I know of nothing being held in Texas like the one mentioned in the other post.. That trial was for Cur dogs,, head and lead dogs. I think that was the 27th annual trial for these type of dogs. Far as I am concerned the best of the best are there, it is an event to show real working dogs that work like a cur dog is suppose to work.
Contact Dr. Charles Long, He may be of some help to you. I know he had judged some events over the years at different places and usually makes it every year to the trials at Smithville.
Charles Long, Ph.D.
Professor & Resident Director, Animal Breeding & Genetics
Overton, Texas
http://animalscience.tamu.edu/facultystaff/faculty/long.htmBo Nutting from just outside Dallasas judged Saturday at the event in smithville this year, he may be another contact for you.