BEHIND THE LINE – SCRAPBOOK DAY 1

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First Day of the National Derby Championship …

Grace Goodwin sings the National Anthem

Karl Gunzer from Purina with handler Wayne Stupka

Jeff Lyons signals the gunners

The Marshal's tent

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Workers' Party:

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

6:30 pm, Best Western Headquarters in the upstairs banquet room.

Series 7 has been SCRAPPED

We have just been informed by the Field Trial Committee that this test has been scrapped.

This test will be started tomorrow starting with the same dog that started today – Dog # 44.

The Test dogs will run at 7:45 am with the first running dog at 8:00 am.

Have a good evening and rest up for the Workers' Party tonight at the Best Western headquarters hotel.

4. BAYOU TECHE PAINT THE BLACK, "Madduxx," LM, Glen Curtis

Madduxx and Glen came to the line at 3:11 pm.

Flyer - Long Bird - Madduxx went up through the cover, out to the area for a short hunt and returned with his bird.

Retired - He went through the cover, past the corn and mound. He went to the bush with the gunners and circled it. Hunted a little wide then he went deep right getting farther away. However, he came back and got his bird.

PICK UP - 3. CANDLEWOODS MEET MR OTIS, "Otis," LM, Rod Sage

Otis and Rod came to the line at 3:07 pm.

Flyer - Quick job of retrieving his bird.

Retired - Otis went through the cover, left of the mound to the bush. He turned and made a loop, then went to the side with the bird. He then left the area headed for the flyer and had to be picked up.

2. PEPPERJACK'S DEAL ME AN ACE, "Dealer," LM, Misty Melo

Dealer and Misty came to the line at 3:03 pm.

Flyer - Dealer went under the arc, came around and got the bird.

Retired - He went through the cover, skimmed the corn to the right of the tree. He went back to the mound and hunted the corn, but then worked his way out to the area and to his bird.

PICK UP - 1. LEADING LADY OF THE PACK, "Lady," LF, Hunter Street

Lady and Hunter came to the line at 2:58 pm

Flyer - Good Job - right to the bird.

Retired - Lady got through the heavy cover and right of the mound. Going deep and back to the flyer...Picked Up

PICK UP - 44. MICKEY'S VICTORY RUN, "Harley," LM, Christian Alt

Harley and Christian came to the line at 2:53 pm.

Flyer - Harley came close to the front of the guns. He got a little deep, came back closer and got his bird.

Retired - He got through the heavy cover and around the mound....Picked Up

Test Dog - Seventh Test - Queen

Queen came to the line at 2:43 pm.

Flyer - Queen came in just under the arc, she turned right for a loop then back left to get her bird.

Retired - She went out through the cover, right of the mound to the top of the far hill. She had to be handled to her bird.

Series 7 - Test Dog - Zeke

Zeke came to the line at 2:32 pm.

Flyer – Zeke went straight to the bird.

Long Left –  Zeke stepped right on the bird.

Note: At this point, the long rooster pheasant was NOT retired.

Test 7 - Land Double with One Retired – SCRAPPED

The Seventh Series is a land double with one retired – SCRAPPED

The mat is on the left side of a mound facing a field that has an uphill slant.

The first bird is a is a dead rooster pheasant thrown angle back at 225 yards from the line. When the dog goes for the flyer the gunners will retire behind a large bush. The dog goes down the mound, through a moderate cover and between standing corn and a mound, then on to an area of heavy cover left of where the gunners retire.

Bird number two is a hen pheasant flyer. This bird is located straight in the front of the mat and shot to the right at 180 yards. The field has been stripped.

Callbacks To The Seventh

32 dogs have been called back to the 7th series, they are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44.

2 dogs were dropped, and they are 18 and 39. 

Dog # 44 starts the next series.

It's In The Books - Series 6

That a wrap on the 6th Series of the 2018 National Retriever Derby Championship with an official time of 1:45 pm!

We are waiting on callbacks and will post them as soon as get them.

