We traveled to TN for our last event before Evie has her babies, and Fleura ran hard as usual. She was BOB Sunday, and then ran off with the Pharaoh Hound, Saluki, Whippet, Ridgeback and Ibizan for Best in Field, and walked away with her sixth fancy ribbon. This ultimately gave her the necessary 40 points to finish her ASFA Field Championship. We also enjoyed meeting her sister, Fera, who is sweet as can be.
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We had a great time at the 2019 Beezer Bash. We were able to visit with many friends and cheer on dozens of dogs getting new titles. Dean, Evie and Aiden were all entered in the show and won their respective classes. Evie finished her ASFA Field Championship on the first day with a respectable 2nd place. Dean added some LCM points and Evie and Niko both added LCX points. Dean made a strong showing in the LGRA racing, but was barely bumped out of the points after coming in fourth during the final high point race. Fenix won the (highly contested and coveted) Turtle award. :) I believe Dean finished 5th overall out of 22 dogs. I was very proud of everyone! Arras and Fleura had a great time visiting and Fleura had a nice puppy run and started box training. She took right to it.
The Beezers had great fun running over Memorial Day yet again in Canon, GA. Dean finished his ASFA Field Championship the first day, winning Open - this was his third ASFA weekend. Niko ran great both days and was second in Field Champions both days, getting a strong start on his LCM. Evie was in the placements both days, earning another 30 points toward her Field Championship.
The hounds had a big weekend in Conyers, GA during the IHCUS Supported Memorial Day weekend trials. We had four days of all breed trials and two days of Specialties taking place in the evenings of two trial days. The trial had to be swapped from Fairburn to Conyers, GA pretty last minute due to rain and a wedding at the previous venue making the roads impassable. Everyone rolled with the change well, and the show went on. Unfortunately, the field was pretty brutal on feet and much of the Ibizan entry ended up with blown pads. However, it was still a successful weekend for the hounds! Evie debuted in Singles on Friday and finally realized what all the coursing excitement was about. She ran well, and got more sure of her body with each run. I ended up certifying her with Jason the next day and entering her in the ASFA All Breed trial, where she picked up her first 18 points. Unfortunately, she blew a pad during the Prelim run of the Specialty later in the day and it was bad enough she had to be scratched from the rest of the weekend. It was a bummer, but still overall a successful start for her. Dean was a star this weekend, picking up 36 ASFA points over three days and two AKC majors and a total of 8 AKC points, putting him at needing only a single point to finish his AKC Field Championship in just two weekends. He also finished his Senior Courser title and won the AKC Breeder Stake with his cousin, Sol, for Kamar Ibizans. Aiden ran in his usual solid manner throughout the entire trial, and picked up some more ASFA points. He is now at 71 points, so 3/4 finished with his title. Unfortunately, Aiden was recently quite sick and he vomited at one point during the final day and I scratched him. He seemed to be feeling fine at the time, and is still seemingly fine but I would rather be safe. However, Aiden and Dean did compete in every part of the event and won an "Iron Beezer" prize. Jason amazed me throughout the entire event. He won Veterans the first day for a number of points toward his V-FCh. During the ASFA Specialty, I had entered him in Field Champions to help boost points, and did not expect him to be competitive, but he surprised me by taking second place! He earned more points toward his LCM, which I had not really expected him to do. He also won the ASFA Kennel Stake with Niko. He took a day off on Sunday but came back strong on Monday to win Veterans both AKC trials for a total of 9 points, and he represented in the BOB when Niko was unable to run due to blown pads. He had a very nice run, especially for a Veteran! I'm so proud of how well he did. He won the High Scoring Veteran award, which was a very sweet prize in honor of a friend's dog who recently passed away. Niko brought home the big prizes. He had a reasonable start the first day, bringing in some ASFA points, and then blew a pad the second day. Despite this, he continued to be sound and ran heavily wrapped for the rest of the day and the ASFA Specialty. He ended up finishing his ASFA Field Championship and also won the ASFA Performance Stake and the ASFA Kennel Stake with Jason. He took Sunday off to heal and rest and came back out for the AKC Specialty. He continued to be sound, so he ran heavily wrapped and ended up winning Open for his last major, to finish his AKC Field Championship and Dual Champion title. Unfortunately, during his final run he whacked his hurt toe pad and split it open just enough to hurt. He was mildly lame when I walked him before BOB and I ended up pulling him from the run off. He also won the AKC Performance Stake again and was the Best Ibizan Male in the overall event! I'm so proud of him for hanging in there. He's come a very long way from the dog who had no interest in coursing for a whole year! |
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