Coniston Sat June 3rd.

Seniors 1 Ladybird 2 Galemire Grace 3 Jenny’s Aura 4 Marli 5 Lady Anne 6 Thorn Fire 10 Ran Time 27.28. Also Ran .Thorn Dancer – Grange Music – Miterdale Copper – MIterdale Proper.

Pups 1 Huntsman’s Major 2 Cuchulainn 3 Miterdale Shadow 4 Artemis 5 Sandyman 6 Paddywack. 11 Ran Time 22.04 Also Ran -Sparrowmire Casanova – Nikita – Hawkswood -.Northern Star .Say It As It Is.

Open Non Winners  1 Jenny’s Breeze 2 Miterdale Steele 3 Huntsman’s Mist 4 Provincial 5 Hi Mac 6 Ronnie’s Rascal. 10 Ran Time 22. 14 . Also Ran .Cracking Star – Howgill Annabella – Westgate Autumn- Thorn Diamond.

Open Restricted 1 Jazz Band 2 Kenmore 3 Miterdale Prim 4 Sambuca 5 Jenny’s Choice 6 Sparrowmire Lilly . 22 Ran Time 20.40

. Also Ran Starlight – Miterdale Princess — BIlly Whizz – Overwater Jack – Eshdale Matilda – Black Eyed Boy – Venus – Yogi Bear –  Sweet Harmony – Quiet Otter – Tempress – Yorkshire Lad – Aspire- Sparrowmire Angel – Silverbelle – Casanova

Veterans 1 Kerrymore 2 Free Spirit 3 Westgate Belle 4 Artisan 5 Come Home Alfie 6 Canny Girl.11 R an Time 20 01.

Also Ran.Huntsman’s Hope – Jenny’s Rascal – Glory –  Black Eyed Pea – Midnight Show .

Report. Flaming June , somebody forgot Coniston , it was more like January with the lights on.

On that note it doesn’t seem likely that both Jenny’s Aura and Galemire Grace should find water most tempting , yet they did and that opened the door for Ladybird to take her first win of the season much to the “delight” of his owner.

The pup trail developed into a four hound event – victory going to Huntsman’s Major who just held the challenge of Cuchulainn with table leader Miterdale Shadow  a close third.

The non-winners , not on the field for this race, but outside six hounds broke away from the rest, I couldn’t name them , but they were all the same colour.

There is a saying in hound trailing that ”  if your hounds a maiden and it’s sound and fit then don’t run it in the restricted trail but when you’ve had only one run in three weeks you wouldn’t expect to win— ” famous last words” as they say ! . Kenmore stopped,  looked around and Jazz Band took his opportunity and although going around the back of the Judge was still the winner.” Can I look in the camera ” said his owner I think  He was only second”.

And in the fastest time of the evening Kerrymore won the veterans from Free Spirit and Westgate Belle.