PREMIER NATIONALS JUDGING PROGRAM These Events Are Held Under the Rules and Regulations of United Kennel Club
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PREMIER NATIONALS JUDGING PROGRAM These events are held under the rules and regulations of United Kennel Club PREMIER NATIONALS Thursday, June 17, 2021 2019-2020 Top Ten Invitational, 2019-2020 All Stars, National Top Junior Invitational Friday, June 18 - Sunday, June 20, 2021 All-Breed Conformation Shows (Regular & Altered) including Junior Showmanship, Agility Trials, Lure Coursing Meets, Nosework Trials, Obedience Trials, Rally Obedience Trials, Drag Racing, Precision Cours- ing, Dock Jumping, and Weight Pulls. Hosted by United Kennel Club Kalamazoo County Expo Center & Fairgrounds 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo MI 49048 All times found in this program are Eastern Standard Time. Events will not start before the scheduled start time in this program, even if judging goes faster than anticipated. 269.381.5228 2 2021 Premier Nationals Premier Best of the Best! The Best of the Best competition is on Sunday, June 20, 2021. All the Best in Specialty winners, the Top Ten Winner, Total Dog Regular Best In Show Winner, and the Regular Best In Show Winners from Friday – Sunday are invited to compete for the Best of the Best! The competition will be held immediately after Regular and Altered Best In Show on Sunday. The judge will be announced at the time of the competition. NOTES & REMINDERS: Important Information • Overnight security is not provided. 1. Checking In. Exhibitors and event participants must • This is a non-smoking facility. check-in in the main lobby inside the Expo Center and com- plete a health screening questionnaire. You will receive your 3. Masks & Social Distancing. Masks are required both armbands plus a wristband after completing your health indoors and outdoors for those who are not fully vaccinated. screening, which you must present to enter any ring. Wrist- Fully vaccinated individuals will not be required to wear a bands will be used for entire event - you only need to check mask indoors or outdoors. in once. • To promote social distancing, several activities and rings have been moved from where they have Check-In Times been in years past. Please familiarize yourself with • Wednesday: 10:00am – 4:00pm the event layout. • Thursday: 6:30am – 8:00am • Safety guidelines for this event can be found on • Friday: 6:30am – 8:00am the Premier page on www.ukcdogs.com and must be followed for the duration of the event. Check-in will also be available during event times. 4. Armbands. Please check the reverse side of your arm- 2. Set-up. You may begin setting up crates and pop-up tents band to make sure the dog’s number and the entries are on Tuesday at 3:00 pm. Those who have reserved indoor correct. If there is any discrepancy, please visit the Su- crating or grooming spaces will be allowed in the building at perintendent’s table in the Main Expo Center first thing in this time. Indoor spaces will be pre-assigned so there is no the morning. All corrections or changes to entries must be need to arrive early to find a space. made in writing to UKC no later than one half-hour prior to • Building and grounds will be open to exhibitors at the start of any regular judging at the show. For questions 7:00am Wednesday through Sunday. before the show, email us at [email protected]. • The event grounds have plenty of outdoor space For questions at the show, come see us at the Superinten- for personal canopies. Loading and unloading on dent’s table. the lawns will be allowed from 7:00am-8:00am each morning and each evening beginning at 3:00pm 5. Event Times. No activities will start before the start or until event activities are completed, whichever is time published in this program, even if judging is ahead of later. schedule. • Absolutely no parking is allowed in the event field. Vehicles must be out of the event space by 8:00am. Hearing Committee: Tony Vacha, Denise Vavla, Hannah Tsui • No driving on the grass. BEST IN SHOW TITLE FOR PREMIER NATIONALS! A Reminder: Beginning this year, in 2021, the regular Best in Show winner of the UKC Premier Nationals on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be awarded the title of National Best in Show. Winners will have the NBIS title added to their dog’s name and will receive a title certificate! 