Results & Reports

Seniors 1 Galemire Grace 2 Marli 3 Persian Bay 4 Jazz Singer 5 Jazz Band 6 Persian Sky. 14 Ran Time 28.52

. Also Ran. Daisy Dream – Willow bay -Cracking On – Persian Sun – Celtic Malone- Quiet Linnet – Glory – Layla.

Pups 1 Buble 2 Misha 3 Kenmore 4 Miterdale Copper 5 Stand By 6 Jazz Lyric. 13 Ran Time 18.53

. Also Ran. Miterdale Steel – Apollo – Telstar -Kinniside Nell – Queen – Meadow Elsa – Cool Enough.

Open Maidens 1 Mr Dec 2 Westgate Rose 3 Kinniside Joe 4 Aspire 5 Silver belle 6 Bant’s Mist .16 Ran Time 18.46.

Also Ran Cracking Gold – Cracking Mover – Miss Ellie – Mrs Mcgregor – Cool Miracle – westgate Belle – My Way – Chinook – Borderman – Midnight Show.

Open Restricted 1 Mr Ant 2 Starlight 3 Meadow Dixie 4 Littman 5 Razzle Dazzle 6 Bewitched . 11 Ran Time 19.44.

Also Ran .Levitate – Simply Rascal – Songbird – Paloma Faith – Free Spirit.

Seniors 1 Overwater Arnie 2 Prudence 3 Bracelet 4 Issabella 5 Arizona 6 Meadow Josie. 9 Ran Time 29.46.

Senior Maidens 1 Sambuca 2 High Style 3 Sugar Ray 4 Cool Return 5 Skidaddle  6 Ran 5 Finished Time 32.35

Pups 1 Quiet Otter 2 Overwater Hally 3 Just Mick 4 Liz 5 Dan’s lad 6 Wanted 14 Ran Time 18.14

Vets 1 Artisan 2 Olivia 3 Watt Look 4 Kerrymore 5 Da Look 6 Silver Spangle. 6 Ran Time 19.31.

Report. The senior trail produced the finish of the season when four hounds were separated by a dog length. Unfortunately Santino who finished second ,lost that place for interference promoting Prudence to second beaten a head by ‘Arnie’ with Bracelet a head behind in fourth. Perhaps Bracelet was unlucky as she ran high approaching the tape and Who said ,as I placed the camera on its Stand  ‘WE WONT BE NEEDING THAT!

The other three trails went to form with Sambuca and Artisan comfortable winners and Quiet Otter who finished well to beat the reluctant ‘Hally’.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Delight 2 Washington 3 Huntsman’s Jewel 4 Thorn Dancer 5 Huntsman’s Jenny 6 Daisy Dream 12 Ran Time 29.03. Also Ran Jazz Band – Night Vision- Try Time- Two Tone

Pups 1 Jenny’s Aura 2 General James 3 Overwater Roger 4 Kinniside Nell 5 Sweet Harmony 6 Ronnie’s Rascal. 7 Ran Time 18.17. Also Ran Foxparke Mamma Mary.

Pup Maidens 1 Foxparke Fandando 2 Foxparke Homeward Dude 3 Summer Rose 4 Foxparke Rosie Lee 5 Kinniside Bess 6 Cool Enough .9 Ran Time 19.59

.Also Ran.Foxparke Babushka – Popeye = Foxparke Honky Tonky.

All In 1 Westgate Rose 2 Jenny’s Choice 3 Westgate Belle 4 Littman 5 Da Look 6 Billy Whizz. 18 Ran Time 18 .08

. Also Ran. Thorn Dolly – Mystery Girl – Jenny’s Rascal – Cool Miracle – Huntsman’s Hope – Cinnebar – Foxparke Invisible – Foxparke Artiste – Foxparke Chaos – Come Home Alfie – Out Of The Blue – Mickledore.

Report. A fine night, good visibility, good trails, what more could you want.

Wasn’t on the field for the seniors, filmed the seniors crossing the last road where Jazz Band was leading.

The pup trail devolped into a two-dog race and Champion elect Jenny’s Aura notched another win at the expense of the ‘ General’ who like ‘Custer’ was second again.

