Day 3

We started out the morning at a cool 38 degrees but it was perfectly clear with just a slight breeze. A real nice morning to run bird dogs. Due to a couple of dogs being scratched due to injury and a couple of early pick ups we were able run 7 braces today and finished the trial today.

At the end of the day the judges named

Champion: My Mustang Sally Doug Ray

Runner Up Four River Commander.

I will have more Pictures later.

Day 2

Well we had a another pretty good day with birds in most bracee, we did have 2 more dogs finish the hour with clean bird work.
Hot Topic Kinkelaar and Mesaba Iron Don Dack both had good birdwork and nice races. However at the end of the day the same two dogs are on the leaderboard.

Day 2 morning

This morning it was 42 degrees and clear when we cast off. Had a couple of abbreviated braces and were back to camp early. We did have birds pointed in two of the three braces in the A.M.

Time to go to town for some dinner then back at it this afternoon.

Day 1

I would say day one was a success. We had absolutely perfect weather. We did move birds in every brace and finished the day with 5 dogs finishing the hour with clean bird work, when all was said and done we had work on pheasant, sharptails and huns. I will get some picture up later today, by interent was down last night or I would have had them up earlier.

We did have a change in the running order due to two scratches. In the 4th brace Offlee Amazin was scratched due to an bad foot I believe and Ridge Creek Jake had already been scatched in the 16th brace so Four River Commander was moved up and ran in the 4 brace.

Here were the 5 dogs that finished the hour with birdwork. In the order they ran.

Eye Candy SF Dean Lord

Four River Commander PM Shawn Kinkelaar

Hardup Road Jesse PF Doug Ray

Blackhawk Wiley PM Dean Lord

My Mustang Sally PF Doug Ray

The dogs that the judges are carrying at the end of day one, in the order they ran are.

Four River Commander 2 finds and unproductive.

My Mustang Sally 1 find and 1 unproductive.

1st Morning

Well its almost time. Everyone is here and made it safe. Its 5:15 am, 44 degree with 91% humidity, partly cloudy with no wind but I am sure there will be a breeze when the sun comes up. We are planning on getting going at 7:00 am. Good luck to all. Iwill fill you in later on what happens today.

Bill

Derby Running Order

Here is the running order for the Derby Stake. These handlers only gave me call names but here they are.

1. Pearl PF Kinkelaar

Rebel PM Doug Ray

2. Lucky RSF Williams

Zane SM Ray

3. Kate PF Williams

Hawthorne ??? PM Tande

4. Cash PM Kinkelaar

Pyro PM Tande

5. Judy PF Williams

Anna SF Ray

6. Pride SM Ray

Rose PF Williams

Dakota Sask OSD Championship CALCUTTA

Here is your chance to purchase a Top Shooting Dog if only for this trial. You can email me your top bid to holtan@hughes.net I will only raise the bids in $10.00 increments with the minimum price starting at $10.00. 50% of the pot will paid out the high bidders of the winner and runner up ...split 70/30. the other 50% will be donated to the Izaak Holtan Memorial Scholarship Fund.

The online bidding will end at 4:00 pm Central Time on Friday Sept. 5th...There will be a chance for local residents and trial attendees to bid on dogs on Friday evening so make sure when you send your top bid it is enough to keep it through the end of the auction.

HAVE FUN!!!!

CURRENT PRICE will be listed in RED before the dogs name.

