Blast Zone, our young derby sired by Ch. Full Blast ex Marty Stoker’s Hardcore, is off to a fast start in his derby career. With Thor Kain handling “Strike” won the open derby at the New York Grouse Championship with a determined hunt through the heavy cover in course #1 and paired this effort with a steady-to-wing and shot grouse find. Just weeks earlier “Strike” won 2nd at the Mohegan Wild Bird Trial in PA. In this event he had a strong hunting race under the whistle of Thor Kain and at 25 minutes he was found pointing in a creek bottom where he had a woodcock pinned. He was also perfectly steady-to-wing and shot on this find as well. In terms of finding, pointing and wanting to stand steady on wild birds “Strike” is perhaps the most remarkable dog we have ever worked with. Last winter in TX, while still a pup, “Strike” would get the wild quail pointed (something few pups can do regularly) and then stand steady while the bracemate pup(s) would mill around and knock the covey. We’ve got high hopes for Blast Zone.