Warren Mick and Eddie a no show.
Bridget Strang and Treat sent to the left. Snug outrun and lift was pushy and offline. First part of fetch is wavy and dog is nice behind sheep. Just missed the fetch panel by a tiny bit but got back online quickly. Decent turn at the post and slightly offline on first leg of the drive. The sheep decided to run and missed drive panel on the inside. She had a big turn but got them back online quite well and slight high bend on crossdrive but looks high. She adjusted and got the crossdrive and last leg looked nice. She is quiet in the shedding ring and had missed attempt when one of the spilt broke back. Setting it up nice again and got a clean shed. She regrouped quickly in the ring and sheep went around the pen. Bridget is very quiet and calm at the pen and working the sheep and tucked them in like a pro! Score 107.
Don Helsley and Ash.
At the lift the sheep tried to the left but dog held. A bit offline but
nice and steady. Looking good coming
down to the fetch panels and made them. Run
is quiet and calm. Wide turn but getting
them back online. The sheep are now decided a good run is in order but Ash has
them online and turned then just too early and missed the panel. The crossdrive
is nice but in the middle had a slight bend but got them back online but missed
low. This crossdrive part is deceiving as I thought they were dead on! The last leg is good and Don walks to the
sheep like a shedding master. He is lining them up and the sheep are relaxed
and the shed came clean. The sheep are
ambling to the pen and all are holding
the pressure quite well. Don is quiet at the pen as he had them in the mouth
and a couple tried to break but he convinced them to be good. Ash is walking right into their faces but
they are staring him down. All is quiet
and one broke back and Ash has to re-gather. The sheep do not want to go in the
pen and are breaking out but Don and Ash are calm and got the pen. Score 148
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Karen Stanley and Meg. Sent right. Really wide. Nice outrun. Lift good. Fetch offline to left. Missed fetch panels. Good turn. Got drive panels. Low on cross drive. Got cross drive panels. Missed opportunity at shed. Nice shed. Re-gathered in shed ring nicely. Walking straight to pen. All calm. Both working quietly and sheep cooperative. Clocked out. Score 104
Anne Mock and Ben.
Sent right. Lifted to left. Sheep pulling hard left. Ben has the sheep. Going back on line quickly. On line.
Ben is pushy but controlling well.
Missed fetch panels close. Back
on line quickly. Ben in control
nicely. Post turn is very nice. First leg of drive is a bit off line. But tucked in nicely now off line. Looks like driving to the fetch gates. Now
going through the fetch gates. DQ. No score.
Peg Anderson and Hope.
Sent left. Wide. Stopped.
Coming in. Redirects. Came forward redirected back in behind
nicely. Sheep offline to right. Running fast.
Correcting. Back on line. Nice pace.
Sheep and dog stopped behind the post.
Sheep are facing the dog. Nice
turn bit off line first leg. Broke,
missed panels. Dog was sporty at the turn. Missed drive panels. Setting up nicely for drive but sheep are
running. Looks low on cross drive. All settled.
Made cross drive panels. Wide
turn at cross dive. All settled into
shed. Sheep facing dog at shed. Big black Suffolk cross challenging dog. Missed opportunity. Dog not called in. Still has over 2 minutes in the shedding
ring. Sheep not giving handler any
breaks but she’s patient. Nice
shed. Walking off cleanly. Has seconds for pen. Time out at mouth of pen. Score 91
Gary Payne and Dru.
Sent right. Going nice and
wide. Nice lift. Off line to left. Stopped, faced dog. Dog pushing hard sheep still on line. Made fetch panels. Dog nice control behind. Sheep broke to left. Dog got them back on line. Nice turn at post. Sheep broke right. Off line.
Back on line. Off line left. Seem to be testing dog. Sheep back on line. Sheep are breaking fast. Made drive panels. Bit high on turn. Lining out nice on cross drive. Coming low.