35. HUNTERS CHOICE XX, "Archie," LM, Bill Goldstein

Archie and handler Bill came to the line at 1:36 pm for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Nice line out to the fall area and his mark was recovered quickly.

Long Left - Excellent place to get into the first pond. Archie circled in the middle of the pond then went back to the land bridge. He crossed the bridge and into the second piece of water. He swam towards the guns, then turning left he got his bird.

34. STILL WATERS PULLIN' THE PEACEMAKER, "Colt," LM, Clint Weitzel

Colt and Clint came to the line at 1:26 pm for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Nice Line - Colt came in a little wide left but turned right then left and got his bird.

Long Left - He angled across the field and swimming the first pond in line with the guns. He went out and over the land bridge and into the second pond on the same line towards the guns. He got to the tip of the land below the gunners then crossed over to the get his bird.

33. OLDSQUAW'S LITTLE RASCAL, "Rascal," LF, Frank Purdy

Rascal and Frank came to the line at 1:18 pm for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Excellent Mark!

Long Left - Good line through the field and the first pond. Rascal got over the land bridge and swam straight to her bird.

32. HOSTESS CITY'S SEASIDE TORNADO WARNING, "Windy," LF, Jason Baker

Windy and Jason came to the line for the running of their 6th test at 1:12 pm.

Right Bird - Windy went right to her bird and Front Footed It!

Long Left - She angled across the field and continued that angle swimming the first pond being parallel to the shore. She went out and over the land bridge, running some of it before she got back into the second piece of water where she went straight to her bird.

30. TEUFELHUND HALLS OF MONTEZUMA, "Zuma," LF, Buck Shope

Zuma and Buck came to the line at 1:03 am for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Excellent Mark!

Left Long - Nice line across the field and a good line in the first pond. Zuma went over the land bridge and into the second piece of water, straight to her bird.

27. BREEZY CHIRPING CRICKET, "Cricket," LF, Hunter Street

Cricket and Hunter came to the line for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Cricket went straight to her bird!

Long Left - She went across the field and on a nice line in the first pond that carried over the land bridge, through the second pond and straight to her bird.

Condition Update - 6th Series

Our temperature is now at 56 degrees with partly cloudy skies. Our wind is WSW at 16 MPH.

A bit chilly but we are still getting these dogs through their 6th test.

25. RAINWATERS ISAAC, "Ike," LM, Shawn Ward

Ike and Shawn came to the line for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Ike crossed the pond in good fashion, hooked the guns and got his bird.

Long Left - He had a good angle across the field and through the first pond. He went over the land bridge still continuing a good line to the bird. He then changed his angle and docked in front of the guns, hooked them and started to hunt behind them. He got back into the water and got his bird.

24. GET SUM MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE, "Max," LM, Jason Baker

Max and Jason came to the line to run their 6th test.

Right Bird - Max went straight to the fall area and missed the bird. He had a small hunt and got it.

Long Left - He angled across the field and through the first pond. He went over the land bridge and into the second pond to the fall are in the lilies and got his bird.

22. BAYOU-STAR FLEURTY GIRL, "Fleurt," LF, Suzan Caire

Fleurt and Suzan came to the line to run there 6th test.

Right Bird - Excellent line all the way to this bird.

Long Left - Fleurt went into the water, crossed over the land bridge in the middle of the pond. She went through the second pond, and got up the hill behind the gunners. She quickly came back into the pond and swam to her bird.

21. TECHE'S BAYOU KAT, "Kate," LF, Wayne Stupka

Kate and Wayne came to the line to run their 6th test.

Right Bird - Excellent job on the retrieve of this bird.

Long Left - Good line into the second pond. He got out on the land bridge and ran left then back in the water straight to his bird.

20. SWIFT RIVERS JEFFERSON MONTICELLO, "Jefferson," LM, Buck Shope

Jefferson and Buck got to the line to run their 6th test.

Right Bird - Nice Job - Jefferson went straight to the fall area then to his bird.

Long Left - Good line through the pond and over the land bridge. He swam to the point below the gunners and pushed off to get his bird.