The pup maidens and a bunch of seven , with the lead often changing, but on the switchback finish it was a Foxparke 1-2 when Fandando bt Homeward Dude ( see ‘News’)

In the All-In , a precursor for the sports,shows and premier trails was won by Westgate Rose by a neck from Jenny’s Choice and Westgate Belle a close third – see you on Thursday.!!

Hounds 1 Marli 2 Endure 3 Galemire Grace 4 Lady Bethan 5 Capetown 6 Lady Anne. 14 Ran Time 31.21.

Also Ran. Persian Bay- Bracelet – Tommy’s Legacy – Persian Sky – Persian Gold – Explore – Menorah.

Senior Maidens 1 Mr Ant 2 Leyla 3 Persian Prince 4 Hunter’s Dale 5 High Style – 6 Sambuca  27 Ran Time 32.55 .

Also Ran. Willow Bay – Glory – Meadow Josie – Super Sandy – Superstition = Black Mist- Persian Sun – Cracking Gold – Full House – Tempress – Mrs McGregor –  Eden Rocco – Sunset Ridge.= Maybe _ Grange Music – Miss Ellie – Yogi Bear – My WAy – Aspire – Sugar Ray – Cool Return.

Pups 1 Queen 2 MIterdale Copper 3 Canny Mover 4 Miterdale Rusty 5 Manna 6 Miska . 7 Ran Time 19.28 Also Ran Boston.

ONW 1 Buble 2 Jazz Lyric 3 Stand By 4 Kenmore 5 Meadow Elsa 6 Spring Rose. 13 Ran Time 20.39.

Also Ran. Bobby Dazzler -Silver Belle – Adventure = Borderman – Yorkshire Lad – Jade’s Jem – Hutton Toyah.

Open Restricted 1 Canny Girl 2 Eden Rossi 3 Dawn 4 Razzle Dazzle 5 Meadow Dixie 6 Remember Me. 27 Ran Time 19 .06

Also Ran. Levitate – Cracking On – Black Eyed Boy – Paloma Faith – Izzabella – Freebie – Kaiser Sosa – Howgill Blondie -Howgill Benella – Mr Dec-= Starlight –  Bant’s Mist = Tiagress – Flawless – Highness -Bewitched – Cherish – Carrick – McCoy – Midnight Show – Hutton Molly.

Report.

Started off wet , then the sun came out , the waterproofs were on then they were off. In the seniors and Galemire Grace could count herself unlucky as she made a mistake at a crucial stage and gave away ground to the two leaders Marli and Endure who finished in that order ‘Gracie was third and Lady Bethan fourth , these four were nicely clear of the fifth Capetown.

The senior maidens and Mr Ant and Leyla had the race to themselves and simarlarly the third and fourth. The remainder of the field were well bunched led in, for his first ticket of the season , by High Style.

Now the next two trails and Russ and Wendy Dawson scoring a rare double with the unlikely combination of Queen and Michael Buble, ‘ We Are The Champions’

Apparently Canny Mover threw away a winning lead in the pups but that doesn’t diminish Queen’s win,” named after the group ,No! named after royalty” , No! “what then?”- try the Mother-in law. quote Russel!

Making amends for Les and Pat in the last was Canny Girl who lost her maiden status when beating Eden Rossi with treble seeking Dawson’s back in fourth with another group ‘Razzle Dazzle’ – never heard of them – its a tv programme.

Seniors 1 Santino 2 Bracelet   3 Ran 2 Finished Time 41.29 . Arizona was the other entrant and retuned to the start.

Pups 1 Liz 2 Just Mick 3 Overwater Hally 4 Quiet Otter 5 Step Up 6 Silver Dusk  11 Ran Time 20.23

Also Ran. Silver Dawn – Speed On – Breeze – Telstar Wanted.

Open Restricted. 1 Issabella 2 Littman 3 JLS 4 Starlight 5 Dan’s Lad 6 Jimmy Choo . 12 Ran Time 19 10. Also Ran  Ben 10 – Irish Pride – Carrick – Black Mist – Celtic Ty. Remember Me.

Seniors 1 Galemire Grace 2 Persian Bay 3 Lady Bethan 4 Lady Anne 5 Endure 6 Persian Sky.  26 Ran Time 29.20

Also Ran- Jazz Singer- Glory – Dairy lightning – Willow bay – Explore – Canny Girl – Quiet Siskin – Quiet Linnet – Capetown – Levitate – Bedazzled – Bewitched – Washington – Cartier – Prudence – Try Again = Try Time – Ladybird – Daisy Dream – Menorah .

