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For the 4th consecutive year, we
will celebrate the versatility of
our breed with the Triple Crown
Versatility Challenge. The 2013 NSS
Committee would like to honor those
handler/dog teams that successfully
compete in multiple disciplines by
offering a challenge meant to
inspire more of us to get out there
and accomplish great things with our
dogs! We challenge you to start
training now in order to meet our
challenge to qualify and/or place in
a minimum of three different
classes across at least two
different NSS events.
To meet the Triple Crown Challenge,
a dog might place and/or qualify in
Novice B, Team Obedience and the
WDX. Another dog might qualify in
the WD, a sweepstakes class, and in
a Bred-By Exhibitor Bitch Class.
Dogs who meet the Triple Crown
Challenge will receive a special
commemorative award and the dog’s
Triple Crown accomplishments will be
published on the 2014 NSS Website
and The ACC Bulletin. All prizes
will be presented at the banquet or
the WD/X/Q ribbon ceremony
(depending on when the dog meets the
challenge). Prizes will be
presented to each dog’s owner of
record, if present; otherwise the
awards will go to the handler.
Entering is easy and it’s
only $20 to play, but dogs must be
pre-registered by August 27
(when entries close).
To Pre-Register, send an
email to Gina Downin by August 27
with the name of the Owner/Handler
and the registered name of the dog
Then, immediately send a check
for $20, payable to ACC, to:
Gina Downin, 4007 33rd
St, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712
Dogs that meet the challenge must
submit a completed Triple Crown
Record Form to Gina at the show
AFTER competing
(either before the banquet or before
the WD ribbon ceremony).
Print the Info
Sheet: Triple
Crown Information Sheet
Print the Record Form:
Triple Crown
Record Form
Any questions? Please contact:
Gina Downin -
theweatherdeck@gmail.com
- 301.254.8222
Qualifications for the Triple Crown
Versatility Challenge
Qualify and/or place in any three
classes, across a minimum of two NSS
Events
Please note the following change:
This year, for the purposes of this Challenge, Obedience & Rally = 1
event
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Tracking |
Qualifying score in
tracking. |
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Agility |
Qualifying score in any
agility class offered. |
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Obedience/Rally |
Qualifying score in any
obedience and/or rally class
offered. |
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Conformation |
Best of Breed, Best of
Opposite Sex, Select
Dog/Bitch, a Judge’s Award
of Merit or by making the
cut in the Best of Breed
competition. Placement in
any regular or non-regular
conformation class. (Please
note: in Stud Dog and Brood
Bitch classes, placements
are awarded only to the
parent dog, not to any of
the representative
offspring.) Placement in
any Puppy or Veteran
Sweepstakes class also
qualifies. |
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Field |
Qualifying
score in any Working Dog
Test (WD, WDX, WDQ).
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Example 1:
“Fido” is entered in Rally Novice A,
Rally Advanced A , Open Dog in
conformation, and the WD for
field. Fido qualified in Rally
Novice A and placed third in Rally
Advanced A. In Open Dog, he did not
get a placement. Since his first
two “goals” were both in Rally, and
he failed to get a placement in
Conformation, he does not meet the
Triple Crown Challenge until the
field, when he passes the WD.
Example
2:
“Ripple” is entered in Veteran
Obedience, 8+ Year-Old Bitch in
Veteran Sweeps, Veteran Bitch 8-10
Years in Conformation, and the WD
for field. She qualifies in
obedience, is second in her Sweeps
class, and goes first in her Veteran
conformation class. She’s already
met the Triple Crown Versatility
Challenge before she hits the field!
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