Sheep are high. Adjusting in
front of panels. Dog is listening
well. Holding pressure. Made cross drive panelsy. Sheep are backing around the turn. Dog is holding ground. Stopped facing dog. Handler is working dog to try to move
sheep. Four ewes keep turning and facing
dog. One fat white faced ewe is the
leader. And keeps stomping at dog. It has been over a minute and no movement. Still lack of progress at one minute left on
clock. Handler walked. RT.
Shauna Gourley and Mercy.
Shauna looks quite smart in her checkered shirt. Sent right. Nice scopey outrun. Lift off line left. Sheep pulling strongly left. Breaking fast. Back on line then broke again. Still off line but made fetch panels. Now settled.
Fetching quickly. Slowing at
post. Black face giving attitude. Wide turn.
Off line starting drive. Sheep
are quick to run but now on line. Fast
run to first drive panels. Nice tight
turn. She is setting up for a nice cross
drive. Settled nicely on the cross
drive. Sheep are walking nice on the
cross drive. She’s adjusting to the
panels. Went high and missed cross drive
panels. Nice tidy turn. Sheep coming fast to shedding ring. But dog has control. Sheep are walking nicely into the shedding
ring with the black face in the lead.
Stopped nicely in middle of ring.
Had nice set up but one broke forward into the first two. The three went out of the ring. Shauna is being nice and quiet. Nice shed.
She has over five minutes left for her pen. Black face broke out left behind the pen and
broke down the field leaving the other three in the ring. RT
Black face took off for the nursery field.
Amanda Miliken and Roz.
Sent left. Sheep moving at set
out. Set out person regrouped the sheep
before she got there. Moving toward dog
stopped just before she lifted. Now
lifted. One black face trying to split
off. Still on line on fetch. Made fetch panels. A little wavy on fetch. Amanda’s hat is quite smart. One white faced ewe a little lame in
back. Black faced ewe tried twice to
break but Roz tucked her back in. Now
splitting again but working hard to tuck her in. Sheep are running up field. Swinging hard to right. Back on line and through panels. Black faced broke again. Pulled through the first panels. Lined up nice for the drive. Black broke very wide at first panels. Roz regathered her. Now walking nicely on the cross drive. Made the cross drive panels. Black faced still leading out hard. Nice steady line to the ring. I think Amanda will want BBQ’d Black face
tonight. Amanda is calm in ring. Nice shed.
Roz came through cleanly. Has
over four minutes for her pen.
Regathered in shedding ring nicely.
Sheep are fussing at the pen. Amanda
and Roz holding their ground. Crowd is
going quiet. Roz tucks them into pen
nicely with over two minutes to spare. Score 148.
Connie Brannen and Peach. Peach went swiftly to the right,
came in then cast out nicely. The sheep
started to drift to the left and Peace took the redirect and held the pressure
and is tucking them back on the line. Peach is not spooking the sheep and they
seem to behave. Online right now and the sheep really are pulling to the left.
Made the fetch panels and still on line. The sheep seem to like peach and
thepace is nice. Nice quiet walkup to the post.
Nice turn and setting them up for the drive and the sheep are pulling to
the right. One ewe broke but Peach tucked her in. The sheep are going at a nice
trot and on line. Peach swung wide on
the panel and Connie got her to come in and they made the panel. Nice quiet
walk on the crossdrive. Sheep stalled at the crossdrive but missed low and
Peach had a nice turn. Nice last leg and Connie is quiet in the ring. The team
is nice to watch as you can see how well they bond together. She got the shed,
a clean fast one and regathered quickly. Almost four minutes left and Peach is
walking the sheep smartly to the pen.
The sheep are calm and looking into the pen and all is well. Connie and
Peach are calm and taking their time and it is looking good. They are slowly walking the sheep in when one
snuck to the backside of the pen but Peach pushed her back to her buddies. They popped out but all is calm. Two went into the pen and two slipped to the
backside. Connie is very patient and
working it slowly. One blackface ewe has
no interest in being a team player. Do you see a common theme on the blackface
ewes? The sheep were lead to the backside of the pen by the blackface and she
has less that 30 seconds left. She almost has them in the pen but time ran out.
