Nationals Recap
Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by admin in Field Trial News
The Snake Breaks Bird Dog Express made it back home from Nationals late Saturday night. Found a few Mearn’s quail in AZ and warmed up for a couple days before completing the trek back from chilly Ardmore, OK.
The dogs did a good job, overall I was quite pleased.
Grau Geist Buk Naked Tiger Lily “Lily,” a bitch owned by Michael and Lisa Hodges from Indiana won the Field Futurity with a fine effort to put us in the pink (the color of ribbons for the Futurity winner). Lily was bred by Dick and Mary Wilber of Lubbock, TX. Her dam is Grau Geist’s Buck Naked, and her sire is GRB’s Hearty Burgundy owned and bred by Gina Bosio. Congratulations to both sire and dam owners for a fine breeding!
Grau Geist's Buk Naked Tiger Lily wins the National Field Futurity
Lady Luck didn’t smile on my big-running Getty dog. She had judges and the entire gallery sitting high in the saddle in both the NFC and the NAFC but was lost on course at about 45 minutes in the open championship after having one nice covey find. She failed to find birds in the NAFC even though the judges and handler Dick Wilber were praying to the field trial gods for it. The best dog doesn’t always win at Ardmore, the best of the fortunate dogs do.
FC Saga's JP Getty von Reiteralm with Holly McKnight, December 2009
As you can see, Getty is not only a dog that catches people’s eyes in the field, but she is a beautiful dog to boot. Co-owner Virginia Alexander says, “Getty is solidly built and not overdone structurally in any way. An easy to live with personality at home, but with brains and prey drive that is able to catch on fire when the game is birds.”
Our week ended with Rocky’s nice third place finish in the National Derby. She is owned by Jack Altura and bred by Myron and Debra Meifert.
Westend's Outdoor Pocket Rocket - 3rd Place National Derby
The first field trial of the season is January 8 out at Castle Butte followed by two more trials in January and trials every weekend in February.
