Horsetooth Retriever Kennel

06/17/2024

We love to run a water tune up drill on our technical pond while the NARC is going on, every year.

Jake and Trick.

06/14/2024

Congratulations and good luck to the HRK dogs at this year’s National Amateur in Maine!!

14-FC AFC SEASIDE’S SMARTY JONES “Smarty”
Owned by Derek & Joey Smith
Handled by Derek

27-FC AFC HIGH DESERT MORNING “Glory”
Owned by Ed & Laurie Neilson
Handled by Ed

34-FC THE TIN MAN “Tor”
Owned by Tyler & Naomi Evans
Handled by Naomi

65-FC AFC JIMAVICHES HOLLANDAISE JAMMER “Jammer”
Owned & Handled by Bobby Lee

96-FC AFC RMR’s WON’T BE STUMPED “Mugs”
Owned by Sarah Love & Joel Harris
Handled by Sarah

100-FC AFC LJ’s TEXAS KING OF BLUES “Ray”
Owned and Handled by Mark Littlejohn

Also good luck to the other dogs in our pre-
National group and thank you to Isaac Langerud!!

17-Fannie and Frank Price
21-Lonzo and Bill Fruehling
25-Torq and Joel Earls
35-Houston and Richard Larsen
38-Crook and Mike Griffin

Thank you to Tim Mueller for the fabulous grounds and hospitality during pre-National in Vermont!!

Good luck to all teams this week and congratulations!

May all your flyers be friendly!

06/06/2024

FC AFC Horsetooth's Penalty Shot had a shortened career due to injury, surgery, rehab, more surgery, etc.

What a gift he was and continues to be in retirement.

He was just getting started when his injury occurred.

Kenny says Deke is one of his favorite all time dogs.

Loved by Don & Kathy Fregelette

16” rosette wreath off to Colorado! This was made from Deke’s ribbons. [email protected]

06/03/2024

Cheyenne Retriever Club

Open
1st-FC AFC High Desert Morning
Owned by Ed & Laurie Neilson

3rd-FC The Tin Man
Owned by Tyler & Naomi Evans

RJAM to Lukas (HRK owned)
JAMS to Mattie (Ernie D’Antoni) and Smarty (Derek & Joey Smith)

Amateur
2nd-Dirt Road Twist
Owned and handled by Naomi Evans

RJAM to Creed (Mike & Cheryl Robicheaux/Derek Smith, handled by Derek)
JAM to Tavi (Naomi Evans & Don Fregelette, handled by Naomi)

Qualifying
1st-Firemark What’s Knox To Like
Owned by Melanie Foster

JAM to Kew (owned and handled by Joey Smith)

Derby
1st-Four Ponds Twin Oak Pure Gypsum
Owned by Todd & Camille Schaeffer
NEW DERBY LIST!!

4th-Stradivarius
Owned by Don & Kathy Fregelette, handled by Don

Congrats to all our clients on their great weekend!!

Congrats to our fabulous assistant, Jake, for handling to both minor stake WINS!

Thank you to the club, the judges and the workers.

05/27/2024

Centennial

Another great weekend!

Open
1st-NFC AFC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi
Owned by Naomi Evans & Don Fregelette

3rd-Four Ponds Good Ol Boy
Owned by Todd & Camille Schaeffer

4th-FC AFC Seaside’s Smarty Jones
Owned by Derek & Joey Smith

JAMs to Mattie (Ernie D’Antoni) and Glory (owned and handled by Ed Neilson).

Amateur
1st-FC AFC High Desert Morning
Handled by Ed Neilson
QUALIFIED NATIONAL AMATEUR

2nd-NFC AFC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi
Handled by Naomi Evans

4th-FC The Tin Man
Handled by Tyler Evans

RJAM to Breeze, handled by Ed Neilson

Derby
3rd-Stradivarius
Owned by Don & Kathy Fregelette
Handled by Kathy

Congrats to everyone!!!!
Also congrats to other placements and finishers.

Thank you to the club, judges and workers!!

05/20/2024

Rocky Mountain

Open
1st-FC The Tin Man
Owned by: Tyler & Naomi Evans
QUALIFIED NATIONAL OPEN!!

3rd-Dirt Road Twist
Owned by: Naomi & Tyler Evans
Handled by Naomi!

Congrats!!

