What a way to end the year!

Off to Royackers this morning for Tink's last trial of 2008!! And I must say, it was a pretty good day!

Steeplechase was first. Tink's only mess up was the weaves, the second time around she missed the entry... it starts again... or so I thought. She ended up getting her 15th Steeplechase Q!

Tink's second class was Master Team. Tink's original partner was a scratch, so Tink ended up running with Fizz, who had to run twice, so that run only counted for Tink. Fizz was first and ran clean. Tink missed her entry, arg! But only being 5 faults, if the rest was clean we could get another Q... no such luck though, Tink took an off course tunnel, miles away from where I was! I yelled... LOUDLY... to call her off, but her mind was set on that tunnel... She caused a few laughs though!!! Further along in her half, I told her to go through the tunnel... and she took a jump instead... oh well!

Master Standard was next... not clean, a couple of refusals, but she got her weaves, and did a call off of a nasty off course tunnel (now she does it!) only I called her off too much and she ran right past the jump!

Another Master Standard was Tink's next run. Some tricky parts... three straight tunnels right in a row! Tunnel entry city!! I figured it would be a challenge for Tink but she did quite well with it, and (despite me almost getting lost) ran the rest clean, getting her second Master Standard Q!!

Up next was Master Gamble. I was too busy chatting and missed the briefing, so wasn't sure if I did the mini's right or not! She nailed 2 pretty difficult weave entries... one of which proved helpful in the next run! The main gamble was a jump heading straight into a tunnel, but the dog had to take a line of jumps to their left. Oh no, not another tunnel trap! Haven't we suffered enough already!?! But Tink did very, very well with it, and didn't even think twice about the tunnel. So Tink gets her 5th Master Gamble Q!

Last of the day was Master Team, a last ditch effort to get as many Teams in before the rule change. Tink needed 2 Q's for her title, so it wasn't do or die for Tink. Or her partner, Yoda, who already had his ATChC. The course was pretty smooth, and not very trappy for a Master Team, Tink took down a bar (her first, and only, of the day!!) but ran the rest clean. Yoda was clean, so we get our second Master Team Q!

And with that, Tink has 25 Master games... enough of the game requirements for a bronze... just waiting on the Standards (and the jumpers and snooker required for the ATChC!)

Tink ends up with a total of 34 Q's for the year!