SUMMARY: Video from last month's CPE trial.
Boost's run on this Level 4/5/C Jumpers course was the fastest of all 50 or so dogs, any level, any height, who ran this course. Too bad there was a bar down. (At least in CPE you can have a bar down and still Q until you reach the Championship level.)She looks like she's struggling for footing in the fine dust of the horse arena--all of her strides look very short. Sure, it's a winding course, but the pace looks stilted. Still--fastest of all the dogs, guess she was doing *something* right. (Beat Tika--who was, surprisingly, only the 6th fastest--by 1.6 seconds.)
Wow! Nice run!
ReplyDeleteI have the same problem, beautiful run and one bar, so frustrating. Boost looks great though.
ReplyDeleteYeah, as you may know from reading here over time: I'm now up to 50 attempts at Masters Jumpers with only one Q to show for it.
ReplyDelete*This* is the dog who often says "what jump? this jump? are you sure you mean *this* jump? which jump again?" She looks beautiful here - so flowy and confident. I can't picture that other Boost at all!
ReplyDeleteYou can actually see it briefly in this run, but I was in position to manage it. Coming out of the white tunnel and approach the following jump, there's a slowdown and a hitch in her step where she saw me slowing; if I weren't in a position to keep pushing, she'd have not taken that jump. I've got another one to post where it's blatant.
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