LMC Novice  HPR Field Trial - 14th January 2025

Field Trials - Standing Instructions and Rules 

HPR FT INFO is the one stop shop for everything you need to know about Hunt Point Retrieve (HPR) Field Trials, Working Tests and Pointing Tests

The Kennel Club has issued a Code of Best Practice for Field Trial Competitors, for Breeds that Hunt, Point and Retrieve

Event classification

Open
A stake in which dogs have the opportunity of gaining a qualification towards the title of Field Trial Champion (K regulations refer) and towards entry in the Championship for its breed; in which entry is open to all dogs of a specific breed or breeds. It may be limited to a prescribed number of runners (J3 refers), in which case these shall be decided by a draw conducted in accordance with Regulation J7.i so that preference is given to previous performance.

All-Aged
A Stake which is open to dogs of a specified breed or breeds without restriction as to their age, but which may be restricted by any other conditions which may be determined by the Society subject to the approval of the General Committee of the Kennel Club.

Novice
A Stake which is confined to dogs which have not gained a place which would qualify them for preference in the draw
for Open Stakes.