20.00 Tenacious Tucker SM Larry Brutger High Bid L Brutger

50.00 Hawthorn Big Shooter PM Jim Tande High Bid J Tande

40.00 Bridges Lake Pat PF Doug Ray High Bid John Stogitis

40.00 Eye Candy SF Dean Lord High Bid John Larson

50.00 Five Points Hawkeye PM Jim Tande High Bid Chuck Wingard

40.00 Autumn Claire SF Shawn Kinkelaar High Bid R Rogers

50.00 CoveyRise Offlee Amazin PM Kinkelaar High Bid Gunnar Graven

10.00 Fannie PF Todd Manns High Bid Todd Manns

10.00 Hardup Road Jessie PF Doug Ray High Bid Doug Ray

10.00 Blackhawk Wiley PM Dean Lord High Bid Jerri Johnson

20.00 My Mustang Sally PF Doug Ray High Bid Ben McKean

10.00 Poison Creek Rose RSF Jason Williams High Bid Larry Brutger

40.00 Eldad Nicanor PM Shawn Kinkelaar High Bid John Shure

20.00 Blue PF Phil Napier High Bid Phil Napier

40.00 Master Hawk PM Dean Lord High Bid Gunnar Graven

50.00 Hytest Spymaster SM Jim Tande High Bid Jim Tande

20.00 Affirm SM Doug Ray High Bid Doug Ray

20.00 Jackson's White Line PM Jason Williams High Bid Jason Williams

60.00 Hannah's Elhew Rose PF Jason Williams High Bid Jason Williams

20.00 Rose PF Phil Napier High Bid Phil Napier

30.00 Hot Topic PM Shawn Kinkelaar High Bid Todd Manns

40.00 Butch Cassidy SM Bill Holtan High Bid Bill Holtan

50.00 Sunny Hill Hawk PM Dean Lord High Bid Todd Manns

30.00 Mesaba Iron PM Don Dack High Bid Don Dack

30.00 Calico's Tom Thumb PM Doug Ray High Bid John Stolgitis

20.00 Blackhawk Tex PM Dean Lord High Bid Jerri Johnson

30.00 Nella's Runnin Tab PM Shawn Kinkelaar High Bid Vagas Matheson

30.00 Smarty Smith SM Doug Ray High Bid Doug Ray

40.00 Street Sense PM Jason Williams High Bid Gunnar Graven

30.00 Barbaro SM Doug Ray High Bid Ben McKean

70.00 Four River Commander PM Kinkelaar High Bid Scott Shrum

20.00 Ridge Creek Jake SM Larry Brutger High Bid Larry Brutger

30.00 Fibber's Mudslinger PM Doug Ray High Bid Doug Ray

30.00 Blackhawk Jet PM Dean Lord High Bid Collette Wolf

40.00 Appalachee Ace Freehley PM Kinkelaar High Bid Darron Britt

20.00 Blackhawk Breeze PM Dean Lord High Bid Jerri Johnson

70.00 Hawthorn Kate PF Jim Tande High Bid Chuck Wingard

70.00 Four River Covergirl PF Kinkelaar High Bid Scott Shrum

30.00 Mom's Apple Pie PF Jason Williams High Bid Chuck Wingard

30.00 Berg Brothers Hytest SF Bill Holtan High Bid Bill Holtan

30.00 Dog Wood Meg PF Shawn Kinkelaar High Bid Todd Manns

20.00 Clyde PM Doug Ray High Bid Doug Ray

Pre-Trial Update

Well the entries are is and the trial has been drawn. We drew 42 dogs for the championship and 12 derbies. The courses are all laid out and ready to go.

These are a bunch of really good dogs many of them champions. I am excited to see them all go. Also looking at the handlers I did a quick count and I think the handlers in this trial have won in excess of 100 championships everywhere from The Northeast to the Northwest and from ND to Texas from Georgia to Canada. These handlers have won on quail, chuckar, prairie chickens, sharptails, huns, pheasants, ruffed grouse and woodcock. They have won National Championships on just about every game bird also. The amount of experience is staggering. Its almost hard to comprehend that the guys coming to run in this trials as a group have won championships in every venue from the grouse woods to all age, both walking and horseback shoooting dog. It will be fun. I will try and keep the blog updated on a nightly basis, and hopefully we can get some good photos to share.

Thats all from the farm tonite.

Bill Holtan

2008 Championship Running Order

2008 Dakota-Saskatchewan Open Shooting Dog Championship
September 6 2008
Kensal, ND
Judges: Rich Boumeester Jordan, MN and L.J. Lundstrom Apple Vally, MN

