Taken from Kennel Club Website

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Field trials were developed to test the working ability of gundogs in competitive conditions. Trials resemble, as closely as possible, a day's shooting in the field and dogs are expected to work with all manner of game, from rabbits and hares, to partridges and pheasants.

Many of our best loved breeds were traditionally developed to help man in hunting. Labrador Retrievers gathered game in the field, Cocker Spaniels flushed and retrieved game, while Pointers and Setters ranged over the fields helping us seek out birds and rabbits for the table. A great many of them still help us in shooting today.

Field trials are very popular, attracting hundreds of competitors and are still very much part of our countryside sports. If you have a love and understanding of the countryside and like to see dogs working as they were intended to, this friendly and relaxed discipline may be just what you are looking for.

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