2026 Triple Crown Versatility Challenge
Once again, we will celebrate the versatility of our breed with the Triple Crown Versatility Challenge. We would like to honor those handler/dog teams that successfully compete in multiple disciplines by offering a challenge meant to inspire more of us to get out there and accomplish great things with our dogs! We challenge you to start training now in order to meet our challenge to qualify and/or place in a minimum of three different classes across at least two different NSS disciplines.
To meet the Triple Crown Challenge, a dog might place and/or qualify in Novice B, Team Obedience and the WDX. Another dog might qualify in the WD, a sweepstakes class, and in a Bred-By Exhibitor Class.
Dogs who meet the Triple Crown Challenge will receive a special award and the dog’s Triple Crown accomplishments will be published in the ACC Bulletin. All prizes will be presented at the banquet on Saturday evening. Prizes will be presented to each dog’s owner of record, if present; otherwise, the awards will go to the handler.
Entering is easy and it’s only $25 to play, but dogs must be pre-registered by September 23rd (when entries close).
To pre-register, complete the Registration Google Form by September 23rd with the name of the Owner/Handler and the registered name of the dog…
We are offering some new ways to pay your $25 entry.
- PayPal Mel Phillips at melphillips@yahoo.com
- Venmo Mel Phillips at @Melinda-Phillips-37
Dogs that meet the challenge must submit a completed Triple Crown Record Form to Lynda Barber-Wiltse or Mel Phillips at the show AFTER competing and before the banquet.
Please, download and print a copy of the record form. 2026 TripleCrownRecordForm. You will need to fill out and submit this form!
Any questions? Please contact Mel Phillips at melphillips@yahoo.com or call (571) 345-5167.
Qualifications for the Triple Crown Versatility Challenge
(Qualify and/or place in any three classes, across a minimum of two NSS disciplines.)
(Please note: For the purposes of this Challenge, Obedience & Rally = 1 discipline and Conformation & Sweepstakes = 1 discipline).
A new Miscellaneous category can only contribute one leg toward the Triple Crown.
Field: Qualifying score in any of the Working Dog Stakes.
Agility: Qualifying score in any agility class offered.
Obedience/Rally: Qualifying score in any regular or optional titling obedience and/or rally class offered or placement in non-regular class.
Conformation/Sweepstakes: Best of Breed, Best of Opposite Sex, Select Dog/Bitch, a Judge’s Award of Merit or by making the cut in the Best of Breed competition, Placement in any regular or non-regular conformation class. (Please note: in Stud Dog and Brood Bitch classes, placements are awarded only to the parent dog, not to any of the representative offspring.) Placement in any Puppy, Gundog, or Veteran Sweepstakes class also qualifies.
Miscellaneous Category (Dock Diving, Fetch, CGC, or Trick Dog): Participants may count only one leg in this group of events toward a Triple Crown.
Example 1: “Fido” is entered in Rally Advanced B, Rally Excellent B, Open Dog in conformation. Fido qualified in Rally Advanced B and qualified/placed third in Rally Excellent B. In Open Dog, he places 4th. He qualifies for the Triple Crown!
Example 2: “Ripple” is entered in Veteran Obedience, 8+ Year-Old Bitch in Veteran Sweeps, Veteran Bitch 8-10 Years in Conformation. She places in Veteran obedience, is second in her Sweeps class, and goes first in her Veteran conformation class. She qualifies for the Triple Crown!
Example 3: Birdie gets a qualifying jump in Dock Diving. Then, she places in her Gundog Sweeps class. Additionally, she makes the cut in Best of Breed Competition. She qualifies for the Triple Crown!