The course - Jumping individual large
The course demanded skillful handling and technique in addition to speed.
The course which is set by judge Michel Liekens had a very tricky start. Both handler and dog had to control the excitement as they entered the firs combination. Most of the contestants that were disqualified missed at the very beginning, but luckily, we didn't see to many disqualifications.
After making it through the five first jumps, a tunnel followed, then a jump, the wheel followed by an ox which was a blind jump with a sharp turn following. Quite a few lost some speed at this point!
The ox was followed by a jump, the long jump and the collapsed tunnel. The next challenge was the panel jump. Quite few got a difficult angle on this one, and this gave some faults.
A lot of the contestants got through the course without faults, and only the tens of a second distinguish between them. Standard course time was 38 sec, the winner, Remo Müller from Switzerland, finished in 30,44!
Here is the course drawing.
Hilde Hammer Aukrust
Updated: 28.09.2007 13:50 by Rune Mathisen




