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September 18-26, 2010 Middletown, Virginia
Edgeworth Winter Trial
January 30 2010 12:10 PM Filed in: benefits trials
The Edgeworth Winter Sheep and Cattle trial was held January 8-10, 2010 on the farm of Florence and Tommy Wilson, Gordonsville, Virginia. Half of the trial’s net proceeds were donated toward the finals, along with 100 percent of the proceeds of a shedding clinic with Tommy Wilson held the following weekend. Here is a writeup and results of the event, written by Beverly Lambert:
*****
Cold weather and strong winds on Friday got Tom and Florence Wilson's winter trial off to a cool start on Friday morning. The trial began at 9:00 and ran until dark, which proved to be just the right amount of time to run the 48 open entrants. The sheep were beautifully fit lambs that gave the dogs a challenge when combined with the 25-35 mph winds. Saturday dawned cold but much less windy. The lambs had settled and the scores rose accordingly. The Winter trial is held on the same field as the famous October trial but uses only about half the available space so the outrun is only about 300 yards. This is no easy outrun as the rolling steep hill hides the sheep to any dog on the correct outrun path. The result was some beautiful outruns with the dogs arriving in the correct spot after a nearly blind outrun. It also resulted in quite a few lost dogs and off line lifts. The drive was straightforward but the strong winds on Friday made it very difficult.
Sunday was the warmest of the three cold days. The morning began with a lovely class of Nursery dogs. The lambs remained very unforgiving to any dog that failed to cover correctly and more than sorted out the youngsters. The Open Ranch ran smoothly and was followed by a second Nursery, a Pro/Novice and a few brave beginners in the Novice/Novice.
Lori Cunningham spent three days standing in the freezing cold and seemed to please all of the contestants with her impartial judgment.
Open 1 48 Dogs
1. Carla King Emma 88
2. Beverly Lambert Mirk 86
3. Doug Brewer Taff 84
4. Tom Wilson Sly 83
5. Don McCaig June 80
6. Christine Henry Tweed 80
7. Janet Harvey Jess 79
8. Kelly Bradley Jim 78
9. Dan King Fawn 78
10. Beverly Lambert Fly 76
Open 2 40 Dogs
1. Beverly Lambert Mirk 91
2. Carla King Emma 91
3. Dee Penatzer Rob 89
4. Kelly Bradley Jim 87
5. Michelle Brothers Snap 87
6. Janet Harvey Scott 86
7. Janet Harvey Jess 84
8. Jeannine vander Merwe Jade 83
Open Ranch 16 Dogs
1. Beverly Lambert Nell 75
2. Christine Henry Kaige 72
3. Pam Gardner Meg 70
4. Sylvia King Vic 70
5. Nancy Starkey Maid 63
6. Nancy Starkey Drift 63
Pro Novice 18 Dogs
1. Nancy Patriarco Anna 73
2. Tom Forrester Tippy 70
3. Christine Henry Kep 70
4. Rachel Ashley-Layton June 67
5. Alice Urquart Chip 66
6. Sally Glei Sid 63
Novie Novice 5 Dogs
1. Charlie Hurt Deacon 60
2. Peggy Simpson Davy 54
3. Charlie Hurt Patsy 49
4. Lynn Prescott Meg 45
Nursery--1 8 Dogs
1. Christine Henry Kaige 70
2. Jeannine vanderMerwe Sam 67
Nursery—2 6 Dogs
1. Jeannine vanderMerwe Sam 70
*****
Cold weather and strong winds on Friday got Tom and Florence Wilson's winter trial off to a cool start on Friday morning. The trial began at 9:00 and ran until dark, which proved to be just the right amount of time to run the 48 open entrants. The sheep were beautifully fit lambs that gave the dogs a challenge when combined with the 25-35 mph winds. Saturday dawned cold but much less windy. The lambs had settled and the scores rose accordingly. The Winter trial is held on the same field as the famous October trial but uses only about half the available space so the outrun is only about 300 yards. This is no easy outrun as the rolling steep hill hides the sheep to any dog on the correct outrun path. The result was some beautiful outruns with the dogs arriving in the correct spot after a nearly blind outrun. It also resulted in quite a few lost dogs and off line lifts. The drive was straightforward but the strong winds on Friday made it very difficult.
Sunday was the warmest of the three cold days. The morning began with a lovely class of Nursery dogs. The lambs remained very unforgiving to any dog that failed to cover correctly and more than sorted out the youngsters. The Open Ranch ran smoothly and was followed by a second Nursery, a Pro/Novice and a few brave beginners in the Novice/Novice.
Lori Cunningham spent three days standing in the freezing cold and seemed to please all of the contestants with her impartial judgment.
Open 1 48 Dogs
1. Carla King Emma 88
2. Beverly Lambert Mirk 86
3. Doug Brewer Taff 84
4. Tom Wilson Sly 83
5. Don McCaig June 80
6. Christine Henry Tweed 80
7. Janet Harvey Jess 79
8. Kelly Bradley Jim 78
9. Dan King Fawn 78
10. Beverly Lambert Fly 76
Open 2 40 Dogs
1. Beverly Lambert Mirk 91
2. Carla King Emma 91
3. Dee Penatzer Rob 89
4. Kelly Bradley Jim 87
5. Michelle Brothers Snap 87
6. Janet Harvey Scott 86
7. Janet Harvey Jess 84
8. Jeannine vander Merwe Jade 83
Open Ranch 16 Dogs
1. Beverly Lambert Nell 75
2. Christine Henry Kaige 72
3. Pam Gardner Meg 70
4. Sylvia King Vic 70
5. Nancy Starkey Maid 63
6. Nancy Starkey Drift 63
Pro Novice 18 Dogs
1. Nancy Patriarco Anna 73
2. Tom Forrester Tippy 70
3. Christine Henry Kep 70
4. Rachel Ashley-Layton June 67
5. Alice Urquart Chip 66
6. Sally Glei Sid 63
Novie Novice 5 Dogs
1. Charlie Hurt Deacon 60
2. Peggy Simpson Davy 54
3. Charlie Hurt Patsy 49
4. Lynn Prescott Meg 45
Nursery--1 8 Dogs
1. Christine Henry Kaige 70
2. Jeannine vanderMerwe Sam 67
Nursery—2 6 Dogs
1. Jeannine vanderMerwe Sam 70
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