Great quiet teamwork at the pen with a surly ewe. Score is 89
Lavon Calzacorta and Gus. Good outrun and lift. Little
wobbly on first part of fetch but smoothing out it nicely. Lavon is making this run look calm and
collected as they walk the sheep through the fetch panels. Dead on line and the sheep and dog are
walking well. Lavon is quiet on his whistles and Gus is holding the
pressure. Gus is bringing the sheep nice
to the post and the turn is nice but sheep broke to the right but Gus tucked
them back online. It seems like the sheep really want to break hard to the
right at the turn of the post. Offline
and fast on the drive and missed the panels and sheep decided to run. They were
nice then decided to bolt. No reason why? Got them lined up on the crossdrive
and wobbly, high then looks like he has them online. Adjusting at the crossdrive but missed
low. The sheep decided to settle down at
the last leg and it looks nice. Lavon is working the group for the sheep and it
is a shedding lesson. He is lining them out nice and calm but one ewe decided
to bolt but Gus got them back. Again, no reason for her bad behavior. Gus came in fast for the shed and regathered
quickly in the ring. Close to five
minutes at the pen. One sheep broke
behind the pen and they don’t seem to be willing to go in. They are jumping at the pen and Gus might be
leaning on them. Lavon is being patient and they are settled. The sheep broke to the back behind the pen and
do not want to go in the pen. Lavon,
master pen convinced them to go in.
Score 121.
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Joe Hayne and Penny. The dog cast to the right. Nice wide outrun. Dog came in a little tight; sheep broke hard
to the left. Penny is trying to put them
back online. Sheep very offline; missed
fetch panels. Nice turn at post. Got
them back online. Sheep are settled and
going nicely. Looking nice; made drive
away panels. Low on cross drive; missed
panels. Sheep swung out way wide. Low on last leg. Sheep settled in shedding ring. One smut faced keeps breaking away. Joe is very patient. Nice shed; one leaped over the dog, but she
did not grip. Judges did not call the
shed. Joe set up the shed, but the dog
did not come through. Set it up
again. Still in shedding ring for two
minutes. The sheep are not giving him a
chance for a shed; they just want to ball up.
Got the shed in last two seconds, we think.
Donna Donahue and Kate.
Kate is running tight up the middle.
Don’t know if she crossed or not.
Kate took a redirect and cast out.
She looks tight. Nice lift and
the sheep tried to break to the left.
Sheep are breaking hard to the left and Kate is not catching their
heads. Pretty far offline at the
top. Kate tucked them back in at the
top, nicely. But the sheep keep wanting
to break to the left. The sheep continue
to pull to the left, now breaking to the right.
Made the fetch panels and the sheep spread out, but regrouped. Sheep split again. One white face wants to break away from the
other three. Sheep offline coming to the
post. Sheep are breaking to the wrong
side of the post. White face wants to
graze. Sheep are facing the dog. She is slowly working them back to the
post. One white face can’t pick her face
up off the green alfalfa. She keeps
breaking back. Kate is getting her drive
away going. That fatty white face is
wandering around like a drunken sailor. Made the drive panels. Cross drive is shaping up, except for the one
ewe who is so hungry she doesn’t want to move.
Missed the cross drive low. Kate
is getting them back on line for the last leg.
Wide turn. Into the shedding
ring. One difficult ewe continues to break
off and try to eat. She’s got a nice
shed! One ewe broke hard from the
shedding ring. Kate covered and gripped
off. DQ
Haley Hunewill and Ross.
Haley sends Ross to the Away side.
Ross is off quickly and nice and wide.
Nice lift. Sheep broke left, but
he tucked them in. Bringing them nicely
online. Sheep pulling to the left, but
Ross is keeping them on task. Nicely
through the middle of the fetch gates.
