3rd series are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32.
2 Dog dropped: #14 and 19.
We will be starting the 3rd series with dog # 18.
This will conclude Day 1 of the 2020 NRDC Championship. We will start back tomorrow morning with test dogs at 7:45 am and the first running dog # 18 at 8:00 am.
Our 2nd Series, a Water Double with a Drake & Hen Ducks, came to an end at 3:11 pm.
We started this series at 11:58 am with dog #10. One hour and twenty-two minutes after starting we had our gun change after dog #23 completed his series. Within our first 14 dogs, two picked up (14 & 19). We got back on our way at 1:28 pm with dog #24. Things seemed to smooth out and we had some really great runs this afternoon.
We completed 31 dogs in three hours and nine minutes, which average out to be approximately 6 minutes per dog.
We will be posting callbacks shortly!
AFC Topbrass Hawks Blackhawk ex Topbrass Rocket's Red Glare MH
Right Bird - Redd went up the hill and under the arc to the top. He took a short turn right then came back across and down to his bird.
Left Bird - Up the hill and got behind the guns. Redd turned back down and to the left to get his duck.
FC-AFC PepperJack's Marsh Surfer ex River Valley's Secret Shade Of Green
Right Bird - Excellent line and mark.
Left Bird - Rush went up the right side of the guns and went across the back of the gunners. Then he came down to get his bird.
FC-AFC Watermark's PF Coal-Fired And Cookin ex Atlasta Chance
Right Bird - Great line. Ash ran just to the right of the bird. He quickly turned left and got it.
Left Bird - Nice angle across the pond. Going towards the guns, Ash took a hard right going around the back of the guns. A few quick turns and back down he got his mark.
FC-AFC Mudslinger's Amazing Vision ex FC Vision Of Miss Rebarific
Right Bird - Tucker went into the pond going straight across. Going up the hill getting under the arc, he came back down then turned to get his bird.
Left Bird - He went across the pond, up the hill towards the guns. He turned left then to the top of the hill and came back down and got his duck.
NAFC-FC Steadfast's Bachelor Special ex Pepper Box Loose Cannon Of Hyannis
Right Bird - Axl went down throw the pond, straight up the hill to the fall area and got his duck.
Left Bird - Beautiful angle straight to his bird.
2018 NDC Seasides Got To Get Up And Try “Pink”, BLF
2018
NDC Owner/Handler: Robbie Knutson
NDC Seasides Got To Get Up And Try, our 2nd National Derby Champion in 2018 was handled by owner Robbie Knutson. Pink’s Derby career ended on a high note on March 15, 2019 taking a 1st place at Central Savannah River Area Retriever Club. She accumulated a total of 41 Derby points in 26 starts, placing 12 times with 2 of those placements being wins. She also started in one Qualifying stake and won it, too! Since Pink’s NDC title, Mark & Suzanne Medford have become the proud new owners. She started running the major stakes in 2020 with a total of 14 starts which have already lead to 2 placements and 2 Jams in the Open.
FC-AFC Rebel With A Cause ex Caprocks Charlie's Angel
Right Bird - Randy went into the pond, exited then drove the hill and just missed the bird on the right side. He took one loop then turned into the bird.
Left Bird - He took the land bridge all the way across the hill. He went up past the guns and turned left, then came back down the other side to get the bird.
FC-AFC Wood River's Mr Big ex Snake River Quacking Aspen
Right Bird - Chance went up the hill under the arc and across the top of the hill. He came down and worked back to the right and got his bird.
Left Bird - He took the far left corner of the pond, then drove the hill up right of the guns. He took a loop behind the guns to come across and down to the bird.
NAFC-FC Mulligan Off The Rainy "T" ex Dbl J's Troubador's Royal Jazz
Right Bird - Nellie went up to the left of the fall to the top of the hill. She came back down to get her bird.
Left Bird - Went up right of the guns to the top of the hill, Nellie crossed the top then came down to get her bird.
FC-AFC B. Bumble ex FC-AFC Good Luck Charlie
Right Bird - Bea took a right into the pond. She adjusted her line and came up under the arc. She turned left and got her duck.
Left Bird - She took the right side of the pond. Having a nice angle up the hill to get under the arc of the bird, Bea made a quick adjustment and got her bird.
FC-AFC Flawless Execution – FLEX ex Knibloe Hills Sound Off Trumpet
Right Bird - Ravin took the land bridge half way across then got into the pond. She drove the hill to her bird.
