Dogpro+ Mayanup Supreme 2023

Report by Marianne Rogers
Photos by Tanya DeBijl

Held at Mayanup’s home ground on Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th March 2023.

The weather throughout the Mayanup Trial was extremely varied. Friday was predominantly hot, Saturday Windy, Saturday evening brought impressive thunderstorms forcing us to take cover and Sunday was freezing for this time of year.

The sheep were not the usual Dohnes we have come to expect at this trial. For all three classes we had two and three year old composite ewes with four months of wool. They were very consistent, providing different challenges and keeping the judges busy as they explored most of the trial ground. Although these sheep were challenging, they could be worked. They stayed on the ground but refused to go through obstacles without lots of effort by the dogs.

The average time a trialler managed to stay on the ground was around ten minutes so handlers did have a chance to work the sheep. Most triallers battled at the gap and had to make quite a number of attempts before achieving it. Occasionally those sheep that went through the gap settled for the rest of the course. Other times the sheep could decide either the race, bridge or pen was a no-go area! They did not simply slip around an obstacle but took off for a far corner and had to be rounded up and returned before another attempt at the obstacle could be made.

Novice
Judged by Per Ostberg
43 Runs minus 12 scratchings left us with 31 runs and there were 10 scores

	Worker	Dog	Score
1	Steve Wallace	Belleview Bridget	70
2	Marianne Rogers	OK Anwenelle	63
3	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Caddy	59
4	Ivan Solomon	Perangery Dot	46
5	Karyn Buller	Boonining Digit (K)	44
6	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Prickles (K)	40
7	Des Davies	Marionvale Bella	38
8	Jan Cornish	Bellview Bailey	35
9	Karyn Buller	Boco Louie (K)	21
10	Jan Cornish	Belleview Ted	19

Improver
Judged by Carolyn Bell
37 Runs minus 8 scratchings left us with 29 runs and there were 8 scores

	Worker	Dog	Score	Final	Total
1	Des Davies	Marionvale Bella	53	45	98
2	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Woody (K)	71	X	71
3	Frank Sutherland	Rocky Bindi	53	9	62
4	Blake Robinson	Nap (K)	56	LS	56
5	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Ted	56	X	56
6	Rob Smith	Boonining Duck (K)	52		52
7	Tony Boyle	Boylee Cournel	11		11
8	Per Ostberg	MyNrOne Favvo	3		3

Open
Judged by Grant Cooke
64 Runs minus 10 scratchings left us with 54 runs and there were 22 scores

	Worker	Dog	Score	Final	Total
1	Corey Rose	Boylee Pick	71	60	131
2	Frank Sutherland	Pendalup Sue	67	40	107
3	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Lucy	51	48	99
4	Ken Atherton	Ramulam Charlie (K)	70	9	79
5	Frank Maynard	Pendalup Nicki	30	48	78
6	Tony Boyle	Boylee Midget	37	37	74
7	Len Morton	Perangery Sadie	36	37	73
8	Len Morton	Perangery Maudie	68	RTD	68
9	Frank Sutherland	Rocky Magpie	62	X	62
10	Simon Leaning	Marionvale Chip (K)	58	X	58
11	Gibb McDonald	Ellie	51	NPA	51
12	Peter Gorman	Pendalup Steel	31	RTD	31