Aug 7 to 10 - AAC National Championships

Abbey & Shona head to Sussex, NB to compete in the AAC National Championships. Sussex was a beautiful place to hold the Nationals, the people were great, the weather held out and we had an awesome Lobster dinner on the Saturday.

Abbey started out on Friday with some awesome runs! First was Standard where she had a clean and fast run. She finished in 9th place for Standard 1. Her next round was Jumpers where again she had a clean run earning an 11th place finish (just 700th's of a second out of 10th place). Her final round was Steeplechase 1. She had a great, clean round earning herself 10th place, her 10th Q, her Masters Steeplechase Dog of Canada (MSCDC) Title and the right to go to round 2!! (a first for Abbey) Abbey finished her day in 9th place overall.

Abbey in Standard 1

Saturday did not fair as well. Again it started with Standard where Abbey had 15 faults. Her next round was Gamble where she did ok in the opening but sadly did not get the gamble. She was eliminated from her Steeplechase round 2 but was having a smoking round at the time :( Abbey slipped into 11th place overall after day 2.

Abbey in Gamble 2

Sunday we started with Gamble. Abbey had a great opening earning 38 points with only trying the mini once! Again she missed the gamble :( Her final run was Jumpers, it had turned hot and Abbey just faltered coming away with 10 faults. Abbey finished 14th place overall in the 10" Specials Division.