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.
I'll Have Another (12/23/18) "Ace," BLM, co-owner/handler James Roberts
Flyer - Ace went down the right side and crossed the road. Taking one loop he came back towards the guns and straight to his bird.
Memory Bird - Direct line to the rooster.
Oklahoma's Sooner Be Tatum (11/18/18) "Tatum," BLF, owner/handler David Graf
Completed her series 9:50 am
Flyer - Tatum came in right, down wind of the fall. She then went straight into the fall area and got her bird.
Memory Bird - Once again came in on the down wind side of the this rooster. Tatum quickly got her rooster.
Davis's Red Eye Ruby (10/12/18) "Ruby," BLF, handler Dakota Mealer
Flyer - Long bird - Ruby went straight to the fall and got her rooster.
Memory Bird - Ruby put her nose right on this rooster - Perfect Line!
Third Creek's Miss Money Penny (4/2/19) "M," BLF, owner/handler Lori Morgan
Came to the line at 9:39 am.
Flyer - M went out wide right and got out of sight. She came back into the fall area and got her bird.
Memory Bird - M went straight to her bird.
SouthWindz Won't Tucker Out (3/1/19), "Tucker," BLM, owner/handler Matt Miller
Tucker and Matt received a No Bird and will have their rerun in the 7th spot back.
Mudslinger's Teerific Vision (2/12/19) "TJ," YLM, handler Clint Avant
Completed his series at 9:34 am.
Flyer - Long bird - TJ went up on the right side and then crossed the road. He came back across then went out to his bird.
Memory Bird - TJ went out to the fall area and quickly found his bird.
Steadfast John Bates Cork Of Winchester (3/17/19) "Boomer," BLM, co-owner/handler Christian Alt
Came to the line at 9:26 am
Flyer - Boomer stopped just short of the bird for a quick hunt. He then quickly went in and got his bird.
Memory Bird - Perfect line to quickly snatch up his rooster.
Our first gun change of the day came at 9:18 am after dog #14 completed his test.
We have had 1 no-bird with dog #4 and he already completed his re-run seven spots back after dog #10. We also had dog #6 pick up.
Seems like the trouble bird has been the flyer, but all in all we have seen some pretty good runs of this first series Land Double w/ Rooster Flyer and Dead Rooster.
Our next dog up is # 15 Boomer with co-owner/handler Christian Alt.
Tippecanoe's Go Went Gone (3/5/19) "Git," BLM, handler Rod Sage
Came to the line at 9:14 am
Flyer - Git took the right side of the field going out, then adjusted his line to the left and got his rooster.
Memory Bird - Getting out to the guns, Git cut left and came around them. He hunted wide right for a turn then went back to his bird.
GUN CHANGE followed...
Hot Lips Houlihan (1/23/19) "Houli," CLF, owner/handler Delana Potter-Meiers
Flyer - Houli went straight to her bird.
Memory Bird - Just like the flyer, Houli went straight to this rooster as well.
Green Rivers Unchained (10/12/18) "Link," BLF, handler Marc Patton
Finished her test at 9:09 am
Flyer - Long bird - Link went out to the area and crossed the road. She cam back in and got her bird.
Memory Bird - She came in left of the guns, then moved to the correct side where she took a large loop and got her bird.
Troublesome Seaside Mystery (11/7/18) "Clue," BLF, handler Jason Baker
Flyer - Clue started her hunt just short of the bird. She quickly moved and got it.
Memory Bird - Getting wide left of the guns and then deep for hunt, Clue came back to the correct side of the guns, then popped. She re-established her hunt and got her rooster.
The temps are raising as we are at 48 degrees, however, it still feels like 43. The has increased coming in from the SSE at 11 MPH with gust up to 15 MPH.
Croc's Appetite For Destruction, (4/27/19) "Axl," BLM, handler Christian Alt
Flyer - Axl came in up wind of the bird. Some quick turns moved him out to the right where he grabbed his bird.
Memory Bird - Axl took a line that brought him behind the guns. He came back right and out to the fall area where he got his bird.
BRF The Goose Got Loose (9/13/19) "Loosey," BLF, owner/handler Gary Kavan
Flyer - Loosey came in short of the fall and started to hunt. Going both left and right, with a very extended hunt she got her bird.
Memory Bird - Loosey went out to the gunners then to her bird.
Topbrass Flying Redd Hawk Of Mtn Sky (12/17/18) "Redd," GM, owner/handler Wayne Dorband
Flyer - Redd went in right of the bird, but with a quick turn he scooped it up.
Memory Bird - Making a straight line, Redd went right to his bird.
Blue Oyster Rush (1/3/19) "Rush," BLM, owner/handler Pamela King
Flyer - Rush went straight to the area and missed the bird. Taking a few quick turns he got back to his bird.
