Results

Seniors: 1 Debra 2 Marli 3 Capetown 4 Songbird 5 Galemire Grace 6 Night Vision. 22 ran Timer 26.25.

Pups: 1 Huntsman’s Kraka 2 Daisy Dream 3 Jenny’s Delight 4 Bewitched 5 Kinniside Joe 6 Huntsman’s Kooga  20 ran  time 17.39

OM: 1 Tagget  2 Miterdale Force 3 Trooper Thorn 4Mickledore 5 Yogi Bear 6 Valhalla. 51 ran Time 17.35

Runners

Seniors.Thorn Dolly -Pips Lad -Pips Spirit -Dark Ruby- Barmaid- Langdale Ranger -Serenity -Discard – Huntsman’s Jenny -Free Spirit -Dawn -Celtic Malone -Layla -Fireman Sam- Black-eyed Pea -Ladybird.

Pups: Thorn Dancer -Jade’s Gem -Cool Miracle -Lady Anne- Tia Maria -Kaiser Sosa- Silver Charm -Billy Whizz- Sparrowmire Angel- Billy Whizz -Rock and Roll -The Sundance Kid -Carnage -Bluebond -Bewitched -Bant’s Mist.

OM: Miterdale Proper -Princess-Prim- Trouble Thorn Girl -Chavenel -Cavendish -Cinnabar -Night Shadow -Full House -Cool Return- Black-eyed Boy -Lady Helen -High Stile -Come Home Alfie – Eshdale Matilda -Sparrowmire Lily- Mystic Meg Joli- The Penny Arcade -Skyfall -Explore -Rooster -Butch Cassidy Blue Boy -Skiddadle -Bedazzled -Dark Mist -Glenwood Mist – Foxglove -Tempress -Blue Savanna -Celtic spirit -Brave -Warrior -Out of the blue -Spartan -Romulus -Casanova –Silver Bell -Tinkerbelle -Midnight Show -JImmy Nik -Tiagress -Billy Whizz (again)

Report

A second visit in a week to Miterdale and it was all change in some of the results much to the relief of the solitary bookie.

In the seniors Debra shot to the front in the final 30 metres to beat Marli who just held on from Capetown. What a difference, in four days ,from winning the maidens on Saturday to a Senior win on Wednesday,. As a pup in 2013 she had 43 places 4 of which were open wins. You might like to note that last years joint pup champion Songbird was fourth making it a 1-2-3-4 for the Westmorland hounds.

The Junior trail and a close finish and once more ‘Kracka’ won but only by a head from Daisy Dream with the third ,fourth, fifth close up.

The open Maidens and here a return to winning ways for Tagget,winner of fourteen trails as a 2010 pup and eleven senior trails in 2011 plus an International. and Bitch Produce . She held on from the enigmatic Miterdale Force,, whose antics on the finish are frustrating, but to the delight of Sophie she never faltered,  third and fourth were in close attendance. Quite a few of the runners got low on the fell and consequently struggled -they made their way back in ‘ones and twos’ .

93 runners on a Wednesday night, good going. And a note for future trails at Low Place–Alfie has dug a small grave on the field with a cross -I don’t know what’s buried there but it is too small for his ***********.

Highlights

Yours in trailing,

Barry Laidler

(Chairman – Hound Trailing Association)