Pick-up 23. Beytco’s Freight Line, “Ziggy,” BLM, Scott Bollman (test scrapped)

**NOTE THIS TEST WAS SCRAPPED, WILL RERUN THE 9TH SERIES**

Ziggy and Scott came to the line at 10:06 am

LB – Out across the hill on a left angle, into the tree line, up the draw to the right and out deep of the guns, back for a hunt along the draw at the tree line – all over the fall area but could not come up with it...kept hunting and worked it out by staying tight in the fall area

RR –  Nice line towards the brush, kept right – kept running deep up the hill and hunted at the top of the hill... dog was picked up.

Pick-up 18. Our Daily Interest, “Vig,” BLM, John Russell (test scrapped)

**NOTE THIS TEST WAS SCRAPPED, WILL RERUN THE 9TH SERIES**

Vig and John came to the line at 9:58 am

LB – Up the field towards the fall area and missed it – tight turn and he got it!

RR – Through the dip up hill left of the brush, kept driving up the hill – wide left and out of view, saw him at the top of the hill wide left and then lost sight again over the hill. Dog was picked up.

Test Dogs – 9th Series

**NOTE THIS TEST WAS SCRAPPED, WILL RERUN THE 9TH SERIES**

Jacked Up, “Pup Pup” LM

Owners: Phil and Mary Heye, LaGrange, KY
Handler: Phil Heye

First test dog to the line for the start of the 9th Series this morning was Pup Pup with handler Phil Heye ....  Pup Pup came to the line at 9:33 am

LB – Angled down the hill across and up under the arc, looped left, then back to right, made a few more loops deep and then back again, into cover at the tree line and found his bird.

RR – Lined out through the valley and crossed the road to the right of the holding blind. A couple of loops and then back across the road to his bird.

Oak Point's Miss Behavin, “Stinker” LF
Owner: Claudia Rosasco, Felt, ID
Handler: Claudia Rosasco

The next test dog to the line for the 9th Series this morning was Stinker with handler Claudia Rosasco ... Stinker came to the line at 9:39 am.

LB – Angled down the hill across the valley, under the arc and made a few loops in the fall area, then into the cover at the tree line and she found her bid.

RR – Down the hill and across the valley, up left of the brush pile, and carried that line deep for several loops before working back to the bird.

Test Description – 9th Series

**NOTE THIS TEST WAS SCRAPPED, NEW TEST WILL BE SETUP**

We’re back for series 9 of the 2023 National Derby Championship!

We remain in Grader field, where the running mat has shifted about 20 yards to the right, facing North. It’s 63 degrees, overcast with occasional light rain. The wind is blowing at 15 mph at the handler’s back.

Test 9 is a Land Double with Hen Pheasants

Bird #1 is a dead Hen Pheasant, thrown from Right to Left, 230 yards from the mat. The gunners sit on the right side of the road and throw their bird across the road where it lands behind a large brush pile. The gunners retire when the dog is sent for Bird #2. We will call this bird RR for Right Retired.

Bird #2 is a dead Hen Pheasant, thrown from Right to Left, 235 yards from the mat. The gunners sit near the top of the rolling valley and throw their bird down the hill where it lands in a shallow ditch tight to the tree line. We will call this bird LB for Left Bird.

This test takes approximately 6 minutes per dog.