AMERICAN CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL CLUB
FUTURITY
RULES
The purpose of the Futurity Stakes is
to encourage the breeding of the best possible Cavalier King
Charles Spaniel and to reward the breeders for their efforts.
For this reason, the stakes are weighted in favor of the breeder.
The Futurity Stake, which may be held in conjunction with the
National Specialty, is entered by nominating a litter. Individual
puppies from a nominated litter are eligible to compete in the
first annual Futurity held on or after the date the puppies
reach six month of age, and only in this stake. In the Futurity
Stake, there will be eleven cash wins, with three individuals
(the breeder, the owner and the sire's owner) partaking of each
for a total of thirty-three monetary awards won by eight different
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.
ELIGIBILITY
Nominations to
the Futurity are open only to breeders who are active members,
in good standing, of the American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Club. The bitch whose litter is nominated must be owned, co-owned
or leased by a American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club member.
This requirement does not apply to the owner(s) of any eligible
puppy, or the owner(s) of the sire. To be eligible to compete
in the Futurity, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel must meet the
following requirements:
1) Be from a litter, which was properly and
timely nominated.
2) Have been individually nominated before
it reached the age of four months.
3) Be properly entered
in one of the regular classes of the National Specialty and
Obedience Trial.
4) Not be bred or ever owned, or co-owned,
or leased by that year's judge, or a member of his or her immediate
family.
5) Not sired by or out of a Cavalier King Charles
Spaniel bred by or ever owned, co-owned or leased by that year's
judge or member or his or her immediate family.
The first Futurity will be held at the 2009
National Specialty, the puppies eligible to compete in the 2009
National Specialty are any puppies 6 months and over on May
6, 2008, born on or after November 6, 2007. Bitch nomination
will begin September 4, 2007.
