AROUND THE GROUNDS
Top sire title to Amos Zone after a $10,000 win on home soil Article & Photos - Kate Loudon, The Land
The Round Table Sire Shootout was held under lights
Zone was a well travelled dog, living in New Zealand
at the Central Tablelands Livestock Exchange, Carcoar,
for a number of years where he also trialled. Mr Nowlan
on Friday where 15 of Australia’s most renowned sires
said Zone was his main dog and had sired many litters
competed for the prize purse of $30,000.
producing a lot of good station dogs.
Running for its second year, Bowyer and Livermore’s
From here, Mr Nowlan would like to take Zone to the
Tom Card said the trial presented a unique opportunity for
Australian titles in Mansfield, Victoria. “Then he can live
buyers to watch the elite dogs compete on the big stage
his life out on the lounge,” Mr Nowlan said.
and help identify traits they wanted in their own pups. With plans already in motion for next year’s event, Mr “We have more dogs entered this year with some being
Card said he expected the 2023 Working Dog Challenge
repeat entrants from last year or repeat trainers vying for
to be bigger than ever with the annual event hosted on
the top title,” Mr Card said.
the last weekend in November making the 2023 dates November 23 to 26.
Taking out the top gong and $10,000 prize money was Jake Nowlans’ Kelpie Amos Zone.
“We only plan on making it bigger and better and keep improving to what the triallers are after and what the
From Nimmitabel, the nine-year-old black and tan dog
sellers want to be seeing.”
was a son of Democa Louie out of Barclays Annie. “It is good to get a win against the best dogs in the country,” Mr Nowlan said.
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