2004 USBCHA Cattledog Finals
March 25, 26, 27 & 28, 2004
Green Forest, Arkansas.

"News from the Field"

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This page last updated 03/29/2004 12:22 PM CST

Thursday 3-25 Good weather for our first day of runs.  The spectators have full view of the course which always makes it more interesting for them.  The cattle are 500 lb heifers.  They started out working well, however are getting a little cantankerous as the day continues.

We have 8 minutes for the course.  Click here and check the Scores

Friday 3-26 On our first day of Nursery we are re-working the cattle.  It's overcast and we are hoping to fight off the rain.  check the Scores
Friday 3-26 We have completed our 1st round of Nursery before noon, we will take a break and start our second Open shortly. 
Saturday 3-27 Today is starting out sunny.  The cattle are a cantankerous again this morning. check the scores
Saturday 3-27 11:45  We just finished the 2nd round of open and it proved to be an exciting one with Jack King running second to last to finish up with today's high score of 90.   Thursday our high score in Open was Wayne Parker with a 90.    We have posted the scores in placing order.   Please make note that we do everything possible to make sure our postings of scores are accurate, however they are not official until checked over by our committee.   The committee with add the scores and come up with the top 20 to run in the finals.  After we draw the running order we  will post them on the website.    check the scores
Saturday 3-27 12:00 p.m.  We will take a short break and begin the second run of the Nursery.   Teddy Hill was our top runner in the first go with a score of 90.   The cattle need to be handled carefully today, and these Nursery handlers have been carefully watching the open runs to see how to handle them .     Tomorrow we will take the top 10 Nursery Dogs to the Finals.
check the scores 2nd Nursery
Click here to check out the Cattle Dog Rules
Sunday

FLASH !
 

Running Order of Open Top 20 for Sunday's Finals

Running Order of Nursery Top 10 for Sunday's Finals

The big news of the day is the weather.  It is reported that last night the storms in Oklahoma dropped over an inch of rain near Okalahoma City and there was a lot of lightening.  The large part of the storm looks like it will be north of  the trial field but there is a good chance that part of it will effect today's events.

Sunday 3-28 We will start @ 9:00 a.m with the Nursery Top 10 Dogs.  We will then reset the course with a double lift for the Open Top 20 Dogs.
It is raining pretty hard, however no lightening yet.    We are very wet! If lightening starts we will have to postpone until it is safe, but so far just a lot of rain.  

We re-set the course, there is a shoot for the fetch and the cattle are people shy  which makes it difficult to pen.   Check the Nursery Scores

We have a Nursery Champion.....  It's the year of the Biscuit!
12:00 noon We will re-set the course for the open.   The rain is light now, which should make it a little easier on the Open dogs. 
The rain has stopped and it is mostly cloudy.  To our amazement the cattle are working good and the handlers are able to pen the.   The total score for the Open is 210, with a double lift. Open Scores
We have a USBCHA National Cattledog Champion..... It belongs to the Youth!
2004 Open Champion 
 Kyle Estes & Cap
2004 Nursery Champion
Roy Taber & Biscuit  
2004 Open Reserve Champion
 
Pete Carmichael & Hooker 
2004 Nursery Reserve Champion  Loren Holmes & Jay  

Congratulations to our Winners...  see you all next year.