Dave and Elektra - not pictured, Elektra’s 7th place finalist ribbon and dog ribbon.
Photo by Great Dane Photos
The 2023 AKC National Agility Championships were held in Tulsa, OK in mid-March.
Slipstream was represented by two girls, Brio and Elektra. Elektra earned her MACH in 2022 and on the way qualified for the 2023 NAC, her first. She ran well on the surface, hitting all of her flying dogwalk RCs, and was ‘technically clean’ on all runs that weekend including warmups and Premier (she did run by the broad jump in Premier but it just cost time and was not a technical fault in that class). By the end of NAC Rd 3 she was seeded in lucky number 13th place out of almost 300 20” dogs and made the Finals.
Brio had a smoking Rd 1 in Standard, finishing 12th out of almost 300 dogs. Unfortunately a fault in a subsequent run kept her out of running for the Finals and Challengers runs.
ESPN filmed the finals, to be broadcast at a later date. The live footage can be found on akc.tv, Elektra’s run is around 1:10:30 after the awesome Golden Retriever, Voulez.
Elektra had a great Finals run and moved up several spots to 7th overall earning a few more ribbons. This was a huge accomplishment given the depth of the talent in the 20” class. She finished as the top “ABC” (anything but a [border] collie) in the 20” Regular class. Thanks to Monica Bush/Gritty Agility for keeping Elektra’s muscles happy and sound throughout the weekend.