Left Bird - Getting a little bit of water, Ravin did get on a nice line up the hill, but missed the duck. She made a quick turn and it put her on the bird.
FC-AFC Seaside's Gorgeous George ex Toublesome Canadian Huntress
Right Bird - Huck went throw the middle of the pond. He angled left up the hill directly to his bird.
Left Bird - Good swim, Huck angled up the hill towards the guns. He continued to angle left and missed the bird just left of it. A quick turn and he got his duck.
FC-AFC Seaside's Gorgeous George ex FC-AFC Contrails Sky Queen
Right Bird - Carli came up the hill just left of the bird. She adjusted and come in on top of it.
Left Bird - Excellent line across the pond straight towards the fall. Carli angled to the far left top of the hill. She quickly went right which brought her down to the bird.
FC-AFC Seaside's Gorgeous George ex FC-AFC Contrails Sky Queen
Right Bird - Trudy went up wide left to the top. She came back down to the right and got her duck.
Left Bird - She cut the right side of the pond at an angle up towards the guns. She looped at the top of the hill to come back down and get her bird.
FC-AFC Drake's Bay Parting Of The Sea ex Heaven And Earths Midnight Rain
Right Bird - Rocky went up the hill then curled back down to get his duck.
Left Bird - Nice angle across the pond that continued up the to the area of the bird. He went straight left and snatched up his duck.
Field Of Dreams Ollie MH ex Thunder Rollin Ready Mallie
Came to the line at 1:40 pm.
Right Bird - Pinned it - Rip went straight up the hill to the bird.
Left Bird - Great angle across the pond. He carried this line just left of the fall to the top of the hill. He came straight back down to the bird.
NAFC-FC Steadfast's Bachelor Special ex Pepper Box Loose Cannon Of Hyannis
Right Bird - Good job getting this duck.
Left Bird - Excellent angle across the pond towards his bird. King angled up the hill, with a quick move to the right he put his nose on the bird.
Franchise's Performance Enhancing Drug ex Battlecreeks Crown
Jewel
We are in the middle of our gun change that started at 1:20 pm after dog #23 completed his run. This 2nd Series - Water Double with Two Ducks, started with dog # 10 coming to the line at 11:58 am. One hour and twenty-two into this series we have had 14 dogs complete it, averaging 6.5 minutes per dog.
The left bird seems to be the trouble bird on this series thus far. We have had two dogs (14 & 19) pick up.
The temperatures keep climbing. We are currently at a sunny 68 degrees. The wind is staying steady at 14 mph coming from the SSW.
We will be starting back soon with dog #24 coming to the line.
FC-AFC Seaside's Gorgeous George ex Troublesome Canadian Huntress
Right Bird - Nice line to get under the arc. Simon made a quick turn and went straight to his duck.
Left Bird - He went down and into the pond. He cut the right side and went up towards the guns, where he then angled left and went straight for his bird.
My Jack Of Hearts ex FC-AFC Dance Hall Gal
Came to the line at 1:01 pm.
Right Bird - Ace came out of water a little wide left. He made a quick turn and scooped up his duck.
Left Bird - Ace had a beautiful angle across the pond towards the bird. He came out under the arc, went to the top of the hill, then worked back down and out to get his bird.
He finished his series in 7 minutes ending at 1:08 pm.
Turkey Creek's Water Park Charley ex Legend’s Pied Piper
Right Bird - Tatum went across the pond and up the hill for a quick turn to get her bird.
Left Bird - Nice angle getting across the water and up straight to get this duck.
FC-AFC Drake's Bay Parting Of The Sea ex Heaven And Earths Midnight Rain
Came to the line at 12:48 pm.
Right Bird - Ruby had a nice line into the water. Exiting, she went straight up to the guns and to the top of the hill. She turned left and came back down to get her bird.
Left Bird - The handler picked the dog up.
NFC-AFC Windy City's Mighty Mouse QAA ex FC-AFC Chopper's Final Approach
Right Bird - M veered right around the water and out to get her bird.
Left Bird - M got into the pond then quickly squared on the exit. She took a straight angle up the hill to the bird.
FC-AFC Wood River's Mr Big ex Snake River Quacking Aspen
Right Bird - Tucker had a great angle through the pond and up the hill. Getting a little deep, he came back down to grab his bird.
Left Bird - He clipped the right corner of the pond, then ran up the hill towards the guns. Tucker circled behind them to come out left of the duck.
