Saturday Courses for March 29, 2025
March 29-30, 2025 Trial Documents are Available
All trial documents for the Mid-Atlantic MADness Spring Trial (our 63rd 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
The Premium is Available for our 2025 March MADness trial on March 29-30
The premium is now posted for our annual spring ”March MADness’ trial at the Oriole Dog Training Club in Halethorpe, MD.
Our judge is Randy Holford.
Entry fees for the titling classes are $16 per titling class. There are plenty of classes for newbies (see the low priced Intro classes!) as well as all other titling levels.
If you are looking to enter two of the same games class this weekend and see that only one day has the level you need and the other day has only a Masters level of that game: Please note – 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. So if you are not happy for example with just once chance at earning a games Q, you can try for that Masters Q and/or use the training options available to use such as Fix and Continue, FEO, and Mulligans**..
Something (relatively) new for trials at this location: Oriole DTC now allows a limited number of RVs to stay overnight on the grounds, by pre-arrangement only.
As usual, this trial provides a nice warm way (climate controlled on artficial turf!) to get those tournament Q’s needed for Cynosport (aka the USDAA Nationals) which is back in Murfreesboro, TN this year.
Haven’t been keeping up with the current state of USDAA? You’d probably be surprised to know that your dog can jump and climb the heights you been doing for other organizations. There’s a summary of the those type of changes here:
**What’s a Mulligan? That’s a chance to run the course again (or just go train for 60 seconds) for a small fee of $5. It’s an option available for most, but not all courses at the trial if they entry size isn’t too large 🙂
Results from the Jan 2025 New Year’s Trial
This year’s team tournament judged by Sarah Crane had 26 teams competing with the win captured by the “The “J” Squad” team of Jasper/Lisa Stevens and Jo Jo/Kathy Powers with a score of 855.33 points. Following on their heels were the teams of:
2nd place – “Magical Fire” – Ember/Sue Peppes and Wizard/Beth Bond – 722.39 points
3rd place – “Perfect Timing” – Kwik/Christine Tschech and Truant/Cynthia Hornor – 785.81 points
Other notable awards were for the Overall Top Team Dog and High Scoring Rookie Team (awarded to the team that has at least one dog showing at the Starters level). The Top Team Dog, in a highly contested race for the ‘tall cup’, went to Jasper/Lisa Stevens. Top Rookies went to the team “Lightning Strikes” – Lumi/Christine Tschech and Daze/Judy Whitbred with 518.82 points.
We had a few titles finished off this weekend as well. Congratulations go to:
Snooker Champion – Silver- Shiloh/Beth Bond
Master Jumper – Jury/Nikki Hall
LAA-Silver – Shiver/Nikki Hall
Jumpers Champion – Wizard/Beth Bond
Jumpers Champion – Shiloh/Beth Bond (100 Q’s in Jumpers !)
Tournament Master – Platinum – Biscotti/Katie Conn
Tournament Master Performance – Silver – Nala/Kendra Saunders
Full results for the two day tournament only trial are now available:
We enjoyed having you all and we wish everyone the best in the New Year going forward!
Saturday Courses for January 4, 2025
Saturday Courses for January 4, 2025
January 4-5, 2025 Trial Documents are Available
All trial documents for the Mid-Atlantic MADness Fall Trial (our 61th 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 in your 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 Jan 4-5 “New Year 2025” trial
The premium is now posted for our ‘Bringing in the New Year’ trial at the Oriole Dog Training Club in Halethorpe, MD. This trial as usual is all about the team tournament. This year we are offering a Two Dog Team format; look for our cool prizes as usual including the “Rookie Team” prize. Other class offerings include a Grand Prix and several titling classes.
Our judge is Sarah Crane.
Entry fees for the titling classes are the typical low cost of $15 per titling class. “But wait, “, those of you with a dog still early in their skills journey say, “the only titling classes are for Masters!”. Please note – 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.
Something new for trials at this location: Oriole DTC now allows a limited number of RVs to stay overnight on the grounds, by pre-arrangement only.
As usual, this trial provides a nice warm way (climate controlled on artficial turf!) to get those tournament Q’s needed for Cynosport (aka the USDAA Nationals) which is back in Murfreesboro, TN this year.
Haven’t been keeping up with the current state of USDAA? There’s a summary of the latest changes here:
Mid-Atlantic MADness 