All events held at Horizons Edge, 325 Cornerstone Ln, Harrisonburg, VA unless otherwise specified.
Friday May 17
Tracking (All breeds, Malinois preferred)
TD Draw at 7:45 AM and TDX Draw at 9:45 at HQ (Gap Road and Oatlands Plantation Road, Leesburg, VA 20175)
Oatlands
20850 Oatlands Plantation Lane, Route 15 South, Leesburg, VA.
(This site is approximately 1 3/4 hours NE of Horizons Edge.)
Judges: Ruth Vaughan, Judith “Judi” Edwards, and (TD only) Tom Harding
3TD & 2TDX, Combined Test Exchange Policy
Designated National Specialty Tracking Test for Most Versatile Malinois
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Agility (All breeds, Malinois preferred)
Agility Trial Information: First walk 8:00am – Judging begins at 8:15am
Judge: Brian Brane
Saturday, May 18
Agility (All breeds, Malinois preferred)
Agility Trial Information: First walk 7:45am – Judging begins at 8:00am
Judge: Brian Brane
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ABMR Raffle & Auction
Sunday, May 19
Agility (All breeds, Malinois preferred)
Agility Trial Information: First walk 7:45am – Judging begins at 8:00am
Judge: Brian Brane
Designated National Specialty Agility Trial for Most Versatile Malinois
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ABMR Raffle & Auction
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Welcome Party held on site. 5/19: Note time change to 5:30pm
Monday, May 20
4-6 Month Beginner Puppy & Regional Specialty
Judging Schedule: 9:00 AM 4-6 Month Puppy & 9:30 AM Regional
Judge: Patricia “Tish” GAFFEY
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Rally (Malinois only)
Judge: Joanie Brobst
(Judging Schedule: Rally begins after Regional Specialty)
Most Versatile Malinois
Tuesday, May 21
National Specialty Sweepstakes
Judging Schedule: 9:00 AM
Judge: Tasha Mesina
Most Versatile Malinois
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Obedience (Malinois only)
Judging Schedule: Obedience begins 30 minutes after Sweepstakes but not before 11:30 AM
Judge: Dave Brobst
Most Versatile Malinois
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ABMR Raffle & Auction
Wednesday, May 22
Scent Work (All breeds, Malinois preferred)
Judging Schedule: check-in 7:30 AM, first briefing at 8:30 AM
Judges: Anke King & Silka Satzinger
Two trials. Trial 1 is the designated National Specialty Scent Work Trial
for Most Versatile Malinois
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ABMC Annual Meeting at the Turf Field
(begins at 3:30pm or 15 minutes after the conclusion of Scent Work)
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ABMR Raffle & Auction
Thursday, May 23
4-6 Month Beginner Puppy & National Specialty
Judging Schedule: 10:00 AM 4-6 Month Beginner Puppy, 10:30 AM National Specialty
Judge: Janina Laurin
Most Versatile Malinois (National Specialty only)
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ABMR Raffle & Auction
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Honor & Rescue Parades
(during Happy Hour before the Banquet, so roughly sometime between 5:30-6:30pm)
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Silent & Live Auction
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State Baskets
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Banquet on site. 5/19 Note time change to: Happy Hour at 5:30pm, Banquet at 6:30pm
Friday – Sunday May 24 – 26
Herding
Caisson Farms
10361 Heddings Road, Catlett, VA
(This site is approximately 1 1/2 hours NE from Horizons Edge)
Judges: Susan Sullivan & Julie Degan (second judge for Instinct, HT, and PT)
Three trials. The designated National Specialty Herding Trial for Most Versatile Malinois is either Friday C course OR Sunday A Course Trial 1.
Friday and Saturday: one trial each day, C Course Sheep
Herding Judging Program: Briefing at 9:30 AM
(All breeds, Malinois preferred)
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Sunday: two trials, both trials A Course Ducks & Sheep and PT
Herding Judging Program: Briefing at 8:50 AM
(Malinois only)