Friday doesn't really 'count' - it serves as the team tournament day and an ISC day, with one round of jumpers and one round of standard.
Saturday there are two rounds, jumpers and standard (shocking ;)), and Sunday there is hybrid (which is typically a standard course without a dogwalk; supposed to be a hybrid of jumpers and standard - maybe there are more jumps too? who knows). These three rounds, jumpers, standard, and hybrid, determine who makes the finals. Typically you have to run clean in all three (or you have to, not just typically; I don't really know) to make the finals, and there is a certain percentage who will get in per jump height. So 26" has 62 dogs - I think only 5 dogs will move onto the final. 20" has 343249320842908432 dogs, so a lot will be going. The highest placing dogs who do not make the finals will progress to the challengers round (usually teams who have run 2/3 clean; again, I don't know if these are general trends from past competitions, or actual rules of how many classes you must run clean to move onto _____). Then the challengers winner will also get to compete in the finals (so, 26": 5 + 1 = 6 total finalists).
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Date: 2011-04-02 10:05 am (UTC)Friday doesn't really 'count' - it serves as the team tournament day and an ISC day, with one round of jumpers and one round of standard.
Saturday there are two rounds, jumpers and standard (shocking ;)), and Sunday there is hybrid (which is typically a standard course without a dogwalk; supposed to be a hybrid of jumpers and standard - maybe there are more jumps too? who knows). These three rounds, jumpers, standard, and hybrid, determine who makes the finals. Typically you have to run clean in all three (or you have to, not just typically; I don't really know) to make the finals, and there is a certain percentage who will get in per jump height. So 26" has 62 dogs - I think only 5 dogs will move onto the final. 20" has 343249320842908432 dogs, so a lot will be going. The highest placing dogs who do not make the finals will progress to the challengers round (usually teams who have run 2/3 clean; again, I don't know if these are general trends from past competitions, or actual rules of how many classes you must run clean to move onto _____). Then the challengers winner will also get to compete in the finals (so, 26": 5 + 1 = 6 total finalists).
It's confusing, for sure. lol