Sunday, March 20, 2016

Round 3 and Round 4

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 ...