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Road to the Nationals
Meet Bullet
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Points to Qualify
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Vol. IV, Special Issue
December 12, 2014
ROAD TO THE NATIONALS
Congratulations to NFC-AFC Robber's Stray Bullet, owner Marion Stroud-Swingle and handler Alan Pleasant, the 13 other finalists, and all the dogs that qualified for this year's National Open plus their owner and handlers.

We thought you might want to see a bit more information about Bullet and the other finalists and qualifiers.

 MEET BULLET
Sire: FC-AFC Creek Robber
Dam: FC-AFC Pattons Blazen Abby
DOB: 12/06/07
Breed/Color/Sex: BLM
Call Name: Bullet
Owner: Marion Stroud-Swingle
National Handler: Alan Pleasant (Black River Retrievers)
Breeder: Dan Hurst

Career Points
All-Age: 145
Open: 105
Amateur: 40
Derby: 82

Competitive Year Performance
Open Starts: 24
Open Wins: 7
Open Pts: 50.0
Open Pts/Start: 2.1
Purina Open Ranking: #1
 FINALIST PROFILE SUMMARY
Dog:              BLM: 7                             BLF: 7
Handlers:     8 professionals               2 amateurs
Gender:        9 men                              1 woman

QUALIFIER BREED, SEX, COLOR & POINTS
Here's more on the 105 dogs that qualified.  
  • 100% are Labs: 87% are black, 12% are yellow, 2% are chocolate
  • 62% are male: 38% are female
  • The average age (at the time of the competition) is 7 years old
  • The most frequent age is 5.7 years old
  • The youngest dog qualified is Sundog's Maximum Pursuit at 3.5 years old
  • The oldest dog qualified is FC Adams Acres Water Lilly at 11.3 years old

Lifetime points earned:

  • 1 dog has earned 227 AA pts
  • 3 dogs have between 150 and 200 AA pts
  • 11 dogs have between 100 and 149 AA pts
  • 25 dogs have between 50 and 99 AA pts
 LITTERMATES & SIBLINGS
Sometimes qualifying for a National runs in the family.
  • FC Jumpin' Joan Flash and FC-AFC Robber's Stray Bullet
  • FC-AFC Dottie Ray's Blue 4 You, NAFC-FC Dottie Ray's Ivy League, FC-AFC Dottie Ray's League of Her Own, FC Madison Hadagun
  • NFC Trumarc's Dot Come, FC-AFC Trumarc's Hollandaise
  • FC 3R's Carbon Calie, FC Tucker Copy of Carbon, FC-AFC Windycity'smightymouse
  • FC-AFC Candlewoods Life is a Highway, FC-AFC Trulines Walla Walla Sweet
  • FC-AFC Drakes Bay Parting of the Sea, FC-Afc Indian Heights Getaway
  • FC-AFC Un Petit Peu Canaille, FC-AFC Watermark's The Black Pearl
  • FC Beaverdam's Mister Earl, FC-AFC Texaco's High Tesse
 POINTS TO QUALIFY                            
Qualifying for  National is tough, taking a "blue plus two." Here's a breakdown of the number of points dogs earned to qualify. (Note: dogs qualified by rule are excluded.)
Close But No Bone
  • 12 dogs had at least 7 points but no win
  • 40 had the win but didn't earn the points
 FIRST-TIMERS AND REPEATERS
For nearly half (47%) the field, this was their first National. Twelve percent have qualified 4 or more times.  Here are some more stats:
  • 47% (49) have qualified 1x 
  • 22% (23) have qualified 2x
  • 19% (20) have qualified 3x
  • 6% (6)have qualified 4x
  • 5% (5) have qualified 5x
  • 1% (1) have qualified 7x
 DOGS DROPPED BY SERIES 2010-2014                
At a National traditionally the first and second series are combined into a double and a blind. But the number of entrants, weather, and land availability often determine what types of test come next.

That having been said, here's a comparison of the past five years in terms of the number of dogs dropped by series.
HOW ABOUT THE SIRES AND DAMS?
Sires
Who to breed a dog to is an ongoing source of conversation at events.

