Novice Cold Game Working Test at Caythorpe on Sunday August 1st 2021
We were at Caythorpe by kind permission of Mr R Ward and we thank him for allowing us to run our dogs in the enormous field of sugar beet. Thanks also to our judges, Keith Eastwood and Charlie Albone, and our Chief Steward and sponsor Martin Eveleigh.
We were back to traditional English weather as we arrived during a storm and started the test as the rain fell. Fortunately, after a while, the sky cleared and we even saw the sun for a short time.
The first round was two straight retrieves, followed by a crossing retrieve in the second round. We watched some very good dog work from the twenty-three entrants but, as time went on, the dogs tired running through the sugar beet and there was a sprinkling of run ins, dropped birds and whining. However, nine dogs made it through the cut to the third round, a long mark in front and a blind behind for each dog, that decided the placing.
Results:
1st Polyhale Tangerine Twist GR D handled by Dave Haycock*
2nd Cornstraw Drake of Flypatch LDR D handled by Tim Brain
3rd Patanavac Julia LDR B handled by Phil Smithies
- Awarded the Ansoncha Shield