Handle - 31. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD'S BLUE GRADE LADY, "Gracie" LF, Casey Adams

 #31. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD'S BLUE GRADE LADY, "Gracie" LF, Casey Adams 

(4/15/2011, NAFC-FC Cody Cut A Lean Grade ex Rocky Hills Win Me For Me)
Breeder: Ed Watson
Owner / Handler: Casey Adams, Clarkdale, AZ

Gracie with owner / handler Casey Adams came to the line at 9:20 am

Left Flyer - Gracie launched down the hill and angled the first small pond, crossed the dam and entered the large pond. She crossed the big point and exited the pond left of the island behind that point. She drove out into the field and made a couple of tight loops in the fall area, to retrieve the hen duck flyer.

Left Retired - She ran by the small pond on the left side and caught the first cove of the big pond. She exited and ran straight to the tall grass to retrieve the bird.

Right Retired - She ran down the hill and crossed the right hand pothole pond swimming out to cross the small island. She ran straight out to the peninsula staying right of the water and retrieved the bird from the tall cover.

Right Flyer (Handle) - Gracie swam to the left side of the island and exited angling away from the large pond. She checked down just deep of the right retired. The handler put a whistle on her and cast her back & left. She ran deep of the gun station and quickly found the bird.

She finished the 2018 NARC with grace.

31. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD'S BLUE GRADE LADY, "Gracie" LF, Casey Adams

Gracie came to the line at 10:54 am

Right Flyer - Straight out through the long grass and right to the bird

Left Flyer - Angled through the pond and exited left of the gunners to drive up the hill to the bird.

Middle Left - Swam straight across to the island and made the retrieve.

Right Retired - Gracie angled into the pond right of the two islands, swam across and ran straigth to the bird.

31. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD'S BLUE GRADE LADY, "Gracie" LF, Casey Adams

Gracie came to the line at 3:21 pm

Flyer - Gracie went straight to the flyer and retrieved it in the water.

Boat - She drove out to the pond and swam across the left end of it, exiting beyond the gunners. With a quick right run she jumped back in the water and swam to the island to retrieve her bird.

Left - Gracie's path took her out to the left retired running straight at the tree. A left turn at the tree took her right to her bird.

Long - She drove straight out and to her bird.

31. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD'S BLUE GRADE LADY, "Gracie" LF, Casey Adams

Gracie came to the line...

Land - 10:25 am - She got two early whistles to adjust her line. Another to get across the land bridges. Five more to bring her to the bird

Water - Excellent initial line. First whistle to handle her onto the point. One more in the water to adjust and exit was right on the bird.

31. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD'S BLUE GRADE LADY, "Gracie" LF, Casey Adams

Gracie came to the line at 1:04 pm

Flyer - Gracie went up the hill to the bird

Left - She went down the mowed path and took a right into the cover to pick up the bird

Middle - Gracie went up the right side of the tree and turned to the left and she got her bird

31. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD'S BLUE GRADE LADY, "Gracie" LF, Casey Adams

Gracie and Casey came to the line at 4:45 pm

Water Blind - One whistle to correct line entering the water. One the peninsula. Gracie carried the cast off the peninsula and nearly to the island. Three whistles to put her over the island and to the peninsula. Three whistles to drive her up the hill to her bird.

31. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD'S BLUE GRADE LADY, "Gracie" LF, Casey Adams

Gracie and handler Casey Adams came to the line at 8:25 am.

Flyer - Gracie headed left of the mound and took a few strides to correct herself but then went straight on the bird

Left - Initially she headed a bit left and that threw her out to arrive on the backside of the gunners. She quickly recover and gets her bird

Middle - Off for the middle right gun, she went over the point, with re-entry. She lands up the hill and behind the gunners. She adjusts to run into the fall and come out with the bird.

31. FC-AFC KIRKWOOD'S BLUE GRADE LADY, "Gracie" LF, Casey Adams

Gracie came to the line at 8:46 am

Flyer - Quick return with the flyer

Retired Gun - Straight out and back with her bird

Blind - One whistle early to move right, another mid way to position between the bales and two more at the end.