Florida Open All-Age Championship Timeline Updated
In time for the 2017 running of the Florida Open All-Age Championship… Florida Open All-Age Championship Timeline (Menu > Resources > Championship Timelines) 
In time for the 2017 running of the Florida Open All-Age Championship… Florida Open All-Age Championship Timeline (Menu > Resources > Championship Timelines)
Beginning with the 2006 edition of the Florida Championship, the format for the trial was changed to a 40 minute qualifying series with a one-hour callback. The format was adopted to accommodate, within a one-week…
Alfred Vanderbilt bred, raised and raced the famous Native Dancer. He won 21 of his 22 starts. His only loss, the Kentucky Derby, by a head. As a result, Vanderbilt was often asked, “How does…
Thanks to esteemed judge of major all-age stakes, John Russell for sitting down with me at the Florida Open All-Age Championship and so beautifully articulating his definition of the all-age dog. John is an devotee…
Thanks to Jack Herriage for this story. One hot day in May 1967, we were running at a field trial on the Lake Whitney (Texas) field trial grounds. This was a highly contested trial, albeit…
6 x Ch. Susan Peters still holds the record for Canadian prairie championships. Nearly 50 years after her death in 1962, Susan Peters is still acknowledged as one of the greatest bird dogs ever to…
He was whelped May 12, 2001. He was to become “one to be reckoned with.” Bred by Nathan Phillips and solely owned and campaigned by Mr. Bert Wimmer, White Powder Pete made a name for…
Andy was a field-trial dog All-age category Four-time champ In six short years In toughest competition Andy was a field-trial dog But much, much more than that He hunted quail For Ted and John The…
Through the years I have been fortunate to witness some great races on the Canadian prairies. The prairies are a measurement of a dog who must be able to run them to the extreme…
I remember the first time I ever worked dogs with Colvin Davis up there in that big country around Broomhill. I stated that it was the furthest I had ever seen a dog fade from…