Lure Coursing Titles

Titles

AKC Titles

Qualified Courser - Open to hounds at least 12 months of age. A hound must run the course with a hound of its own breed or one of similar running style and must complete the entire course with enthusiasm and without interruption. The course is a minimum of 600 yards with a minimum of four (4) turns.

Note: your hound must obtain a qualified courser certificate you enter them in an "Open Stake"

Junior Courser (JC)- A JC title or certificate is given to a hound that successfully completes a course (alone) at two different AKC tests, on two different days, under two different licensed AKC judges. Once a hound earns their JC certificate, they can be entered in the "Open Stake" at AKC licensed trials.

Senior Courser (SC)- An SC title is given to a hound that successfully completes four "clean" Open Stake runs with competition, under two different judges or judging panels, at four licensed trials.
Note: To qualify the hound must earn at least 50% of the total possible combined scores from the preliminary and final run.

Field Champion (FC)- A FC title is given to a hound that obtains 15 Championship points, including two first placements of 3, 4 or 5 points, under two different judges or judging panels. See points breakdown below:

Rhodesian Ridgebacks in competition:       ≥10           8 or 9       5,6 or 7    3 or 4       2
                      Winners Points earned:       5 pts.        4 pts.        3 pts.        2 pts.        1 pt.
                    2nd Place Points earned:        3 pts.        2 pts.        1 pt.          0 pts.        0 pts.
                    3rd Place Points earned:        2 pts.        1 pt.          0 pts.        0 pts.        0 pts.

Master Courser (MC)- After earning an SC title (4 trials), the hound must continue to qualify for an additional 25 trials. The hound does NOT have to place or be awarded points.

Lure Courser Excellent (LCX)- In order for a hound to earn a LCX title it must have already earned an FC title and accumulated an additional 45 pts. from the Special Stakes.

Notes:
        (1) In case you were wondering about Stakes. An "Open Stake" is open to hounds that have obtained at
        least the following: AKC JC, AKC FC, ASFA FCh, or Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) FCh. Special Stakes are
        open to AKC FC's only!
        (2) The AKC FC title is added as a permanent prefix to the hound's registered name- the JC, SC and MC
        certificates are added as suffixes. DC, or Dual Champion, is added as a prefix when the AKC breed
        champion finishes his or her field title.

ASFA Titles

ASFA Certification- Before a hound can be entered in an ASFA Open Stake it must first have run a "Certification" run. This run or certification must be witnessed by a licensed ASFA judge that the hound has completed a course of at least 500 yds., with another hound of the same breed or a breed with a similar running style, without interfering with that hound.

Notes:
(1) The hound must be at least 11 mos. old to be certified, but still can't run before it is 1 yr. old.
(2) An AKC Junior Courser certificate does NOT qualify.

Field Champion (FCh)- A hound earns a Field Champion title when it has obtained 100 points and either two first placements or one first and two second placements, with qualifying competition. See points breakdown below:

       Rhodesian Ridgebacks in competition:       ≥10    9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1
                      Winners Points earned:            40      36    32   28    24   20    16    12    8     4
                         2nd Place Points earned:               30      27    24    21    18    15    12    9     6     0
                         3rd Place Points earned:               20      18     16    14    12    10     8    6      0     0
                         4th Place Points earned:              10       9       8     7      6     5      4    0      0     0

Lure Courser of Merit (LCM)- a hound earns an LCM title when it has obtained 300 FCh points and four first placements, with qualifying competition.