Amateur
2nd-FC AFC High Desert Morning
Owned by: Ed & Laurie Neilson
Handled by Ed

3rd-FC Clooney’s Seaside Apostle
Owned by: Mike & Cheryl Robicheaux and Derek Smith
Handled by Derek

Way to go guys!!

Qualifying
4th-Mind The Gap
Owned and handled by Joey Smith

RJAM: Firemark What’s Knox To Like
Owned by: Melanie Foster

Congrats ladies!!

Derby
3rd-Four Ponds Twin Oak Pure Gypsum
Owned by: Todd & Camille Schaeffer

RJAM-Stradivarius
Owned by Don & Kathy Fregelette
Handled by Kathy

Way to go!!

Great Salt Lake Trial

Open
JAM-FC Bigwood’s Last Man Standing
Owned by Mark & Gail Henry

Congrats!!

Thank you to these great clubs, the judges and the workers!! Congrats to the other placements and finishers!

05/14/2024

Creed puppies just born!!

This is a repeat breeding and we are getting great reports on the first litter.

Contact Kelsey Brown for more info!

05/13/2024

West Nebraska

Open
1st-FC AFC Jimaviche’s Hollandaise Jammer
QUALIFIED NATIONAL OPEN
3rd-NFC AFC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi

Huge congrats to Bobby Lee and Naomi & Tyler Evans and Don Fregelette!!

Amateur
1st-FC The Tin Man
QUALIFIED NATIONAL AMATEUR
2nd-FC Clooney’s Seaside Apostle
3rd-FC AFC High Desert Morning
JAM to Lime

Big congrats to Tyler & Naomi Evans, Mike & Cheryl Robicheaux and Derek Smith and Ed & Laurie Neilson!!

Qualifying
1st-Prairie Winds Chipper Jones
NEW QAA!!

Way to go Derek & Joey Smith

Derby
2nd-Four Ponds Twin Oak Pure Gypsum

Congrats to Todd & Camille Schaeffer!!

Thank you to this amazing club, the judges and the workers!!

05/09/2024

Watermark's Rome Wasn't Built In A Day QA2

2020-2024

Owned and Loved by Stacy Ritchie

Every trainer's worst nightmare occurred a couple days ago. We tragically lost Roman to Gastric Torsion overnight.

Roman was a promising young dog who had so much left to accomplish in his life. He will be missed by many.

The HRK family is bereaved and we would like to share our condolences to Stacy and all that loved Roman.

Roman loved Stacy, and Stacy loved Roman.

It's just not fair.

05/09/2024

Terrible. This will affect so many Canadians.

Starting on August 1, all dogs entering the U.S. (including those that left the U.S. and are returning, and regardless of the country they are coming from) must be:
• healthy upon arrival
• at least 6 months of age
• microchipped
• accompanied by a CDC Dog Import Form receipt and required vaccination and veterinary documents.

Additional requirements may apply depending on where the dog has been in the last 6 months and whether or not the dog was vaccinated in the United States.

Use CDC’s Q&A tool (the CDC “DogBot”) to determine what rules apply to your dog: https://bit.ly/2rww2bq

05/07/2024

We’ve been tardy on our congrats posts!
Busy, busy…

Fort Collins
Open

2nd-Docheno’s Winning Colours
NEW FC!!!
3rd-Clooney’s Seaside Apostle
NEW FC!!!
RJAM to Jammer
JAMs to Glory, Ruston and Sport

Huge congrats to Mike & Cheryl Robicheaux and Derek Smith for Creed’s title!!
Also congrats to Bobby Lee, Ed & Laurie Neilson, Emily Head and Todd & Camille Schaeffer!!

Amateur
4th-FC HRK Lexington
JAM to Glory

Congrats to Kathy Fregelette!!
Also congrats to Ed Neilson for handling Glory to 8 series!!

Derby
4th-Stradivarius

Congrats to Don Fregelette for Gibson’s first Derby placement!

Tulsa

Open
JAMs to Mugs, Mattie, Tavi and Tor

Congrats to Sarah Love & Joel Harris, Ernie D’Antoni, Naomi Evans & Don Fregelette and Tyler Evans!!

Amateur
3rd-FC AFC Jimaviche’s Hollandaise Jammer

Way to go Bobby Lee!!

