41. FC AFC 3R'S MR T SMOKEN JOE, "Smokie" LM, Dave Rorem

FC-AFC 3R'S Mr T Smoken Joe "Smokie" LM
Whelp: 2/1/2013
FC-AFC CJ's Mister T ex Five Star's Turn Me Loose
Owner: James Hurst
Handler: Dave Rorem
Breeder: Alexandra Washburn & Debra Bredeson

Week/Event Qualified 39 - Vikingland RC
Previously entered National(s):  Open - 2018 (F); Amateur - 2018 & 2019
Lifetime Pts: Open 40.5; Amateur Pts: 36; Derby 7

Line: 11:30 am


Right Flyer - Lunging through the water and up the hill directly to his bird

Left Flyer - Good line to the area. Brief pass to move him up the hill and to his bird.

Right Retired - Smokie drove the hill and comes in behind the gunners. He turned left and has his bird.

Rooster Flyer - Good movement up the hill, a little loop right of the gunners then left of the gunners and he had his bird.

Handle - 39. FC AFC KIRKWOOD'S ACE OF A HIGHER GRADE, "Deacon" LM, Casey Adams

FC-AFC Kirkwood's Ace Of A Higher Grade "Deacon" LM
Whelp: 2/16/2016 (youngest dog running in 10th series)
NAFC-FC Cody Cut A Lean Grade ex NAFC-FC Kirkwood's Ace Of Lone
Owner: Casey Adams
Handler: Casey Adams (Amateur)
Breeder: Casey Adams
Deacon's Dam is #91 NAFC FC Kirkwood's Ace Of Lone Star , "Lexie"
Casey Adams was the handler of the 2019 NARC Champion dog Lexie

Week/Event Qualified 9 - San Diego RC
Previously entered National(s):  Amateur - 2019
Lifetime Pts: Open 21.5; Amateur Pts: 8; Derby 31


Came to the line at 11:07 am

Right Flyer - Nice line to a long bird tight hunt and got it.

Left Flyer - Out to the blind then Left up the hill for a few passes, back down for his hen.

Right Retired - Wide Right of the "hairy mound", curved back to the left and quickly got his bird.

Rooster Flyer - Up the hill to be level with the guns, started close but turned out and expanded his hunt on each pass for this very  long rooster. Handler had to help on this extremely long bird.

22. FC AFC BAYOU TECHE SWING FOR THE FENCE, "Foxx" LM, Lauren Hays Curtis

FC-AFC Bayou Teche Swing For The Fence "Foxx" LM
Whelp: 3/18/2014
FC-AFC Bayou Teche Eye On The Ball ex FC 3 R's Carbon Calie
Owner: Lauren Hays Curtis (Amateur)
Handler: Lauren Hays Curtis
Breeder: David Aul

Week/Event Qualified 38 - River King RC
Previously entered National(s): Open - 2018; Amateur - 2017 & 2018
Lifetime Pts: Open 34; Amateur Pts: 27; Derby 23
Double Header Winner: 2018

Line: 10:58 am


Right Flyer - Lunging through the water, Foxx quickly pulls up the hill to retrieve his flyer.

Left Flyer - He makes quick work of short flyer.

Rooster Flyer - Coming in close to the holding blind, he gently blends and scoops up the bird.

Right Retired - Driving the hill, Foxx enters the area. He has a few loops to isolate the bird and then he heads home with it.

2nd No Bird - Rerun - 73. FC VROMAN'S IN THE FILMORE, "Reggie Hammond" LM, Dave Smith

Reggie and Dave came back up for their rerun at 10:56 am and received their second no bird. They will be placed back for a second rerun.

87. FC AFC BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, "Petey" LM, Alan Pleasant

FC-AFC Back By Popular Demand "Petey" LM
Whelp: 5/27/2011
FC Harley's Super Trieven Mac ex Cape Fear Hopefully Bodacious MH
Owner: Anne Marshall
Handler: Alan Pleasant
Breeder: Doug Turner

Week/Event Qualified 39 - Tidewater RC
Previously entered National(s): Open 2015 & 2016; Amateur - 2019 & 2019
Lifetime Pts: Open 43; Amateur Pts: 32; Derby 5

Line: 10:42 am

Right Flyer - Petey crashed through the water and drove the hill for a tight couple of circles to pin point his bird.

Left Flyer - Into the area at the holding blind and he turned up the hill and got his bird.

Right Retired - Petey entered the area just a tad short. He made a couple of passes left bringing him into the bird.

Rooster Flyer - Entering the area behind the gunners, Petey got beyond the hen. He came back to the area and worked it left but got deep. He continued to work back and fourth slowly expanding his hunt to his bird.

Double Handle - 96. FC AFC YOURS TRULY INDIGO, "Tru" LF, Chris Ledford

FC-AFC Yours Truly Indigo "Tru" LF
Whelp: 2/25/2014
FC-AFC Rev Blu Genes ex FC-AFC Indi Go Girl
Owners: Mark & Suzanne Medford
Handler: Chris Ledford
Breeder: Darlene Houlihan
Littermate with #71 FC AFC Indigo Hello Dolly "Dolly"

Week/Event Qualified 13 - Montgomery RC
Previously entered National(s): Amateur - 2018 & 2019
Lifetime Pts: Open 32.5; Amateur Pts: 32; Derby 20

Line 10:30 am

Right Flyer - Tru lunged through the water and climbed the hill. Her first pass ws short, the next loop was deeper and she got her bird.