Pups 1 Eclipse 2 Sweet Harmony 3 Manna 4 Miterdale Copper 5 Foxparke Fandando 6 Jazz Lyric.  24 Ran Time 19.45

. Also Ran Kenmore – Boston – Misha -Cool Enough – Adventure – Accolade -meadow Elsa – Miterdale Rusty -Apollo – Foxparke Rosie Lee – Foxparke Mamma Mary – Foxparke Homeward Dude – Foxparke Honky Tonky – Stand By – Kinniside Nell – Kinniside Bess – Summer Rose. Miterdale Steel.

Open Maidens 1 Mr Ant 2 Miss Ellie 3 Persian Sun 4 Kinniside Joe 5 Artisan 6 Foxparke So Be It  30 Ran Time 19 .50

Also Ran. Black Eyed Boy – Full House – Layla -Rickman – Maybe – Sugar Ray – Cool Return – Meadow Josie – Blueboy – Miterdale proper – Miterdale Prim – Miterdale Princess – Sunset Ridge – Cool Miracle – Borderman – Aspire – Foxparke hurry On – Foxparke Yabbadabbado – Foxparke Peggy Sue – Foxparke Chaos – Midnight Show – Billy Whizz – Come home Alfie – Eshdale Matilda –

Report. A really competitive senior trail and the favourite ‘ Gracie ‘ cut out the work together with Persian Bay and Endure, who on the finish was unlucky has he took a tumble in the rushes, leaving the door open for Persian Bay who was caught and passed by Galemire Grace in the final ten meters.

The two short trails were marred by the hounds scaling badly in the first five minutes and quite a few in both trails were ‘ out of the race’ – the pups were led in by Eclipse who won comfortably from the improving Sweet harmony and simarlarly in third Manna.

The maidens and it took the cameraman a while to split kennel mates Mr Ant and Miss Ellie ,eventually ‘Ant’ got the verdict , Persian Sun was a close third and the ever present Kinniside Joe in fourth.

Seniors 1 Tommy’s Legacy 2 Persian Prince 3 Thorn Dancer 4 Bracelet 5 Overwater Arnie 8 Ran 5 Finished Time 31.51.

Also Ran Arizona- Langdale Ranger – Celtic Ty.

Pups 1 Telstar 2 Silver Dawn 3  Foxparke Babushka 4 Silver Dusk 5 Spring Rose 6 Overwater Roger. 6 Ran Time 23.03.

Open Maidens 1 Tempress 2 Tagget 3 Cancellara 4 Eden Rocco 5 My Way 6 Cinnabar  13 Ran Time 21,42

Popeye – Langdale Jack – Da Look – Cracking Gold – My way – High Style – McCoy – Bant’s Mist.

All In 1 Debra 2 Dawn 3 Meadow Dixie 4 Eden Rossi 5 Silver Spangle 6 Trooper Thorn  . 15 Ran Time 19.36

.Also Ran . Hunter’s Dale – Overwater Hally = Overwater Bessy – Santino – Venus – Cracking On – Canny Girl- Jimmy Choo- Pip’s Lad .

Report. On one of the warmest nights of the season ,it became hard work for the hounds especially the seniors and they finished one by one spread over a quarter of an hour. Langdale Ranger was missing for most of the evening but was found mainly by the power of the media ie ‘facebook’.

Now it is not often you can report that two non- winners have won at one meeting. But tonight Telstar and Tempress both lost their non- winners tag.

Telstar came away on the uphill finish from his two rivals , they were well clear and Tempress fairly flew the last ten yards to beat veteran Tagget in the maidens.

In the All- in trail six hounds finished clear with Debra beating Dawn in the freshest and fastest time of the evening.

Seniors 1 Washington 2 Bedazzled 3 Endure 4 Marli 5 Menorah 6 Prudence. 23 Ran Time 34.53

.Also Ran .Persian Bay – Galemire Grace – Lady Anne – Quiet Linnet – Jazz Singer – Dawn – Capetown – Persian Sky – Persian Gold – Kaiser Sosa – Bracelet – Canny Gilrl – Two Tone – Cartier – Jenny’s Choice – Jenny’s Delight . Huntsman’s Jewel

Senior Maidens 1 Jazz Band 2 Sugar Ray 3 Sambuca 4 Quiet Siskin 5 Hunter’s Dale 6 Layla 30 Ran Time 36.00.