Very nice controlled fetch. One
of the better fetches this morning. Nice
turn at post, though sheep broke a little to the right, something we’ve seen
before. Nice set up for the first leg of
the drive. Sheep paused to grave a
little. They are nicely underway. Nice drive away. Sheep pulled a little to the right, but
through the middle of the gates and setting up the cross drive. Five and a half minutes left on the cross
drive. Sheep wanting to graze. Sheep online.
Sheep pausing , but right through the gates. Pulling a little to the left on final drive
leg, but Ross convinced them . Into the
shedding ring. Haley is lining them out,
looking for an opening. Sheep bunching
back up. 1:50 left on the clock. Haley got the shed and is heading to the pen. Just over a minute to go. Ross is bringing them. Sheep are stopped at mouth of pen. Sheep walk in as the buzzer sounds! Score 138.
Carol Nelson and Zip.
Carol sends Zip away. Out nice
and wide. Zip is coming in very deep
behind the well settled sheep. Sheep
broke to the left. Zip has them back on
line and is bringing them; though the sheep keep pulling left. Through the fetch gates. Trying to get them settled and back
online. The alfalfa is too tempting for
these ewes. Zip has them online to the
post. They broke hard to the left, but
Zip has them back around the post and the drive away is underway. Sheep are pulling the left and spreading out. Three through the drive away gates; one
slipped off to the left. One ewe giving
Zip some trouble, but they are back together and on their cross drive. Cross drive is better. Through the panels, but they sheep turned up
toward the top of the field. Carol and
Zip have them turned back and headed in the right direction. They are coming now on the last leg of the
drive. Coming nicely. They are into the shedding ring. Quick shed.
Dog chased sheep and gripped at the neck. DQ.
Dave Imas and Cap.
Dave sending to the left. Cap is
tight, running up the middle and crossed just past the fetch panels. Cap having some trouble at the top. Sheep breaking hard to the left. Still wide to the left. Missed fetch panels. Sheep back on line. Cap has them to the post and the sheep are
having a little fuss at the turn. Sheep
are on their way to the cross drive panels.
Cap has them moving. A little
wobbly on first drive leg, made panels with a nice turn. Sheep pulling low. Missed panels low, brought them back and got
them. A wide turn and sheep are offline
on the last leg. Into shedding ring for
a nice, quick shed. 5:20 left on the
clock on the way to the pen. Sheep in
mouth of pen, but dog pushed them out.
Close to four minutes left. Dave
and Cap working to settle them at the pen.
Sheep are in! @2:45. Score 74
Patricia MacRae and Max.
Sent on the away side. Dog running nice and wide. not much, and online, sheep leaning hard to
the left and broke before dog could get there.
Dog came in correctly, and stop the sheep from running off, and put them
back online quickly. Sheep little
wobbly, but not much. One ewe
turned to face dog at fetch panel, Max handled her nicely, and made the
panels. Nice control to the post. Sheep are facing the dog at the post, but Max
is convincing them to go. Wide
turn. She has two black face that want
to go off by themselves. Online to the
first panel. Max is holding the
pressure. Turned to early and missed the
panels. High on the second panels. Wide turn.
Nice line to the shedding ring.
Patricia is walking calmly into the ring and has the sheep lined up
nicely. Max is being very patient. Max came in for the shed with 3 minutes
left. Nice quiet approach to the
pen. Slowly working sheep in to the pen,
one step at a time. One white face is
stalling, but patience is a virtue. Got
the pen! With 45 seconds to spare.
Margaret Johnson and Fleet
Sent away, ncie and wide. Came deep
behind the sheep. They lifted off to the
side, but she quickly got them online.
Fast Fetch, online. At post,
Sheep broke hard to the left. Shee are
next to the pen, and are along the fenceline.