Left Flyer - She went across the field to the gunners blind and climbed to the left and high. She worked her way back closer to the bird and got it.

Rooster Flyer - Getting out to the left of the hay bales, she climbed the hill and got behind the rooster gunners. She worked a wide line left of the guns but was too deep. She got to the right of the guns and almost in to the retired bird. Chris had to handle her back to get the bird.

Right Retired - Tru headed on a great line but was getting a little deep. She got a quick handle to put her on the bird.

No Bird - 89. FC VINWOOD'S MILLION DOLLAR BABY, "Babe" LF, Danny Farmer

Babe and Danny came to the line at 10:25 am and received a no bird. They will go back for a rerun.

86. FC MIDWAY'S AVENTADOR, "Jenny" LF, Tim Milligan

FC Midway's Aventador "Jenny" LF
Whelp: 9/29/2013
FC-AFC Salty Paws Hammerin Hank ex Parkways Smokin Molly Matilda
Owners: Woody Woodson, Ron Root, Mike Whorton, Mike Westfall
Handler: Tim Milligan
Breeder: James Saar

Week/Event Qualified 31 - Maine RC
Previously entered National(s): Amateur - 2019
Lifetime Pts: Open 22; Amateur Pts: 13.5; Derby 18

Line: 10:13 am

Right Flyer - Jenny lunged through the water climbing the hill. She took one quick turn just left, then she went out to the bird.

Left Flyer - Going out to the gun station, Jenny went under the arc of the bird and set up her hunt pattern deep of the hen. She expanded it until her found her bird.

Right Retired - She went up the left side of the hay bale for a brief hunt short of her mark. She then moved deeper, expanding her hunt until she got this bird.

Rooster Flyer - Up the hill, Jenny went left and close to the guns and started her hunt pattern. She moved further left with each turn until she got her bird.

81. FC AFC MITIMAT ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, "Rocky" LM, Ray Voigt

FC-AFC Mitimat Rock Paper Scissors "Rocky" LM
Whelped 11/27/2008 - Oldest Competing Dog
NAFC-FC-CNAFC Ebonstar Lean Mac ex FC-AFC Mitimat You Go Girl
Owners: Lydia Fekula & Jeff Schuett
Handler: Ray Voigt
Breeders: Tim & Tami Thompson

Week/Event Qualified 23 - Blackhawk RC
Previously entered National(s): Open - 2014 & 2016; Amateur - 2013, 2016 & 2017
Lifetime Pts: Open 63.5; Amateur Pts: 34.5; Derby 5

Line: 10:02 am

Right Flyer - Very Good Mark

Left Flyer - Rocky's line took him behind the guns where he hunted around to grab his hen pheasant.

Rooster Flyer - Nice job marking this rooster.

Right Retired - Entering the field right of the holding blind, Rocky turned right then a quick left out to his bird.

77. FC AFC FLAWLESS EXECUTION - FLEX QAA, "FLEX" LM, Alan Pleasant

FC-AFC Flawless Execution - FLEX QAA "FLEX" LM
Whelp: 5/6/2014
FC-AFC Cropper's Get Sum ex FC-AFC Black Magic's Return To Lender
Owners: Johnny & Kathy Armstrong & Jane McCullough
Handler: Alan Pleasant
Breeders: Wendy Buckler,  Newt & Karen Cropper

Week/Event Qualified 35 - Central New York RC
Previous National entered: Open - 2017 & 2018 (F); Amateur - 2018 (F) & 2019
Lifetime Pts: Open 41.5; Amateur Pts: 33.5; Derby 95 
High Point Derby Dog: 2016

Line: 9:52 am

Right Flyer - Flex went lunging through the water then up the hill getting very wide left for a pass. he came back to the gunners, out in front of them (their back is to the mat) and got the bird.

Left Flyer - Straight to the bird

Right Retired - He went down across the bottom of the bowl and got out behind the "hairy" mound to go straight left to the bird.

Rooster Flyer - Flex had a beautiful line up the hill and came in under the arc at the correct distance. He hunted left of the guns to work it out to get his bird.

No Bird - 73. FC VROMAN'S IN THE FILMORE, "Reggie Hammond" LM, Dave Smith

Reggie and Dave received a no bird at 9:50 am. They will be place back and have a rerun.

Handle - 72. FC RMR EBONSTARS MAGIC SH, "Emmy" LF, Clint Avant

FC RMR Ebonstars Magic SH "Emmy" LF
Whelp: 12/1/2009
FC-CFC-CAFC Taylorslab Magic Trick MH ex Ramblin Man's Ebonstar Ember MH
Owner: Frank Higgins

Hander: Clint Avant
Breeders: Martin Dauphin & Lesa Cozen

Week/Event Qualified 40 - Bluebonnet RC
Previously entered National(s): Open - 2015 & 2017; Amateur - 2018
Lifetime Pts: Open 51.5; Amateur Pts: 8; Derby 20

Line: 9:32 am

Right Flyer - Out to the fall area, Emmy turned right and had her bird.

