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2021
Triple Crown Versatility Challenge
Sponsored/Donated by Gina Downin & Thomas Rick
For the 10th consecutive National Specialty
show, we will celebrate the versatility of our
breed with the Triple Crown Versatility
Challenge. We would like to honor those
handler/dog teams that successfully compete in
multiple disciplines by offering a challenge
meant to inspire more of us to get out there
and accomplish great things with our dogs! We
challenge you to start training now in order
to meet our challenge to qualify and/or place
in a minimum of three different classes
across at least two different NSS disciplines.
Chairperson: Mel Phillips
571-345-5167
melphillips@yahoo.com
Triple Crown Committee Members:
Lynda Barber-Wiltse, Gina Downin, and Mel
Phillips
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To
meet the Triple Crown Challenge, a dog might place and/or qualify in Novice B,
Team Obedience and the WDX. Another dog might qualify in the WD, a
sweepstakes class, and in a Bred-By Exhibitor Class.
Dogs who meet the Triple Crown Challenge will receive a special award and the
dog’s Triple Crown accomplishments will be published in the ACC Bulletin. All
prizes will be presented at the banquet on Saturday evening. Prizes will be
presented to each dog’s owner of record, if present -- Otherwise the awards
will go to the handler.
Entries Close: August
11
Entering is easy and it’s only $20 to play, but
dogs must be pre-registered by August 11
To pre-register, send an email to Mel Phillips
melphillips@yahoo.com by
August 11
with the name of the Owner/Handler and the registered name of the dog.
Then, mail a check for $20 (made out to Mel Phillips and postmarked no later than Aug 11) to:
Mel Phillips,
34585 Williams Gap Road, Round Hill, VA 20141
Dogs that meet the challenge must submit a completed Triple Crown Record Form
to
Lynda Barber-Wiltse,
Mel Phillips, or Gina Downin at the show AFTER competing or before
the banquet.
Download and print here:
Record Form
and
Info Flyer with Instructions
Any questions? Please contact: Mel Phillips –
melphillips@yahoo.com
571-345-5167
Qualifications
for the Triple Crown Versatility Challenge
(Qualify and/or place in any three classes, across a minimum of two NSS
disciplines.)
Please note: For the purposes of this Challenge
Obedience & Rally = 1 discipline,
Conformation & Sweepstakes = 1 discipline
Hunt Test & WD/X/Q = 1 discipline
Agility:
get a Qualifying score in any agility class offered.
Obedience/Rally: get
a Qualifying score in any regular or optional titling obedience and/or rally
class offered or placement in non-regular class.
Conformation/Sweepstakes:
Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, Select Dog/Bitch, a Judge’s Award of
Merit or by making the cut in the Best of Breed competition, Placement in any
regular or non-regular conformation class. (Please note: in Stud Dog and
Brood Bitch classes, placements are awarded only to the parent dog, not to any
of the representative offspring.) Placement in any Puppy,
Gundog, or Veteran Sweepstakes class also qualifies.
Field:
Qualifying pass in any Hunt Test level (MH, SH, JH) or in any Working Dog
Stake (WD, WDX, WDQ). T(he hunt test includes a double Junior test. Only one
pass will count as a leg toward the Triple Crown).
Dock
Diving:
Any qualifying
jump counts. (Limit of one leg earned in this event.)
Example 1: “Fido”
is entered in Rally Advanced B, Rally Excellent B, Open Dog in conformation,
and the WD for field. Fido qualified in Rally Advanced B and qualified/placed
third in Rally Excellent B. In Open Dog, he did not get a placement. Since
his first two “goals” were both in Rally, and he failed to get a placement in
Conformation, he does not meet the Triple Crown Challenge until the field,
when he passes the WD.
Example 2:
“Ripple” is entered in Veteran Obedience, 8+ Year-Old Bitch in Veteran Sweeps,
Veteran Bitch 8-10 Years in Conformation, and the WD for field. She places in
Veteran obedience, is second in her Sweeps class, and goes first in her
Veteran conformation class. She’s already met the Triple Crown Versatility
Challenge before she hits the field!
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