Zio had his best tournament to date at Sure Shot's Monster Mash tournament held Oct 5th & 6th in Bonham, Texas. Zio had run sub 4 seconds twice until this last tournament, which is about three years of racing. He probably added another half dozen to his total!
Lucy has been our regular start dog for the last year, but couldn't make it to this tournament. That pushed Zio back to running starts again. He absolutely loves running start, but I hate to put the extra runs on him. in the first heat Saturday, he kicked it off with a 3.997, which included the .146 second start I handicapped him with. Zio had several heats that were in the 3.8's wire to wire. He started Sunday's first heat with a .006 start, but the other lane had an early start. The judge reset the clocks before they finished, but I calculated it from video as a mid 3.8 second run.
Overall, his turn wasn't especially pretty, but he ran hard enough to make up for it! Edit: Added video of the 3.851 line-to-line run.
Lucy has been our regular start dog for the last year, but couldn't make it to this tournament. That pushed Zio back to running starts again. He absolutely loves running start, but I hate to put the extra runs on him. in the first heat Saturday, he kicked it off with a 3.997, which included the .146 second start I handicapped him with. Zio had several heats that were in the 3.8's wire to wire. He started Sunday's first heat with a .006 start, but the other lane had an early start. The judge reset the clocks before they finished, but I calculated it from video as a mid 3.8 second run.
Overall, his turn wasn't especially pretty, but he ran hard enough to make up for it! Edit: Added video of the 3.851 line-to-line run.