She slowly is working them back to the post. One black faced ewe has an attitude, and is
the leader of the runaways. They broke
to the judges trailer, and she is having to work them off of that. Wide turn.
Trying to get them online. Shee
seem to want to break hard to the right.
But fleet tucked them back online.
Just before the panel, sheep broke hard to right, and are bolting,
missed the panel, and Fleet is trying to catch the run away. Very wide turn, and she worked them back on
the cross line and swung low. She
straightened them out, but they are runners, and we don’t know why. Nice line but low to second panels. Wide turn, and trying to get them back online. Nice last leg. Dog has them under control at the shed
ring. Margaret is lining the sheep up
nicely for the shed. Missed shed,
regrouped and got the shed on the second attempt, or so it seems. Sheep are settled in the mouth, and she has
over 3 and ½ min. left. Sheep went to
the backside of the pen and she is working them back to the mouth. Margaret is being very patient and got a nice
smooth pen. Score 105
Maggie McClure and Kep –at the post. Sent away and went wide. Nice lift, but pulled to the left. She got them back online and the sheep are
drawing to the right. Now going right
and left. Just barely made the fetch panel.
They are pulling hard to the left, but Kep has put them back
online. Pulled right coming to the
post. Suffolk trying to make a break for
it. Nice turn at post. One of the better line outs for the first leg
of the drive. Moving nicely in a
straight line to the first panel. One of the best so far. Made it thru the panel and nice tight
turn. She is setting up sheep nice for
the crossdrive. The crossdrive looks
nice, from what we can see. Swinging low
and missed the second panel at the last second.
Wide turn. She got them back online
quickly. Nice line back to the shedding
ring. Q Sheep settled nicely in the
shedding ring and Maggie and Kep are taking their time to line up the
sheep. She has three minutes at this
point. The sheep are not wanting to shed
and are proving to be difficult. But
Maggie is calm. Timed out. Score 93
Vergil Holland and Brooke – Sent away. The sheep trying to break but the setout dog
stopped them. Brooke coming in nice and
quiet and the sheep broke to the left and are pushing to the left. Face off at the top. But the dog convinced them to move. Coming quickly now. Zig zagging. Hit the fetch panel. Online, still pushing on the left. Trying to make a break for it and now facing
Brooke. Brooke handled nicely, working
around the post. A little wide, but not
bad. Lining up for first leg Fairly straight. Sheep broke to the right before the panel and
are going wide. Sheep starting high on
crossdrive, coming back online, trying to run, Brooke has them back under
control. Just low on the second
panels. Back online to the shedding
ring. 4 minutes to go. Got the shed.
Regrouping, headed to pen. Sheep
trying to run, at fenceline. Brooke brining
them back to the pen. Sheep went around the
pen and one brockled face is standing up to Brooke. Brockled face is dropping nose and stomping
feet. Brooke is standing and waiting for
sheep to turn, she began to graze.
Brooke went in, for a grip, but can’t tell if made contact. Sheep went behind pen. Virgil is patient, but timed out at the pen.
Score is 111
Bill Orr and Roy – Sent away, Roy
is quickly making his way up the field.
Nice lift, then sheep broke fast to the right. Coming back online, made the fetch panels,
breaking to the left. Quieting down,
back online. Sheep went to right of
post, adjusted and sheep are in front of the judges stand and coming around and
back online First leg of the drive is to
the left. Adjusted, still slightly offline. Sheep trying to run to the right around the
first panel, Roy tucks them in and makes the panel. Nice turn.
Lined up nicely. Very nice crossdrive, hit the second
panel. Wide turn. Getting back online for the third leg and Roy
is handling them nicely. the sheep
entered the ring quietly. Bill is
setting the sheep up and Roy is holding his side. However, the sheep want to bolt out of the
ring. 3 sheep split and regrouping with
3:00 minutes on the clock. Another
single break away and roy is working hard.
