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The Most Faults to Win a Class Award

Clipart: BC Buddies

1. John Williams won a Jumping G3-5 class with Manchester Terrier Skye (Eaglespur Rose Bay). It was at the Easter Agility Show at Shuttleworth - yes, the snowy one. They won with 21 faults 9 i.e. 1 x refusal and 16 time faults - all of which proves, don't stop running even if you've had a pole down! John Williams
2. ! can challenge the Most Faults to Win a Class” category from a team run I had in Ireland quite a few years back. I had taken four dogs with me so I found three unsuspecting handlers from the other Irish competitors and we had ourselves a team. It was a pretty challenging course and we won because we only had 3 out of 4 dogs eliminated. All the other teams had all four dogs eliminated! Kate Cook
3. Last year I won a Champion Maxi Agility at UKA with 32.89 faults.  I thought I had been eliminated because we had so many attempts at the weaves, but we had actually only got five faults for popping out before the end.  All the rest were time faults as I sauntered round praising my dog on her contacts and chatting with the judge.  As it happens I was the only person not be eliminated. Sally Jones

The Most Special Special

More 'Es' Than You Can Shake a Stick At!

1. Can anyone beat four eliminations before 10.00am! Jane Tatam
    
2. I can't beat by 10am but I can beat four. I had five by lunchtime on more than one occasion.
   Leona Kadir
    
3. Okay, I admit it - 43!  But - he, I (and the judges) enjoyed every one of them and each elimination had its good points. This was with my mad Springer Spaniel, Disney, in his first year - mainly in Allsorts, then Starters. At the end of the year he finally got ten faults, then five faults in the last two classes - light at the end of the tunnel! He treated every course like a Gamblers. It was a shock to me having such a fast dog after being used to 'normal' Springers. Luckily, at the beginning of his second year, he started picking up clears and places but he is still 'good entertainment value.'  Would not change him for the world but wish I was a better handler. Sue Taylor
    
4. My old collie Chaz - whom I have just had to drop down to Anysize classes due to arthristis in his spine - ten in December. He was entered into his first show at 18 months old and he as only ever had 1 clear round at full height (in the year 2000) and probably only a handful of times on the scoreboard with faults. Every other time has been an E. Surprisingly now he has dropped down he has done 2 out of 3 clear rounds for me. Kirsty Luttman
    
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Largest Class at a UK Agility Show

1. Just working out my Supa Dogs running orders and one of the Novice Jumpings has a total of 1036 dogs entered. Is this the biggest class yet? I remember classes of 900 and something but don't remember seeing over a thousand dogs entered before. Lorna Goodban

Best Agility Litter Ever

Spec & Puppies 2006

1. I would like to nominate a litter bred by Chris Bolton in 1988.

• Sire: Mary Ray's - Mr Chips
• Dam: Jeff Bolton's - Midnight Moonlight (Penny)

All dogs in the litter bar one made Advanced. Four of the litter were at Olympia at the same time, specifically Robbie, Boxer, Carrie, Chad, plus their full brothers Freddie and Chip from the previous mating.

There were four reds, one tri and one B/W. A very special litter!