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The Kennel Club Olympia Agility Stakes Finals 2008
 Supported by Pedigree

Preview

The growing popularity of agility worldwide continues unabated and in the UK entries at Kennel Club licensed Championship and Open agility shows continue to increase year on year. This is no doubt helped by the fact that we are lucky that our Kennel Club allow pedigree and non pedigree dogs to compete in the working disciplines shows which of course include agility.  Unfortunately, this is not the case throughout the rest of the world where some countries will only allow crossbreeds to compete in very limited classes. Agility in the UK is definitely a sport for all dogs.

2008 is the 30th annual show that the dog agility finals have been held at the London Olympia Christmas Horse Show.  And there is no doubt that this event has helped agility become a world class sport. This started in 1979 with a demonstration of dog jumping and has since grown into one of the most prestigious Singles Agility Finals in the world, equalled only by Crufts itself, so it is very fitting that the Kennel Club are sponsors of this world class event supported by Pedigree.

As usual, we have five separate finals taking place, one on each day from Thursday to Sunday.

18 December
The first of these finals is on the Thursday and this is the Medium Dog Agility. i.e. those dogs measuring over 350mm and up to 430mm to the withers.

28 heats were held at Kennel Club licensed shows throughout the UK with the top two from each going forward to a semi final held at KC International Festival at Peterborough in August and the top ten from this event are competing in the Grand Finals at Olympia. This year we have an interesting variety of different breeds including a Border Collie, Kelpie, Staffie, Patterdale Terrier, Cockers, Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever and Shelties.

The Kennel Club Medium Dog Jumping Grand Prix
Time: 14:25    

 

Handler

Dog

Breed

1

Sarah Evans

Wicked William

Cocker

2

Joanne Tristram

Ag.Ch. Ellie De Lyston

X

3

Amanda Hampson

Shoredancer Sea Jade

NSDTR

4

Anna Burton

Dana's Tiger Lily

Cocker

5

Heather Lee

Tippy Tipex Tippytiptoes

JRT X

6

Toni Dawkins

Ag.Ch. Tenita Magic Minx

Border Collie

7

Adam Wildman

Za Zar Zoom

Kelpie

8

Amy Bennett

Heidron Dream Come True For Xotica

Sheltie

9

Gary Cummings

Monkey Madness Noworries

Patterdale

10

Laura Richardson

Mahogany Girl

Staffie

The Kennel Club Medium Dog Agility Stakes Final
Time: 19:35

 

Handler 

Dog

Breed

1

Gary Cummings

Monkey Madness Noworries

Patterdale

2

Adam Wildman

Za Zar Zoom

Kelpie

3

Amy Bennett

Heidron Dream Come True for Xotica

Sheltie

4

Laura Richardson

Mahogany Girl

Staffie

5

Anna Burton

Dana's Tiger Lily

Cocker

6

Sarah Evans

Wicked William

Cocker

7

Heather Lee

Tippy Tipex Tippytiptoes

JRT X

8

Joanne Tristram

Ag.Ch. Ellie de Lyston

X

9

Amanda Hampson

Shoredancer Sea Jade

NSDTR

10

Toni Dawkins

Ag.Ch. Tenita Magic Minx

Border Collie

19 December
On the Friday, it is the finals for Small Dogs which have to measure 350mm or under at the withers and this year we have a variety of breeds competing from Jack Russells, Jack Russell crosses, Shelties, a cocker spaniel to 'posh' Poodles. 

Eleven heats were held at Kennel Club licensed shows and from these, the top two dogs from each heat went forward to a semi final at the City of Birmingham Championship Show. Then from this semi final, the top ten have been invited to compete at Olympia.  What they lack in size, they certainly make up in personality, ability and speed so watch out for the racing ankle biters!

