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2012 National Open Championship Day 1

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Day 1 of the Open National began at 8:05am with Pat Casey and Dick Bembenek in the saddle. The weather was mild and breezy but dry.

Brace 1 Elhew Signature with Robert Ecker and Bob's Miller Daisy with Bob Phillips. Signature had two finds and one divided find before his handler collared him at 50. He was slow to start then covered the course. Daisy had one back, a divide find. She was very stylish and happy on the ground, but was up at 42.
Elhew Signature
Robert Ecker and Elhew Signature
Brace one point and back
Elhew Signature backing and Bob's Miller Daisy backing with Bobby Phillips.
Triple L's Brute
Tony Bingham with Triple L's Brute
Brace 2 Megans Blackjack with Garry Malzone and Triple L's Brute with Tony Bingham. Triple L's Brute bid for the championship was cut short with a pesky quail that flew right over his head at 6. Blackjack back at 6 had three stylish finds at 10, 24 and 50. He showed nice style on the ground.
Megan's Blackjack
Megan's Blackjack
Dennis Beauford and Miss Fibber Magee
Dennis Beauford with Miss Fibber Magee.
Brace 3 Miss Fibber Magee with Dennis Beauford and Stoney Run's Abbey with Dennis Snyder. Miss Fibber Magee had a find at 15, an unproductive at 24 and a lapse of manners at 35 ending her bid. Stoney Run's Abbey, was putting down a great race covering the course havings finds at 6, 32. On her last find her tail was to happy and she was up.
Dennis Snyder and Stoney Runs Abbey
Dennis Snyder with Stoney Run's Abbey
Grouseridge Remi
Brace 4 Grouseridge Remi with Garry Malzone and Cas Tiny with Robert Ecker. Remi had a nice race and finds at 27, and 46 with an unproductive at 56. Cas Tiny had a good race with finds at 10, 27, 46, and 53

Brace 4 point and back
Robert Ecker with Cast Tiny and Garry Malzone with Grouseridge Remi with a divide find at 27.

Brace 5 Texas Honeybee with Garry Malzone and Southern Justice Lady with Donald Terrell
Brace 5 was a very short brace Honeybee was on point in a bottom and not seen until Lady passed near her and then the bird popped and both dogs went ending their bid.
Bob Phillips and Bob's Miller Sue
Sue's First Point
Brace 6 Sky Dancers Skyview Ace with Dennis Beauford and Bob's Miller Sue with Bob Phillips. Ace was up at 50 with no bird work. Sue had a find at 8 with some ticking and stylish find at 28. She put down a very nice ground race.
Bob's Miller Sue's Second point
Sue's second point
Brace 7 Merritt's Pearl with Garry Malzone and Class Act Liz with Ted Riley. Liz had her running shoes on and was gone from breakawy. Pearl had a stylish find at 7. She was then not seen for some time and the tracker was called for.
Merritt's Pearl and Garry Malzone
Pearl on point with Garry Malzone
Brace 8 Southbound Stretch with Garry Malzone and Iron Will Thriller with Tony Bingham
Tony Bingham and Iron Will Thriller
Tony Bingham and Iron Will Thriller
Garry Malzone and Southbound Stretch
Garry Malzone and Southbound Stretch

Stretch had finds at 10, 40 and 53 were he suffered a lapse in manners ending his bid. Thriller suffered a unproductive at 28 and then backed Stretch at 40 and while Garry took his dog on, it took Tony a moment to catch up and he chose to pick him up.

Pat Casey
The judges, Pat Casey above and to the Right Dick Bembenek
Dick Bembenek

 

 

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