.:| 2010 AB/NWT Regional Steeplechase Championship

Download: Steeplechase Gate List .pdf
 

The 2010 Nationals Steeplechase Championship Program (hosted by Spectrum Speed Dogsports) will consist of three rounds.

Round 1 and Round 2: Friday, June 18, 2010

The first two rounds will be unlimited entry, AAC sanctioned Steeplechase events, judged according to current AAC rules and regulations and OPEN TO ALL DOGS ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE IN AAC SANCTIONED EVENTS. For Exhibition Only runs will not be allowed.

Round 3: Sunday, June 20, 2010

The third round “Steeplechase Championship” will be ‘by invitation only’ based on performance in the previous rounds. A top percentage of competitors (minimum of 3 dogs, maximum of 15 dogs) from each height class in Rounds 1 and 2 (determined by a time plus faults format) will be invited to compete in the 2010 Regional Steeplechase Championship.

The Steeplechase Championship will take place after the last Regional aggregate event on Sunday has been completed.

Finalists for the Steeplechase Championship will be determined as follows:

Winners in each height class and category (Regular/Special/Veteran) from each of Rounds 1 and 2 will get a BUY into the Final. The remaining finalists will be determined by their best yps result (time plus faults format) in each of the first two rounds. Competitors DO NOT have to enter both rounds to qualify for the final, however entering both rounds will increase their chances of qualifying.

.:| Championship Details

Competitors in the final round will start with a clean slate and will run in reverse order, with the highest placing dogs from Round 1 and 2 in each height class running last. Walk through of the Final will combine all heights and classes, and the Final event will run as follows; Each Height Class: Veterans then Specials then Regulars (or as per combined below).

Classes with small numbers of competitors will be combined using the following guidelines:

a. Special and Veteran height classes (i.e., 6” S + V, 10” S + V, 16” S + V, 22” S + V) will be combined if the total number of dogs equals 10 or less in Rounds 1 and 2
b. Regular Mini dogs (10” and 16”) will be combined if the total number of dogs equals 10 or less in Round 1 and 2
c. Regular Open dogs (22” and 26”) will be combined if the total number of dogs equals 10 or less in Round 1 and 2
d. If the number of dogs in any class in Rounds 1 and 2 equals 3 or less, that class may be combined with another class as per the above guidelines, even though combining them may result in a total number of dogs equalling more than 10.

.:| Prizes and Awards

Round 1 and 2:

Placement ribbons for 1st - 4th place in all height divisions and categories
Qualifying ribbons for all qualifying scores.
Title rosettes for competitors achieving the Masters Steeplechase Dog of Canada title.

Round 3 (2010 Regional Steeplechase Championship):

Special ribbons, awards and prize money will be awarded for each jump height in all classes, or combined classes as above. Prize amounts will be based on a relative percentage of the total entry fees received in each height class.

Please use the Regional entry form to register for first two Rounds of the Steeplechase event.

.:| SC Entries Received