2021 Premier Nationals 3 THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 | PROGRAM OF JUDGING: 2019-2020 TOP TEN FINALS COMPETITION The Top Ten dogs in each breed were invited to compete in this year’s Top Ten Invitational, based on the points earned at UKC-licensed Conformation shows during the 2019-2020 calendar years. There are 437 dogs entered in this competition, representing 124 breeds. The assigned judges for the Semi-Final and Final rounds will not be announced prior to judging. The same armbands will be used for the Premier Nationals and Top Ten and All Stars. Winners of each round must keep their armband to compete in the next round. It is the exhibitor’s responsibility to have their dog ringside at the time of judging. Judges are not required to wait for dogs. On Thursday, groups will be judged in the following rings: • Ring 1 – Companion Group • Ring 2 – Terrier Group • Ring 3 – Northern Group • Ring 4 – Sighthound Group, Scenthound Group • Ring 5 – Guardian Group • Ring 6 – Herding Group • Ring 8 – Gun Dog Group The Top Junior competition will be held in Rings 1 and 2 at 1:00pm. Ring 1 - Companion - 61 Entries Shikoku 2 Ring 6 - Herding - 79 Entries Judge: Brenda Landers Siberian Husky 4 Judge: Valerie Piltz 8:00 AM 8:00 AM American Bully 3 Ring 4 - Scent and Sighthounds - 64 Entries Australian Shepherd 7 Biewer Terrier 4 Judge: Jennifer Anderson Belgian Shepherd Dog 5 Boston Terrier 2 8:00 AM Berger Picard 3 Chinese Crested 5 American Black & Tan Coonhound 3 Border Collie 5 Dalmatian 3 American Leopard Hound 3 Bouvier Des Flandres 2 English Bulldog 2 Azawakh 2 Briard 2 French Bulldog 3 Basenji 5 Cardigan Welsh Corgi 2 Italian Greyhound 3 Basset Hound 2 Czechoslovakian Vlcak 1 Kromfohrlander 1 Bavarian Mountain Hound 1 Dutch Shepherd 5 Mi-Ki 1 Beagle 6 9:00 AM Pug 3 Bluetick Coonhound 3 German Shepherd Dog 7 9:00 AM Borzoi 3 Icelandic Sheepdog 1 Miniature Pinscher 7 Carolina Dog 1 La Catahoula Leopard Dog 10 Papillon 4 9:00 AM Min American Shepherd 3 Pomeranian 4 Dachshund 4 Pembroke Welsh Corgi 6 Poodle 6 English Coonhound 1 Puli 1 Poodle MC 1 Greyhound 3 Pumi 1 Schipperke 1 Irish Wolfhound 6 Swedish Vallhund 2 Tibetan Spaniel 2 Mountain Cur 1 10:00 AM Yorkshire Terrier 6 Pharaoh Hound 1 Shetland Sheepdog 7 Plott Hound 2 White Shepherd 11 Ring 2 - Terrier - 46 Entries Podengo Portugueso 3 Judge: Kathryn Baxter Redbone Coonhound 4 Ring 7 - Gun Dogs - 71 Entries 8:00 AM Rhodesian Ridgeback 3 Judge: Tim Catterson American Hairless Terrier 5 Saluki 1 8:00 AM American Pit Bull Terrier 8 Scottish Deerhound 1 Brittany 8 Border Terrier 1 10:00 AM Chesapeake Bay Retriever 3 Jack Russel Terrier 2 Silken Windhound 3 Cocker Spaniel 1 Kerry Blue Terrier 3 Treeing Walker Coonhound 1 English Cocker Spaniel 4 Norwich Terrier 1 Xoloitzcuintli 1 English Pointer 3 Parson Russel Terrier 2 English Springer Spaniel 4 Rat Terrier 9 Ring 5 - Guardian - 64 Entries Epagneul Breton 1 9:00 AM Judge: Tracy Doty Field Spaniel 2 Scottish Terrier 1 8:00 AM Flat-Coated Retriever 1 Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier 1 American Bulldog 6 Golden Retriever 5 Staffordshire Bull Terrier 6 Bernese Mountain Dog 3 9:00 AM Teddy Roosevelt Terrier 1 Boxer 8 MC Standard Poodle 8 Toy Fox Terrier 6 Bullmastiff 2 German Shorthaired Pointer 6 Cane Corso Italiano 5 Gordon Setter 2 Ring 3 - Northern - 52 Entries Caucasian Ovcharka 6 Irish Setter 1 Judge: Kevin Izard-Carroll 9:00 AM Kooikerhondje 1 8:00 AM Central Asian Shepherd Dog 1 Labrador Retriever 8 Akita 4 Doberman Pinscher 5 NS Duck Tolling Retriever 1 Alaskan Klee Kai 6 Dogo Argentino 2 10:00 AM Alaskan Malamute 6 Great Dane 4 Vizsla 2 American Eskimo 10 Great Pyrenees 1 Portuguese Water Dog 4 Kai 2 Leonberger 2 Standard Poodle 6 Karelian Bear Dog 1 Mastiff 2 9:00 AM Olde English Bulldogge 4 Keeshond 2 Perro De Presa Canario 4 Norwegian Buhund 3 Rottweiler 5 Norwegian Elkhound 1 10:00 AM Samoyed 11 South African Boerboel 3 Standard Schnauzer 1 4 2021 Premier Nationals THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 | 2019-2020 TOP TEN SEMI-FINAL ROUND The Best of Breed winners from the first round will advance to the semi-finals. Judges are not announced. Approximate 15-minute break between the conclusion of all the Breed Preliminaries and Semi-Final Round. Group A Ring 1 Portuguese Water Dog Czechoslovakian Vlcak American Hairless Terrier Xoloitzcuintli Bavarian Mountain Hound Shetland Sheepdog Papillon M/C Poodle Bluetick Coonhound Standard Schnauzer Rottweiler Shikoku Keeshond American Eskimo American Bulldog Irish Setter Toy Fox Terrier Leonberger Mastiff Pembroke Welsh Corgi Plott Hound NS Duck Tolling Retriever German Shorthaired Pointer Tibetan Spaniel Italian Greyhound Bullmastiff Group C Ring 7 Staffordshire Bull Terrier Olde English Bulldogge Caucasian Ovcharka Borzoi Kai American Pit Bull Terrier Greyhound Irish Wolfhound Miniature Pinscher South African Boerboel Labrador Retriever Perro De Presa Canario Norwich Terrier Saluki Redbone Coonhound Cocker Spaniel Scottish Deerhound Standard Poodle Basset Hound Central Asian Shepherd Dog American Bully Scottish Terrier Epagneul Breton Cane Corso Italiano Soft-Coat Wheaten Terrier Schipperke Group E Ring 7 (After Group C) English Cocker Spaniel White Shepherd Dutch Shepherd Chesapeake Bay Retriever Yorkshire Terrier Golden Retriever Swedish Vallhund English Springer Spaniel American B & T Coonhound Min American Shepherd Great Pyrenees English Bulldog Chinese Crested