Oulton Sun April 29th Joint meet with BHTA>
Pups 1 Blondie 2 Tom Thumb 3 Rhyme 4 Ranger 5 Cracksman 6 Nashville . 10 Ran Time 16.38. Also Ran. Splendid Mickey – Deepdale Flynn – Barncroft Bob- Tact.
Puppy Maidens 1 Rhythm 2 Rover 3 Rita 4 Prospect Spot 5 Cracking Spirit 6 Demelza 20 Ran Time 17.00. Also Ran Copperfield – Amber Bay – Showbiz – Release The Beast – Spring — Tyne – Trev – In The red – Eden Raine – Splendid – It Is What It Is –
Open Restricted 1 Eden Rossi 2 Elsa Star ( Bhta) 3 Firelight ( BHta) 4 Eden Rocco 5 Breeze 6 KInniside Meg 18 Ran Time 17.10. Also Ran.Spring Drifter – Kinniside Molly – Kinniside Mel- High Mac- JLS – Westgate Luther – Step Up Fireboy –
Veterans 1 Meadow Dixie 2 Denton Eclipse 3 Aspire 4 Night Vision 5 Prudence 6 Debra . 15 Ran Time 17.25
.Also Ran . Jazz Singer – Willow Bay -, Ozzie the Lad – Water Spirit – Issabella -Levitate – Capetown – Quiet Linnet – Night Vision- Castle Caledonian.
Hounds 1 Arizona 2 Canny Mover 3 Eclipse 4 Thorn Diamond 5 Test ( Bhta ) 6 Castle Clansman ( Bhta ). 9 Ran Time 28.40. Also Ran. Cracking On – Tate – Pirate Jake.
Maidens 1 Silver Dusk 2 Broncho 3 Meadow Josie 4 Wanted 5 Frankel 6 Mr Houdini 8 Ran Time 29.20. Also Ran.Delta Sparkle – KInniside Beauty.
The joint meeting between the HTA and the BHTA was well organised and went without a hitch apart from the ban on yours truly ,who is not allowed access to the entries by order of entry clerk, so if the entries are sometimes a bit hit and miss, you know the reason!.
It was a clean sweep for the HTA started off by Carol Harrison’s Blondie ( which is black, brown and white ) confirming last weeks result with Tom Thumb in second and the next four , same as last week!
The puppy maidens and a 1-2-3 for the Abrams- McMaster kennel together with kennelmaid Sharon and Darren ( whoever’s winning)-Rhythm- Rover -Rita together with Rhyme and Ranger and Silver Dusk in the senior maidens made it a special day for the Dearham kennel and having trained Arizona to win the seniors last season and still having a vested interest, winning again , this time for the HTA chairman and rejuvenated trainer together with Caroline. It has been upwards of 43 years that I’ve bent down with a bait tin to catch a winner. not forgetting lucky mascot Sadie!.
And not to be left out the HTA’s vice -chair Paul Airey hollered his veteran up the ploughed field finish to get the better of former border hound Denton Eclipse and in the restricted event the border hounds Elsa Star and Firelight came close to lifting a trail when finishing second and third splitting the two Edens’ Rossi and Rocco.
As reported the even money favourite Arizona took the seniors when overhauling the long time leader Canny Mover on the tortuous ploughed field finish in similar fashion Meadow Dixie won the maidens and long time supporter David Clifford hounds with the “Eden” prefix first and fourth in the restricted trail and a gamble thwarted in the last when Billy Broncho was beaten into second place by Silver Dusk, let you know what the fly on the wall says when” Toddy” visits Joe.