Roy came in on the shed, but didn’t
hold it, so has to reshed. Came in and
had a nice hold with 18 seconds left. Did
not get the pen. Score 117
Ann and Barb now (the rookies
were left in charge, yikes!)
Terri Pelkey and Dash - Sent to
the right. Nice lift, pull some to
right, handling well. Sheep made a dash
through the fetch and tried to run to the left.
Dash stopped them handily and is working them down the fetchline. Sheep stopping at the post, little wide at
turn, stopped at judges stand, trying to complet turn. Steady progress to first panel, pulling to
right, back online, nice save, thru the panels.
Low on the cross drive, sheep
running. Dash has them back under
control and moving again. Putting them
back online. Thru the second set of
panels, a little wide, back online nicely for the third leg. Sheep settled nicely in the shedding
ring. Black faced ewe has an
attitude. 2.5 minutes on clock. Got a nice shed with 1:30 to go, regrouped in
the ring, and quiet. Bringing to pen,
settled in opening, but sheep popped out.
Timed out. Score 132
Jennifer Ewers and Sly - Sent to the right. Kicked out nice at the top. Stopped at 2 o’clock, redirect. Quiet lift.
Pulled to right, trying to bring back online. Sheep determined to go right,
sheep heavy in the afternoon heat.
Working to get the top of the fetch back online with 9 minutes to
go. Slowly making way way down
field. Back online before the fetch
panel. Through the panels, nice
work. Slight pull to left, quickly back
online and looking good. Black faced ewe
giving some trouble around the post, but handled well. Good flow on drive away. Through
the panels. Tried to make a run for it,
but Sly caught them. Crossdrive under
way, slightly high, bringing back online.
Second half nice, quietly approaching the second panel, but low. Nice, straight line back to the shedding
ring. Sheep settled, setting up
shed. Almost 3 minutes left. Almost got shed, good on next attempt. 1:20
left as head to pen, settled in mouth, got the pen with 28 seconds left. Score 103
Patrick Shannahan and Andi – sent
right, started tight, takes a redirect, lifted a little to left, back online
easily. Nice pace on fetch, got panels,
turn at post nice, tight and quiet.
Drive away had to work a little harder to keep online, half of cross
drive sheep were uncooperative, but back online. Missed panels low. Third leg nice and straight. In to the shedding ring with 6:50. Got the shed, sheep running to exhaust, but
Andi retrieved them and regrouped in the ring.
Patrick to pen with 4:50 left.
Sheep keep trying to run off Andi brings them back again and Patrick has
the sheep settled at the pen. Showing
patience. Sheep penned with 3 minutes
left. Score 116
Terry Parrish and Zula - sent to right, slowly making way up the
field. Nice lift, holding the sheep on
the left hand side. Sheep a little off to the left, then back online, trying to run, Zula keeps catching them, now they are coming down nicely, thru the
panels, tried to run to left and quickly stopped, and put back online. Sheep challenging dog at post, gets them back
under control. One tries to make a
break, but quickly put back. Wide around
post, offline to the right to the first panels, but making progress. Made the panel, sheep thought about
running, but setup crossdrive nicely.
Nice crossdrive, good flow, nicely through the crossdrive panels, and
turned nicely. In to shedding ring quietly, with 4 minutes to go. Good attempt, gathered back in to
shedding. With a minute to go, still
working on the shed. Gathering back up
with 20 seconds to go, heading to the pen, gate open, timed out. Score - 128
Jo Ferguson and Teak – Sent to
the left. Soft lift. Sheep drifted right and stayed to the right
thru the whole fetch. Gave Teak some
trouble at the post, but Jo and Teak got that sorted out and laid down a very
nice drive away. Got the turn and have
the cross drive under way with 4:50 on the clock. Sheep are wanting to drift low, but it looks
like Teak has them back online. Thru the
panels. Sheep are a little squirrely,
but now back online for the last leg of the drive. Into the shedding ring with 2:15 on the
clock. Got the shed with about 30
seconds left to get the pen. Timed out
as Teak was bringing the sheep to the mouth of the pen. Score - 103
Beverly Lambert and Joe. Bev sent Joe to the left. Joe lifted and held
that left side. Sheep are really pulling
left and are now stopped for a snack.
