BevLive: Tabletop SDT, Day Three

Editor's Note: I'll be away at trials myself this weekend, so updates from Bev will be delayed until Sunday evening.  Sorry to one and all!

Another day just like the other day, partly cloudy but mostly very sunny and windy. Hottest day we have had yet–if there hadn't been a good strong wind I think it would have been very hot.

Sheep were quite heavy today. Outrun was pretty similar to yesterday about 400 yards. Drive was reversed and went up and down a new hill.The second drive gate at the bottom of a hill was particularly tricky.

Fly ran early and nailed the outrun and generally had a very good run.Alas, like many folk we couldn't pen the little buggers. Mirk ran late, and happily for both of us had no difficulty with the outrun. His 90.5 turned out the high score. Tricia MacRae and Cap tied us and I think came second on the outwork by a point. Linda and Suede had another strong showing for third.

Charlie Torre and Bill 4th, 5th Thad Fleming, 6th Alasdair and Star with Alison and Chip having a nice early morning run for 7th.

Tomorrow I get to run Nel finally. I also run Meg who is probably not ready for either the heavy sheep or the big course. Oh well, she'll be ready soon I hope, might as well start trying now.

Cars parked behind the handlers post with Pike's Peak in the background.

Wind is whistling around the camper and it's getting dark, time to turn in. Lise Anderson has been such a great hostess, every day after the trial she goes out and changes the course to keep us all entertained. Been a really testing trial. The sheep have been good every day, but different. I don't know what the young dogs will make of them, they have flummoxed plenty of open dogs.