FIELD TRIALS

The trial this past weekend (March 6^th, 2010) at Indian Oaks/Landowners HC in Crewe, VA was one for the record books.   With over 75 judges and acres upon acres of rolling land, the scoring reached an all time high for our Association’s hunts.  It took an impressive 190 points just to get a dog in the top 30, and 465 points to win!  Heat on the Meat Kennels had another successful weekend, qualifying two more dogs just in time for the championship.  Billy placed his year and a half old female Niki at 24^th place for the first time this season and Mitch placed Timber at 16^th place, making for a grand total of 10 Heat on the Meat dogs qualified for the 2010 championship.  Unfortunately the two dogs in the top 10, Kita and Micky J did not place and fell back to 13^th and 7^th respectively in the overall points.  With points counting this year though in the championship hunt, much can change after it all shakes out this upcoming Saturday.  We are excited and hopeful for a great finish to the trial season this upcoming weekend at Spring Creek Hunt Club.  See everyone bright and early Saturday.

 The trial on February 20th, 2010 at Last Chance Hunt Club was accompanied by gorgeous weather, delicious chicken wings, and some more continued success for Heat on the Meat Kennels.  Tyler only had one more dog to get qualified for the championship (Mad Man – dog # 110), and he finally found his way into the trophies by placing 28th out of a field of 170 dogs.  Billy found continued success with Kita by placing her 8th this past weekend.  She has now placed in every trial in 2010 and has come very close to winning a couple times here lately.  Her big day is bound to be around the corner.  Her 8th place finish this past weekend propelled her into 7th place in the overall point series.  Micky J, who hasn’t placed in the last two hunts, still remains at 5th place in the overall points and has 2 more hunts to seal his fate in this 2010 trial season.  We are anticipating some good things out of him, Kita, and many others in the upcoming months once these pen hunts start and the luck factor involved with the outside hunts subsides.  We are also looking forward to running a little closer to home (make that a LOT closer to home) in two weeks at Indian Oaks/Landowners hunt club in Crewe, VA.  See everyone there!

 The field trial on February 13th, 2010 at Callaville Hunt Club was a trial full of highs and lows for Heat on the Meat Kennels.  With Billy having his puppy Micky J sitting in first place in the series, anticipations ran high to see if he could keep up the good luck.  Unfortunately, Micky J’s luck did run out and he wound up not getting scored at all, dropping him back to 4th place in the points with 3 hunts left to go this year.  One of the greatest highlights though came as a surprise to everyone.  Billy’s nine month old puppy, Magic the Natural, found a way to run with the big dogs and make her way into the trophy’s, placing 21st at only her 3rd field trial ever.  We knew she was doing well, but for a dog that isn’t even fully developed yet to be keeping up with some of the top dogs in the state, was quite impressive in our opinion.  Billy also placed Kita again, but at an unimpressive 30th place.  Her consistency was proven once again, but she actually fell back to 17th place in the overall points with her 30th place finish.  Mitch had some good luck this weekend as well, placing his dog Sexton in 24th place.  This was her second time placing this season.  We are looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend at Last Chance hunt club for a great hunt with hopefully some great weather. And, after getting our butts whooped by Twin Rivers Kennels this past weekend in the points race, we are going to hopefully find some luck again and make our way back into the big plastic trophies!  See everyone Saturday!

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