Qualifying
3rd-Mind The Gap

Congrats to Joey & Derek Smith

Derby
RJAM to Gyp

Congrats to Todd & Camille Schaeffer!!

Thank you to all the judges and workers!!

Thank you to our amazing clients!!

03/25/2024

Catching up with the last two weeks!

Colorado Women's Retriever Club
THANK YOU TO PURINA FOR SPONSORING THIS TRIAL!!
Open
2nd-FC AFC RMR’s Won’t Be Stumped
Handled by Sarah!!
JAMs to Tavi, Tor and Jammer

Congrats to Sarah Love, Naomi Evans & Don Fregelette, Tyler Evans and Bobby Lee!!

Amateur
3rd-FC AFC Jimaviche’s Hollandaise Jammer
QUALIFIED NATIONAL AMATEUR
4th-FC AFC High Desert Morning
RJAM to Mugs
JAMs to Tavi, Lexi, Creed and Breeze

Congrats to handlers Bobby Lee, Ed Nielson, Sarah Love, Don Fregelette, Kathy Fregelette and Derek Smith!!

Qualifying
1st-Bluewater’s Makaira
NEW QAA!
3rd-Ridgecrest’s Fin and Tonic
JAM to Flash

Congrats to Tim Mueller!!

Derby
4th-Four Ponds Twin Oak Pure Gypsum
JAM to Gibson

First Derby for both these dogs! Congrats to Todd & Camille Schaeffer and Don & Kathy Fregelette!

Thank you to our assistant Jake for doing such a fabulous job with the minor stakes dogs!!

South Texas

Open
JAMs to Smarty, Mattie and Jammer

Congrats to Derek & Joey Smith, Ernie D’Antoni and Bobby Lee!

Amateur
3rd-NFC AFC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi
RJAM to Jammer
JAM to Breeze

Congrats to handlers Don Fregelette, Bobby Lee and Ed Neilson!!

Thank you to these great clubs, all the judges, the workers and especially our amazing clients.

03/12/2024

Rose Country

Open
1st-FC AFC Seaside’s Smarty Jones
3rd-NFC AFC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi
RJAM to Jammer
JAM to Tor

Way to go Derek & Joey Smith for Smarty’s WIN!!!
Also congrats to Naomi Evans & Don Fregelette, Bobby Lee and Tyler Evans!

Amateur
1st-FC AFC Jimaviche’s Hollandaise Jammer
4th-FC AFC Seaside’s Smarty Jones

Huge congrats to Bobby Lee and Derek Smith!!

Thank you to the club, workers and judges!!

03/07/2024

A great breeding coming up by wonderful Creed, who only needs 1/2 point for his FC.
High Point Derby Male, then Open win at 2!!

Please reach out to Dazy's owner for more info...

03/05/2024

PRTA

Thank you to the sponsors of ALL PRTA events; Garmin, Purina and Avery Sporting Dog!!

Open
1st-NFC AFC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi
This puts Tavi over 100 All Age points!!!
JAMs to Smarty and Creed

Huge congrats to Naomi & Tyler Evans and Don & Kathy Fregelette for Tavi’s 2nd win in a row (and 4th win in her last 6 trials, including one particularly big win. 😉)
Also congrats to Derek & Joey Smith and Mike & Cheryl Robicheaux!

Amateur
JAM to Jammer
Way to go Bobby Lee!!

Qualifying
1st-CDK’s River Of Cash
NEW QAA!!
4th-Ridgecrest’s Fin And Tonic
RJAM to Kew

Way to go to Jake Jones for Cash’s WIN!! Also congrats to Tim Mueller and Joey & Derek Smith!!

Thank you to the judges, workers and land owners!!

Congrats to the other finishers!

03/03/2024

Can’t wait.

Going to be an amazing weekend with Kenny & Marcy.

02/12/2024

Acadiana

2024 started off with a bang!

Open
1st-NFC AFC Freeridin Rikki Tikki Tavi
2nd-FC AFC Jimaviche’s Hollandaise Jammer
RJAM-Lukas
JAMs to Ruston and Smarty

Huge congrats to Naomi Evans & Don Fregelette for the win!!
Congrats also to Bobby Lee, Emily Head and Derek & Joey Smith!!

Thank you to this amazing club and the workers and judges.

