Dearham Tues 10th October

Seniors  1 Sambuca 2 Silver Dusk 3 Cool enough 4 Quiet Otter 5 Liz  6 Arizona. 6 ran Time 30.13.

Pups 1 Miterdale Shadow 2 Black Legend 3 Mystery Bound 4 Bronco 5 Rio 6 Red Will   10 Ran Time 16.55.Also Ran. Rodney Rascal – Escape – Crazy – Say It As It Is

Open Restricted 1 Cracking Gold 2 JLS 3 Barncroft Gold 4 Provincial 5 Nixon  6 Westgate Luther . 6 Ran Time 17.01

Veterans 1 Westgate Belle 2 Free Spirit  3 Jimmy Choo 4 Flash Dance 4 Ran Time 17.15.

Report. A distinct October feeling at Dearham yesterday afternoon,parked on the road, after today’s soaking we’ll be lucky to see grass again this season, only 26 hounds for four trails and the timekeeper nearly got the three short trails in the ten second margin.

Sambuca won her seventh of the season after a wayward ewe put paid to Quiet Otter’s chance, she won by a couple of lengths from Silver Dusk.

In the pups all eyes were on “Shadow” and he didn’t disappoint coming from fifth place to overhaul his second in command Black Legend near the line to win by a length. Mystery Bound was the unlucky hound apparently you have to jump the last dyke not swim it.

Cracking Gold justified favouritism in the restricted and Westgate Belle would have been a prohibitive price in the veterans if Ian had stayed, 3-0 down and four runners, a tactical withdrawal.