The Kennel Club Small Pairs Relay
Time: 13.50

 

Handler

Dog

Breed

1

Mandy-Sue Sarti

Tear Around Tilly

X

1

Zoe Councell

Millie The Whizz

Cocker

2

Dawn Weaver

Ag.Ch. Piquant Painted Sunshine

Miniature Poodle

2

Sharon Brewster

Upanova Limited Edition

Miniature Poodle

3

Dorothy Foden

Myndoc Sea of Dreams

Sheltie

3

Helen Davey-Smith

Rescue Me Henry

X

4

Amy Lawson

Millie On to One

Sheltie

4

Miranda Frankham

Chandling Black Chaser

Sheltie

5

Wendy Clay

Racing-Redd Brussel Scout

X

5

Kate Truluck

Just Joking

JRT

The Kennel Club Small Agility Stakes Final
Time: 19:40

 

Handler

Dog

Breed

1

Dorothy Foden

Myndoc Sea of Dreams

Sheltie

2

Amy Lawson

Millie On to One

Sheltie

3

Sharon Brewster

Upanova Limited Edition

Miniature Poodle

4

Kate Truluck

Just Joking

JRT

5

Mandy-Sue Sarti

Tear Around Tilly

X

6

Zoe Councell

Millie The Whizz

Cocker

7

Helen Davey-Smith

Rescue Me Henry

X

8

Miranda Frankham

Chandling Black Chaser

Sheltie

9

Dawn Weaver

Ag.Ch. Piquant Painted Sunshine

Miniature Poodle

10

Wendy Clay

Racing-Redd Brussel Scout

X

20 December
On the Saturday morning at Olympia, it is the finals of the original Kennel Club Agility Stakes competition - or perhaps we should say semi final as we have to start the morning off with a semi final. Thousands of dogs enter the 14 nationwide Kennel Club heats for this competition for dogs eligible for grades 6 and 7, the top ten competitors from each heat are invited forward to one of the seven semi finals and the top five from each semi final are invited to compete at this prestigious event at Olympia. 

We have 36 dogs coming forward to Olympia on the Saturday morning in the Main Arena we have a semi final, the top ten of which qualify for the Grand Finals on the Saturday night with the next ten being invited to compete in another event on the Saturday afternoon.  So you can be sure of one thing - you will be seeing the very best of the UK’s senior and advanced dogs competing! This competition is open to dogs measuring over 430mm at the withers and almost all the dogs will be Border Collies or Working Sheepdogs but we do have a lurcher and a Kelpie qualified this year.  These really are the athletes of Large Dog Agility so it is sure to be one of the most exciting finals this year.

        The Kennel Club Agility Stakes Semi Final
Time: 09:35

 

Handler

Dog

Breed

1

Stuart

Harmes

Nog Bach

Working Sheepdog

2

Jackie

Gardner

Borderstorm Tom Boy

Border Collie

3

Sue

Rolfe

Kestrel Gtx

Border Collie

4

Kathrin

Tasker

Win Some Winnie

Lurcher

5

Sarah

Stokoe

Highfield High Jinx

Border Collie

6

Jo

Tristram

Cascades Heavenly Promises

X

7

Jacqui

Tarn

Waggerland Wotta Kracker

Border Collie

8

Nigel

Staines

Dragonheart Dark Destroyer

Kelpie

9

Sam

Davies

Magical Liquorice Alsorts

Working Sheepdog

10

Lesley

Hildrew

Alsorts Magic Monster

Working Sheepdog

11

Mark

Powell

Waggerland Who

Border Collie

12

Lynne

Ward

Waggerland Rookie

Border Collie

13

Lee

Windeatt

Tenita Princess Lyla

Border Collie

14

Brad

Moyler

Persian Spice

Working Sheepdog

15

Alyson

Martin

Waggerland Sunny Jim

Border Collie

16

Natasha

Wise

Ag Ch Eastern Lyric

Border Collie

17

Ian

Jackson

Taliswood Temptation

Working Sheepdog

18

Tracey

Stiff

Mr Scrumpy

Working Sheepdog

19

Anthony

Clarke

Gemmadean Black Magic

X

20

Doreen

Charnock

Big Mac

Working Sheepdog

21

Lucy

Osborne

Ben Bombastic Mr Fantastic

Working Sheepdog

22

Hannah

Banks

Waggerland Wildcard

Border Collie

23

Ian

Dobison

Ag Ch Call Me Mr T

Working Sheepdog

24

Hannah

Houldsworth

Wingeared Reynard

Working Sheepdog

25

Dave

Munnings

Ag Ch Gunran Misteree

Border Collie

26

Nancy

Hudson

Bryning Red Rascal

Border Collie

27

Hazel

Barker

Zack A Riot

Working Sheepdog