RESULTS / RUNNERS / REPORT: Kirkstone – Monday (May Day) – 4th May – with Video Highlights (in HD)

Results

Seniors: 1 Marli 2 Endeavour 3 Jazz Singer 4Jenny’s Rascal 5 Debra 6 Jenny’s Choice. 15 Ran Time 26.53. 7-10 Lady Bethan -Black-eyed Pea -Dawn-Aspire.

Senior Maidens 1 Bedazzled 2 Explore 3 Miterdale Force 4 Huntsman’s Jewel 5 Trooper Thorn 6 Rooster. 40 Ran 27.43. 7-10. Lakeland Jan-Tagget-Yogi bear -Chavenel.

Pups. 1 Huntsman’s Kraka 2 Huntsman’s Kooga 3 Daisy Dream 4 Bewitched 5 Arizona 6 Bracelet. 12 Ran 20.18 7-10 Silver Charm -Santino-Jades Gem-Remember Me.

Pup Maidens 1Try Time 2 Meadow Josie 3 Paloma Faith 4 Lady Anne 5Persian Prince 6 Kinniside Joe.31 Ran 21 29. 7-10 Rock and Roll- Eden Rossi- Ben 10 -Marlou.

OPen Restricted. 1 Little Messi 2 Kerrymore 3 Overwater Arnie 4Night Vision 5 Howgill Blondie 6 Starlight. 42 Ran Time 18 25. 7-10 Where’s Wallie-Flawless-Highness-Cartier.

View the full seasons results here

Runners

Seniors. Canny Girl- Langdale Ranger-Silver Spangle -JLS -Ladybird.

Maidens: Lady Helen -Freebie -Cracking Mover -Another Bay -Dark Ruby -Barmaid -Dairy Diamond -Mr Ant -Cleveland -High Stile _Black Mist -Layla -Maybe -l- Casanova -Sugar Ray- Cinnabar -Valhalla -Barton -Blueboy -Full House -Plan B -Time Traveller _Irish Pride – Miterdale Prim -Proper -Titanium -Sparrowmire Lily -Jimmy nik Dark Mist- Glenwood Mist.

Pups.

Eden Rocco -Foxparke Mystery.

Pup Maidens.Cracking On -Cracking Gold -Vesta -Jazz Band -Kaiser Soza -Superstition -Delta Dawn- The Script -Artist -Thorn Dancer -Lone Rebel -Tia Maria -Sparrowmire Angel -Chinook -Stroll On -Summer Glory -Menorah -Mystery Girl -Jenny’s Delight – Persian Sky –

Open Restricted.

Bobby Dazzler -Black-Eyed Boy -Mr Dec- Miss Ellie -Pips Lad -Cavendish -Cancellara -Levitate -Border River -Simply Rascal -Quiet Linnet -Quiet Siskin -Casey’s Lass -Blue Savannah -Miterdale One -Princess -Westgate Rose -Westgate Gypsy -Tiagress -Foxglove _My way -Persian Sun -Acacia -Razzle Dazzle -Mrs Mcgregor -Eden Rouge -Get Up -Hutton Toyah Hutton Molly -Tinkerbelle -Carrick .

Report

May Day at the top of Kirkstone Pass and it stayed fine in fact it was a really pleasant afternoon and it was excellent conditions for those 140 hounds that participated.

Just 15 seniors faced the starter and at 14 minutes Marli led from Jenny’s Choice (see Video for the rest) and she kept up the relentless pace to just about the tape where she held on to a narrow victory over Endeavour the fast finishing Jazz Singer was third.

The Senior maidens and here former champion Dairy Diamond took on such hounds as Tagget and bitch produce winner Bedazzled. And it was Bedazzled who showed her rivals a clean pair of heels keeping up the Jacksons big race tradition. She was a four to one shot not bad for a pup that won eleven trails and ticketed thirty three times and had finished second and third over the pup trail .Explore was second and Miterdale force was up to her tricks again but got over the line for third in front of two more reluctant finishers.

The Puppy trail and a field of twelve which included four maidens considering there are only nine pup winners, only Persian Bay was missing, it was a full turn out.

What might have been–Daisy Dream went head over heels and Bracelet missed the wall Bewitched ran wide and Huntsman’s Kraka drove most of the trail, So a deserved win even allowing for the ‘hard luck ‘ she was eventually chased home by kennelmate ‘Kooga’ with ‘Daisy’ third.

The puppy maidens and a tasty field of potential winners. And After five minutes running most of the thirty one runners were in contention ; all the hounds for all the trails cross the road at the same point every hound foot for foot on the trail except for this trail where the leader took a slight diversion and would you believe it every one bar the final hound followed it, you’d think they were tied together. What was in front? a red ‘un.

Onto the finish and Try Time,emulating kennelmate Try Again of two years ago, held off the fast finishing Meadow Josie and close up Paloma Faith to record a win for Jack and Jonty. By the way after his win the owners accepted the explanation of why the finishing trod was visible, trying times for a promoter !

And last but not least the biggest field of the day and the bigger the field bigger the certainty came to mind as last seasons pre -season championship favourite Little Messi trounced her rivals with an emphatic victory, Kerrymore finished second and ‘ Arnie ‘was third’. The time of the trail was the second fastest time recorded for the short trail you wouldn’t believe who is the fastest.