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Meeker Classic Sheepdog Trials have started, run through Sunday

by Special to the Herald Times on September 4, 2014

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The Meeker Classic Championship Sheepdog Trials got off to an early start on Wednesday, and will continue through the finals on Sunday at Ute Park, located on the west end of Meeker. Above, Dennis Edwards and his border collie, Roy, from Sundance, Wyo., got within feet of corralling the sheep in their first trial. The clock ran out with the sheep just about to enter the corral, but Edwards did garner a score of 43. There are 125 dogs in the trials and the field will be narrowed to the top 20 for Saturday’s semifinals and to 10 for Sunday’s finals. — The Meeker Classic Championship Sheepdog Trials got off to an early start on Wednesday, and will continue through the finals on Sunday at Ute Park, located on the west end of Meeker. Above, Dennis Edwards and his border collie, Roy, from Sundance, Wyo., got within feet of corralling the sheep in their first trial. The clock ran out with the sheep just about to enter the corral, but Edwards did garner a score of 43.…