Ambleside sports Thursday 30th July

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Rascal 2 Overwater Arnie 3 Jenny’s Rose  4 Langdale Ranger 5 Jenny’s Choice 6 Lady Bird  15 ran Time 35:42

. Also Ran. Flawless -Capetown -Canny Girl –  -Huntsman’s Jenny -Black Eyed Pea – Tommy’s Legacy -Rumours -Quiet Linnet – Washington-

Maidens 1 Bedazzled 2 Miterdale Proper 3 Foxparke Hurry on 4 Foxparke Magical Mist 5 Lady Helen 6 Foxparke So Be It  24 ran Time 37:05.

Also Ran – Miss Ellie -Cleveland -Come Home Alfie -Eshdale Matilda – Full House -Miterdale Princess – Foxparke Turbo – Foxparke Yabadabbadoo – Foxparke Hallelujah – Cinnabar -Valhalla -My Way – Yogi Bear – Casanova -High Stile – Out Of The Blue -Mickledore -Trooper Thorn

Pups 1 Huntsmans kraka 2 Thorn dancer 3 Jenny’s Delight 4 Billy Bowe 5 Marlou 6 Lone Rebel  11 ran  Time 21:45

.Also Ran.  Silver Charm -Remember Me -Dairy Lightning –  – Daisy Dream -The Script –

Puppy Maidens 1 Artist 2 Silver Lining 3 Superstition 4 Dairy Thunder 5 Delta Dawn 6 Foxparke Yankee Doodle  19 ran Time 23:51.

Also Ran  Billy Whizz -Foxparke Lovebug -Foxparke Peggy Sue – Jade’s Jem -Oban Express – Summer Glory -McCoy -Eden Rossi -KInniside Joe -Chinook – Stroll On -Sparrowmire Angel -The Sundance Kid

Open Restricted 1 Huntsman Jewel 2 Overwater Bessie 3 Cherish 4 Explore 5 Tinker Bell 6 Tagget  26 ran Time 19:11

 .Also Ran

Highness -Mr Dec -Black Eyed Boy -Miterdale Princess – Foxparke Blackbird -Foxparke Bash On -Cartier -Pip’s Lad -The Last Man – Great Gable – Thorn Dolly -Da Look -Jimmy Choo – Kerrymore -Carrick -Eden Rouge -Sundance -Sparrowmire Lily -Littman -Howgill Blondie.

Report; On a warm sunny day the spectators were treated to some close finishes and on the whole it was a thoroughly enjoyable day.

The senior trail and the champagne stakes went to Patterdale’s Jenny’s Rascal who showed on Low Pike with a nice lead and ,although reduced , she showed on the finish with the lead which was whittled away by Overwater Arnie to a ‘crowd gasping’ neck as they crossed the line. Jenny’s Rose was back in third.

The senior maidens, and on paper Bedazzled although having never run over the course, seemed to be a class above her rivals and so it proved as she won by a considerable distance. Three foxparkes and a miterdale ticketed to make their long journey worth it .

The junior trail , and after scaling at the first wall, seemed to most ‘kenners’ that one had stolen a march but it transpired that some of the hounds were hidden by the bracken, Onto the finish and table leader Huntsman’s Kraka came in front and despite slowing had enough in hand to hold off the challenge of Thorn Dancer with Jenny’s Delight well back in third .

The puppy maidens and they got the start off perfectly and although two minutes slower than their counterparts ran the trail well.  As they showed on the finish four hounds were in contention and getting the honours by a neck was Kendal hound ‘Artist’  from the Reg Smith kennel with Dearham’s Silver Lining second and Superstition five lengths back in third.

And the final event saw the Patterdale kennel of the Bland/ Barrow family complete a treble on the day when Huntsman’s Jewel was a fortunate winner as Overwater Bessie came with an ‘unbeatable’lead only to turn around in the final 100 yards and gift the race to ‘Jewel’. This trail two minutes faster than the juniors shows that experience counts on a difficult trail and plaudits to the hounds who coped well with the finish through the spectators and the paddled trail.