Friday, October 10, 2025

10th Series Test Description

10th Series – Water Double with an Out of Order Flyer

The 10th Series of the 2025 National Derby is located at Swede's Mountain. We had a rain delay earlier this morning for the parade, but we are now ready for the final 17 Teams competing today to show us some of their best work of the event! They have completed 9 challenging tests, and today will be the ultimate challenge to decide who will be our champion!

The mat for this test sits on a hillside facing North. 

Bird # 1 is a Drake Flyer. The gunners will throw and then shoot the drake from left to right, landing approximately 300 yards from the mat. The dogs must go down a long field and enter the right corner of the 1st pond - go over a land bridge and then enter the 2nd pond from the near right corner and swim to the far shore. This area is a series of ponds, land bridges, islands and terraces. There are many places for these young dogs to lose their way. (We will refer to this mark as LF for Left Flyer)

Bird # 2 is a Hen Duck. The gunners for this bird will shoot and then throw the hen from right to left. The hen will land on land approximately 250 yards from the mat. The line to this bird will take the dog down the field to a pond in front of the mat. The dog will swim straight to the bird, which is just past a large dead tree. Once again, there are ways to get there by land and also ways to get lost! (We will refer to this mark as R for Right)

This test is estimated to take approximately 11 minutes per dog to complete.