19. TOP LINE RANGER LEADS THE WAY, "Ranger," LM, Marc Patton

Ranger and Marc came to the line at 11:55 am.

Right Bird - Excellent line to the bird.

Long Left - He angled across the field and through the first pond. He got over the land bridge and into the second pond. He went over the tip of the point in front of the guns then up on the land behind them for a brief hunt. He worked his way back to get his bird.

PICK UP - 18. BLACK LABS MATTER II, "Brody," LM, John Schneider

Brody and John came to the line at for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Brody went down the hill and over the right side of the island...then straight to get his bird.

Long Left - He had a nice angle down the hill clipping the left end of the trees. He took a hard right angle across the pond, got over the land bridge and into the second pond. He came out of the water wide right of the gunners to hunt the area. He ended up with very extended hunt. The guns were sent out to help pick up.

17. SLR'S BIG GREEN SMASH, "Hulk," LM, Glen Curtis

Hulk and Glen Curtis came to the line at for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Hulk's line from the mat to the fall area was nice. He took one loop and got his bird.

Long Left - He angled down the hill tight to the left of the trees. He swam to the land bridge in the middle of the pond. Swimming the second pond to the far side, lunging water past the gunners, he went up the hill by them and back down to the bird.

16. SEASIDE'S MOJO MOXY, "Boots," LF, Jason Baker

Boots and Jason came to the line at 11:27 am to run their 6th test.

Right Bird - Boots went straight to this bird and Drilled It!

Long Left - Nice line across the field and into the water. She went over the land bridge and off to the point with the gunners. She bounced off the point, turned left and went out to get her bird.

RERUN - 5. RAZOR'S BUCKSHOT, "Shooter," LM, Christian Alt

Shooter and Christian came to the line for their re-run on the 6th test at 10:17 am.

Right Bird - Shooter crossed the pond and got up on the bank in front of the guns. He made a quick turn and went to his bird.

Long Left - He angled into the first pond on a line towards the gunners. A few passes on the land bridge, he got back into the first pond. He got straighten out and in the second pond, then went straight to his bird.

15. COLONIAL'S WE WILL ROCK YOU, "Rocky," LM, Buck Shope

Rocky and Buck came to the line at 11:10 am for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Rocky skimmed the right side of the island as he swam towards the bird. He came in in front of the guns and got his bird.

Long Left - He had a nice angle across the field and first pond. He got over the land bridge and headed for the shore with gunners. He pushed off the bank and went straight to his bird.

14. BEAVER CREEK'S MAGIC WHITE LIGHTNING, "Madge," LF, Sol Semmler

Madge and Sol came to the line for their 6th series.

Right Bird - Madge went down the hill off the mat, left of the island. He drove up the back hill straight to her bird.

Long Left - She had a nice angle down the field and across the pond. She went over the land bridge and continued on a great line to the bird. Great Job.

13. IDAHO'S DUCK'S, BUCK'S & TRUCK'S, "Trucker," LM, Misty Melo

Trucker and Misty came to the line at 10:52 am for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Trucker took a straight line from the mat to his bird.

Long Left - He had a great line into the pond and kept the same angle crossing the pond and over the land bridge. He swam straight to the guns, took one loop and back into the water and over to his bird.

11. SWEETIE'S LITTLE DASH-A-RUE QAA, "Dash," LF, Alex Drent

Dash and Alex got to the line at 10:43 am.

Right Bird - Dash had a nice mark and went right to his bird.

Long Left - Dash carried her good line from entering the water, over the land bridge and reentry, all the way to her bird.

9. TEUFELHUND ARM BAR TAKEDOWN, "Rousey," LF, Buck Shope

Rousey and Buck came to the line at 10:37 am.

Right Bird - Rousey went straight to his bird.

Long Left - Nice angle into the pond, good line all through to his bird. - Perfect

6. TUCQUAN'S BEAUTY BEHIND THE MADNESS, "Bella," LF, Seth Steenburgen

Bella and Seth came to the line at 10:29 am.

Right Bird - Bella had a nice angle through the pond but squared getting out. She adjusted and went straight to the bird.

