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ABOUT RIGGS

SUMMARY OF RIGGS' MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

RIGGS has achieved THCC "Legendary" Hall of Fame status having well over 550 Championship points throughout her Bird Dog Challenge career. Yes, Riggs is a she.

  • Riggs has 1 Super Major Win and has placed in the top three in over 100 professional bird dog hunting tournaments.
  • Riggs has 10 top five finishes in Super Majors.
  • Riggs holds over forty 1st Place titles.
  • Riggs took 2nd Place in the World Championships
  • Riggs took 2nd Place at the US Open in the youth division under the handling of my step-son Tyler Slove. WAY TO GO TYLER!
  • RIGGS in just her second professional hunting event at the young age of 9 months old, wins 1st Place at THE AMERICAN FLUSHING CHAMPIONSHIPS. (Hunter Division) at the American Heritage Hunt Club. She and one other dog had perfect scores of 154. The tie-breaker is then the total retrieve time for 4 shot birds measured from the time of the shot, to the time the bird is placed in the handlers' hand. Riggs' total retrieve time for 4 shots birds was just 29.86 seconds or an average retrieve time of 7.46 seconds.
  • Riggs wins her first NBDCA Event with a 1st Place in Doubles at the NBDCA Flat farm event in Van Wert, OH. on 9/13/04.
  • Central ILLINOIS Upland Classic Series 1St Place - Puppy Division 2/20/05
  • Northwest ILLINOIS Upland Classic Series 1St Place- Puppy Division 3/6/05
  • IL. Upland Classic State CHAMPIONSHIPS 2nd Place Puppy Division 3/13/05
  • AT THE 2004 NBDCA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RIGGS WINS 1st PLACE IN THE HUNTER DIVISION WITH A PERFECT SCORE OF 153 AND A TOTAL RETRIEVE TIME FOR THREE SHOT BIRDS OF 14.85 SECONDS.
  • ALSO AT THE 2004 NBDCA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RIGGS TAKES SECOND PLACE IN THE DOUBLES OPEN DIVISION.
  • NBDCA National Qualifier at AHHC Riggs wins 1st Place in Singles on 5/28/05
  • NBDCA National Qualifier at AHHC Riggs takes 2nd Place in Doubles on 5/28/05
  • 2005 NUCS Event at Koscheck Farms in PA -2nd Place in True Doubles 6/11/05
  • NBDCA National Qualifier at AHHC Riggs wins 1st Place in Doubles on 6/25/05
  • 2005 NBDCA National Qualifier at AHHC - 3rd Place in Singles on 8/6/05
  • 2005 NBDCA National Qualifier at AHHC - 2nd Place Singles on 8/7/05
  • 2005 NBDCA national Qualifier at AHHC - 1st Place Doubles on 8/7/05
  • 2005 NBDCA Qualifier at the Horse n Hunt -3rd Place Doubles on 8/27/05
  • 2005 NBDCA Qualifier at the Horse n Hunt 1st Place Doubles on 8/28/05
  • 2005 NBDCA Event Big Rock 3rd Places Singles September 18, 2005
  • 2005 NBDCA Event Big Rock 2nd Place in Doubles October 1, 2005
  • 2005 NBDCA Qualifier / Bear Lake Kennels 2nd Place Singles on 10/8/05
  • 2005 NBDCA Qualifier / Bear Lake Kennels 1st Place Singles on 10/9/05
  • 2005 NBDCA Major Heartland Challenge 2nd Place Doubles on 10/22/05
  • 2005 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RIGGS takes 2nd Place overall in the Top Gun Division.
  • 2005 NUCS Qualifier on 12/31/05 at AHHC Riggs takes 1st Place in Singles
  • 2005 NUCS Qualifier on 12/31/05 at AHHC Riggs takes 3rd Place in Doubles
  • 2006 NBDCA Qualifier 1/21/06 at Bear Lake Kennels 1st Place Singles
  • 2006 TOP GUN Championships at Little Creek Riggs finishes 3rd overall after finishing 1st out of 88 dogs in the qualifying rounds. She ran runs of 2:12 & 3:15 to qualify for the top 10 run off.
  • 2006 THCC Classic Super Major Riggs finishes 4th overall in Singles
  • 2006 THCC Classic Super Major Riggs finishes 5th overall in Doubles
  • 2005 / 2006 WI Series at Little Creek Riggs takes 4th Place in Singles
  • 2005/2006 WI Series at Hunters Park Riggs takes 1st Place in Open
  • 2005/2006 NBDCA Event at Hunters Park takes 1st Place in Open
  • 2006 WI Invitational Riggs wins 1st Place in Open and wins another bid to the Worlds & the NBDCA Nationals
  • 2006 Western Championships Riggs takes 4th Place in Doubles
  • 2006 NBDCA Qualifier on July 15 at the AHHC She takes 2nd in Singles
  • 2006 NBDCA Qualifier on July 15 at the AHHC she takes 2nd in Doubles
  • 2006 NBDCA Qualifer on July 16 at the AHHC she takes 2nd in Singles
  • 2006 NBDCA Qaulifier on July 16 at the AHHC she takes 1st in Doubles (Here Riggs ran a 4 bird plant in 2 minutes and 1 second and we shot 3 of the 4 birds. WOW!)
  • 2006 NBDCA Qualifier 8/5/06 AHHC 1st Place Singles - SAT
  • 2006 NBDCA Qualifier 8/6/06 AHHC 1st Place Singles - SUN
  • 2006 NBDCA Qualifier 8/5/06 AHHC 1st Place Doubles
  • 2006 NBDCA Qualifier 8/6/06 AHHC 3rd Place Doubles
  • The remainder of 2006 Riggs goes on a winning streak of 10 wins across the next four months finishing out another great year.
  • In 2007 due to my heavy work schedule we did not run many events yet Riggs still managed fourteen top 3 finishes across various National Qualifiers.

 

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