Today team Sky ran the Hybrid round (consisting of two contacts), unfortunately an off course jump resulted in a score of 95 and Stephen thought that they were out of the running. He packed up and headed back to the hotel for a soak in the tub and to plan to explore Route 66. However, he never did get to make that road trip! Team Sky was called back for Round 4, the Challengers Class: ROUND 4 – CHALLENGERS CLASS
This class is open to the top 4 dogs within each jump height from Rounds 1, 2 and 3 that have not already gained
placement into the finals, providing they scored 100 in that round AND have two clean rounds out of the three rounds.
Each of the three rounds is reviewed independently. The dog that wins the Challengers Class (in each jump height)
will gain entry into the Finals, provided their score in the Challengers class is a 100.
Example: If dogs 1–4 from Round 1 are in the Finals, then the next 4 dogs in that Round are eligible for the
Challengers Class (provided they had scores of 100 in Round 1 and two clean rounds within Round 1, 2 and 3). Stephen dashed back to the venue while I tried to figure out when he was likely to run again ... all very exciting! Stephen and Sky were the penultimate dogs to run the Challengers Round but unfortunately dropped a bar in their haste to get as fast a time as they could.
What a wonderful time Team Sky had at NAC this year! Here is their Challengers Round ...
There will be an early start tomorrow morning for the Hybrid Round (like a really hard Time to Beat Course), Stephen and Sky will be the 28th team to run in Ring #3. Start time is 7.30am CDT so estimated run time is between 8.10am - 8.20am CDT. Here are all the important links again ...
Today (Friday 18th) was a warm-up for the NAC taking place over the weekend. This morning Sky and Stephen 'Team Sky' had a practice run where handlers were allowed to make up their own course and train in the ring. Sky was able to get a feel for the surface and equipment and let off some steam! This afternoon Team Sky competed in the ISC Sweepstakes ...
Tomorrow (Saturday 20th) is the official start of the NAC. Team Sky will compete in two events: JWW 24" in ring #2 - they are one of the last teams to run and expect to be on the line at around 10:30am CDT STD 24" in ring #4 - they are in group 2 and expect to run around 3pm CDT Here are all the important links again ... Live Streaming http://4leggedflix.com/live-stream/
