Get the "Bunny"!
Lure coursing was invented by Lyle Gilette in 1972 as an alternative to open-field coursing without live quarry. This sport uses an artificial lure, often strips of a white plastic garbage bag, pulled around a field by a motor in a 500 - 1000 yard course with straightaways and turns, to evaluate the coursing ability of sighthounds. The hounds are scored by judges on multiple criteria, including speed, agility, endurance, and follow. Whippet love to lure course, and, as rule, most whippets take to this sport with just a little training.
Lure coursing field trials have been offered by the American Sighthound Field Association (ASFA) since the 1970s, and more recently by the AKC & UKC as well. Sighthounds can earn the ASFA titles FCh (Field Champion) and LCM (Lure Courser of Merit), and the AKC titles JC (Junior Courser), SC (Senior Courser), MC (Master Courser), FC or DC (Field Champion or Dual Champion), and LCX (Lure Courser Excellent). For more information on lure coursing, visit the ASFA Home Page or the AKC Lure Coursing Page.
The NCWFA has been an active participant in lure coursing from its beginning, sponsoring the first ever ASFA field trial, together with the Mission Trails Borzoi Club way back in the very early 1970s. Currently, the NCWFA holds AKC Lure Trials twice yearly. If you have any general coursing questions, want to volunteer, or can suggest any potential new lure coursing fields in the Vallejo/Fairfield/Napa/Dixon/Sacramento area (fenced, large, clear of obstacles, and available for dog use), please contact our lure coursing chair Jen Haas.
IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR SAT. 5/11 LURE TRIAL:
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE SAT. 5/11 NCWFA LURE TRIAL!
This is an announcement for Saturday May 11th NCWFA Lure Trial only. Sunday's event is not affected.
The college has booked a 5 K race that will be using our lure coursing parking area for staging & start/finish. The Race Chair has requested that no one park in our area until the race is complete [10 AM ]
We will be doing Check-In at 8:30 AM in front of the field that is used for Fast CATs & Straight Racing. We ask that you park in the lot next to this field, with the solar panels, and bring your dogs to the check-in table that will be set up in front of the Fast CAT/Straight Race field. The college will be requiring all to enter to the grounds from the first Suisun Valley Road entrance [see map] & to follow a special route to the Fast CAT/Straight Race field/Parking lot, as the road we would normally use will be closed for the duration of the race.
At 10:00 AM you will be able to move your vehicles to the parking in front of our coursing field. We will be setting up the field during the 5 K race, so we will be able to get going right at 10 AM.
Attached is a map of the College with a blue line showing the path of travel that they are requiring for all vehicle traffic prior to 10:00 AM to our check in location. The green line is the Charity race path. I have also included a marked Google Earth map to indicate Check-In and the Field trial location.
Thank you,
Jen Haas
This is an announcement for Saturday May 11th NCWFA Lure Trial only. Sunday's event is not affected.
The college has booked a 5 K race that will be using our lure coursing parking area for staging & start/finish. The Race Chair has requested that no one park in our area until the race is complete [10 AM ]
We will be doing Check-In at 8:30 AM in front of the field that is used for Fast CATs & Straight Racing. We ask that you park in the lot next to this field, with the solar panels, and bring your dogs to the check-in table that will be set up in front of the Fast CAT/Straight Race field. The college will be requiring all to enter to the grounds from the first Suisun Valley Road entrance [see map] & to follow a special route to the Fast CAT/Straight Race field/Parking lot, as the road we would normally use will be closed for the duration of the race.
At 10:00 AM you will be able to move your vehicles to the parking in front of our coursing field. We will be setting up the field during the 5 K race, so we will be able to get going right at 10 AM.
Attached is a map of the College with a blue line showing the path of travel that they are requiring for all vehicle traffic prior to 10:00 AM to our check in location. The green line is the Charity race path. I have also included a marked Google Earth map to indicate Check-In and the Field trial location.
Thank you,
Jen Haas
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AKC Lure Trials & Tests, @ Solano Jr College!
May 11-12, 2019
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May 11-12, 2019
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