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FOR MANY YEARS the Kennel Club has operated a form of canine apartheid. Only dogs that are pure-bred and registered with the Club are allowed to enter fi eld trials.

You may own the most talented sprocker or springador, but there’s no way that you can prove its ability by competing with it in a field trial. However, after discussion by the field trials committee, it has recently been agreed by the Kennel Club that unregistered pedigree dogs and crossbreeds can now take part in Working Gundog Certificate (WGC) events.

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