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Anyone know the results?

I heard they did not run the ASD or AA due to the fact they did not have enough entries to make a championship. They ran the OSD only and I have no idea what the results were.

I heard Dan Hoke took RU with FC McDaniel Run. They only ran the one stake, but I did not hear who the champion is.

Maybe they should stop running the amateur stakes during the middle of the week and they would probably get more interest. In The Field they advertised the ASD starting on a Tuesday???????

Lol I think someone has a point....

I agree and maybe they should go back to the good old days when there was an AKC trial on each end with Region 12 sandwiched in the middle. The AKC trials used to be 150 to 200+ dogs and Region 12 ran every stake. The old format used to attract 5 or more pros and this year Region 12 had 1 pro. It used to mean something to win in Tombstone. Why people think they need to mess with something that works I just don't understand.

Crestonegsp wrote:I agree and maybe they should go back to the good old days when there was an AKC trial on each end with Region 12 sandwiched in the middle. The AKC trials used to be 150 to 200+ dogs and Region 12 ran every stake. The old format used to attract 5 or more pros and this year Region 12 had 1 pro. It used to mean something to win in Tombstone. Why people think they need to mess with something that works I just don't understand.

Lot of those pro's have left that part of the country or passed away. Until you get new pros in the game and make it worth their while they won't be going. The same thing happened to Chukar Championship in N. Arizona. They had to cancel that championship because of the lack of interest. Maybe if they would put the two back to back or in concert with AKC trials. They might get a greater participation. It is only a guess. Right now there is no Pro in Arizona. You have a pro in California and one in New Mexico. You have to make it attractive for them to travel long distances. And maybe only maybe you can bring them back. I wish I knew the answer. It may take several people coming together to make both these championships viable again.

Brooks Carmichael wrote:

Crestonegsp wrote:I agree and maybe they should go back to the good old days when there was an AKC trial on each end with Region 12 sandwiched in the middle. The AKC trials used to be 150 to 200+ dogs and Region 12 ran every stake. The old format used to attract 5 or more pros and this year Region 12 had 1 pro. It used to mean something to win in Tombstone. Why people think they need to mess with something that works I just don't understand.

Lot of those pro's have left that part of the country or passed away. Until you get new pros in the game and make it worth their while they won't be going. The same thing happened to Chukar Championship in N. Arizona. They had to cancel that championship because of the lack of interest. Maybe if they would put the two back to back or in concert with AKC trials. They might get a greater participation. It is only a guess. Right now there is no Pro in Arizona. You have a pro in California and one in New Mexico. You have to make it attractive for them to travel long distances. And maybe only maybe you can bring them back. I wish I knew the answer. It may take several people coming together to make both these championships viable again.

Its not just that part of the country though, they start the Amateur CH's up here in Region 9 in the middle of the week also. I know there are lots of retired GSP folks that have the money and time to do an Amateur CH. in the middle of the week. But you will exclude a lot of guys like me that cant take a week off to hit a trial.

I will just have to run my stub tails in the all breed stuff with my pointers then!

There are two or three pros in California. I bet if they moved the CH to Kingman Az they would have a lot more people in attendance. Southern az is too far from most of the GSP guys to travel fr just a week or two surrounded with Brittany trials. If they moved it between two of us we would have six entries next year.