Missed the fetch panel to the left.
Bottom half of the fetch is quite straight and at a good pace. Sheep arrive at the post and move promptly
around it. Drive away is going
well. Sheep are pulling to the right,
but Joe gets them on the move and on line.
They go right through the middle of the drive gates and get the
turn. Cross drive moving along
well. Sheep looked on line but missed on
the high side. Last leg of drive
uneventful and into the shedding ring with six minutes. Got shed with five minutes. On to the pen. Sheep in the mouth of the pen and changed
their minds. Things got a little spicey
and one popped out. Three sheep in and
the fourth finally in. 1:20 left on the
clock. Score: 133
Elizabeth Baker and Ross. Ross goes off to the right. Ross goes out quite wide and makes his way
quickly behind his sheep. He goes over
to cover that pressure on the lft and lfts them nicely. Starting out a little wavy on the top. Ross putting them back on line and has them
moving toward the fetch gates. Misses
fetch gates to the left. That pull to
the left has been strong all day and just getting stronger. Sheep are on line for the bottom half of the
sheep and have arrived at the post with
nine and a half minutes on the clock.
Wide turn around the post. On
line for the drive away, but sheep get away, first to the right, then to the
left. Cross drive is a little low. Pushes them above and past the panel. Ross brings them into the shedding ring
pretty well settled. A few attempts at
the shed leaves four minutes on the clock.
And Ross got a fast and sporty shed.
It takes most of their remaining minute to get to the pen. Time out at the pen. Score:
89
Lee Lumb and Chica. Lee sends Chica to the left. Chica over flanks and sheep are leaving for
the left hand side. Now, she’s working
them back to the line. Like many of the
sheep this afternoon, these want to stop and graze. Now they are coming, a little wobbly. They stop just in front of the panels, then slipped
around to the left of the panel. They
are coming nicely now. Nice turn around
the post. She stalled out for a moment,
but the drive away is underway. Sheep
grabbing a mouthful of alfalfa and stopping to snack. Pretty nice line to the drive away
panels. They are through the panels with
a nice, tight turn. Cross drive has
looked good throughout. Drifted high and
missed the panels. Sheep drawing hard to
that left side of the field. There, back
on their line back to the shedding ring.
Stopped briefly for a snack. Back
easily into the shedding ring with 3:30 minutes on the clock. A nice shed.
Chica puts them back together and they have two minutes to pen. Two sheep in mouth of the pen; two brok back
around. Sheep jumping around in mouth of
pen. 35 seconds. These ewes are feeling the pressure. Sheep jump in and gates starts to swing as
the clock runs out. Score: 110
Laura Vishoot and Tucker. Tucker is off to the right. Running big and wide. Tucker ended a little tight and top of fetch
line is well off to the right. Missed fetch panels to the left. Sheep still off to the left of the line. Like many of the sheep this afternoon, this
set wants nothing to do with turning between the handler’s post and judges
tents. Tucker gets them around and has
them on their way to the first set of drive gates. Somewhat offline to the left, but making
progress toward the gates. Putting them
back online. Sheep off to the right of
the panels and wanting to run to the back fence. Tucker has them back and moving on the
cross drive. Line looks good, maybe a
hair low. Laura working with Tucker to
fix it, but they miss just low. Sheep on
final drive leg. Line looks good. 5:45 on the clock. She begins setting up the shed. Sheep wanting to run. Good shed.
Regathering and one wants to run.
Laura sends Tucker back for the three to rejoin the single. Single not cooperating. Lost single to the exhaust. DQ.
