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