Left Flyer - She went through the bottom and up left of the hay bale and followed the slope around to the trees hiding the hen flyer station. She hunted left and right in this area, then had to be handled away from other birds and back to this one.

Right Retired - Going through the bottom, she went right of the hay bale going straight up to the back side of the blind. Emmy curved around behind the blind, went out the left and got her bird.

Rooster Flyer - Through the bottom of the bowl, she went left of the hay bale to climb the hill towards the gunners. She turned left out to the fall area and hunted until she found her bird.

10th Series - Test Dog - Cash

Marshwind's Man In Black "Cash" LM
Whelp: 9/29/2012
FC Me D Boss ex FC-AFC Marshwind's Black Magik
Owners: Bente Kongsore & Janet Pasko
Handler: Bente Kongsore
Breeder: Bente Kongsore 

Line: 9:14 am


Left Flyer - Up the side of the hill and under the arc close to the gunners. Cash hunted close then expanded the hunt to the left until he got the bird.

Rooster Flyer - He got behind the mound to the top of the rim. He started to go right towards the right flyer and was handled back. He came back left past the retired and hunted the rooster. He missed and started to leave and was handled back in to the bird.

Right Flyer - Nice line, started to hunt left and moved quickly to the right to get the bird.

Right Retired - Cash got to the back side of the blind and kept going back. He had to be handled back to the bird.

10th Series - Test Dogs - Jaida

West Coast Jewel "Jaida", LF
Whelp: 9/17/2014
NAFC-FC Texas Troubador ex FC-AFC Dance Hall Gal
Owner: Brent McBride 
Handler: Brent McBride 
Breeder: Joe O'Brien & James Roberts

Line: 9:00 am


Right Flyer - Very good mark on she was on her mallard.

Right Retired - Up the hill and a right turn in to the area of the fall and back with her hen pheasant.

Left Flyer - Great line to the hen.

Rooster Flyer - Entering the area wide left, Jaida driving the hill landing right and on the rooster.

10th Series – Land Quad with Three Flyers and Two Retired

Test Ten is a Land Quad with Three Flyers and Two Retired. The mat sits on the north side of a large bowl depression. There is a lake behind the mat and the wind is 10 mph at the handlers back.

There is a cove that comes in from the right and goes through most of the bottom of the bowl. One third of this is water and balance is a dried depression. A road is on the left of the mat and goes down the left side of the bowl and makes a hard right turn as it starts up the far side.

Bird One is a rooster flyer located at the top of the bowl on the far side away from the mat. This flyer is shot to the left, landing approximately 391 yards from the line.

Bird Two is a dead hen duck. The gunners retire behind a large "hairy" mound of brush that is located at the side of the far hill below and to the right of the rooster flyer station. The dead hen is thrown to the left landing 223 yards from the line.

Bird Three, a hen flyer is located just left of the road as it bends at the bottom of the hill. The hen flyer is shot to the left landing approximately 197 yards from the line. The gunners retire behind a large green bush.

Bird Four is a green head flyer. The flyer is on the right rim of the bowl. The line to this bird is to the right of the mat, down the hill and through heavy cover. The dog will then swim between 20 and 30 yards back through the heavy cover to go up the hill and to the bird. The green head is shot to the left and lands approximately 210 yards from the line.

10th Series – Land Quad with Three Flyers

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THIS WEEK, Missy Bell!!

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THIS WEEK, Rich Pingatore!!

Fun Facts - 10th Series - Dog & Handlers

Oldest: #81 FC AFC MITIMAT ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, "Rocky" (11/27/2008)
Youngest: #39 FC AFC KIRKWOOD'S ACE OF A HIGHER GRADE, "Deacon" (2/16/2016)
Age Difference: 8 years 3 months

First Time National Showing:
 52. FC HORSETOOTH'S PENALTY SHOT, "Deke" LM
 56. FC CHICAGO BLUES STAR, "Scrapper" LM
 60. FC TIGER MTN'S BETTIN' ON BLACK, "Gamble" LM
 73. FC VROMAN'S IN THE FILMORE, "Reggie Hammond" LM

Handlers:
Lauren Hays-Curtis (Amateur) #22
Dave Smith #34
Casey Adams (Amateur) #39
Dave Rorem # 41
Alan Pleasant #47, #77 & #87
Misty Melo #50
Kenny Trott #52
Ray Voigt #56 & #81
Mike Taylor #60
Alvin Hatcher (Amateur) #67
Clint Avant #72
Dave Smith #73
Tim Milligan #86
Danny Farmer #89
Chris Ledford #96

Color / Sex - All dogs in the 10th Series are Labradors
13 Males - All are black
5 Females - 1 Yellow & 4 Black

Previous National Winner:
 47. NFC AFC I'M UR SEARCH ENGINE, "Google" LM

2019 NATIONAL OPEN – SCRAPBOOK X – TENTH SERIES

Please enjoy these candid shots from the Tenth Series …

The contestants for the Tenth Series