BevLive: Tabletop SDT, Day 4
Nice day. Some wind and cool but much the best day so far.
Cool and windy in Colorado
Finished the open around 3:30. Alan Mills and Sis won with far the best run of the trial. Ron Burkey and Carla King tied for second. Wilda Barr was 4th and Nel and I were fifth.
As predicted the sheep were very nice this morning. They were a bit heavy as the day went on but handled right, as Alan showed, they could be lovely.
After the open we ran two nurseries. The first was a smallish course with about a 200 yard outrun. This was the easiest nursery thus far and most of the dogs handled it. The sheep were pretty heavy for some of the young dogs unaccustomed to being questioned. Meg redeemed herself with a very respectable performance. Her first good run on the western sheep. Ron Burkey and Shadow had a great run to win the class.
Nursery Action
The second nursery was bigger with perhaps 300 yards on the outrun and a little bigger drive. The class was smaller with some handlers opting out of the second run. Joe had his best run thus far really handling the sheep and won the class. I was very pleased to see the top of his outrun opening up a bit and him really listening on the lift. What fun youngster he is.
Tonight was the handler’s dinner. Great food and a pleasant warm evening for sitting outside. Lise gave out the prizes won thus far. Etched wine glasses for the class winners and dog food for second place.
The course is all laid out for tomorrow’s double lift trial and the last event. Should be fun.