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 2024 Soldier Hollow Classic Sheepdog Championship & Festival
- The Soldier Hollow Gold Medalist from the prior two years (2022 & 2024)
- The Champion and Reserve Champion from the 2024 USBCHA National Sheepdog Finals
- The Champion from the 2024 Canadian National Championship
- The Champion from the 2024 Kingston Sheepdog Championship
- The Champion from the 2024 Meeker Classic
- The Champion from the 2024 WWSDA Sheepdog Trial
- The Champion from the 2024 Bluegrass Classic
- The Champion from the 2024 Strang Ranch Spring Sheepdog Trial
- The Champion from the 2024 Tabletop Sheepdog Trial
- The Champion from the 2024 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!