SPECIAL TO THE HT The Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials will celebrate its 40th anniversary Sept. 9-13, bringing five days of sheepdog competition, demonstrations, exhibits, art and special events to Meeker. Preliminary runs begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, with 45 dogs competing each of the first three days.[Read More…]
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Classic awards memorial scholarships in honor of Strang
SPECIAL TO THE HT Each year, the Meeker Classic Memorial Scholarship is dedicated in honor and memory of exemplary individuals who were involved with the Meeker Classic and have since died.This year’s scholarship honors Mary Strang, a passionate volunteer and advocate for the Meeker Classic. Strang opened the Meeker Classic[Read More…]
And the winners are…
The winner of the 39th annual (apologies for our numerical error last week!) Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials is handler Jamie Spring and her dog Monster from Union Center, South Dakota. Spring was sponsored by Rhinehart Oil. The pair finished with a final score of 135. Classic Director Maym Cunningham[Read More…]
Meeker Classic kicks off 37th year
The 37th annual Meeker Classic kicked off Wednesday morning and continues through Sunday at Ute Park with 135 handler/dog teams competing for a $27,000 purse. Enjoy the competition, multiple vendor booths, demos and presentations every day, the art show on Thursday starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Wilbur Barn at[Read More…]
And the winner is…
Scott Glen and his dog Pip took first place in the 37th annual Meeker Classic. In about 40 years of sheepdog trials, Glen has won Soldier Hollow, The Bluegrass Classic, the Meeker Classic, the Canadian Championships, and the USBCHA National Finals seven times. He finished third in the 2023 World[Read More…]
Meeker Classic Sheepdog Trials wraps up its 37th year
MEEKER | The Meeker Classic Sheepdog Trials wrapped up Sunday, marking the event’s 37th anniversary. Held annually in Meeker, Colorado, the trials have been a fixture in the town each September since 1987. This year’s event featured Bevis Jordan as the judge. Jordan, who hails from Northumberland, England, manages a[Read More…]
Meeker Classic’s Tom Wilson says, ‘It does take some luck.”
MEEKER | Tom Wilson is a Master Shepard who has been traveling the U.S. for decades to compete with his dogs in sheepdog trials. He found his way to Meeker for the first time to compete in the 1990 Meeker Classic Sheepdog Trials, and as he puts it still to[Read More…]
Meeker Classic coming Sept. 6-10
MEEKER | The 31st annual Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials begin Wednesday, Sept. 6. Get your tickets now at the Meeker Chamber of Commerce or at Wendll’s, or visit bit.ly/2wqJPB7 to buy online. For a complete schedule of events, including new attractions this year, see www.meekersheepdog.com.
31st annual Meeker Classic sheepdog trials start Sept. 6
MEEKER | There’s always something new happening at the Meeker Classic Sheepdog Championship Trials and this year is no exception. There are new workshops, a photography competition to complement the annual art contest, and a whole new take on the lamb cook-off. In its 31st year, the Meeker Classic continues[Read More…]
Meeker Classic director receives tourism award
Meeker | As part of a statewide tour of eight Colorado communities, in conjunction with National Travel and Tourism Week, representatives from the Colorado Tourism Office visited Meeker via bus last Thursday as part of the second annual Discover Colorado Roadshow. Tourism is one of the largest economic generators in[Read More…]
Make it With Wool contest has a long Colorado history
RBC | At the Meeker Classic Championship Sheepdog Trials this year, the winner of the junior division of the Make it With Wool contest in 2015, Rachael Northrup, visited Meeker and demonstrated her winning project. She is the junior winner for Colorado again, and her sister, Andrea, a college student[Read More…]
Photos: Meeker Classic Championship Sheepdog Trials 2016
