This graphic is not scaled, positions, angles and distances between obsticles are not accurate.
The intent is to show relative relationships only.
This course was designed by judge Tim Laubach who's had the pleasure of judging a couple of Alexi's famous teeter stalls. I've always enjoyed the challenge of his courses.
The handler/dog team had to make a hard left turn out of the chute to the first jump. They then needed to pull towards the A-frame to get the correct angle to the next two jumps. Most refusals I saw tried to do jumps 6 & 7 fairly straight and pull hard left. Those fast and/or long jumping dogs couldn't make the turn. In my humble opinion, it was an excellent test of a dog/handler team!
Not presented in this drawing are various other obsticles around this sequence that acted as "traps". To the left of jump 8 was a jump the dog could focus on. Off the top of the graphic between jump 8 and the A-frame was a tire a few dogs who where misqued for the A-frame took. Beyond the exit of the chute were attractive obsticles to be taken after the A-frame.
I hope that when Alexi or Shasha qualify for the Nationals we will see equally challenging courses.