Also Ran.Willow Bay – Glory –  My Way – Full House – Super Sandy – Superstition – Cancellara – Pip’s Lad – Black Mist – Mrs McGregor – Bobby Dazzler – Grange Music – Maybe – Cracking Gold – Cool Return – Cool Miracle – Tempress – Skidaddle – Eden Rocco – Meadow Josie – Westgate Belle – Westgate Rose – Mr Ant – Miss Ellie –

Pups 1 Eclipse 2 Manna 3 Just Mick 4 Boston 5 Quiet Otter 6 Queen. 8 Ran Time 24.15. Also Ran Misha – Liz.

Pup Maidens 1 Step Up 2 Adventure 3 Sweet Harmony 4 Foxparke Babushka 5 Sultan 6 Popeye . 16 Ran Time 27 .04

Also Ran Jazz Lyric _ Buble – Cool Enough – Meadow Elsa – Telstar – Dan’s Lad – Speed On – Summer Rose – Stand By – Accolade .

Open Restricted 1 Dairy Lightning 2 Razzle Dazzle 3 Tommy’s Legacy 4 Bewitched 5 Eden Rossi 6 Mr Dec. 35 Ran Time 22.19

.04  Also Ran  Tagget-  Persian Sun – High Stile – Jenny’s Rose – Levitate – Rickman – Paloma Faith – Cherish – Freebie – Jenny’s Rascal – Cracking On – Venus – Howgill Blondie – Meadow Dixie – Izzabella – Starlight – Huntsman’s Hope – Bant’s Mist = Casanova – Blueboy – Littman – Midnight Show – Carrick – Remember Me = Hutton Molly – Cool enough – Dan’s Lad – Meadow Elsa – Jazz Lyric.

Report. Nice to see some old faces at Shap this afternoon including Kevin Swanton who,  looked likely to be more at home on the Thames , with his ‘Eton boating hat ‘ perched on his head.  Ian Graham , who in hindsight, would have backed five winners.

The preview for the premier trails was not without its controversary , did all the hounds go round in the seniors or was it case of running low.

Why did the maidens and to a lesser extent the seniors  scale on two occasions and in the puppy maidens  7 hounds returned after a few minutes and why were they allowed to run in the restricted trail after entries had closed.

Anyway!., the seniors and a fast finishing Washington deprived Bedazzled of her first victory of the season with Endure a close third.

The senior maidens and Jazz Band had poached a winning lead on the fell and although the ticketing hounds made relentless headway in the final mile , it was library conditions for ‘Laddie  and he won very readily from Sugar Ray.

The pups and only 9 runners , Eclipse got the better of  Manna just before the line , Just Mick was third and the rest strung out like a Monday mornings wash.

In the puppy maidens there were six well clear on the fell and on the finish two had a few yards , Step Up and Adventure- in third was Sweet Harmony ,who fairly flew in’.

In the last and it’s quite conceivable that ‘Diamond’ was never headed and he won comfortable from Razzle Dazzle , with an interesting fifth – Bewitched!.

Seniors 1 Arizona 2 Celtic Ty 3 Thorn Dancer 4 Kaiser Sosa 5 Debra. 6 Ran Time 34.54. Also Ran Prudence.

Pups 1 General James 2 Telstar 3 Silver Dusk 4 Just Mick 5 Quiet Otter 6 Liz . 11 Ran Time 16.37

. Also Ran . Cool Enough – Captain Jack – Wanted – Breeze – Foxparke Babushka .

Open Maidens 1 Cool Return 2 Black Mist 3 Sunset Ridge 4 Meadow Josie 5 Dan’s Lad 6 Sugar Ray. 12 Ran Time 17.02

. Also Ran Barncroft Return – Plan B – Irish Pride – Flash Dance – Skiddadle – Hutton Molly .

Veterans 1 Artisan 2 Silver Spangle 3 Da Look 4 Jimmy Choo 5 Tagget 6 Cancellara. 10 Ran Time 16.49.

Also Ran . Quiet Siskin – What Look – Olivia  – Pip’s Lad’

Report.

Would they or wouldn’t they?, that was the question as the six hounds set off?- Get round after Tuesday nights fiasco! Well they did-  although not without a few stops on the way.