Memory - Great line to the fall area and Rush quickly grabbed his bird.
Legacys Coal-Fired Simmer Down (11/3/18) "Ash," BLM, handler Cynean Bartlett
Flyer - Ash came in under the arc, but then turned back to the hunt area to get his bird.
Memory Bird - He got out behind the guns, then took a turn to get back to the front where Ash got his bird.
Enchanted Codebreaker "Cody," BLM, owner/handler James Roberts
Flyer - Drove to the fall area and curved to the left into the bird - Nice.
Memory Bird - Cody went down the hill and behind the guns for a loop. He got back to the front side where he established a hunt, but then switched to the flyer. His handler had to pick Cody up.
Wilson's Duck Farm Tucker (2/12/19) "Tucker," BLM, handler: Clint Avant
Came to the line at 8:28 am
Flyer - Out in front of the guns, Tucker took a few turns to get his bird.
Memory Bird - Tucker had a perfect line to the bird!
Croc's Appetite For Destruction, (4/27/19) "Axl," BLM, Christian Alt
Came to the line at 8:26 am
Axl and handler Christian Alt received a No Bird. Per the no bird rule, they will move back 6 spots and have their rerun in the 7th spot back.
Lone Star's Ramblin Randy (10/26/18) "Randy", Owner/Handler David Graf
Came to the line at 8:22 am.
Flyer - Long high flyer - Randy went out to the area and started a hunt short of the bird. Moving back and forth across a road and out of sight. Randy then came back into the test area and got his bird.
Memory Bird - Randy went out in front of the guns making two large loops and scooped up his bird.
Ford's Take A Chance On Me (3/1/19) "Chance", BLM, Owner/Handler Lawrence Ford
Came to the line at 8:17 am
Flyer - Good line with one short loop just short of the bird. Chance moved a little deeper and got his bird.
Memory Bird - He went down the terraces then straight out to get his bird.
Our first test dog KC Back To The Future (10/2/18) "Marty" Golden Retriever Male, came to the line with owner/handler Roger Fuller came to the line at 7:58 am.
Flyer - Marty went straight to the fall area, then started a hunt deep and to the right. Taking several loops he came back to his bird.
Memory Bird: He came in right of the fall area, then looped back to the left and on his bird.
Our second test dog Just A Tubb Of Croc's "TC" Labrador Female came to the line with owner/handler Mike Moroz at 8:05 am.
Flyer: Straight to the fall area and on her bird.
Memory Bird: Direct line to her bird.
Good Morning and Welcome to the 4th running of the National Retriever Derby Club 2020 National Championship on the beautiful grounds of Bob & Barbara Hayden's property, Wood Dale Farms in Sedalia, MO.
Our morning temps is a brisk 43 degrees, with a high of a nice 73 degrees. Currently there is only a 10% chance of rain today and we have a SSE wind at 9 mph.
The First Series will consist of a land double with a Rooster Flyer and a Dead Rooster. The test dogs will come to the line at 7:45 am and the first running dog will be at 8:00 am.
There are going to be special procedures on the line. You must wear a mask through all three holding blinds and can only take it off when it is your turn to run. When the dog brings back the first bird, you must place it on the bird rack. If the bird is not dispatched, you must hand it to a gloved steward.
The No-Bird policy will be:
The first no-bird; go back 6 birds and run seventh
The second no-bird; go back 6 birds and run seventh
The third no-bird; go to the end
This year's starting dog is #2! Owned and handled by Lawrence Ford: Ford's Take A Chance On Me.
The rotation is determined as: 2, 10, 18 and 26. The catalog outlines the starting number after that. There will be a a gun change after the fifteenth running dog. Note: No dog will be first to run in two different series.
As always, here is our test post to make sure all equipment is in good working order so we can bring you all the excitement and happenings here at the 2020 NRDC Championship! We will be starting shortly!
The National Derby Club General Meeting was called to order at just after three o'clock pm by NRDC President Michael Robicheaux who welcomed everyone to the Fourth Annual National Derby Championship. The opening ceremonies started with the assembled group reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Mike called for a moment of silence for those people and dogs who passed away during the last year.
The 2020 National Derby Board of Directors were introduced:
President Michael Robicheaux from Breaux Bridge, LA
First Vice President Jeff Schuett from Oconomowoc, WI
Second Vice President Don Fregelette from Erie, CO
PRTA Director Becky Eckett from Centerview, MO
Secretary-Treasurer John Stracka from Verona, WI
Michael Robicheaux told the crowd that it was not an easy decision for the board to decide to put on this event. When the decision was made to move forward with the event, Bill Woodson was given the task of contacting each qualifier. He questioned them about their intentions of running the 2020 NRDC Championship. This gave the Board encouragement and the fortitude to carry on.
