$25,000 Total Purse at 2019 Coonhound World Championship!

$10,000 to first place in the Nite Hunt

December 14, 2018

UKC is pleased to announce the Zone schedule and a $25,000 total purse for the 2019 Coonhound World Championship!

This event takes place September 19-21, 2019 in Marshalltown, Iowa at Central Iowa Fairgrounds. Hosted by Central Iowa Coonhunters Association. Learn more.

These placements in the Nite Hunt will receive the following portion of the total purse (in addition to any prizes awarded):
1st - $10,000
2nd - $3,500
3rd - $2,500
4th - $2,000
5th - $1,500
6th - $1,500
7th - $1,000
8th - $1,000
9th - $1,000
10th - $1,000

To qualify for the World Championship, a dog must have earned a plus-point cast win at any UKC Regional Qualifying Event in 2019. View RQE list. The deadline to enter the World Championship Zones is Saturday, August 31, 2019. Any advanced entry that is mailed to UKC must be postmarked no later than that date.

Qualified dogs may be entered in any one of the following zone locations. All zone hunts will be held on Friday,
September 13, and Saturday, September 14, 2019. Up to 104 dogs will advance from the Zones to the World Finals. View the 2019 Zone Locations.

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See website at ukcdogs.com for full official rules and policies. Rules and polices subject to change at any time.

A Kalamazoo, Michigan-based company founded in 1898, United Kennel Club is the largest all-breed performance-dog registry in the world, registering dogs from all 50 states and 25 foreign countries. Celebrating the unique Total Dog philosophy, UKC events highlight the instincts and heritage of dogs that look and perform equally well, as more than 60 percent of its annually licensed events are tests of hunting ability, training, and instinct. United Kennel Club prides itself on its family-oriented, friendly, educational events, welcoming both purebred dogs and dogs of unknown ancestry.

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