Regulations

Who can compete

All competitors must be citizens of the country they represent or have permanent resident status there. The competition is open to all Shetland sheepdogs with an official pedigree. Dogs can only compete in the grade they compete in in their own country.

Alongside ISAC there is a separate competition for senior dogs (minimum age 7) in grade 2. Senior dogs jump at a lower height. They cannot compete in the team competition, and there is no final for senior dogs.

Size categories and jump heights

ISAC 2027 has three size categories from the FCI regulations: small, medium and intermediate. Dogs are measured at the withers. There is no large category.

Intermediate dogs run their own qualifying runs at the intermediate jump height, with their own results and prizes. Only in the finals do intermediate and medium dogs compete together: intermediate dogs run in the medium final, at the intermediate jump height.

Friday – team competition and team final

Teams are divided into small and medium/intermediate (mixed). A team consists of 3–4 handlers and dogs. Dogs from different grades (1, 2 or 3) can be on the same team, but a dog can only run for one team.

The results in agility and jumping of the best 3 dogs of each team in each run are added together. The best 8 teams go through to the final.

The team final is a relay: 4 separate courses are built in one extended agility ring. The time starts when the first dog passes the start line and stops when the fourth dog passes the finish line. The handlers pass a baton to each other between the runs. Faults and refusals are judged as normal. If a dog is disqualified, it gets 50 faults and must finish the run correctly. The team with the fewest faults and fastest time wins.

Saturday – qualification for the individual finals

You can only qualify for the finals through the individual runs, not the team runs. Each grade runs one agility round and one jumping round. Each round is scored on its own, and there is also a combined score (agility and jumping together).

• If a handler qualifies through both runs, the next handler in the combined ranking also qualifies.
• You can qualify for the final with more than one dog.
• In grades 2 and 3, a country that has no one in the final through the qualification gets its best handler (combined score) into the final.
• Intermediate dogs qualify in their own ranking and then run in the medium final, at the intermediate jump height.

Places that qualify for the finals

The places apply to each size category (small, medium and intermediate) in each grade.

Sunday – bonus finals and finals

Bonus finals: On Sunday morning there is a bonus final in each grade. Every combination that did not qualify for the final on Saturday can run. The bonus finals are jumping rounds, and the best 3 in each one (small, medium and intermediate) also go through to the final.

Finals: On Sunday afternoon the individual finals are held in each grade. The finals are agility rounds.

Reglement på dansk

ISAC 2027 (Sheltie VM) følger FCI's agilityreglement. Alle deltagere skal være statsborgere i det land, de repræsenterer, eller have permanent opholdstilladelse. Konkurrencen er åben for alle shetland sheepdogs med officiel stamtavle. Hundene kan kun deltage i den klasse, de konkurrerer i i deres eget land. Sideløbende afvikles en særskilt konkurrence for seniorhunde (mindst 7 år) i klasse 2. De springer lavere, kan ikke deltage i holdkonkurrencen, og der er ingen finale for seniorhunde.

Størrelser. Der er tre størrelser: small, medium og intermediate. Der er ingen large. Intermediate-hunde løber egne kvalifikationsløb i deres egen springhøjde og præmieres særskilt. Kun i finalen konkurrerer de mod medium.

Fredag – holdkonkurrence og holdfinale. Holdene er delt i small og medium/intermediate. Et hold består af 3–4 handlere og hunde, og hunde fra forskellige klasser kan være på samme hold. En hund kan kun deltage på ét hold. Resultaterne i agility og spring for de tre bedste hunde på hvert hold lægges sammen, og de 8 bedste hold går i finalen. Holdfinalen er en stafet, hvor 4 baner er bygget sammen i én udvidet ring, og handlerne giver en depeche videre mellem løbene. Ved diskvalifikation får man 50 fejl og skal gennemføre løbet korrekt.

Lørdag – kvalifikation til de individuelle finaler. Der løbes et agility- og et springløb i hver klasse. Man kan kun kvalificere sig via de individuelle løb, ikke via holdløbene. Hvis en handler kvalificerer sig via begge løb, går den næste i den samlede stilling også videre. I klasse 2 og 3 får et land, der ikke er repræsenteret i finalen, sin bedste handler med. Hver størrelse har sin egen stilling. Intermediate-hunde, der kvalificerer sig, løber i medium-finalen med intermediate-springhøjde.

Søndag – bonusfinaler og finaler. Om formiddagen afvikles bonusfinaler (spring) for alle, der ikke kvalificerede sig. Om eftermiddagen afvikles finalerne (agility).