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

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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