Saturday Courses for September 19, 2026
September 19-20, 2026 Trial Documents are Available
All trial documents for the Mid-Atlantic MADness Fall Trial (our 67th trial) are now available for viewing/download:
The posted Running Order is a draft; the finalized one should be posted sometime on Friday. If you see an issue with it or with the information in your individual received final confirmation, please notify the trial secretary as soon as possible; they are so much easier to correct the sooner they are caught.
Course Diagrams will be posted at this site each morning at 3am
Premium is Available for the September 19-20 “Fall in Love with Fall” MADness trial
The premium is now posted for our September MADness trial at the Oriole Dog Training Club in Halethorpe, MD.
Our designing judge is Courtney Keys with local judge Rebecca Hill officiating.
As usual, this trial provides a nice warm way (climate controlled on artificial turf!) to get those titling Q in addition to the tournament Q’s needed for the regionals and for Cynosport (aka the USDAA Nationals).
Entry fees for the titling classes are the typical low cost of $16 per titling class. Most classes offer titling at all levels (Starters through Masters). One class each day is offered for Masters only, but please note that dogs of any level may enter ANY class at this trial, including those Masters titling classes. Per USDAA policy, if you are not yet showing in Masters and you ‘Q’, that ‘Q’ will be ‘banked’ for you.
Mail in your entry or use the online entry system to enter. (See details in the test schedule for how to make an electronic payment using Zelle).
RV’ers note: Oriole DTC does allow a limited number of RVs to stay overnight on the grounds, by pre-arrangement only.
Haven’t been keeping up with the current state of USDAA? There’s a summary of the latest changes here:
Results from March 28-29, 2026
Thank you to everyone who supports our trials and USDAA in the area! We’ll return in the fall at our September trial with designer judge Courtney Keys. In the meantime, don’t miss the upcoming Artful Dodgers trials in April (Dave Mueller judging, Jelinda Pepper designing, closing soon!) and May (Kellie Verrelli judging) as well as Hog Dog’s May trial (Val Reiner judging).
Until then, congratulations are in order to Lois Mark and her ‘Perfect Penny’ who acquired their 1000th qualification under judge Terry Smorch to earn their Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) Diamond!
Congrats are also in order for:
| Chris Farrance | Reyka | Agility Dog |
| Chris Farrance | Reyka | Starters Standard |
| Chris Farrance | Reyka | Starters Snooker |
| Ashley Donaldson | Ripley | Advanced Snooker |
| Reese Spindle | Havana | Masters Gamblers Champion |
| Reese Spindle | Havana | Masters Snooker Champion |
| Chris Farrance | Jinn | Masters Gamblers Champion |
| Meredith Wilson | Fritzi | Performance Starters Jumpers |
| Allison Battisti | Julie | Starters Jumpers |
| Lois Mark | Toast | Gamblers Champion – Bronze |
| Lois Mark | Toast | Snooker Champion – Bronze |
| Lois Mark | Fig | Gamblers Champion – Bronze |
Full trial results are here:
Sunday Courses for March 29, 2026
Saturday Courses for March 28, 2026
March 28-29, 2026 Trial Documents are Available
All trial documents for the Mid-Atlantic MADness “March MADness” trial (our 66th trial) are now available for viewing/download:
The posted Running Order is a draft; the finalized one should be posted sometime on Friday. If you see an issue with it or with the information in your individual received final confirmation, please notify the trial secretary Janet Gauntt as soon as possible; they are so much easier to correct the sooner they are caught.
Course Diagrams will be posted at this site each morning at 3am
Premium is Available for March 28-29 March MADness trial
The premium is now posted for our March MADness trial at the Oriole Dog Training Club in Halethorpe, MD.
Our officiating judge is Terry Smorch.
As usual, this trial provides a nice warm way (climate controlled on artficial turf!) to get those titling Q in addition to the tournament Q’s needed for the regionals and for Cynosport (aka the USDAA Nationals).
Entry fees for the titling classes are the typical low cost of $16 per titling class. Most classes offer titling at all levels (Starters through Masters). One class each day is offered for Masters only, but please note that dogs of any level may enter ANY class at this trial, including those Masters titling classes. Per USDAA policy, if you are not yet showing in Masters and you ‘Q’, that ‘Q’ will be ‘banked’ for you.
RV’ers note: Oriole DTC does allow a limited number of RVs to stay overnight on the grounds, by pre-arrangement only.
Haven’t been keeping up with the current state of USDAA? There’s a summary of the latest changes here:
Results from Jan 3-4, 2026
Thank you to everyone who supports our trials and USDAA in the area! Watch for our upcoming March MADness trial with judge Terry Smorch, the upcoming Artful Dodgers trial in January/February (Karen Gloor judging, closing soon!) as well as Hog Dog’s early spring trial (Leslie Bickel judging).
Sincere congratulations to our top three teams!
#1
Jack and the Bean-Floof
Quilo / Carolyn Velas
Jack / Terry Elison
#2
Spicy Magic
Wizard / Beth Bond
Sophie / Marcy Armstrong
#3
Watch This !
Biscotti / Katie Conn
Clip / Rosie Sutherland
And another congrats to the Top Dog Across All Heights in a tightly contested match-up!
Wally / Amanda Rose
Full Trial results are here:
Mid-Atlantic MADness 