As they went past the ‘field’ Debra led from Arizona, Thorn Dancer was in third after scaling badly, Arizona stopped and then went with ‘Dancer’ and when they showed again ‘ Dancer was in front and the fourth hound ‘Ty’ was making headway. On the testing finish and it was Arizona and ‘Ty’ who raced together with the former winning by a couple of lengths.

In the pups and the ‘General’ seemed to have thrown away  the race when he landed on his head jumping the second last but like his owner , got up , shook himself, hard as nails these hounds! and ran on to hold Telstar by a length with the fast finishing Silver Dusk in Third.

The open maidens and making most of the running Cool Return just held off the late challenge of the Tebay hound Black Mist. And in the veterans old rivals Artisan and Silver Spangle  battled it out , victory once again going to the Kendal hound Artisan, who looks destined to be veteran champion.

Seniors 1 Galemire Grace 2 Endure 3 Overwater Arnie 4 Huntsman’s Jewel 5 Marli 6 Lady Bethan  27 Ran time 29.30.Also Ran . Cracking on – Cracking Mover – Grange Music – Persian Bay – Willow Bay – Jenny’s Rose – Dawn – Canny Girl – Capetown – Mrs McGregor – Come home Alfie – Eshdale Matilda – Lady Anne – Langdale Ranger – Jenny’s Choice – Jenny’s Delight – Eden Rossi – Yogi Bear – Jazz Singer – Menorah – Lady bird.

Pups 1 Jenny’s Aura 2 Canny Mover 3 Overwater Roger 4 Sweet Harmony 5 Kenmore 6 Manna . 11 Ran Time 20.37. Also Ran. Canny Mover _ Queen – Phoenix – Sultan. Misha.

Open non- Winners 1 Summer Rose 2 Buble 3 Spring rose 4 Accolade 5 Tempress 6 Adventure. 15 Ran Time 22.42.

Also Ran. Popeye – Billy Whizz – Silver Belle – Jazz Singer – Jade’s Jem – Jazz Lyric – Yorkshire Lad – Bobby Dazzler – Stand By – Borderman –

All- In 1 Jazz Band 2 Explore 3 Highness 4 Flawless 5 Bedazzled 6 Cartier . 30 Ran time 20.09. Also Ran.

Glory – Cracking Gold – Lakeland Jan – Full House – Razzle Dazzle- Paloma Faith – Simply Rascal – Lakeland Jack – Supersandy – Superstition – Jenny’s Rascal – Eden Rocco – Casanova – Tinkerbelle – Starlight – Maybe – Overwater Bessy – Huntsman’s Hope – Black Eyed boy – Venus – Kerrymore – Hunter;s Dale – Bewitched – Cherish –

Report. Better late than never – Pat Black and Willie Mark -just for you .

We will start with the non- winners and considering I was rounding up sheep, it might not be exact ,- Apparently a fox crossed the trail just in front of the hounds and consequently the first three , preferring Reynard to aniseed, took that option. Yorkshire Lad, Jazz Lyric and Stand By were clear at the time and this left the door open for – wait for it- Summer Rose, a genuinely overdue success and for Craig especially who was on holiday at the time ( no wonder it won ).

One wag reported that a new Foxhound Pack had been created and that the new Prime Minister had repealed the hunting act. ‘Twit’!

The senior trail and an exceptional race.  Galemire Grace led for most of the trail but had to come from behind to get the better of litter brother Endure , his brother Overwater Arnie was back in third  and his sister Marli in Fifth.

Jenny’s Aura was a comfortable winner of the pups and in the all-in it was silent night as Jazz Band sent them all asleep, Highness and Flawless were third and fourth , they were supposed to be in the seniors but nobody told Nick that the trails were at 6.15.

Seniors 1 Marli 2 Jazz Singer 3 Daisy Dream 4 Lady Bethan 5 Persian Bay Huntsman’s Jenny . 24 Ran Time 30 18

.Also Ran. Willow bay – Dairy lightning – Persian Gold – Persian Sky – Washington – Explore – Cracking gold – Cracking On – Night Vision – Celtic Malone – Celtic TY -Jenny’s Delight  Cartier-Try Again- Foxparke Turbo – Foxparke Hallelujah – Prudence- Bedazzled.