Long Left - She angled across the field and left of the trees. She got into the pond and took a right line away from the marks swimming hard right. She got over the land bridge and back to the left. She got out and hunted the with the gunners. She went back into the pond and swam to her bird.

Field Issue - 5. RAZOR'S BUCKSHOT, "Shooter," LM, Christian Alt

Shooter and Christian came to the line at for their 6th test.

Shooter will have rerun because of technical difficulty with the long bird.

4. BAYOU TECHE PAINT THE BLACK, "Madduxx," LM, Glen Curtis

Madduxx and handler Glen came to the line at 10:08 am for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Madduxx ran down and got into the pond, went straight to and up the bank to get his bird.

Long Left - He went to the right of the trees and into the first pond. He angled across it to get to the land bridge. He reentered the pond and swam to his bird.

3. CANDLEWOODS MEET MR OTIS, "Otis," LM, Rod Sage

Otis with handler Rod came to the line at 10:02 am to run their 6th test.

Right Bird - Otis took a direct line from the mat to his bird.

Long Left - He angled down the hill right of the trees. He entered the first pond on line to right of the guns. He went over the land bridge and adjusted his line more left which made him go straight to his bird.

Gun Change - Weather - Updates - 6th Series

Our first gun change for the 6th series happened at 9:55 am.

The skies are cloudy with a WSW wind at 13 MPH. The temperature is at 57 degrees.

These young dogs are doing this test in multiple ways. The judges are going to have a lot to look at with this test!

2. PEPPERJACK'S DEAL ME AN ACE, "Dealer," LM, Misty Melo

Dealer and Misty came to the line at 9:50 am.

Right Bird - Dealer got in water left of the trees and turned straight to the bird. - Excellent

Long Left - He ran the shore to the end then swam to the land bridge. He went over the bridge on a good line. He swam almost to the guns then took a hard left to get his bird.

1. LEADING LADY OF THE PACK, "Lady," LF, Hunter Street

Lady and Hunter came to the line at 9:41 am.

Right Bird - Lady angled across the pond to get out to the right of the guns. She hooked behind them and straight to her bird.

Left Long - Nice angle into the pond, she squared getting on the land bridge. Nice reentry into the second pond. She swam to the tip of the point with the guns, then pushed off and swam to the bird.

44. MICKEY'S VICTORY RUN, "Harley," LM, Christian Alt

Harley and Christian came to the line at 9:33 am.

Right Bird - Harley had a nice line across to the bird - Good Job.

Long Left - A great angle across the land that carried the left end of the pond. He ran to the end of the land bridge, over the right edge of the island to the far shore and up on the land. He got back into the water and got his bird.

43. BEAVER RUNS RAYMOND FOR SHERIFF, "Raymond," LM, Leigh Windham

Raymond and Leigh came to the line at 9:25 am.

Right Bird - Raymond had a nice angle to bring him out and keeping him in front of the guns. A turn to the left and he got his bird.

Long Left - He angled down and got into the pond close to the trees. He squared out and crossed to the left side of the small island and onto the area behind the guns. A small hunt then back into the water he retrieved his bird.

42. WILD WINGS SHUT UP AND HOLD ON, "Tobi," LF, Jimmie Darnell

Tobi and Jimmie came to the line at for their 6th test.

Right Bird - Tobi had a nice entry into the pond. When she landed she took a left and made one loop to get her bird.

Long Left - Nice line across the field into the pond. She squared getting out of the water but had a good angle on reentry from the land bridge. She swam to the tip of the point then went left to get her bird.

41. NO SLACK, "Tight," LF, Jason Baker

Tight and Jason came to the line at 9:07 am.

Right Bird - Tight crossed the hill and angled the pond to go straight to her bird.

Long Left - Nice angle down to left of the trees, she crossed the first pond right of the line. Nice angle change as she crossed the land bridge, she squared the second pond and came out right of the guns. She hunted wide right and back into the water but got to the land again. She finally worked it out and got her bird.

