Event: Kansas Open Derby and Open Puppy Classics
Result: Kansas Red Setter Club

Location: Dexter, Kansas

Post Date: Jul 5, 2022

Submitted By: Don Beauchamp

Open All-Age Winner. Open Range Adeline with Bob Barker and second place, Millstar's Lion Rampant with Laura Miller. Second row, L-R Judge Greg Gibson, Judge Scott Hadley and Don Beauchamp.

The Kansas Red Setter Club hosted the Kansas Derby and Puppy Classics again this year at the Radcliff Ranch at Dexter, Kan., with the help of the Wichita Bird Dog Club. Paula Radcliff and her late husband Kent have graciously allowed us to hold our trials on their grounds for the past 46 years.

This year's event commenced on Friday, March 18, 2022 and concluded on Sunday, March 20. Fifty-one dogs with owners and handlers from six states participated. Thank you all for your entries. I need to thank all the judges and workers who helped with all the necessary work. Greg Gibson of Goddard, Kan., judged the All-Age with Scott Hadley of Alma, Colo. Greg also judged the Derby Classic with Eddie Berendzen of Higbee, Mo. The Shooting Dog was judged by Dr. Richard Steckley of Wichita, Kan., and Dr. Stan Wint of Gardner, Kan. The final stake, the Puppy classic was judged by Rhonda Shepherd of Savonburg, Kan., and Chuck Maxson of Clearwater, Kan. Thanks to all seven judges for the time in the saddle, their expertise and well received decisions.

Additional help from the Wichita bird Dog Club members enabled us to hold this event, thanks to members Frank Schoenborn who planted quail each morning, Greg Gibson who marshaled in addition to judging, Bob Lais, who marshaled and helped with the gates and Chuck Maxson for judging. Also, Tom Norton from Durango, Colo., helped me with the gates and dog wagon. And thanks to Linda Beauchamp for preparing all the lunches and an evening banquet meal. Also, a big thank you to Nutri Source for their continued support with dog food and the Ad.
We started with the All-Age stake on Friday morning with a temperature of twenty-eight degrees, sleet, slight snow and rain until mid morning. From this time on, the weather was clear with sunshine, but lots of wind. Amazingly, most braces in this trial had bird contact. Open Range Adeline, a pointer female owned and handled by Bob Barker of Inola, Okla., won first place with a nice race and one find. Second place was Millstar's Lion Rampant a Vizsla male owned and handled by Laura Miller of Maxwell, Iowa who had one find and one stop to flush on wild coveys. Third place was withheld.

The Open Derby Classic started Friday afternoon, Warjam's Big Mac Daddy, a pointer male owned and handled by Jim Corpening of Topeka, Kan., nailed down first place. "Mac" had a nice race and a broke find. Dr. Pat McInteer of Falls City, Neb., handled his pointer male Nemaha Tap Water with a nice performance to win second place. Third place went to Tom Curtsinger of Collinsville, Okla. His pointer male Stylish Glory Bound was braced with the winner which made it a fun brace to watch.

The Open Shooting Dog ran on Saturday and Sunday with clear skies and temperatures of sixty-five degrees on Saturday and a high of seventy -nine degrees on Sunday. The wind was fairly strong but the scenting conditions were great. The winner running in the last brace Sunday afternoon was Traveler's High Point a setter female owned and handled by Greg Sand of Hill City, Kan. "AC" ran on course number one and had four finds and a nice race. Wow! Nice way to finish a stake. The second and third placements went to the two dogs braced together right after lunch in the third brace on Saturday. Hadley's Honky Tonk Song a pointer female owned by Tierra and Scott Hadley of Alma, Colo., and handled by Scott won second place. "Mia" had a good race with a find at 25 by a creek and a second find at 33 on the woods edge. Bracemate Flint Ridge Oakley a pointer female, owned by Paul and Rae Ott of Wichita, Kans., and handled by Paul had a nice find at 25 along a creek just before crossing the bridge on course one to nail down third place. Most of the braces in the Shooting Dog Stake had bird contact.

The Open Puppy Classic followed the Shooting Dog stake on Sunday Afternoon and was won by Flint Ridge Buster, a pointer male owned by Paul Ott of Wichita, Kan., and handled by Andy Neria of Savonburg, Kan. "Buster" had a big race, was fast and handled good. Second and third placements were withheld because the dog's performances did not satisfy the judges' expectations.

Thanks to all for their participation and hope to see you all next year at Dexter.

Dexter, Kan., March 17
Judges: Greg Gibson and Scott Hadley
OPEN ALL-AGE [One-Hour Heats] - 5 Pointers, 1 Setter and 1 Vizsla
1st--OPEN RANGE ADELINE, 1681864, pointer female, by Whippoorwill Justified-Reed's Winter Spirit. Bob Barker, owner and handler.
2d-MILLSTAR'S LION RAMPART, 1675351, Vizsla male, by Lundy's Red Bull-C K Millstar's Wee Dram. Laura Miller, owner and handler.
Judges: Ed Berendzen and Greg Gibson
OPEN DERBY CLASSIC - 10 Pointers and 2 Vizslas
1st--WARJAM'S BIG MAC DADDY, 1692715, pointer male, by Boumeester's Duramax-Oday Nation. James W. Corpening, owner and handler.
2d-NEMAHA TAP WATER, 1696256, pointer male, by Coldwater Spectre-Coldwater June. Dr. Pat McInteer, owner and handler.
3d-STYLISH GLORY BOUND, 1694195, pointer male, by Valiant-She's A Knockout. Tom Curtsinger and handler.
Judges: Dr. Richard Steckley and Dr. Stan Wint
OPEN SHOOTING DOG [One-Hour Heats] - 15 Pointers, 7 Setters and 2 Vizslas
1st--TRAVELER'S HIGH POINT, 1658349, setter female, by Hytest Talquin-Traveler's Prairie Souix. Greg Sand, owner and handler.
2d-HADLEY'S HONKY TONK SONG, 1680664, pointer female, by Dunn's Honky Tonk Bob-Cline's Really Amazin. Scott Hadley, owner and handler.
3d-FLINT RIDGE OAKLEY, 1688386, pointer female, by Chelsea's Thunder Bolt-Babe of Flint Ridge. Paul & Rae Ott, owners; Paul Ott, handler.

Open Shooting Dog. Traveler's High Point with Greg Gibson, first row L-R Frank Schoenborn, Chuck Maxson, Don Beauchamp, Bob Lais, Greg Sand, Second row, L-R Judge Dr. Richard Steckley, his helper Scott, Paul Ott, Judge Dr. Stan Wint, and Rhonda Shepherd and Andy Neria with their children.

Judges: Chuck Maxson and Rhonda Shepherd
OPEN PUPPY CLASSIC - 8 Pointers
1st--FLINT RIDGE BUSTER, unreg., pointer male, by Touch's Diamante-Rebellita. Paul Ott, owner; Andy Neria, handler.

Open Puppy Winner, Flint Ridge Buster with Paul Ott, second row, Don Beauchamp, Judge Chuck Maxson, and Andy Neria and Judge, Rhonda Shepherd with their children.