BevLive: Soldier Hollow, Day Three

Bev Lambert has graciously agreed to join the sheepdogtrials blogging party! 🙂

Heather asked for my blog on the day’s events. It was an anxious day for me and I imagine for Amanda as well. We both had dogs that had not managed to make it into the final on their first runs. Always more fun if you can watch the trial from the comfort of a first day qualification.

Amanda ran Monty early and scored an 85 which at first appeared to be a dangerous score as Shauna Gourley laid down a stunning run with a score of 90. It turned out to be a long while before anyone beat Shauna.

Amanda had a scorching run with Dory. Not only did they smoothly run the course but managed it in record time and earned the highest score ever at Soldier Hollow, a 97.

At the end of the day Joe and I achieved a much better partnership than in our Saturday run, with a score of 92. Happy day, as that ended up third behind Amanda and a later run by Ron Enzeroth and Mick.

Lovely to have both my dogs in the double lift. It’s an extremely formidable field this year. I think any of the competitors could win. A rare thing in a final such as this.

So a great dinner at the homestead and then the draw. Amanda is up 6 and 12. I’m 9 and 14.