40. SWIFT RIVER'S BACK IN TIME, "Marty," LM, Buck Shope

Marty and Buck came to the line at 9:00 am.

Right Bird - Nice angle down the hill and across the pond. Marty got up the bank and straight to his bird.

Left Long - Another nice angle down to the pond staying left of the trees. He swam hard left to the end of the pond. He went over the land bridge and into the second pond and swam straight to his bird.

39. SKYWATCH HIGH PLAINS LAWDOG, "Virgil," LM, Ray Vreeland

Virgil and Ray came to the line at 8:51 am.

Right Bird - Virgil had a nice angle down the hill. He squared the shore hooking the guns and went straight to his bird.

Long Left - He had a nice angle across the field and into the first pond. He squared the land bridge and went straight across to the land, hunting behind the guns he got back into the water and found his bird.

37. ROCKET'S HOTTER THAN A CHIMNEY FIRE, "June," LF, Christian Alt

June and Christian came to the line at 8:43 am.

Right Bird - June went down the hill and angled the pond to go straight to her bird.

Long Left - Angling across the field to the left of the trees, June had a nice angled swim across the pond. She went over the land bridge by running left to the end and into the second pond. She went straight to the fall area and to her bird.

36. SEASIDES GOT TO GET UP AND TRY, "Pink," LF, Robbie Knutson

Pink and Robbie came to the line at 8:36 am.

Right Bird - Pink crossed the field and down the hill. She crossed the water and angled left up the shore to get her bird.

Left Long - She went across the field and left of the trees. She got into the pond, squared as swam cross it. Then she went over the land bridge and had a good left turn entry into the second pond - Excellent. When approaching the gunners she decided to stay left in the water and went straight to her bird.

Test Dog - 6th Series - Zeke

Zeke came to the line at 8:23 am.

Right Bird - Zeke went down the hill and across the water staying in front of the gun and went straight to his bird.

Long Left  - He crossed the field, left of the trees and went across the first pond. He went over the land bridge and up behind the guns to get back in the water and to his bird.

***Delay - Visibility

After the first test dog "Queen" attempted the 6th test, about 8:00 am the judges announced they would have a delay before "Zeke," the second test dog, would run so visibility could improve.

It's is a misty foggy morning with the temps at 64 degrees. The wind is at the handlers back between 10-15 MPH.

Test Dog - Series 6 - Queen

Queen came to the line at 7:49 am.

Right Bird - Queen swam towards the guns and hooked them. She had a small hunt and got her bird.

Long Left - She took a line across the field and right of  a group of trees on the shore. The correct line is left of these trees to keep the dog from hitting land early and missing the mark in the water.  Visibility was poor and the gunners had to help. She was recalled.

**The judges announced a delay for the 2nd test dog to wait for the visibility to improve.

Rain Delay

We ran the first Test Dog, Queen and then the rain started to come down. We all headed for the shelter of our tents or trucks and the Judges decided to suspend the Field Trial until the conditions cleared and the visibility improved.

Sixth Series – Water Double

The Sixth Series is a water double. The mat is on the side of the landowner's technical pond looking out towards the water. The dog will face multiple ponds, points, and land bridges. The left hand long  bird will be thrown left. The gunners stand on a point 285 yards from the line. The duck will land in the lilies out in the water. The line to this bird will take the dog across a field into a pond, swim across the pond, over a land bridge and into a second pond. The dog must swim towards an island and not the guns to get the bird. The right hand go bird is at 115 yards, thrown left angle back. The dog will go down the hill and into the pond. They will swim across a small corner of the pond to the bird.

The judges had considered doing a triple for this test, but decided to remove the flyer station.

Left Long Station – 285 yards

Right Gun Station –112 yards

Welcome to Day Three of the National Derby

Today's conditions have deteriorated quite a bit from yesterday. The high temp for today is RIGHT NOW at approximately 65 degrees. Later, the temperature will drop by the hour into the fifties and we are expecting a chance of showers. That "chance" is happening right now and it is extremely overcast, so please bear with us as we bring you the coverage of this Second Annual Derby National.