Oulton Sun 7th May

Seniors 1 Arizona 2 Liz 3 Endure 4 Eclipse 5 Delta Shimmer 6 Delta Secret . 7 Ran Time 29.23.Also Ran Firelight.

Senior Maidens  1 Cracking Gold 2 Blueboy 3 Eagle Priya 4 Step Up 5 Another Bay 6 Delta Spice , 13 Ran Time 30.52.

Also Ran Donna’s Diamond — Meadow Josie – Foxparke Babushka – Fireman Sam – Mr Houdini Irish Pride Wanted.

Pups ; Void under time  RIo – Fire Star – Broncho – Spring Rascal – Huntsnan’s Major – Kinniside Molly – Crazy -Huntsman’s Majician – Del Boy.

Pup Maidens 1 KInniside Mel 2 Rodney Rascal 3 Escape 4 Impulse 5 Mystery Bound 6 Huntsman’s Mist . 12 Ran Time 19.12.

Also Ran Artemis – Class Bojangles – Provincial -Jenny’s Breeze – Kinniside Meg – Nixon.

Open Restricted.  1 Prudence 2 Donna’s Pride 3 Water Spirit 4 Thorn Dollar 5 Sunset Ridge 6 Kinniside Beauty  27 Ran TIme 17.57.

Also Ran Cracking On – Red Hot Bob – Elsa Star – Ozzy The Lad – Fireball – Delta Sparkle – Frankel – Eagles Hope – Just Mick – Canny Mover –  Breeze – Ben 10 – Eden Rossi – Remember Me – Carrick – Spring Drifter – Jenny’s Choice – KInniside beauty – Kinniside Spot = Kinniside Bess – Eden Rocco – Shambullah.

Veterans 1 Class McCara 2 Huntsman’s Hope 3 Gambler 4 Westgate Belle 5 Flashdance 6 Eagle Chic  12 Ran Time 15.12

.Also Ran -Endeavour -What Look – Skidaddle – Quiet Linnet – Jimmy Chou – Keystone –

The first joint venture with the Border association and although the HTA won four of the five trails it wasn’t plain sailing  nor was it without  more controversy as you can see from the results  two of the juniors beat the clock and confusion arose as to what action to take. The minimum time of 15 minutes is there for a reason and Sunday’s trail showed why , If the trail is run any faster than 15 minutes then something is amiss and is declared void then along comes “sods law” and the last trail was legitimate although only just. There were a couple of mitigating circumstances that pointed to a short first half but as they were out of sight therefore no action was taken.

The seniors and Endure had won them all at Oulton this season and another win looked “On the Cards ” as he came into the last field with a “nice” lead only to surrender victory in the last few yards to Arizona , who held on to a narrow win over Liz.

And similarly in the Senior Maidens Fireman Sam , running over the longer distance , found the last climb a “hill to far” and from being in front  , didn’t get a ticket, victory going to the Appleby hound Cracking Gold, ( Arsenal 2 United 0 ) from Blueboy and Border hound Eagle Priya.

The pup maidens and Restricted seem to have no problems and as I was occupied there is no report and similarly the last , although in this race the first three nearly beat the clock and Class McCara gave the Borders there only success.