2001 - 2014 Top Sires of Qualifiers
  • 223 - NAFC-FC-NAFTCH-FTCH Ebonstar Lean Mac
  •   54 - FC-AFC Dare to Dream
  •   46 - NFC-AFC Clubmead's Road Warrior
  •   45 - FC-AFC Creek Robber
  •   40 - FC Fargo II 

2014 Top Sires of Qualifiers
11 Qualifiers
NFC-AFC Clubmead's Road Warrior

 

7 Qualifiers

NAFC Cody Cut a Lean Grade

 

6 Qualifiers

NAFC-FC Carbon Copy of Horn Creek

 

5 Qualifiers

FC-AFC Dare to Dream

NFC-AFC Five Star General Patton

FC-AFC Fen Wizzard

FC-AFC Creek Robber

 

4 Qualifiers

FC-AFC Small Craft Advisory

 

3 Qualifiers

FC-AFC Esprit's Power Play

FC-AFC Hawkeye's Candlewood Shadow

FC-AFC High Tech CEO

FC-AFC-FTCH-AFTCH Taylorslab Magic Trick MH

FC-AFC Hilltop's Hayseed

FC-AFC Small Craft Advisory

 

2 Qualifiers

FC-AFC CJ's Mister T
NAFC-FC-NAFTCH Ebonstar Lean Mac
FC Fargo II
FC-AFC Land Ahoy

FC-AFC Nick of Time Lone Ranger

FC-AFC RSK's Smooth Sailing

FC Running with the Devil

NFC Two Rivers Lucky Willie

FC-AFC Wood River's Franchise

 

Dams
Just as important, and some would say perhaps more important, is the bitch.

 

2001 - 2014 Top Dams of Qualifiers
  • 27 - FC-AFC Tequilla Sunrise IX
  • 21 - FC-AFC Candlewoods Homely Hannah
  • 20 - FC-AFC M and M's Buns of Steel
  • 19 - Dust Devil's Desert Duk MH
  • 18 - FC-AFC Trumarc's Lean Cuisine
  • 18 - Fc-AFC Candlewood's Rita Reynolds

2014 Top Dams of Qualifiers 

4 Qualifiers
FC-AFC Hurricane Breeze

 

3 Qualifiers

FC-AFC M and M's Buns of Steel

FC-AFC Tequilla Sunrise IX

FC-AFC Watermark's Mardi Gras

FC-AFC Windy City's Secret Signal

 

2 Qualifiers
FC-AFC Drake's Bay Kate's Choice
Fern Cobble's Contesse
FC-AFC Pattons Blazen Abby
FC-AFC Trumarc's Lean Cuisine
FC Fat City Juice
Seaside Monster's Inc
 
Litters
And what about those elusive "nicks," where the combination of the sire and dam produces a powerful result?

4 Qualifiers
FC-AFC Fen Wizzard - Hurricane Breeze (two litters)

3 Qualifiers
NAFC-FC Carbon Copy of Horn Creek - FC-AFC-FTCH-AFTCH Windy City's Secret Signal

2 Qualifiers
NFC-AFC Clubmead's Road Warrior - FC-AFC Tequilla Sunrise IX
FC-AFC Creek Robber - FC-AFC Pattons Blazen Abby
FC-AFC Dare to Dream - FC-AFC Drake's Bay Kate's Choice
FC-AFC Hawkeye's Candlewood Shadow ex FC-AFC Watermark's Mardi Gras
FC-AFC High Tech CEO - Fern Cobble's Contesse
NFC Two Rivers Lucky WIllie - FC-AFC Trumarc's Lean Cuisine
HANDLERS WITH 3 OR MORE QUALIFIED DOGS
Of the dogs entered, 74% were handled by a pro. And most (86%) handlers were men.

Most (86%) of the pros handled more than one dog. All but one amateur handled just one dog.

 

Handling 6 dogs:

Alan Pleasant (Black River Retrievers)

Bill Eckett (Blackwater Retrievers

John Henninger (Tru-line Retrievers)

 

Handling 5 dogs:

Bill Sargenti (Sargenti Retrievers)

Ray Voigt (Handjem Retrievers)

 

Handling 4 dogs:

Danny Farmer (Vinwood Retrievers)

Wayne Curtis (Fox Hollow Kennels)

 

Handling 3 dogs:

Al Arthur (Sandhill Retrievers)

Jim Gonia (McKenna Kennels)

Chris Ledford (Wild Wind Kennels)

Paul Sletten (Pine Edge Retrievers)