Bitch Produce Latrigg Top Keswick Sat June 10th.

Bitch Produce 1 Overwater Gemini 2 Crazy 3 Kinniside Mel  4 Artemis 5 Mystery Bound 6 Kinniside Meg . 16 Ran Time 21.42. Also ran. Rodney Rascal – Huntsmans Mist – Escape- Blue Solo- Impulse – Nikita – Hawkswood – Provincial – Jenny’s Breeze – Kinniside Molly.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Delight 2 Jenny’s Aura 3 Overwater Roger 4 Thorn Dancer 5 Marlou 6 Explore . 19 Ran time 29.18.

Also Ran,Bedazzled- Queen – Galemire Grace – Quiet Linnet – Huntsman’s Jewel – Cool Enough – Kenmore – Jazz Band – Liz – Miterdale Copper – Overwater Arnie – ladybird – Kinniside Jue.

Senior Maidena 1 Accolade 2 Maybe 3 My Way 4 Cleveland 5 Lone Rebel 6 Keystone, 30 Ran Time 40.50

.Also Ran. Grange Music – Glory – Jenny’s Rascal – Layla – Levitate ‘ Hunter’s Dale – Sugar Ray – Miterdale Prim – Miterdale Proper , Frankel – Manna  Venus ‘ Blueboy – Casanova – Yogi Bear –  Sultan – Stand By – Out Of The Blue – Great Gable – Night Vision – Summer Rose – Westgate Rose .Kinniside Bess – Kinniside Beauty

Open Pups 1 Huntsman’s Major 2 Black Legend 3 Cuchulainn 4 Red Will 5 Sergeant James 6 Miterdale Shadow. 16 Ran Time 18.34.

Also Ran Steel End- Del Boy – Nixon – See It Sa It Is – Hi Mac  – Atlas – Mac’s Choice – Overwater Stanley – Bronco – Rio.

Open restricted 1 Jenny’s Rose 2 Tommy’s Legacy 3 Thorn Fire 4 Razzle Dazzle 5 Kerrymore 6 Canny Girl. 45 Ran Time 17.01.

Report: The second major trail meeting of the season and the first of the two produce events courtesy of the Keswick Area ,held at Latrigg Top Keswick, on a grey , damp afternoon.

The major event of the day was the 2017 Bitch Produce and this went to the Overwater kennel with Overwater Gemini ( Langdale Ranger- Dark Mist)  owned by the Irving family, Ike and Sheila Walker. J. Abbott and handled by Emily Irving. The white bitch won comfortably after taking advantage of a scale, which resulted in four of the fancied hounds returning to the start. Second place went to the favourite Crazy and third was Kinniside Mell.

The day will be remembered as ‘ Glenridding’ day as the Bland-Barrow kennel comprising of Jenny’s Delight, Huntsman’s Major, and Jenny’s Rose won three of the five trails, the latter was having only her sixth race of the season and ‘ Delight’ was winning for the first time this season after winning ten trails last season and Major was winning for the fourth time in a row and is a ‘real’ contender for the puppy championship.

”  Right Desert wrong tent or right tent wrong desert “:   credit where credit is due and Jenny’s Delight has been kennelled in Carlisle this season and trained by the Little family and not only that Jenny’s Rose has been for three years .- So ,with a swift apology an amendment ,we will keep the original script but it should read as probably started life in Glenridding but now reside in Carlisle and as the Joe Cocker song says ” With a little help from my friends”

In the senior trail three hounds established a clear lead , due to poor visibility, identification was difficult but after talking with numerous ‘good kenners’ we narrowed it down to anyone that was entered. The money was on Jenny’s Aura but in the words of Cilla ‘surprise surprise’  it was Ex- kennel mate Jenny’s Delight who came with an unassailable lead , ‘ Aura ‘ was second and the Overwater’s second string was third- Overwater Roger.

The maiden trail and it became plainly obvious that things weren’t going to plan when they hadn’t shown under Skiddaw  after 15 mins duration. A number of hounds returned to the start and the rest were spread out like ‘Mondays washing’ as they negotiated the slopes and the numerous runners / walkers/ ramblers/. In the end it was Red Smith’s Accolade that claimed first prize” just” eleven minutes slower than the seniors. The produce was next and was followed by the dog pups and the restricted trail which were both considerably faster ,three and four minutes respectively, perhaps the longer the trail is ‘ on the ground’ the better.

Thanks go to the Keswick Area Committee under the guidance of David ( Spike ) loan , trailers, gatekeepers ,raffle organiser etc and financially the meeting made a small profit.