1)Tenacious Tucker SM Larry Brutger
Hawthorn Big Shooter PM Jim Tande
2)Bridges Lake Pat PF Doug Ray
Eye Candy SF Dean Lord
3)Five Points Hawkeye PM Jim Tande
Autumn Claire SF Shawn Kinkelaar
4)CoveyRise Offlee Amazin PM Shawn Kinkelaar
Fannie PF Todd Manns
5)Hardup Road Jessie PF Doug Ray
Blackhawk Wiley PM Dean Lord
6)My Mustang Sally PF Doug Ray
Poison Creek Rose RSF Jason Williams
7)Eldad Nicanor PM Shawn Kinkelaar
Rose PF Phil Napier
8)Master Hawk PM Dean Lord
Hytest Spymaster SM Jim Tande
9)Affirm SM Doug Ray
Jackson's White Line PM Jason Williams
10)Gypsy's Elhew Rose PF Jason Williams
Blue PF IS Phil Napier
11)Hot Topic PM Shawn Kinkelaar
Butch Cassidy SM Bill Holtan
12)Sunny Hill Hawk PM Dean Lord
Mesaba Iron PM Don Dack
13)Calico's Tom Thumb PM Doug Ray
Blackhawk Tex PM Dean Lord
14)Nella's Runnin Tab PM Shawn Kinkelaar
Smarty Smith SM Doug Ray
15)Street Sense PM Jason Williams
Barbaro SM Doug Ray
16)Four River Commander PM Shawn Kinkelaar
Ridge Creek Jake SM Larry Brutger
17)Fibber's Mudslinger PM Doug Ray
Blackhawk Jet PM Dean Lord
18)Appalachee Ace Freehley PM Shawn Kinkelaar
Blackhawk Breeze PM Dean Lord
19)Hawthorn Kate PF Jim Tande
Four River Covergirl PF Shawn Kinkelaar
20)Mom's Apple Pie PF Jason Williams
Berg Brothers Hytest SF Bill Holtan
21)Dog Wood Meg PF Shawn Kinkelaar
Clyde PM Doug Ray

Past Winners of the Championship

The Dakota-Saskatchewan Open Shooting Dog Championship was originally called the Saskatchewan Open Shooting Dog Championship. In 1984 it was changed to the Dakota-Saskatchewan Open Shooting Dog Championship. Here is a list of the winners since the change was made.

Year Winner Breed/Sex Owner Handler

1984 Express PF Stephen Harwood Pete Thoman
1985 Warhoop Express Liz PF L.C. Shepard Gordon Hazlewood
1986 Honor Roll PM C.R. Jackson John Daugherty
1987 A Fool's Gold PF G.R. Peifota Dave LaChance
1988 Jolly Rancher PM Kevin Lyons John Ray Kimbrell
1989 ??? PF Dr. Jim Sims Gordon Hazlewood
1990 Spotaleena PF Dr Alvin Nitchman Dr Alvin Nitchman
1991 Rocky Creek Shadow PF D.A. Clarke Keith Martin
1992 Sweet Vidalia PF Kevin Lyon's John Ray Kimbrell
1993 Sumter's Hacienda Bull PM S.P. Wright John Ray Kimbrell
1994 Trial Not Held
1995 Trial Not Held
1996 Napier Cajun Crook PM Phil Napier Phil Napier
1997 True Citizen ESM Inez Smith Harold Ray
1998 Davis Final Touch PM Tommy Davis Tommy Davis
1999 A Tarheel Shadow PF Roger McGwire J.C. Turner
2000 Rock Acre Buckwheat PM Lee Cruse Dean Lord
2001 Weber's Silver Jack PM Bruce Weber John Ray Kimbrell
2002 High Mark ESM Inez Smith Harold Ray
2003 Double Rebel Risk PF Warren Stephens Jim Davis
2004 EZ Tiny PF J.G. Dinkins Steve Browder
2005 Morning Dew Bull PM Dr J.T. Rickman J.C. Turner
2006 Canceled due to Draught
2007 Not held
2008 My Mustang Sally PF Tim Moore Doug Ray
2009 Coveyrise's Offlee Amazin PM Dr. Morgan and Gary Hertz Shawn Kinkelaar

2008 Dakota-Sas. Open Shooting Dog Championship

A new development has happend in the last week. We are going to host the Dakota-Sask. Open Shooting Dog Championship here at the farm near Kensal ND. This is a wild bird horseback trial to be run on sharptails, pheasants and huns. This trial has quite a bit of history and has been run for decades on wild birds first in Sask. then to Towner, ND then for a long time near Flasher, ND then for the past few years near Timberlake, SD. We are excited about keeping the flame going here near Kensal.

The trial will start on Sat. Sept 6th and run to conclusion. Judges for this years renewal are Rich Boumeester and L.J. Lundstrom both from MN. For any additional informationcontact Bill Holtan at 218-349-1777.

I would also like to thank our Dog Food sponsor NATIVE DOG FOOD.

Bill

We hope to see lots of scenes like this.