Champion Excellent is a bit of a hike… and Jake did it in ONE year!
- 3 legs for NOVICE - average time 46 seconds (93-24-21)
- 3 legs for OPEN – average time 1 min. 7 sec.
- 3 legs for SENIOR – average time 1 min. 54 sec.
- 5 legs for MASTER – average time 2 min. 54 sec.
- 10 legs for RATCH (Champion) average time 2 min 23 sec.
- 10 legs for RATCHX (Champion Excellent) average time 2 min. 54 sec.
34 total legs and all but 3 were earned in Wisconsin and were a day trip! He only NQ’d 11 times (no WAIT… “I” NQ’d 11 times!!) and an interesting fact is that 8 were in the morning trials and 3 were in the afternoon ones. Jake earned the following:
- 22 - 1st place ribbons (12 High in Class)
- 10 - 2nd place ribbons
- 1 - 3rd place ribbon
- 1 – 5th place in his first trial after having been introduced to barn hunt a week before!