the difference is your don't no what your trialling against, yes a race is a race but do you like trialling young dogs against proven race dogs from the top kennels?

I seen it at warragul a few months ago Darren Mac trialled his imports, one guy in the trial had an unraced pup... do you think the experience of getting beaten 20lens was good for it's confidence??

I guess it falls back on the trainer, few times I've been drawn in half field trials against top trainers and have asked what there trialling, most will be honest if you tell them you only have a young pup, quiet a few times we pulled the dog out the half field and went solo for another week





as i said I believe you need field experience before you race, but there is a big diffrence between that and losing confidence from getting a flogging by proven RAF