Diane Pagel and Nan. Diane sends Nan off to the right. Nan is off well, kicked out a little on the
way out. Little wobbly getting
going. Sheep pulling to the left, of
course. Fetch looking nice, then sheep
off strongly left as they get close, slip around to the right at the last
second. She is bringing them, keeping
them pretty straight, a little wobble here and there. Sheep hesitate at the post and think about
breaking left. Got them nicely around
the post and the stop for a snack as they get the drive started. Pulling to the right. Nan puts them back on line, but needs to come
bye to hit the gates. Off to the
left. Turn for the cross drive. Started coming a little low, but seems to be
putting them back. Now drifting
high. Sheep missed the panels high. Wide turn. . .it’s that strong draw to the
left side of the field. Coming into the
shedding ring with 5:33. Diane starts to
set up her shed with one high headed ewe.
They are giving this team a hard time.
Three minutes now as she continues to work the shed. Two minutes.
Got the shed at a minute and a few seconds! Regrouped and now headed to the pen. Sheep blew past pen. Just seconds.
Time. Score: 93
Erin O’Brien and Z. Erin sends Z to the right. Z out to the sheep well. The break left. Erin gets him around and sends them back to
the fetch line. They don’t want to
go. Nicely through the middle of the
fetch panels. Sheep coming fast. Z holding the pressure on that left hand
side. Nice turn at the post. Sheep leaning toward exhaust, but then get on
line. Pretty nice line to the first
drive gates. . .through the gates and a nice tight turn. Line on cross drive looks just right, and it
is. Handily through. A wide turn.
Last drive leg starts a little low, but ends well. Into shedding ring calmly with 5:15 on the
clock. Got her shed. To the pen with three and a half minutes. End with a very nice pen! Score is 150
Cheryl Necochea and Diane Pagel are the bloggers.
Ian Caldicott and Kidd. Sent to the left. Dog stopped on
outrun, re-direct. Dog cast out at last minute and off-line lift. Pulling hard
to the right, and then hard left and still off-line before the fetch
panels. Missed fetch panels to the
side. Wide turn at the post. Back on
line, then off-line to the right. Approaching the first panel, and made it.
Nice turn. High on the cross drive. Now low on the cross drive, and sheep are
slow. Nice approach to the second panel and made them. Wide turn. Off-line to the shedding ring, but
sheep settling in the ring. Just over 5 mins left in the shedding ring, and the
sheep are bunched up. Ian called the dog in, but there wasn’t an opportunity
and the sheep ran out of the ring. Back
in the ring. Another missed opportunity but are gathered together again. Three
split from the one and he had to re-gather. Another attempt but didn’t hold,
and then timed out. Score 94.
Rob Miller and Jen. Sent to the
right. Lift off line to the left. Back on line and made the fetch panels. On line and nice turn around the post. On line nice turn. Nice cross drive, and
through the second panels. Wide turn, on
line to the ring. Possible opening, but
the dog was not in position, and missed shed. Another missed attempt and got the sheep back
in ring. Got the shed. At the pen, one
sheep ran around the back. Sheep busted twice around the pen. Sheep now at the mouth of the pen. And
in! Score 102.
Lise Anderson and Mack. Dog sent
to the right. Sporty lift and off line to the left. Very off line on the first half of the
fetch. Missed the fetch panels, and zig sagging
back and forth. Very wide around the post. Sheep broke past the judges booth
and back on line, one surly brockle face keeps breaking away. Off line on the drive away. Made the first panels, the surly one went
down went down at the panel and handler walked. Score DQ.
Joni Swanke and Possum. Dog sent to the left. Dog coming in short and
crossed below the fetch. Came in tight
on the right and stopped on top. Nice lift. Dog busted the sheep on the fetch
and pulling hard to the right. Sheep still pulling hard, and dog not covering
the pressure. One sheep breaking. Joni re-called her dog and RT.
2 comments:
Thanks for blogging the runs! Cheryl, please give Kuro a big smooch for me!
Great to read the runs. Looking forward to being there on Thursday to watch in person.
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