2012 ABC National Amateur Champion
DC/AFC MTB CABO RITA DE SCIPIO
It was an inauspicious draw: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, Course 3, last
brace of the day that broke away at 3:59 pm. But Lady Luck was with Rita:
the birds were out so that she had 5 picture perfect nds, a fast, forward,
enthusiastic race and handled beautifully which earned her the title of 2012
ABC National Amateur All-Age Field Champion!
Rita won the genetics lottery. All of her grandparents were accomplished.
On her mother’s side (Emme): her grandparents are NFC/DC/AFC Tequila
Joker (HOF & National Champion 1997) and NFC/DC/AFC Microchips of
Nutmeg (National Champion 2002). On her father’s side: grandparents are
DC/AFC Redline’s Tequila Smoker (86 placements and 9 hour wins) and DC/
AFC Traveler’s Reign of Terra (88 placements) and the smartest Brittany we’ve
ever known.
Rita was the rst born in a litter of 6 out of DC/AFC Terra’s Cabo
Wabo(Sammy) and DC/AFC TJ’S Single Shot of Scipio (Emme). Rita’s mother,
Emme, has Thank you for your interest has over
placed 5 times in the National Championships and
113 placements. Her father, Sammy, placed 3rd in the National Amateur
in the ABC National Y
earbook!
Championship and has 85 placements. Rita is the 3rd generation of our
Purchase Nationals in Booneville. Both of her parents: Emme
females to place at theyour copy on the ABC web site: and
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Sammy, as well as Rita have had the privilege of winning the W.E. Stevenson
Sr. Memorial ABC Dual Dog award.
From the rst, she’s been the leader of her pack. When Rita puts on the
eld trial jewelry, she knows it’s time to go to work and the job is working
to the front and nding birds. She has an exceptional nose and a focus that
keeps her on point. We hate to admit it, but we’ve lost Rita on point so many
times in the last few years it hurts; our fault.
Her name: MTB Cabo Rita de Scipio re ects her lineage of the Tequila
and Scipio lines. Her call name, Rita, is a tribute to Rita Keating, the breeder
of her granddam, Meg.
We are thankful to Paul and Peggy Doiron of Hidden Valley Kennels for
training Rita to be the great bird dog she is and for giving her a successful
start in eld trialing. Jessica Carlson used her handling magic to nish Rita in
the show ring.
A big thank you to everyone: judges, scouts, friends (especially the dog
wagon folks that spotted her on point last year) who have helped us along
the way to be in the winner’s circle!
- Margaret Horstmeyer & Tom White
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