Grasmere Sports Sun Aug26th 2018

Pups 1 Cuckoo Lane 2 Huntsman’s Novice 3 Best Mate.4 Galway Lass 5 Super Sun 6 Dragonfly .15 Ran Time 20.04.

Open Restricted 1 Jenny’s Breeze 2 Huntsman’s Jenny 3 Manna 4 Huntsman’s Noel 5 Foxparke Jewel 6 Dawn  16 Ran Time 17.20.

Veterans 1 Capetown 2 Night Vision 3 Cherish 4 Flawless 5 Foxparke Yabadabadoo 6 Foxparke So Be It 10 Ran Time 18.10.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Delight 2 Bedazzled  3 Overwater Hally 4 Ladybird 5 Marlou 6 Lone Rebel  7 Ran Time. 31.42.

Report. Grasmere Sports incorporating the Fell Derby ( according to Grasmere Sports ) attracting only 7 runners nevertheless providing an exciting finish between Jenny’s Delight and Bedazzled the former beating the veteran by a length, Nothing was seen of the race as the mist had shrouded the fells but the crowd got its £12 worth of excitement in the opening event one hour before the sports opened when everybody’s Best Mate stopped hallway across the arena and then turned around and headed back up the trail, no amount of shouting or in my case blasphemy could persuade him  to finish and as he messed about his brother Benny aka Cuckoo Lane and Huntsman’s Novice “flew” past to notch the first two places,.

The restricted trail provided an exciting finish and a one two for the Glenridding kennel with Jenny’s Breeze and Huntsman’s Jenny,

And in the veterans Capetown held off the challenge of Night Vision.

A wet , miserable day and the public were still going onto the field as the trailing fraternity were going home but still to come was the wrestling and the Senior Guides Race where there was a £500 inducement for the first person to break Fred Reeves long standing record of 1978, and you couldn’t see halfway up the fell !!