SOLDIER HOLLOW CLASSIC SHEEPDOG
CHAMPIONSHIP & FESTIVAL
May 22-25, 2026
Memorial Day Weekend
8am - 4pm+ Daily
Heber Valley, Utah

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CHECK OUT OUR 2026 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Save the Date -- Memorial Day Weekend 2026

Please check out and support our Event Sponsors and Dog Sponsors. 
The continued success of this Event is thanks to all of them!

Handler Information

Invitations to compete in 2026 will be sent the first week of January.  Stay tuned!

Soldier Hollow Classic Qualifying Trials

  • The top five finalists at 2025 Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship & Festival
  • The Soldier Hollow Gold Medalist from the prior two years (2023 & 2024)
  • The Champion and Reserve Champion from the 2025 USBCHA National Sheepdog Finals
  • The Champion from the 2025 Canadian National Championship
  • The Champion from the 2025 Kingston Sheepdog Championship
  • The Champion from the 2025 Meeker Classic
  • The Champion from the 2025 WWSDA Sheepdog Trial
  • The Champion from the 2025 Bluegrass Classic
  • The Champion from the 2025 Strang Ranch Spring Sheepdog Trial
  • The Champion from the 2025 Tabletop Sheepdog Trial
  • The Champion from the 2025 Fall Foliage Sheepdog Trial
  • The prior year’s Soldier Hollow Judge (good for 1 of the next 3 years)
  • Qualified Utah Soldier Hollow volunteers
  • Additional second round discretionary invites consider a number of factors and may vary from year to year

Impact Dog Crate Co. is contributing one of their great collapsible crates to each day winner and to the Gold Medalist. Thank you Impact!

Purina ProPlan is contributing one bag of ProPlan dog food to each daily winner and to the Gold Medalist. Thank you Purina ProPlan!

Thank you to our official livestock and canine equipment provider - providing set-out pens, exhaust pens and more! There wouldn't be a sheepdog trial without Powder River's contribution!