Oulton Sunday 9th April.

Seniors:

1 Endure 2 Debra 3 Washington 4 Prudence 5 Cracking On . 6 Ran 5 Finished Time 31,10. Also Ran Showtime.

Pups : Void Over Time.

Runners Crazy- Rio- Nikita – Cracking Star – Thorn Diamond – Broncho – Blue Solo – Jenny’s Breeze – Huntsman’s Mist – Atlas – Rodney Rascal.

Open Maidens ;

1 Grange Music 2 Blueboy 3 Lone Rebel 4 Irish Pride 5 Frankel ( Jazz Lyric) 6 Keystone. 17 Ran Time 18.19

. Also Ran – Cracking Gold – Deepdale Frank – Jazz Band – Artemis – Levitate – Eden Rocco – JImmy Choo – Carrick – Artisan – Del Boy – Huntsman’s Mist ( re- Entered).

All-In

1Thorn Fire  2 Eden Rossi 3 Queen 4 Jenny’s Choice  5 Arizona 6 Flash Dance.  8 Ran Time 18.35. Also Ran – Buble – Canny Girl –

Report. As most of the day was spent scouting , then all I can report on is what happened outside .

The conjecture of opinion was that as the hounds had run two trails previously at Kirkbride and this trail at Oulton ran part of that trail and that included the Kirkbride finish, problems arose! Then as the seniors scaled when approaching this area , putting paid to Prudence ‘s chances, how come the open maidens on reaching the same place , never faltered neither the all- in but the pups made a mess of things and consequently the three that completed the course , led by Crazy, were well over the time limit of 25 minutes.

It is not unusual for the pups to struggle on the first occasion and should have no problem on Thursday but what was afoot with the seniors ? well one can only surmise, the comparable times with last season put them about two minutes adrift, like most things we will blame the weather, whether or not. And thanks to those who helped to pick up the odd stray and watched the traffic.

And on a trying afternoon a little titter as the Chairman was seen crawling through a hole in the hedge and Caroline ass over tit in the roadside ditch, it got a laugh out of ‘Studdy’.

And the ‘ Rocker’ Geoff Duke ( for the oldtimers) was Graham Reid , reliving his youth!