be certified themselves, nor do they have to be a sighthound, and judges can certify two or three hounds at the same time. Hounds do not have to be certified, or have the QC to run in the Singles stake. In American Kennel Club (AKC) coursing, a rule was passed in early 2010, making the certification process similar to the ASFA certification process. A dog must run cleanly against another dog of similar running style in order to earn a QC (Qualified Courser, not a title, but the hound is now qualified to compete in Open competition). Both the ASFA certification and the AKC QC are accepted as qualifiers to run in Open for each organization. In AKC dogs can still earn their JC (junior courser) title by running a minimum of with four turns twice, in two separate trials, under two different qualified AKC judges. The dogs run alone, and once they complete both runs, they earn a Junior Courser (JC) title. The JC title, however, no longer allows them to compete against other dogs. In Europe, competing dogs need a coursing licence or racing licence for official national and international lure coursing trials, obtained through a racing or coursing club, and are principally run in braces only of the same breed, or run solo. Levels of competition Dogs are coursed by breed in trios (three) in North America, or braces (two) in Europe. Hounds must run jacketed in yellow, pink and blue in North America, red and white in Europe. Dogs can run alone if there are no other dogs of the same breed or stake entered, but in AKC their scores will not receive enough points to qualify towards a title unless they defeat a hound in a Best Of Breed run which has an AKC annually designated number for each breed to earn a "major" or win Best In Field. Running order is determined by a random draw within their breed and stake. Dogs in North America can compete in open stake, field champion stake (for dogs who have earned the requisite number of points), or veteran stake (dogs over the age of 6 years, except Irish Wolfhounds (5 years), and Whippets (7 years)). There is also a Singles stake where hounds run alone and need not be certified. ASFA has also set up a Lure Coursing Instinct stake which can be run in a regular