Craig Johns with Clay (Raetihi) won the South Island Straight Hunt at the NZ Sheep Dog Trial Championships. Photo / Kayla McKenzie Photography
The Wanganui Centre was well represented as the NZ Sheep Dog Trial season finished up for another year.
Many certified centre dogs headed south for the NZ Sheep Dog Trial Championships at Warepa Collie Club, Hillfoot Rd, Clinton, in the Otago Centre on Saturday, May 27.
Josh Brennan with Wanganui Centre’s leading huntaway Rock, buoyed by his 4th placement in the Straight Hunt at the North Island Championships at Lochinvar Station, Taupō in the Waikato Centre in May, and Jessee Kereopa with Dougie from the Moawhango Club, who was 2nd in the exact same occasion, would have avoided with genuine self-confidence.
However, absolutely nothing can be considered given in the sport of sheep dog trialling – one can be in the clouds one week and among the also-rans the next week.
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Both dogs stopped working to make the last however fellow Wanganui rival Craig Johns with Clay (Raetihi) won the South Island Straight Hunt really decisively with 98 points and ended up sixth in the New Zealand last, while Dave Stuart and Jade were seventh in the Island and NZ last.
Gavin Drake and Short (Hunterville) were 4th in the South Island zig-zag hunt and 2nd in the NZ last – a leading effort and some alleviation for Drake after spending the majority of the week on the leaderboard on the shorthead with Baldy, just to get pressed off at the end.
Wanganui Centre’s leading heading dog, Garry Walker’s Cash, was on the leaderboard early in the week however stopped working to remain there.
With the hill season over, the showring trials will start with the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter fundraising event starting on June 14, culminating in finalists running for leading reward money on June 17.
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This is a brand-new indoor occasion and has actually drawn in 270 heading dogs consisting of a strong contingent from the Wanganui Centre. It will occur in the National Equestrian Centre, Aratiatia, Taupō.
The yearly Hāwera Indoor Mighty Mix Sheepdog Trial Showring fundraising event will follow Taupō, beginning on July 7 with finals on July 9. This has actually ended up being an incredibly popular occasion on the showring calendar and brings in rivals from all over the North Island.
• Brenda O’Leary is the promotion officer for the New Zealand Sheep Dog Trial Association’s Wanganui Centre.
