24/10/2023
Cynosoprt World Games 2023
❤️First of all, it was so good to see my old agility friends from all over the country, especially Eileen and Suzan!
🐾Although Cynosport got slightly smaller than before, the 20” class was very competitive. The courses were nice and fluent but easier than our A3 courses in Europe, so the dog’s speed was more in focus than other skills.
💲Let’s start with Steeplechase because my handling mistake in the finals still hurts… After the 9. place in the Quarterfinals, we advanced from the Semifinals on the 7. place. I knew we must give everything in the finals to step on the podium because she’s not the fastest dog here. I made that blind cross at #10, even without layering #15. She was on the perfect line after the tunnel; she hit the AF contact, and then I don’t know what happened. At the course walking, it was the only place I couldn’t tell in advance if I would be ahead enough to spin the jump after the AF or do an American turn. Then I did both. I thought I was late, and she turned wide, and then I turned towards her too and pulled her off the poles. Looking at the video, her turn was perfect. Ironically, we ended up in the 6. place, which was the best placement in the Steeplechase runs. Without the bobble, it would have been the 4. place or maybe the 3. place; it’s hard to tell. Shame on me, she was perfect during the whole week, she didn’t knock a single bar in 12 runs.
🐾Grand Prix Quarterfinals: one mistake, as usual, she missed the DW contact. I never ever advanced from a GP GF, LOL.
🐾Biathlon: clean in jumpers; in Standard, she went to the backside after the teeter, my feet were facing the bar, but probably I was too close to her. I should have trusted her teeter and made a side-change after that jump.
🏆Team!!! If you have done it once, you probably know how hard it is to win. You need three very good dogs and three handlers who get the job done, whatever happens.
🐾We started with Gamblers on Thursday. I made up my plan quickly and looking at the results (my group ran last), I only added a little loop with two jumps, and the teeter to get 61 points. Two dogs in 20” scored 60 points, so I went for 61 points. And what can I say? The plan was perfect… A little bobble took time, we got only 56 points.
🐾The same thing happened in Snooker on Friday, but it was worth trying. I made up my plan quickly, and when I saw the first 20” dog getting 56 points, I was sure I’d have enough time for my original plan and earn 57 points. The plan was perfect again… I only changed how to do the last 7 and didn’t cue early enough a tight turn after the tunnel. (I should have done the weave poles first). So we haven’t finished in time and got only 50 points.
We don’t have these strategic games in Hungary, so it’s still a sweet feeling that my plans were perfect. Next time, I’ll execute them also perfectly, I promise!
Our team was 3. after Gamblers and Snooker!
On Saturday, all three dogs ran clean in Jumpers, placed after each other on the 9., 10. and 11. place, the times were 22.97, 23.01, and 23.10, how cool is that!
My teammates had already mastered their Standard, we ran last, and we did it without any mistakes, landing in 7th place out of 140 dogs.
And we jumped to the top of the list out of 72 teams!!!!
🥇Only the best 20 teams ran the relay on Sunday in the main ring. Each of us ran their favorite part of the relay, our team ran last. I ran first, and finally, we could use our weave poles skills. I was so calm, somehow I knew we would make it, and we did it! Nebraska, Mystery, and Snap! are Cynosport Team Champions!
Thank you so much, my excellent teammates Mystery with Alice Cinotto and Snap! with Steve Schwarz!
Results: http://www.cynosport.com/2023-event-results-by-class/
Our videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLljzZN68MzPSFDQMZjzUOFrv_5OI7G0Ld&si=TX-U_7StT3jRP9AB
