“A man’s passion for “big-going dogs” sustains the tradition of one of the nation’s toughest field trials on the Florida prairie.” A wonderfully written story about Ted Baker, Chinquapin Farm an the Florida Open All-Age… 
Just in time for the 2018 Quail Championship Invitational which begins on Saturday, November 24, here is the Timeline for the Invitational beginning with the Quail Championship first run in 1942: Quail Championship Invitational Timeline…
The 1963/64 field trial season was a watershed period in the history of the sport of bird dog field trials. This was the first season of competition for the Purina-sponsored Top Field Trial Bird Dog…
A seasoned trainer/handler of all-age dogs who has been most successful north and south of the Canadian border wrote the following to a younger fellow who had acquired a young dog that was proving to…
Excerpt from the 1998 North American Woodcock Championship The sexy redhead in the fur coated seated at the head of the table in the chair reserved for the guest of honor was happily dining on…
The earliest this scribe knows of dog trainers coming to the rural Manitoba Municipality of Albert was 1933….Clyde Martin, Bert Black and Ivan Yopp. This is not to say there weren’t others who came earlier.…
This past year marked the 100th Anniversary of the Amateur Field Trial Clubs of America’s founding in 1917 with its first National Amateur Championship conducted the following year in Thomasville, NC producing the first National…
What dogs have won the prestigious Continental Open All-Age Championship? Check out the Continental Championship Timeline for details of all the past winners. What name will be added in 2018? 1936 Continental winner Lester’s Enjoy’s…
Wild birds, field trials and fine pointing dogs An hour east of Tallahassee, Florida, just a short hop from Thomasville, Georgia in the heart of the Southern quail hunting culture, Dixie Plantation has figured prominently…
The five most prestigious and longest running Championship Invitationals in the country are*: • The Quail Championship Invitational. The 54th running began this morning (Nov 25) on the grounds of the West Kentucky Wildlife Management…