Dr. Jeff Schuett, DVM has been tasked with being the COVID Coordinator. He read aloud the provided COVID protocol so that it was clearly understood by all in assemblance. He cautioned that if anyone felt sick during any part of the event to come and see him.
NRDC President Robicheaux pointed out that everyone had received the minutes from last year, plus a financial statement. There were motions to approve which were seconded and that part of the proceedings was complete.
The announcement was made that Mike will be replaced by Rita Jones as the new Southern Regional board member.
The following positions for the next Championships are as follows:
The Judges will be Richard Dresser/Northern Region; Robby Bickley/Southern Region; and Missi Bell/Western Region Judge.
The Chairman will Betsy Broyd and the Chief Marshal will be Mike Lardy. The dates will be October 11th through the 15th and the event will be held at the same location on Bob and Barbara Hayden's Wood Dale Farm.
Don English, was presented with a beautiful painting of last year's winner, NDC Spark Your Enthusiasm, "Mona," courtesy of the Hayden's. He made a lovely speech telling the crowd how this win had impacted his life both professionally and personally over the last year.
Mike Robicheaux went on to acknowledge and thank the sponsors. He presented Ray Voigt from Purina with a token of their appreciation. We were asked to thank the sponsors as we see them during the week. The landowners for the pre-National training grounds were thanked.
Russ Reavis and Greg Lister were the AKC reps on hand for this event. Mike went on to acknowledge the Retriever News for their help before, during and after the event. The RN Team consists of Tina Styan, Gwen Jones and Becky Eckett. He also announced Richard Chavez as the Official Announcer and Deana Wolfe as the Official Photographer.
The Judges were announced and received their individual cooler bags, thermoses and other goodies:
Frank Purdy Northern Region from Dowling, MI
Robert Elias Southern Region from Baton Rouge, LA
John Robinson Western Region from Kalispell, MT
Special appreciation gifts were awarded to the following:
Bill Woodson as the Chairman of the 2020 Event
John Stracka for all his hard work for this club
Robert and Barbara Hayden for their support and generosity
Sue George received a special statue for recognition of her and Bobby George’s support of the organization.
A brief presentation was made by personnel from Retrieving Freedom describing their efforts in training and placing dogs with veterans and autistic children They have placed over 100 dogs in their nine years of existence. They placed 28 teams at no cost to their clients because of the generous support they receive, especially from the Hayden's.
It was announced that there would be no Cocktail or Workers' Parties due to social gathering restrictions.
Chief Marshal Mitch Patterson came up to give the policies and procedures for this year's event. He began by thanking the workers who helped during set-up week. The judges set-up 28 tests: 14 land and 14 water.
The First Series will consist of a land double with a Rooster Flyer and a Dead Rooster. The test dogs will come to the line at 7:45 am and the first running dog will be at 8:00 am.
It was recommended that you tune to channel 16 on your radio to stay apprised of the running order by Marshal Coordinator Sue Metka.
There are going to be special procedures on the line. You must wear a mask through all three holding blinds and can only take it off when it is your turn to run. When the dog brings back the first bird, you must place it on the bird rack. If the bird is not dispatched, you must hand it to a gloved steward.
Another note, from today going forward, the training grounds would be first-come first served.
The No-Bird policy will be:
The first no-bird; go back 6 birds and run seventh
The second no-bird; go back 6 birds and run seventh
The third no-bird; go to the end
FT Bill Woodson had spent Kent Cartidges stuffed with the dog numbers. He had Sue George select the shell and then the starting dog was revealed: This year's starting dog is #2! Owned and handled by Lawrence Ford: Ford's Take A Chance On Me. The NRDC presented Mr. Ford with a special basket of Cajun goodies for being the first dog to run
The rotation is determined as: 2, 10, 18 and 26. The catalog outlines the starting number after that. There will be a a gun change after the fifteenth running dog. Note: No dog will be first to run in two different series.
The meeting was then adjourned and folks met with their committee chairs. The bitch check was held down by the lake.
Good morning from Sedalia, Missouri! The judges are setting up the tests for next week's Derby National at the time of this writing. It's a little drizzly here today, but the weather looks fair and stellar for next week.
Sunday's meeting will be held at the Hayden Test Grounds. There is an event tent set up behind Bob and Barbara's house. (Between the house and the lake) The meeting starts at 3 pm. Please come a little early as there may be some protocols which will slow up the process of entering the area and getting settled.
We look forward to welcoming you to the area and wish your team all the best for the coming week. See you soon!
This video was taken on a training property in the Ronan, Montana area. Pam and her group are pre-training two Derby dogs … "Carlie" trained and handled by Luann Pleasant and "Blue Oyster Rush," owned loved and handled by Pamela King.
Thanks for sending in this pre-training video to share Pam King! We are packing up and heading to Sedalia for the National Derby that is coming up in just a few days! We hope to see you all there! ~Retriever News Team