Here we go, one buble on a jump, was able to save it, I needed to hold for a minute until I had his head. This was our first Master Jumpers Q.

slow motion Video Coolhand Luc Weaving,

check out the DROOL at the finish of the weaves

2010 National Gamble run Saturday 7th place

Here is Luc's first gamble, so proud of that boy.
In hind sight We did not too bad,
I did not walk away from nationals feeling accomplished just exhausted and that is the main feeling of the nationals for me.
Luc did get both his gamble runs and a 95 points in one standard. Jumpers and my timing is the training for this year.
Luc's times were unbeleivable, Fast, fast!
He handled the venue and all the action going on like a pro. He was a star in staying focused for a dog that was 2 in April.
I must learn my lesson from my dog and learn to stay focus on my partner no matter what is going on.
Lessons we learn from our dogs.....

I cannot believe Nationals came and have been over for almost 3 weeks! Almost 2 years of planning and its "puff" gone, finished,done.
My friend, Deb who shared the hotel with me, counted the hours of sleep we got from the Thursday to the Monday morning.... 12 hrs total and they were not restful sleeps. Toss and turn trying to remember everything. Nationals for me was exhausting. What I learned from that experience is "not to run a dog" when organizing an event of that size.
Luc ran very well, I on the other hand was not focused has I should be. I certainly know what my "homework" is for the next year.

This is our standard run on the Sunday, 95 points, we had a dropped bar, we never have dropped bars, my timing was so off,
From now on my timing will be right on, every run....
enjoy!

We are Off to Nationals!!! Go Girls Go!!

Here is a couple of pictures from regionals of some great students who qualified! Well earned, well ran!!
Way to go girls!!!

Nationals 2010 Spruce Meadows Calgary Alberta , here We Come!!!

Coolhand Luc is going to Nationals! My goal for Luc was to get to the 500 pt mark, we did it! We earned 517.05 points. We had fantastic runs and one standard with 30 faults (ouch) The rest were great. each jumpers were 5 faults, (handler errors). We got our other standard with 123.92 pts, gamble points in the first one were a bit low, 80.61, our second gamble was 102.52 points. Steeplechase on Friday was an incredible ride! Luc was 1st and qualified in both runs. I beleive he had the fastest time overall. I did not get any video of these 2 runs. I forgot to write down his stats, but I do remember that the runs were each 29 seconds and something. We had a clinic with Kathy Keats this weekend and we have our homework to work on for nationals. It was a great time , with a great instructor. Very informative.

FUNMATCH IS ON!!!

We are on for the funmatch tomorrow! bring bug spray, I am sure those hungry mosquitoes will be out after all the rain and now the heat.
Hopefully there will be some wind, to blow them away!