Lure Coursing Brisbane Aug 24th

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Title: Hope Island Cup

Date: Sunday August 24, 2008

Time: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location: Wally Tate Park, Kuraby

The Hope Island Cup event was introduced when the majority of dogs were sight hounds. Its

purpose was to give sight hounds an event, which would really test their stamina as these

hounds are expected to be able to hunt over great distances. A normal lure-coursing day

does not really challenge their staying power.

As more and more breeds joined the club, it was decided that these dogs should also be given

the opportunity to compete so the additional events were introduced. After all, why should the

sight hounds have all the fun?

To be eligible for these events, dogs must attend three of the six qualifying meetings. A dog

must have a minimum score of 150 in each of the qualifying meetings. The top 3 qualifying

dogs (on the top 3 scores) will compete with the next 2 qualifying dogs being reserves.

On the day of the event, all dogs entered are vetted before and after the first run and again

after the second run. The vet may withdraw a dog from the event at any time if it does not

recover well following either run or if appears to be stressed.

Three judges score each dog and the dog with the top aggregate score in each section is the

winner.

A good day to come along and see some longer runs. Also I believe they will be doing fun runs/puppy runs if all goes to plan.

Wish Aura luck!