With the sadness of losing Bodhi, I haven’t wanted to do much of anything. I’d already entered Bodhi and Echo in the SEGC’s Run for Rescue and Southern Turf Classic March 21-22 and I contemplated scrapping the whole weekend and just staying home. But, thanks to Ken’s encouragement (sometimes he knows what I need more than *I* do) I decided to make the trek to Fairburn, GA (just outside of Atlanta) for the two day field trial hosted by the Southeastern Greyhound Club.

Saturday was ASFA format, with Best in Field being awarded the Rescue Trophy (sound familiar? Echo won it in 2007) and Sunday being the newly created NLCC format. The Sunday trial was the Southern Turf Classic, featuring the Lucy-Foxey Cup being awarded for Best in Field. Uma Rapiti photography was there to capture the days’ activities and Lee really got some great shots!

All in all, I’m so glad I went. The field was a new one for SEGC and was located on an 8000 acre horse farm. Just the drive across the grounds to get to the field was gorgeous, as you passed calm lakes and ponds with their morning mist rising gently. Lush, green fields of grass sometimes dotted with grazing horses. I even spotted a couple deer who’d stopped for some breakfast in a little clearing just off the dirt road that led to the field. The company was great, the dogs were wonderful, there was a lot of great lure coursing…all in all, a tiring and fun weekend. There was a Blessing of the Hounds Saturday morning which, of course, brought me to tears. Echo and Lucky Louie had the best time not only running, but visiting with the other humans and hounds.

There is exciting news from the weekend, so stay tuned for results to be posted once I have the photo’s from Uma Rapiti Photography….

Here’s a quick shot from my iPhone as I was setting things up on Saturday….

Echo and Louie hanging out in the xpen on Saturday

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