Oh Yeah, You Blend

Nina and I trekked to Cheswick, PA this weekend for another trial. I am at the “soul searching” stage of our 2014 Nationals quest, since we went into this trial on a string of NQ’s and I am beginning to wonder if I should withdraw from some upcoming trials if we’re not qualifying and save some money.

So Nina went and qualified twice this weekend for 48 more MACH points (if we qualify, we get lots of points, since she is a fast little thing), a HUGE improvement over recent trials! Even better, she stayed at the startline when asked to every time today, and actually STOPPED on the teeter today in Standard, something she does every time in practice but has only done ONCE at a trial. I was very happy with her!

Updated Nationals tally: 7/20 legs, 147/500 points, 0/4 double Q’s. So 13 more legs to go, 353 points, and 4 double Q’s. We’ll see!

Nina’s Standard Q from Friday 7/19:

 
Nina’s Standard NQ from today 7/21 (but with a start line stay and a stop on the teeter!):

 
Nina’s Jumpers Q from today 7/21 (recording started part way through due to technical glitch):

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