01/27/2024

Another fun article by Purina!

https://www.purinaproclub.com/resources/dog-articles/2023-national-retriever-champion-rikki-tikki-tavi

Learn about Tavi, the 2023 National Retriever Champion & her trainers, Purina Pro Club experts Marcy Wright & Kenny Troll & why they feed her Purina Pro Plan Bright Mind.

01/26/2024

Congrats to Judy Pond on the purchase of HRK Einstein-“Albert”.
This gorgeous son of FC AFC Flex out of our Lukas is doing fabulous!!

01/15/2024

A fun interview I did with Purina last year...

Meet Purina Pro Club pro, Marcy Wright, of Horsetooth Retriever Kennel, & learn about her AKC retriever field trials training program & why she chooses Purina Pro Plan.

01/13/2024

Giddings Double D/Q
(South TX Retriever Club & Colorado River RC)

Derby
1st & 1st-Prairie Winds Chipper Jones
NEW Derby List!!

The Jones’ did great!! We sent Jake Jones with one dog to the Double D/Q and he made us proud.

Huge congrats to Derek Smith for Chipper’s double blues.

Thank you to the judges and workers!

01/11/2024

PUPPIES DUE MID MARCH

FC AFC Jimaviche's Hollandaise Jammer
x
Docheno's Winning Colours QA2

Jammer is a 2x National Open Finalist.

Lukas was on the Derby list and has an Open win. Needs one point for her FC.

Both dogs have clear echocardiograms and health clearances.

Only a few spots on the list left.

Lukas's previous litter is doing fantastic!!

Email only please.
[email protected]

12/21/2023

We are so proud to represent Avery Sporting Dog and Avery Outdoors!!

They make the best equipment for dog trainers and all outdoor enthusiasts.

Thank you to them for their continued support and passion for our retriever athletes!!

🐾 Meet the Heart of Horsetooth Retriever Kennel 🐾

In the rugged terrain of Colorado, back in 1996, Kenny Trott embarked on a journey that would transform retrievers into champions. Horsetooth Retriever Kennel was born. 🏞️

Kenny's expertise spanned all types of retrievers and all types of work – from hunt tests to hunting and Field Trials. However, as time passed, his focus refined. Today, he exclusively hones Field Trial dogs, drawing clients from the entire United States and even our friendly neighbors to the north, Canada. 🇺🇸🍁

Avery Pro and Team Waterdog member for years, Kenny was joined by his equally passionate wife, Marcy, in 2010. Marcy's journey was equally remarkable. She trained her own dogs for Field Trials while working full-time as a Paramedic in Canada. 🚑

Together, they, along with their talented assistant trainer Jake Jones, helm a full-service Field Trial training kennel. They follow the sun, with summers in the breathtaking Colorado and winters in the warm embrace of Texas. 🌞❄️

Their mission? To nurture not just champions, but healthy, joyful dogs who live and breathe their work. 🐕❤️

Horsetooth Retriever Kennel takes pride in being one of the select few kennels that takes a dog from Force Fetch all the way to the National. 🏆

Enter Tavi, the bright-eyed wonder who arrived at HRK as an energetic 8-week-old pup. Raised in the heart of their home, Tavi was quick to showcase an innate passion for retrieving and a remarkable intelligence. 🎓

Tavi's lineage traces back to FC CFC Backwater’s Boomer, another HRK success story. Boomer may have been a handful, but his legacy of intelligence and talent lives on in Tavi, minus the shenanigans! 🐶✨

Join us in celebrating this legacy of dedication, passion, and the pursuit of excellence at Horsetooth Retriever Kennel! 🌟

HoHorsetooth Retriever Kennelttps://www.horsetoothretrievers.com/

12/09/2023

Congratulations to;

Don Fregelette on the purchase, from the HRK puppy program, of Stradivarius (“Gibson”) and Tyler Evans on the purchase of FC The Tin Man (“Tor”)!!

We are so excited about the future of these two young dogs!

12/09/2023

Fun weekend.

Naomi & Tyler flew in to celebrate their special little dog, NFC Tavi.
And we just had to make a new table picture for them. ❤️🇨🇦💗🦭

12/04/2023

Four States

Amateur
4th-FC AFC Jimaviche’s Hollandaise Jammer

Big congrats to Bobby Lee!!

Thanks again to this fabulous and fun club, especially Mark Madore and Wade and Cathy Scroggins.

Thank you to the judges and workers!!