FC-AFC Mudslinger's Amazing Vision ex FC Vision Of Miss Rebarific
Right Bird - TJ came across the pond going straight up towards the guns. He got just deep, then turned and came back down left to the get his bird.
Left Bird - Getting the right side of the pond, TJ exit the water and went straight to the guns. He veered left that took him deep for a turn or two. He came back down left to get his duck.
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FC-AFC Good Idea's Have It Your Way ex Contender's Marina Del Rey MH
Right Bird - Boomer went across the pond and up the hill and under the arc. He turned left and worked his way to the bird.
Left Bird - He clipped the right corner of the pond, then went up to the wrong side of the guns. Boomer took 3 loops deep, but then worked his way down the far side to get his duck.
FC-AFC Tippecanoe's Cosmic Journey ex S & Y Sunrise Jetta
Git had a no go and was picked up by handler Rod Sage.
FC WBF's Man On The Stand ex Wyldfire's Whole Lotta Trouble JH
Right Bird - Great line across the water and up the hill to get her duck.
Left Bird - Houli took the right end of the pond. She then angled up the hill to a spot just deep of the fall. With a turn, she came back down to get her bird.
FC-AFC Drake's Bay Parting Of The Sea ex Heaven And Earths Midnight Rain
Right Bird - Link went across the pond, coming out under the arc. She quickly turned to get her bird.
Left Bird - Excellent line down into the pond at an angle. She got out and went up the hill straight to her bird.
2017 NDC Maplepond Great Expectation “Tug”, BLM
2017
NDC Handler: Jason Baker / Owner: Charles Bearden
NDC Maplepond Great Expectation was crowned the first National Derby Champion in 2017 handled by Jason Baker. Tug is still owned by Charles Bearden and finished his Derby career with 16 starts, 7 placements with 2 of them being 1st place. Tug’s last Derby start was the 2017 National Derby Championship. Through 2019, he was still competing in field trial events. He started 9 Qualifying stakes, placing 3 times, one being a 1st place. Tug also had one reserve jam and three other jams in those nine starts. He started in the All-Age competition having a total of 6 starts between the Open and Amateur.
FC-AFC Seaside's Gorgeous George ex Troublesome Canadian Huntress
Came to the line at 12:03 pm.
Right Bird - Clue went into the pond up the far side. Getting out to the left side, she went even with the bird, then made a quick right and went straight to it.
Left Bird - Excellent line across the pond and then Clue angled up the hill and she went straight to her bird.
AFC Bronx Bomber II ex Mill Pond Milly Mae
Right Bird - Loosey went down into the pond coming out under the arc. She went back to the left and got her duck.
Left Bird - She cut and squared the right corner of the pond coming up to the right of the guns. she took a loop behind them and then went out to get her bird.
Our first test dog, Labrador female "TC" with handler Mike Moroz came to the line at 11:40 am.
Right Bird - TC went down the hill and into the pond, exiting and going straight up the hill to get her duck.
Left Bird - Down the hill on an angle, TC came up the far side to the right of the guns. She looped deep then went tot he correct side of the guns and got her bird.
Our Golden male test dog, Marty with handler Roger Fuller came to the line.
Right Bird - Marty went down the hill and straight to this duck.
Left Bird - Going down the hill and into the water, as expected, he squared the exit sending himself up the wrong side of the guns. Half way up the hill, Marty took a hard left and went straight to the bird.
Test Two is a test with two ponds between the mat and the birds. There is a land bridge between the two ponds that angles to the left. Both birds are dead ducks with the first bird being a Drake and the second a Hen. The gunners have been instructed to stand until the dogs reach the water.
Bird #1 (Left Drake) is on far hillside to the left of mat. Two throwers man the station and throw this dead drake to the left. The bird is 190 yards from the line. The line to this bird will take the dog down a hill, across a small pond and up the far hill.
Bird #2 (Right Hen) a dead hen is to the right of the mat. These two gunners throw the hen to the left. The line to the this bird takes the dog down the hill, across a small pond with lily pads in the right corner. The bird lands 173 yards from the line.
31 dogs called back to the 2nd series are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32.
1 Dog dropped: #6
We will be starting the 2nd series with dog # 10.
Our first series of the 2020 National Derby Championship is completed at 10:58 am. We started with our first running dog #2 at 8:17 am. In the first hour of the series, we had 13 dogs complete the series when we had a gun change at 9:18 am after dog #14. The rest of the 19 dogs completed their series in 1 hour and 50 minutes. The average time per dog to complete the series was just over 5 minutes.
