This year at futurity I ran my female dog Dot. Dot is a nice little female that I hope can carry on the Gilbert breeding program. She is out of Gilbert's Nuge (Razor's Zack x Gilbert's Belle) and out of a Boomer x Zack female!! Dot had a tough calf the first day and missed getting 1 calf loaded by 1 second!!! She continued to move up in the average the next round and qualified for the finals in good shape. Dot won the final round and the Calcutta but at the end of the day the points missed in the first round cost her the 1st hole. I was extremely happy with Dot's runs and CAN NOT wait to breed her this spring. Dot reminds me so much of a female I had named Belle.......Big shoes to fill but I sure do like her.
I also ran Hoss in the futurity and open challenge. Hoss has had a special run this past year. Hoss won the futurity last year as a 14 month old pup, won the Jack King Futurity in Tulsa, and 3rd at the West Fork Challenge. I had him in training for a my good buddy Kirby Ellenburg. Hoss ran in 4 futurity events this past year and won 2 of them. At this years futurity Hoss qualified for the finals as a top 10 dog. He also qualified in the top 10 in the Open Challenge. Hoss handled really well be never had that great draw that is needed to get the big hole. I have really enjoyed having Hoss around and look for him to have success on Kirby's truck in the coming years. Hoss is sired by Gilbert's Badge owned by Kirby Ellenburg and out of a great Zack bred female owned by Brett Carter
I ran King in the open challenge this year as well. King is a past futurity champion and I can promise he's as tough as they come and strong on the front end. King qualified for the finals and ended up winning 3rd. King is sired by Ace and out of a Zack Female.
