How to figure out ring times at a Rally Show

danisgoat

danisgoat

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Anyone have some secret formula they use to figure out what time they will be in the ring for a Rally show?

I am having trouble trying to estimate a time that I should get to my trial this weekend.

Usually, the program is a little easier to figure out, than the one that I got for our show.

Here is how the Rally is running:
8:15 - Walk Through

8:30 - 29 Excellant "B" and 6 Excellant "A"

10:45
35 - Advanced Class "B"
To Follow
13 - Advanced Class "A"
28 - Novice Class "B"
29 - Novice Class "A"

We are in Novice class A. Any clue how I can go about figure what time I should get there for the walk through? I am guessing they will do the walk through for Novice A with Novice B, so I will want to get there before Novice B would start.

I was thinking of maybe getting there for 11:30. Do you think that would be too early? Too late?

Thanks
 
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Even at 1 minute per dog, there are 96 dogs in the Advanced class so you are looking at an hour and a half for that plus the course build for Novice. So, with the just Advanced dogs alone it will be be at least 12:15 before they all finish (assuming everyone shows up and 1 minute per dog).

The times for my Novice runs were: roughly 2.30, 2.30, 1.25 (the last course was fairly short and moved quickly).

Not sure if that helps or not.
 
AKC judges are to do 22 dogs per hour. Alot of times it is quicker. I plan on 2 mins a dog on avg but you should be early for move ups or no shows.

Anything that states to follow by rule can not not start before 12:00 noon If only 1 judge may or may not need to break for lunch depending on when the classes finish

I forgot to add that there will be time for advanced walk thoughs and building thecourse(which could be 10-15 mins)
 
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Great, thanks so much. That is a HUGE help. I knew that there must have been some type of a "guideline" for times, but I just had no idea what it was.
 
So....we were in the ring at 3:30 :eek2:

We got there at 11:30 because I am a nervous nelly and didn't want to miss the walk throughs.

It wasn't a waste of time though, as we got to see our friends compete in the advanced class and made a new friend.
 
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