In this series we had 6 no-bird/re-runs and 1 pick-up. Five of the no-bird/re-runs happened after the gun change.
Our temps started at a brisk 43 degrees warming up over 10 degrees for a current temp of 57 degrees. However, the wind has also picked up with gust coming in at over 15 mph throughout the first series. Currently the wind is coming in from the south at 14 mph.
We will be back with the Callbacks to the Second Series shortly.
Dry Creeks Tru Blu (12/7/18) "Trudy," BLF, owner/handler George Metka
Flyer - Excellent Mark! Trudy came in just right of the fall, made a turn left and got it.
Memory Bird - Good line - BAM! Straight to the bird.
SouthWindz Worth Raving About (4/1/19) "Ravin," BLF, owner/handler Matt Miller
Flyer - Ravin came in under the arc and hunted left and right then got her bird.
Memory Bird - Nice line and made a quick job of getting this rooster.
Dry Creeks Tru Blu (12/7/18) "Trudy," BLF, owner/handler George Metka
Trudy and George got a 2nd no bird. They will have their re-run at the end.
TP's Little Minnie (2/6/19) "Nellie," YLF, handler Jason Baker
Flyer - Nellie went to the wide right side of the field. Hunting across the road and wide right, where she got out sight. Nellie came back into the area then was gone again. She had an extended hunt to get her rooster.
Memory Bird - Excellent Mark!
B Bizzy (3/10/19) "Bea," BLF, handler Seth Steenburgen
Completed her series at 10:41 am.
Flyer - Bea came in right of the bird. making two loops back towards the gunners she got her bird.
Memory Bird - She came on a line left of the guns where she hunted deep then moved right to where Bea quickly got her rooster.
Premier Retrievers Black Ops Special (4/27/19) "King," BLM, handler Christian Alt
Flyer - King went down the right side then cut in to the left to where he got his bird.
Memory Bird - Getting out to the left behind the guns, King turned back right and got the rooster.
SouthWindz Worth Raving About (4/1/19) "Ravin," BLF, owner/handler Matt Miller
Ravin and Matt received a no bird and will have their rerun at the end.
Rimfire's I'm Your Huckleberry (11/7/18) , "Huck," BLM, handler Rod Sage
Flyer - Huck grabbed this flapping bird on the run. Nice!
Memory Bird - Nice line to the area with a quick left turn and his bird.
Carlitta (12/7/218) "Carli," BLF, handler Luann Pleasant
Completed their series at 10:27 am
Flyer - Carli went down the right side of the field. She hunted right, then moved back towards the guns and got her bird.
Memory Bird - Nice Mark!
Dry Creeks Tru Blu (12/7/18) "Trudy," BLF, owner/handler George Metka
Trudy & owner/handler George received a no bird. They will have their rerun at the end.
Toplines Everlasting Rock (10/12/18) "Rocky," BLM, handler Marc Patton
Completes his series at 10:20 am.
Flyer - Rocky went out to the area right of the fall. He hunted and got it his bird.
Memory Bird - Excellent Mark! Rocky went straight to his rooster.
Mack's Ripper's Ace (1/14/19) "Rip," BLM, handler Clint Avant
Flyer - Rip went out to the area where he made a few turns in a small area and got his rooster.
Memory Bird - Straight to get his rooster.
Premier Retrievers Black Ops Special (4/27/19) "King," BLM, handler Christian Alt
King and Christian received a no bird and will rerun in the seventh spot back.
Juice Induced (1/8/19) "Colt," BLM, handler Shawn Sims
Completed his series at 10:12 am
Flyer - Colt had an Excellent line and went straight to his flyer
Memory Bird - A second Excellent line and mark!
SouthWindz Won't Tucker Out (3/1/19), "Tucker," BLM, owner/handler Matt Miller
Completed the series at 10:06 am
Flyer - Flopping - Tucker hunted on right side of the field then moved left to get his rooster
Memory - He came in on the right side then Tucker quickly turned towards the gunners and his bird.
Last Chance To Rebel (10/26/18) "Chance," YLM, co-owner/handler Jason Smith
Flyer - Came in just right of the bird, Chance made a quick left turn and stepped on the rooster.
Memory Bird - Excellent line and mark!
Seaside's The Saint (11/7/18) "Simon," BLM, handler Jason Baker
Simon completed his series at 9:58 am.
Flyer - Simon had a perfect line to his bird.
Memory Bird - Simon came in to the left of the guns, then crossed behind them and went straight to the bird.
