DERBY?

[allen haire]

i just bought a 10 month old male from a fella and he said that he will be good for the derby can any one tell me what the derby is? he is akc registered ,is it just another type of feild trial or something different,?

thanks

[Gene W]

A 2009 Derby is a dog born between July 1, 2007 & June 30, 2008.
A 2010 Derby is a dog born between July 1, 2008 & June 30, 2009.

The way I read it, he'd be a Derby next year, 2010 if he's 10 months old.
Hope this helps.

[allen haire]

ok i get that but what is the derby, is it a special field trial or is it just a trial with younger dogs?

[Gene W]

A Derby Trial is a type of trial for young dogs meeting the age requirements (above), run under the AKC Format. No championship points are awarded (kind of a fun trial). Many times the sexes are combined into a 13" & a 15" Class. Am I making sense? For an advertisement example, check out the one for Java Village, probably a couple of threads down.

[Haire-Bear]

As Gene stated the dates he gave a SPO Derby year. Large Pack on Hare is any hound before it is 2 years old can run in a LPH derby trial.