PG1!!! - updated with video links

    • Gold Top Dog

    PG1!!! - updated with video links

    We finally got our PG1 title on Saturday!  I wish I'd had the time or the strength to transfer the video last night to upload, but I was so tired after getting home on Sunday.  It was a hair raising experience!  lol...
     
    Kota ran wonderfully with me through the whole course.  I timed our route well for a nice flowing run that led us right to the beginning of the Gamble for a great entrance.  I had my arm out, we were running and I cued "jump".  Then I lowered my arm ever so slightly and he pulled off the first jump!!  Arrggghhhhh!!!  So I spun him around and sent him on again.  He got the first jump, didn't see the off-course tunnel and went over the last two jumps under time!!! 

    We've been after this Q for a few months now to finish out our level one titles.  We've entered a total of 10 Gamblers runs in P1 since 2005.  He got his first Q in it on 8/18/07.  Got his second in the next trial on 10/13/07.  Then missed two of them and got it on Saturday. Whew!  Now we can enter all Level 2 and hopefully move through it faster than Level 1. Confused

    We also Q'd in Snooker with 42 points.  Would have Q'd in Jumpers but I made my front cross too wide and pulled him off, so he back jumped the next jump before I got him back to me.  Standard involved a pop out of the weaves at number 10. Sad and a table set at 8" which he jumped off the back of.  So no Q in that.  Pairs was ok, he took an off course tunnel because I slowed down too much to get him collected, and he viewed it as a turn and the last jump was only about 4 feet from the tunnel entrance.  But my pairs partner has problems with weaves, so after they redid them 5 times, we were WAY over course time.  Oh well, next time.  I entered Pairs just for a third, short run of the day.

    So overall a great weekend!  Big Smile
     

    • Silver

    Woooo hoooo!!!!! Way to go to you and Kota!!! Good luck with level 2!!

     Here's hoping your success will rub off on me and my boys (USDAA trials the next 2 week-ends).

    • Gold Top Dog

    Congrats!  Gambler titles can be really hard to get.

    • Gold Top Dog

     Yes, yes they can!  Wink

    • Gold Top Dog

    Finally uploaded our winning Gambler's run.  It wasn't the prettiest run but it was a Q nonetheless!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAfQmRSoPE0

     

    Our P2 Snooker run, also a Q.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZmbzrjiyfk


    Our P2 Standard run, no Q.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ltTRnWR-Lw


    Our P2 Jumpers run, no Q (and if I hadn't done my FC so badly, it would have been a Q!)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJlnd98x2IE