ASC of Montana Awards Guidlines for Stockdog Trials.
Daily Awards
Placement ribbons for first four places are awarded for each class and division and each trial.
Daily awards of High in Trial for each regular division.
Daily awards of High combined for each class of stock.
Weekend Awards are based on scores for the entire trial. The six categories of Week-end awards are:
High in Trial overall for the weekend
High Combined Aussie WTCH
High Combined Aussie Open/Advanced
Most Promising Started Aussie*
High Combined Other Breed
Most Promising Started Other Breed*
Guidelines for the week-end awards:
Each dog competing must be entered in all trials and all classes (18 runs for 3 day trials) to be eligible for a high combined award.
- The Most Promising Started Awards do not require entry in all trials but the dog must be entered in all classes of stock in Started in at least two trials.
A dog can only compete for one High Combined Award.
For a buckle (or High Combined Award) to be received there must be at least two dogs competing for the award.
Non-qualifying scores will be included in the combined totals.
*Note: only started scores will be counted toward the total of the Most Promising Started awards. For these awards we use only the two
highest started scores for each class of stock-- ducks, sheep and cattle, to compute the combined score. This provides the opportunity for dogs
to move up to open after two qualifying runs if the handler wishes to do so. However, if the handler of a started dog wishes to compete for the
High Combined award (instead of the Most Promising Started award), that intention must be declared before the start of the trial.