5th Series Recap

Tuesday, June 18 – Thursday, June 20, 2024

5th Series – Land / Water Quad

84 Dogs Started this Series

Test Dogs started out this series on Tuesday morning at 7:19 am, beginning with "Rett" and then "Brannagh." This series ended up taking 3 days to complete due to high temps during the day. Officials had to shut down the test on both Tuesday and Wednesday early for the safety of the dogs running. There was a single test dog on each Wednesday and Thursday mornings

The first running dog of this series was #15 FC-AFC SUSITNA’S SUMMER SOLSTICE MH QA2, “Sunny,” with handler Michael Black. They came to the line at 7:58 am on Tuesday morning.

The weather on all 3 days of this series was very hot and sunny or mostly sunny with highs going well into the 90s. There was Excessive Heat Warnings in effect during the day, which made this test extra challenging to get through.

Here is how things turned out for this challenging 5th Series …
No-Bird / Re-Run (8): 43 – 46 – 58 – 59 – 67 – 74 – 94 – 98
Handles (35): 2 – 6 – 10 – 16 – 17 – 21 – 23 – 25 – 27 – 28 – 30 – 31 – 32 – 34 – 36 – 37 – 38 – 41 – 42 – 44 – 45 – 46 – 47 – 55 – 61 – 62 – 64 – 58 – 72 – 76 – 79 – 80 – 86 – 95 – 98
Double Handles (7): 9 – 20 – 33  – 50 – 53 – 69 – 71

Pick-Ups (17): 3 – 5 – 8 – 12 – 14 – 15 – 19 – 40 – 48 – 57 – 70 – 74 – 87 – 90 – 92 – 94 – 97 

Scratches (0): 

Our last running dog for this Series was dog #14 FC-AFC SEASIDE’S SMARTY JONES, “Smarty,” with handler Derek Smith. They completed the test on Thursday, June 20th at 11:11 am.

84 dogs were sent from the line in this series, taking a total of 14 hours and 7 minutes, which averages out to be just about 10 minutes per dog. 

We will be moving on to the 6th Series shortly!