RECENT & MEMORABLE WINS

Jim has won over 2000 field trial placements. He has finished over 70 Field Champions and has well over 100 Championship, Classic and hour wins. He has placed dogs 7 times in the National Brittany All Age Championship. He won it twice, in 1997 (DC/AFC Tequila's Joker) and in 2001 (FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow). Three of the dogs he trained won the National Amateur Brittany All Age Championship when run by their owners.

The U.S. Open is the oldest American Field Championship for Brittanys. It is one of the few trials that has an hour qualifying and an hour final. You must run two good hours in a row to win, making it the toughest test Brittanys have. Read here the U.S. Open Brittany Championship article written by David A. Fletcher.

Jim's record at the US Open Champonship
1993 Bo-Nine's Lucky Bandit (Winner)
1994 A Bunch Of Butch (Winner)
1995 Jim De Bob's Super Starr (Winner)
1996 Jim De Bob's Sparks A Dan D (Winner)
1996 Tequila's Joker (Runner Up)
1997 Tequila's Joker (Winner)
1998 Jim De Bob's Super Starr (Runner Up)
2000 Tequila's Joker (Runner Up)
2001 Shambo's Dark Shadow (Runner Up)
2002 Shambo's Dark Shadow (Winner)
2005 Shambo's Dark Shadow (Runner Up)
2006 Shambo's Dark Shadow (Winner)
2007 Tequila Jack II (Winner)

Jim has won the prestigious IAMS (now known as Purina) Brittany of the Year Award three times with three different dogs, and has been awarded the Royal Canin Bird Dog of the Year three times.

CHAMPIONSHIP & HOUR STAKE WINS IN 2007: Texas Open Brittany Championship Runner-Up FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker Region 8 Dube Embe AAA Championship Runner-Up FC TJ's Thunder (handled by Bob Rankin) US Open Brittany Championship Winner NAFC/FC/AFC Tequila Jack II Mid American Brittany Championship Winner FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker Region 19 AAA Championship Runner-Up FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker (handled by owner Steve Ralph) Kansas Open Championship Runner-Up FC TJ's Thunder Greater St. Louis OAA Hour Stake Winner FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker Delta Brittany Open All Age Classic Winner FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker Midwest OAA Hour Stake Winner KB's Shadow Dancer CHAMPIONSHIP & HOUR STAKE WINS IN 2006: Nebraska Championship Runner-Up NAFC/FC/AFC Tequila Jack II US Open Brittany Championship Winner NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow Ozark OAA Hour Stake Runner-Up FC TJ's Thunder Mid-South Brittany Championship Runner-Up NAFC/FC/AFC Tequila Jack II Region 19 AAA Championship Runner-Up FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker (handled by owner Steve Ralph) Midwest OAA Hour Stake Winner NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow ABC Natl. Amateur Championship Runner-Up NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow (handled by Ed Tillson) ABC Natl. Championship 4th Place NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow     CHAMPIONSHIP & HOUR STAKE WINS IN 2005: Gtr Phoenix Brittany Club Hour ALAA Runner-Up FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker (handled by Ed Tillson) Sunland Brittany Club Hour OAA Runner-Up NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow Bluebonnet Brittany Club Hour OAA Winner NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow **This win gave Shadow the record for the most 1-Hour stake wins in breed history!** US Open Brittany Championship Runner-Up NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow Nebraska Brittany Championship Winner NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow Nebraska Brittany Championship Runner-Up FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker Region 19 AAA Brittany Championship Runner-Up Tequila Jack II (handled by co-owner Ed Tillson) Dakota Prairie Brittany Championship Winner FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker ABC Pheasant Championship Runner-Up NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow Kansas Open Championship Winner TJ's Thunder Greater St. Louis OLAA Hour Runner-Up FC/AFC Smarteyes-Joker Dixieland Championship Winner NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow ABC National Amateur Champion NAFC/FC/AFC Tequila Jack II (handled by co-owner Ed Tillson)     CHAMPIONSHIP & HOUR STAKE WINS IN 2004: Texas Open Championship Runner-Up FC Smarteyes-Joker US Open Brittany Championship Winner FC Make My Day Dude (handled by owner Ed Tillson) Dakota Prairie Championship Runner-Up FC Make My Day Dude Mid America Brittany Championship Runner-Up NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow Nebraska Open Championship Runner-Up NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow ABC Pheasant Classic Runner-Up FC Smarteyes-Joker ABC Quail Classic Winner FC Smarteyes-Joker Kansas Open Championship Winner NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow Midwest OAA Hour Winner Tequila Jack II Region 17 Amateur Championship Winner FC Smarteyes-Joker ABC Natl. Championship - 3rd FC Smarteyes-Joker ABC Natl. Amateur Championship - 3rd FC Smarteyes-Joker (handled by owner Steve Ralph)

NAFC/FC/AFC Tequila Jack II, US Open Winner

NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow, 2007 US Open Winner

NFC/FC/AFC Shambo's Dark Shadow, 2002 US Open Winner

FC/AFC Jim De Bob's Super Starr, 1995 US Open Winner

FC/AFC A Bunch Of Butch, 1994 US Open Winner

FC/AFC/NAC Jim De Bob's Sparks A Dan D, IAMS Award Winner

NFC/DC/AFC Tequila's Joker, 1997 National Champion