Westminster Agility Competition: THE 2ND ANNUAL MASTERS AGILITY CHAMPIONSHIP AT WESTMINSTER The Westminster Kennel Clubs 2nd annual Agility Trial Presented by ProPlan, will be held on Saturday, February 14, 2015 at Pier 94 in New York City. As a result of exhibitor feedback and our own observations, we have made several changes that will make this years event even more exciting. The following format changes are planned; • Our trial will be open to dogs that have attained Master titles only. Dogs must have MX and MXJ, or MXP and MJP titles to compete. • The number of runs will increase to 660. • The method of entry will be First received. (Opening date: December 2, 2104 at 8:00 AM) • There will be a maximum of 2 entries allowed per envelope. • The Championship Round will be a Time to Beat style course with the addition of a dog walk. THE SCORING OF THIS TRIAL WILL BE AS FOLLOWS: First Two Rounds (STD & JWW) 1. These two rounds will be scored as AKC qualifying runs. Any Qs achieved will count with AKC towards regular agility titles. Jump heights offered 4-26. Dogs may run in the Preferred jump height in both rounds. 2. Judging will begin at 8:00 AM. 3. Dogs may run at a higher height than their true measured height in STD and JWW rounds. For purposes of the eligibility and placement for the Championship round, they will be scored and placed within their true jump height group during the re-scoring process. (e.g. 24 or 26 with a true measured jump height of 20 will be re-scored with 20 Regular dogs for the Championship eligibility.) They must run in the true measured jump height in the Championship round. 4. Dogs may run at their Preferred jump height in STD and JWW rounds. For purposes of the eligibility and placement for the Championship round, they will be scored and placed within their true jump height group during the re-scoring process. See below for more details. Requirements and Scoring for eligibility into the WKC Championship round. STD and JWW runs will determine eligibility: 1. Dog must Q in one of the first two runs (STD and/or JWW) in order to be eligible for the Championship round. Elimination (E) or being Absent from either round (STD and/or JWW) will eliminate eligibility for championship round with a no score. 2. Scoring for eligibility to the Championship round will be the combined actual running time of both runs plus any faults (this includes time faults). o R, W, T will be assessed 5 points. o F will be assessed 10 points. o Course time faults will be 3 points for every full second over course time. 3. After these first two rounds the data will be re-scored to determine eligibility for the Championship round. Dogs will be placed in order of the lowest combined score within their true AKC jump height. 4. All dogs in the regular level will be required to jump at their AKC regulation jump height based on the shoulder height. Any dog needing measurements must be measured before running. The 4 Paw Safety rule will be in effect. 5. Dogs that ran in the preferred jump height level in the first two rounds must run at their Preferred jump height in the Championship rounds. There is not a separate Preferred Championship round. 6. For purposes of the placement for the Championship round and overall WKC Master Champion, they will be scored and placed within their true jump height group: o 4 Pref / 8 Reg - all scored together as true jump height 8 o 8 Pref / 12 Reg - all scored together as true jump height 12 o 12 Pref / 16 Reg - all scored together as true jump height 16 o 16 Pref / 20 Reg - all scored together as true jump height 20 o 20 Pref / 24 Reg - all scored together as true jump height 24 7. A maximum of 10 dogs from each jump height will be selected for the Championship round. 8. In each jump height, the top 3 qualifying dogs, regardless of breed, will be chosen for the Championship round. After that, additional dogs will be chosen by individual breed. One of each breed from the remainder of the qualifying dogs in each jump height will be chosen until the limit is reached. One qualifying Canine Partner will be included in the breeds selected to make up the 10 dogs chosen in each jump height. 9. If there are not enough individual breeds to make up the 10 dogs in each jump height, the next dog with the lowest combined score will be included regardless of breed. This means that more than one dog of any breed may be chosen. WKC Championship round Scoring and Awards: 1. The Championship course will be a modified Time to Beat style course with a Dog Walk added. The WKC Championship Scoring will be using modified Standard Course rules. • There will be no Refusals or Runouts (R) called. • Each Wrong Course (W) will be assessed a 5 point fault. • Each Failure to Perform (F) will be will be assessed a 10 point fault. • Course Time Faults will be 3 points for every full second over Standard Course Time (SCT). 2. There will not be a 26 class in the championship round. 3. Each Dogs Championship Round Score will be calculated using dogs running time plus any course or time faults (please remember there are no refusals scored in this round but there are time faults). Placements within each true jump height will be determined using championship round score. 4. The overall Master Championship Round Score will be calculated by taking the Championship Course Yardage for the dogs true jump height divided by the dogs Championship Round Score (which is calculated using dogs running time plus any course or time faults.) for the 1st place dogs of each jump height. The highest result will determine the overall WKC Master Champion. For example, a dog with a Championship Round Score of 39.23 and a Course Yardage of 112 yards then the dogs Master Championship Score would be 2.85. 5. Judging of this round will be televised live and begin at 7:00 PM 6. This event will be live streamed throughout the day and televised live nationally on the Fox 1 network Saturday evening. As such, Westminster encourages that all exhibitors dress in clean and presentable attire in an effort to present an appropriate image of our sport. We are please to announce that Kelso, and Delaney Ratner, our 2014 Masters Agility Champion has accepted Purinas invitation to compete in their 2014 Incredible Dog Challenge which will be held at Purina Farms in St. Louis MO. on September 26th and 27th. facebook/wkcdogshow twitter/Wkcdogs westminsterkennelclub.org
Posted on: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:28:20 +0000
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