GAGB Trackable Race - Racing Hounds

The GAGB are running a Trackable Race in 2019.

Are you a geocache Retriever, or do you prefer to be a Pointer for others to go get it? Do you prefer being a Setter of caches? Or perhaps, knowing your love of Tupperware, are you a Boxer? Running from our Start The Year Event 2019 until our Start The Year Event in 2020, your hound has a year to rack up the miles, find the caches, and be the Best of Breed!

To join the race, choose a dog breed, purchase the tag from our Online Shop, and place it in a cache or event to start its journey! All Racing Hounds are automatically entered in the race.

Tags cost £5.50 each, or can be purchased as a full set of four for £20. We are pleased to be donating 50% of all profits to the upcoming UK Mega Events.

See below for more information about the Race, including the Rules.

You can view a summary of the race standings below. It is updated once a week with the latest logs on Geocaching.com.

Last updated on: 04-Jan-2020

Leaderboard
Total Racers:	200
Highest Km:	TB95PZX (Doodlejack) with 76583 km, currently in in the hands of tumbleweed2
Retriever Race - 1st:	TB95PZG (Griff Grof) with 1691 Retrieve logs, currently in the hands of Caslu26
Retriever Race - 2nd:	TB95PZ4 (Collie Wobbles) with 15 Retrieve logs, currently in the hands of Jomelbre
Retriever Race - 3rd:	TB95Q0H (Joolswools) with 15 Retrieve logs, currently in the hands of Flyfishing33
Pointer Race - 1st:	TB95PVZ (stuarthowe11) with 37 Discover logs, currently in GC81Z54
Pointer Race - 2nd:	TB95PX2 (thecatts) with 25 Discover logs, currently in the hands of marcelbeisel
Pointer Race - 3rd:	TB95PW7 (GCHarribo) with 25 Discover logs, currently in the hands of olb1992
Setter Race - 1st:	TB95PYC (the_dolan) with 30844 km within the British Isles, currently in the hands of richt2000
Setter Race - 2nd:	TB95PXG (Paulared) with 13501 km within the British Isles, currently in the hands of Kubsat76
Setter Race - 3rd:	TB95PY4 (stuarthowe11) with 12487 km within the British Isles, currently in the hands of batesandlaw
Boxer Race - 1st:	TB95PT8 (hedgegog3) with 838 logs in Large, Regular or Small caches, currently in the hands of Caslu26
Boxer Race - 2nd:	TB95PVH (Artisticwomble) with 128 logs in Large, Regular or Small caches, currently in GC1TWVB
Boxer Race - 3rd:	TB95PVK (The Old Soldier) with 77 logs in Large, Regular or Small caches, currently in GC1B7VM