Pups 1 Huntsman’s Loyal 2 Misha 3 Kenmore 4 Eclipse 5 Sweet Harmony 6 Miterdale Copper.  25 Ran Time 20.33.

Also Ran. Boston – Jazz Lyric – Accolade – Miterdale Rusty – Speed On – Foxparke Fandando – Foxparke Rosie Lee – Foxparke Mamma Mary – Foxparke Honky Tonky – Foxparke Homeward Dude.- Ronnie’sRascal – Queen – Buble- Cool Enough – Apollo – Sultan – Stand By= Overwater Roger= Kinniside Nell.

OM 1 Lady Anne 2 Mr Ant 3 Kinniside Joe 4 Miss  Ellie 5 Foxparke So Be It  6 Layla . 34 Ran Time 19.30.

Also Ran. What Look – Persian Sun – Cracking Mover – Adventure – Black Eyed Boy – Sental – Quiet Siskin – Miterdale Proper – Miterdale Prim – Miterdale Princess – Foxparke Peggy Sue – Foxparke Hurry On -Cool Miracle – Mrs McGregor = Cool Return – Sugar Ray – Sunset Ridge – Billy Whizz – Eshdale Matilda – Come Home Alfie = Cleveland – Out Of The Blue- Maybe – Bant’s Mist – Chinook – Midnight Show-Lakeland Jan – Kinniside Bess.

All IN 1 Jenny’s Rose 2 Menorah 3 Little Messy 4 Hunter’s Dale 5  Mr Dec 6 Razzle Dazzle. 16 Ran Time 19.01.

Also Ran .Sunlight – Artisan – Keystone- Bewitched – Free Spirit = Levitate-Overwater Bessy -= Great Gable  –  Foxparke Invisible – Foxparke  Chaos –

Report.

A fine night for the second of the Cold Fell trails and  in the seniors Marli was made 6/4 favourite and she led for most of the trail, Jazz Singer ,now on the comeback trail, was always prominent and together with Daisy Dream chased home Marli, in fifth place and also on the comeback was last seasons puppy champion Persian Bay..

The pup trail and the finish of the night as Misha was pipped on the line by Huntsman’s Loyal with the fast finishing maiden Kenmore in third.

The maidens and course specialist Lady Anne won readily from Mr Ant and Kinniside Joe.

Welcome back to Tommy Newall who was making a belated start to the season having been sidelined with illness.

Also we wish the best to Graham Birkinshaw, George Birkett and Jerry Meneaud.

Puppy Maidens 1 Boston 2 Speed On 3 Kenmore 4 Sultan 5 Sweet Harmony 6 Foxparke Rosie Lee. 15 Ran Time 23.33

. Also ran  Buble- Cool Enough – Adventure – Popeye – Foxparke Fandango – Foxparke Mamma Mary – Foxparke Honky Tonk- Foxparke Homeward Dude. Step Up.

ONW 1 Kinniside Joe 2 Summer Rose 3 Tempress 4 Silverbelle  18 Ran  Time 29,55

. Also Ran. Cool Miracle – Accolade – Spring Rose – Stand By – Bobby Dazzler – Jazz lyric – Jade’s Jem – Foxparke Peggy Sue – Billy Whizz – Dan’s lad – Manna- KInniside Nell – Kinniside Bess – Hunter’s Sparkle.

Veterans Void . Runners Da Look – Artisan — Freebie – What Look – Tagget =Tinkerbelle – Kerrymore – Langdale jack – Cinnabar – Jimmy Choo – Silver Spangle – Pip’s Lad- Cancellara – Quiet Siskin – Simply Rascal – OLivia – Miss Ellie.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Choice 2 Jenny’s Delight 3 Huntsman’s Jewel 4 Langdale Ranger 5 Quiet Linnet 6 Night Vision . 16 Ran Time 33.10.

Also Ran. Ladybird – Thorn Dancer – Debra – Washington – Huntsman’s Jenny –  Dawn – Galemire Grace  – Celtic Malone = Daisy Dream – Endure.

Maidens 1 Sambuca 2 Jazz band 3 Sugar Ray 4 Blueboy 5 Foxparke Hallelujah 6 Foxparke So be It . 28 Ran Time 35.32.

