North Missouri Field Trial Association
Ideal weather conditions made for a great weekend of field trialing and watching some nice dog work. Only one week earlier and we would have not seen the high temperature not to rise above the single digits. Fortunately this weekend we had moderate temperatures in the mid-forties and beautiful sunny skies each afternoon. North Missouri Field Trial Association is very thankful for the support shown on this weekend from our participants who were from Missouri, Iowa, and Illinois.
Our trial this year was co-chaired by Tim Penn and Kevin Western as they overseen the operation of the trial from the start to the end. This year’s trial was held at White Oak Ranch near Edina, MO. This ranch has a great mix of edges blended together by crop, pasture, and hay ground, thus providing an excellent course to evaluate dogs on. NBHA sponsors Purina Pro Plan who supports the NBHA in a big way provided certificates to all the winners and Gun Dog Supply provided our daily drawing certificates to be given out to the general attendance at the trial. Other organizational sponsors of the NBHA are Garmin and Christie Enterprises they too are a big help to the NBHA.
Judging duty is sometimes hard to find for a January trial, but we were blessed that Dr. John Niebruegge of Kirksville MO agreed to judge all the stakes, along with a rotating panel of judges which were made of Tim Penn, Edina, MO; Kevin Western, Queen City, MO; Larry Langan, Pana, IL; and Dr. Brent Hoehns, Knoxville, IA. We would like to thank these judges for their time, as their decisions were well received by all. Other thanks need to go out to Corey Huchteman and Caleb Shubert as they help with running the dog wagon and planting birds which made the trial run very smoothly.
Saturday started by running the open stakes, with a very good class of open shooting dogs, our first place was Queen Frostine, PF, owned and handled by Dr. Brent Hoehns; Second went to Penrosa Stoneyox, SM, owned and handled by Tim Penn; Third went to Sweetbriar Sam, SM, owned and handled by Larry Langan. Open Derby had two dogs earning placements and they were first place Western’s Emma Sue, PF, owned and handled Kevin Western; Second place was Seiter’s Spotted Ice, PM, owned and handled Bill Seiter. Open puppy was another competitive stake with first place going to Miss Mae R D, PF, owned Rob and Cheryl Downen, and handled by Rob Downen; Second place was Western’s Emma Sue, PF, owned and handled Kevin Western: Third place went to Cajun’s Slingshot Jessie, GSF, owned Jeff Wallace, and handled by Dr. Brent Hoehns.
Sunday completed the trial with the running of the amateur stakes with another competitive class of amateur shooting dogs, our first place was Hard Rappin War Hawk, SM, owned and handled by Alan Worth; Second place was Love Biscuit, PF, owned and handled by Dr. Brent Hoehns; Third went to Hard Rappen Warrier, SM, owned and handled by Alan Worth. Amateur Derby stake first place winner was Western’s Emma Sue, PF, owned and handled by Kevin Western; Second place went to Carpenter’s Blue Hawk, SM, owned and handled by Larry Carpenter (pictured above). Amateur puppy stakes first place winner was Foggy Bottom Uncle Ted, SM, owned and handled by Joe Zimmer; Second place was Carpenter’s Blowin Smoke, SM, owned and handled by Larry Carpenter; and third place went to Carpenter’s Don’t Ya, SF, owned and handled by Larry Carpenter.
Submitted by Tim Penn