Summary for All Racers
TB No	Trackable Name	Owner	Last Log	Logs	Last Spotted	Travelled
TB95PZX	Trudi the Racer	Doodlejack	29/12/2019	499	tumbleweed2	76583 Km
TB95PYC	the_dolan's Setter Race Tag	the_dolan	29/12/2019	1440	richt2000	74259 Km
TB95PZP	Harvey the Handsome Hound	Wight walker	27/12/2019	241	1gowild	42650 Km
TB95PZH	Bouncer	Cyzaki	25/12/2019	494	nikky_evans	17950 Km
TB95Q0F	GAGB's Racing Hounds	GeoMickeyH	28/12/2019	840	MCG1975	16260 Km
TB95PXG	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Paulared	30/12/2019	572	Kubsat76	16089 Km
TB95PZ7	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Retriever (Kieran)	sharant	31/05/2019	41	GC5X7F6	15840 Km
TB95PWY	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Flowers19	18/10/2019	11	Flowers19	15678 Km
TB95PWJ	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Artisticwomble	12/12/2019	288	GC8GCPJ	14826 Km
TB95Q0A	Den's Retriever GAGB	Ey Up Me Duck	16/09/2019	31	hairyfairies	13658 Km
TB95PY1	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Setter (Sharon)	sharant	17/11/2019	303	GC6R44Q	13283 Km
TB95PY4	GAGB's Racing Hounds - SETTER	stuarthowe11	29/12/2019	1042	batesandlaw	12408 Km
TB95PZG	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Retriever (Griff Grof)	Griff Grof	29/12/2019	3393	Caslu26	12243 Km
TB95PT8	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Butch	hedgegog3	29/12/2019	2385	Caslu26	10563 Km
TB95PZM	Weller The Retriever	HalfpintMonkeyGirl	28/07/2019	51	GC7Y5FH	9450 Km
TB95Q0H	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Joolswools	04/12/2019	202	Flyfishing33	7816 Km
TB95PVK	THE OLD SOLDIERS BOXER (GAGB HOUND)	The Old Soldier	27/12/2019	232	GC1B7VM	7493 Km
TB95PWB	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Pointer (Ant)	sharant	27/12/2019	165	Waz&Kaz	6967 Km
TB95PV2	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Boxer (Sarah)	sharant	02/11/2019	91	GC7X3QY	6613 Km
TB95PXT	Weasley	Cyzaki	25/12/2019	281	GC4TWZR	6605 Km
TB95PW8	THE OLD SOLDIERS POINTER (GAGB HOUND)	The Old Soldier	30/12/2019	247	sjd78	6473 Km
TB95Q0M	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Geocaching Womble	27/12/2019	134	jpmonkey1	6456 Km
TB95PX2	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Angus the GSP	thecatts	14/09/2019	308	marcelbeisel	6405 Km
TB95PW7	GAGB's Racing Pointer Hound	GCHarribo	30/12/2019	75	olb1992	5555 Km
TB95PZ4	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Tetley	Collie Wobbles	30/12/2019	237	Jomelbre	5268 Km
TB95PXQ	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Geocaching Womble	14/10/2019	226	GC15FD6	4831 Km
TB95PZJ	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Erynluin	26/12/2019	197	DJKaneP	4544 Km
TB95PVJ	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Geocaching Womble	29/12/2019	142	ronny.ffm	4457 Km
TB95PXC	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Geocaching Womble	07/12/2019	163	GC21BA7	3737 Km
TB95PW1	SPENCER Racing Pointer	katchikali	09/10/2019	32	GC54B85	3628 Km
TB95PXF	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Wild-Skye	04/10/2019	43	GC4Y9KQ	2933 Km
TB95PX8	Sticky - GAGB's Racing Hounds - Pointer	WinningMs	21/09/2019	33	GC7N7BW	2721 Km
TB95PYX	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Artisticwomble	24/11/2019	119	GC5VDW4	2520 Km
TB95PXY	GAGB's Racing Hounds	jesters shoes		0		2381 Km
TB95PWF	Tizzy	Cyzaki	11/09/2019	460	GC3M547	2370 Km
TB95Q0K	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Artisticwomble	16/05/2019	12	GC34VT0	2282 Km
TB95PZF	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Trevorsilk	06/10/2019	89	GC8DRBP	2244 Km
TB95PVH	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Artisticwomble	17/07/2019	229	GC1TWVB	2042 Km
TB95PY7	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Rusty	hedgegog3	15/10/2019	311	Explorer030213	1934 Km
TB95PY2	GAGB's Racing Hounds_ Cassie.	caydensmum	14/10/2019	128	GC8EHA7	1602 Km
TB95Q0J	GAGB's Racing Hounds "Stich"	allthingswood	24/11/2019	53	GC3M3QP	1589 Km
TB95PZV	GAGB's Racing Hounds - GrahamTheGray	Grahamthegray	26/10/2019	74	GC3QGC4	1391 Km
TB95PW6	GAGB's Racing pointer -percy	Patch89	10/11/2019	74	GC62K67	1371 Km
TB95PZ0	GAGB's Racing Hounds	manxrose	30/10/2019	126	GC2BKZC	1370 Km
TB95PYE	GAGB's Racing Hounds	jennthefunkyranger	07/12/2019	83	GCQAXE	1318 Km
TB95PXJ	Red - GAGB's Racing Hounds - Setter	WinningMs	18/12/2019	100	GC6QVW4	1161 Km
TB95PZB	Grizzly's GAGB Racing Retriever	Grizzly Pair	30/12/2019	76	Riddleshome	998 Km
TB95PX9	GAGB's Racing Hounds	chramm_and_fam	29/12/2019	39	Uber Dobbers	940 Km
TB95PYV	GAGB's Racing Hounds	chramm_and_fam	29/12/2019	39	Uber Dobbers	940 Km
TB95PWW	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Border Caz	08/12/2019	9	GC84Y4T	810 Km
TB95PYF	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Border Caz	08/12/2019	10	GC84Y4T	810 Km
TB95PY3	Digby the GeoSetter racing hound	random1se	19/04/2019	72	GC7QR71	788 Km
TB95PZ2	DAISY THE DOGS ADVENTURE	Rebeccatilly		0		754 Km
TB95PVR	Butch II - GAGB's Racing Hounds - Boxer	WinningMs	08/05/2019	11	-Missing-	502 Km
TB95PTR	GAGB's Racing Hounds	chramm_and_fam	06/12/2019	21	GC70MGX	403 Km
TB95PVV	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Border Caz	26/12/2019	7	GC8GDTE	401 Km
TB95PZ9	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Border Caz	26/12/2019	7	GC8GDTE	401 Km
TB95Q03	GAGB's Racing retriever - harry	Patch89	19/03/2019	24	GC633RE	350 Km
TB95PVT	GAGB's Racing Hounds Boxer	susiemerlin1	12/09/2019	16	stealthmasters	238 Km
TB95PZ6	Fetch - GAGB's Racing Hounds - Retiever	WinningMs	25/11/2019	24	GC7X9AX	229 Km
TB95Q0C	GAGB's Racing Hounds	chramm_and_fam	20/12/2019	10	Echo's Shadow	216 Km
TB95PYD	Den's Red Setter GAGB	Ey Up Me Duck	05/08/2019	20	benjw1	149 Km
TB95PWM	GAGB's Racing Hounds	Stagecoach7	17/11/2019	6	Lilywhite1066	147 Km
TB95PTT	Bruno	Cyzaki	26/04/2019	20	-Missing-	133 Km
TB95PW3	GAGB's Racing Hounds - Percy Pointer & Littlelou1982	littlelou1982	30/08/2019	7	GC7FPEH	117 Km
TB95PVG	Bruno	wriglee	03/04/2019	18	GC3AAMR	97 Km
TB95PV1	Taz	Geena10	24/02/2019	6	GC355PF	66 Km
TB95PXK	GAGB's Racing Hounds " Spot"	woody1952	09/04/2019	13	GC1T3PJ	59 Km
TB95PVA	GAGB's Racing Hounds		30/12/2019	3	melin boy	58 Km
TB95Q01	GAGB's Racing Hounds	manxrose	04/07/2019	8	GC83HE3	24 Km
TB95PT9	GAGB's Racing Hounds		13/04/2019	32	olb1992	0 Km
TB95PTV	Glossops Hound	glossop		0		0 Km
TB95PVD	GAGB's Racing Hounds - BOXER	stuarthowe11	16/03/2019	1	-Collection-	0 Km
TB95PVZ	GAGB's Racing Hounds - POINTER	stuarthowe11	18/12/2019	39	GC81Z54	0 Km
TB95PXN	Rosetta the Setter	wriglee	15/01/2019	1	GC8276H	0 Km
TB95PZY	GAGB's Racing Hounds - RETRIEVER	stuarthowe11	16/03/2019	1	-Collection-	0 Km