Also Ran. Foxparke Turbo – Foxparke Hurry On – Foxparke Yabbadabado – Yogi bear – My Way – Eshdale Matilda – Come Home Alfie – Rickman – Maybe – Billy Whizz – Bobby Dazzler – lady Anne – Sunset ridge – Skiddadle – Layla – Sental – Westgate Belle – Westgate Rose – Trooper Thorn – Aspire – Capetown – Full House.

Pups 1 General James 2 Just Mick 3 Jenny’s Aura 4 Huntsman’s Loyal 5 Quiet Otter 6 Overwater Roger  14 Ran Time 19.24

.Also Ran .Queen – Phoenix – Canny mover – Manna – Kinniside Nell – Kinniside Bess –  Silver dawn – Liz.

Open Restricted 1 Bedazzled 2 Dairy Lightning 3 Razzle Dazzle 4 Levitate 5 Santino 6 Littman . 33  Ran Time 20.17.

Also Ran. Paloma Faith – Mrs McGregor – Cool Return – Black Eyed Boy – Foxparke Invisible – Foxparke Artist –  Casanova- – Cartier = Hunter’s Dale = Menorah – Canny Girl – Black Mist – Jenny’s Rascal – Bewitched – Celtic Ty – Issabella –  Songbird – JLS – Eden Rossi- Eden Rocco= Overwater Hally – Carrick – Remember Me – Kaiser Sosa – Try Time – Great Gable = Cool Miracle .

Report.  On behalf of the festival committee I would like to thank all farmers and landowners for their support and .on what was a diabolical day, the trailers, gatekeepers , scouts  who deserve a medal and not forgetting all of you who supported the trails as the saying goes ‘ We must be crackers!’. We can report that all was safely gathered in and a special thanks to those who spent time looking for Songbird.

The trails and starting in running order ,first on the seven trail programme was the puppy maidens and was one of the trails where visibility was at its best. The hounds were well bunched throughout and on the downhill part of the uphill finish, Speed On had a couple of lengths lead over Boston ,who put his best foot forward and provided connections with a consolation win after missing out on the International.

The Non- Winners , and after a scale on the fell soon after the start 13 of the 18 runners returned to the start ( hence the double entries) that left five and unfortunately Hunter’s Sparkle was disqualified for interference , hence only four were recorded as finished, these were led home by Kinniside Joe in front of Hunter’s and Summer Rose these three were well clear of the other two. You might note that three of the five were seniors.

The day was now worsening and visibility was down to 100 yards , the next trail was the veterans and for all  their experience ,perhaps that was the trouble, they scaled badly in the’ leaps’ trail field and the result was that some ran the proper trail , the others joined the trail at the halfway point and some went on the starting end and some on the finishing end. Now if you’ve worked that out , well done and consequently the trail was declared void,. Simply Rascal who went AWOL for a while was reunited with her owner via the dog warden.

The weather was getting worse , a number of hounds were withdrawn and in the Senior trail on arriving at the three quarter stage  I encountered as many followers on the road that were on the field. Leading at this stage was Daisy Dream, Quiet Linnet with course winner Jenny’s Choice a close up fourth and out of the gloom , over the line it was the Patterdale three – Jenny’s Choice, Jenny’s Delight and Huntman’s Jewel, making it a memorable day for Denise and the absent Jenny ,who was sidelined with tonsillitis.

.The senior maidens and at the three quarter stage it was Jazz Band , Sugar Ray, Sambuca  and Blueboy, as you can see from the result that the order hardly changed . Neil Brown’s Sambuca winning by a length from Jazz Band and the rest of the ticketing hounds close behind.

Now, with hindsight, the start of the last two trails was altered and the hounds were transported to the ‘ Leaps trail field for the start this move had the desired effect and the last two trails seemed to run a lot smoother. reports from the pup trail were that General James, Jenny’s Aura and Just Mick were clear. And appearing out of the gloom came the ‘General’ just in front of ‘Mick’ and Jenny’s and another Huntsmans’back in fourth.

The final trail of what had been an extremely trying day and the washed out supporters saw Bedazzled with her winter coat finally removed, appear like a ghostly apparition, out of the gloom followed by most of the runners in single file, Dairy Lightning, Razzle Dazzle, Uncle Tom Cobbley and all.

At the time of writing this report the bright red waterproofs were making their way to the washing machine and the next HTA meeting , the premier trail, what price mist and rain.