06/13/2026
ACC 2026 Field Trial
Specialty Blast
2026 ACC Field Trial Specialty update
The 2026 ACC Field Trial Specialty will be held on the Western Kentucky Wildlife Area in Grahamville Kentucky, September 22-24, 2026.
The Wildlife Area is a premier Retriever Training area near Paducah Kentucky and is the area used for many field trial, hunt tests, and HRC events including THREE National Retriever Championships, Master Hunt Tests and HRC Grands.
There is an all-breed field trial on the grounds the Thursday-Saturday prior to the Specialty and several all-breed trials within driving distance the weekend following the Specialty.
Entry Express is being used for the Specialty along with additional information for the all breed field trials.
More information can be found on Facebook at: American Chesapeake Club 2026 Field Trial Specialty and on our website.
We are proud to announce that we have an on-line auction to spend a week with some of the best professional trainers in our sport.
We will present the live auction beginning July 1st and ending September 1st.
The Pros that we have at this time are:
Andy Attar
JD Babb
Caleb Brown
Pat Burns (one seminar)
Andy Curtis
Dan Danforth
Mark Edwards (Texas training months)
Chris Ledford
Marc Patton
Dave & Ty Rorem
Seth Steenburgen
Lynn Troy
This is a GREAT opportunity to spend time with these wonderful masters of our sport.
In addition to the above, we will also have a sweepstakes drawing at our dinner on September 23rd. We are mailing tickets to various ACC members for them to sell. If you do not receive tickets please contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] and we will send them to you!
We have some very exciting prizes:
1st Prize: Browning A5 upland 20gauge shotgun with free engraving
2nd Prize: TriTronics Pro550 collar
3rd Prize: Boom tube
4th Prize: Ainley Bird Box
There will also be a silent auction held on the trial grounds.
We are currently soliciting donations for our silent auction. Please let Linda Patterson know if you are planning on bringing an item with you. If you would prefer to send it ahead of time you may send it to the address below:
Linda Patterson
4935 Moscow Rd
Dongola, ,Il. 62925
[email protected]
630-638-0678
Mitch Patterson is the Chairman for this event and can be contacted at 618-751-5167 or [email protected]
Linda Patterson is the Secretary for the event and her contact information is:
Linda Patterson
4935 Moscow Rd
Dongola, ,Il. 62925
[email protected]
630-638-0678
If you’d like to donate some time at the field trial please feel free contact Mitch Patterson (text) 618-751-5167
or Gerry Brenner, Field Trial Chief Marshal 618-660-6197
We hope to see you all in Kentucky!