Races

Long Distance Runner Race:

• Every dog tag is entered into the main race. The winner is the Racing Hound that travels the furthest between January 12th 2019 and January 3rd 2020. See below for the rules.

Best of Breed Races: Each breed has a different goal.

• Retriever: the Racing Hound that is 'Retrieved' the most times.
• Pointer: the Racing Hound that has the most 'Discover' logs.
• Setter: the Racing Hound that clocks up the most mileage without leaving the British Isles.
• Boxer: the Racing Hound that is 'Dropped Off' or 'Visits' the most caches that are 'Small', 'Regular' or 'Large'.

Rules

General

1. The race begins on January 12th 2019 at 0:00 and ends on January 3rd 2020 at 23:59.
2. Owners cannot help their tag progress in the race (i.e. post a 'Retrieve', 'Dropped Off', 'Visited' or 'Discover' log). These logs will be invalid, and will not benefit the tag's standing in the race categories.
3. Owners should not be present when a person is dropping, retrieving or discovering the dog tag.
4. Each geocaching account can have up to four Racing Hounds in the race, but they must be different breeds. In other words, you cannot have more than one Racing Hound of the same breed in the race.
5. If your Racing Hound goes missing, you are out of the race. Copy tags are not allowed to be released.
6. The race standings will automatically be updated throughout the year. Once the race has reached its conclusion, they will be verified by the GAGB committee to check for unexpected errors. The decisions made are final, and not open to discussion or reconsideration.
7. There will be no more than one prize per person - if a Racing Hound owner wins more than one category, they will only receive one prize and an honourable mention in the other category/categories won. In this case, second place will receive the prize itself as well as a mention.

The Races

Long Distance Runner Race:

• 'Dropped Off' and 'Visited' logs add to mileage. Racing Hounds can travel all over the world.

Best of Breed Races:

• Retriever: 'Visited' logs do not count, this Racing Hound needs to be 'Dropped Off' and then 'Retrieved' for it to count.
• Pointer: You should not ask people (for example, at an event) to discover your tag.
• Setter: If the Racing Hound is taken abroad, these miles will simply be ignored by the race leaderboard, and the mileage will pick up again when it comes back. This does not apply to the other breeds.
• Boxer: The Racing Hound can visit non-eligible cache sizes without disqualification - only caches of eligible sizes will count towards the winning total.

Eligibility

1. You must be a GAGB member to win a prize in the race. You can become a member at any point during the race.
2. The race covers periods of two committee terms. Incumbent GAGB Executive Committee Members can take part in the race if desired, but cannot win any prizes. If a member of the 2018/19 committee has a tag in the race and is not re-elected in 2019, they can win a prize in January 2020. Likewise, if someone new on the 2019/20 committee has a tag in the race, they cannot win a prize. The reason behind this is that the 2019/20 Executive Committee will be overseeing the final stages of the race, verifying the winners and discussing prizes in January 2020.
3. Founders, Supporter Members, Friends and past GAGB Executive Committee members can have a tag in the race and win prizes.

Winners

There will be six winners: one for each race category, and the winner of a prize draw.

All Racing Hounds in the race (with the exception of the winners of the five other prizes) will be included in the draw.

The winners will be announced during an award ceremony at GAGB's 'Start the Year' event in early January 2020.
Prizes will be issued during the event, but if a winner cannot attend their prize will be posted promptly after.