ASC of Montana Awards Guidlines for Stockdog Trials.
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.
Daily award for High combined over all trials for the day.
Daily award for High in Trial over all trials for the day.
Weekend Awards based on scores for the entire trial.
The five categories of Week-end awards are:
High in Trial overall for the weekend
High Combined Aussie WTCH
High Combined Aussie Open/Advanced
High Combined Other Breed
Most Promising Started Aussie*
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 Aussie does 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 buckle (High Combined Award).
For a buckle (High Combined Award) to be awarded 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 Aussie award. For that buckle 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 aussie wishes to compete for the
High Combined Aussie non-WTCH award (instead of the Most Promising Started Aussie award), that intention must be declared before the start
of the trial.