Results & Reports –

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Delight 2 Overwater Bessy 3 Huntsman’s Jewel 4 Ladybird 5 Jenny’s Choice 6 jenny’s Rose . 13 Ran Time 30 25.

Pups 1 General James 2 Yorkshire Lad 3 Manna 4 Spring Rose 5 Overwater Hally 6 Jenny’s Aura . 7 Ran Time 17.52.

Open Restricted 1 Remember Me 2 Eden Rossi 3 Menorah 4 Huntsman’s Hope 5 Yogi Bear 6 Cherish . 14 Ran Time 16.22.

Veterans 1 Da Look 2 Artisan 3 Jacob McClink 4 Tagget 5 Cinnabar 6 Tinkerbelle . 8 Ran Time 16.55.

Report. Grasmere Sports or Show held under the watchful eye of the ‘Lion and the Lamb’ or Helm Crag. The home of the Fell Derby , one of the prestigious events in the calendar, which most followers refuse to attend, why?  perhaps £6 is to expensive , well it should have been £7, some kind hearted person sponsored all to a £1 deduction.

And not without controversary as four hounds descended the fell together , across the main road and onto the sports field where Jenny’s Delight, held off the determined challenge of Overwater Bessy, winning by a head. The Judge, first and second catcher were unamimous in that the right  decision was given contrary to a photo taken from in front of the hounds.

The mornings trailing began with the pups and General James looked an all over certainty , but with a few yards to go dropped his nose allowing Yorkshire Lad to ‘go on’ but the ‘General ‘recovered and won by a head with Manna in third.

The Open Restricted and a minor shock as Remember Me , remember the International and the Dog Produce, put a miserable season behind him when holding off the challenge of Eden Rossi and Menorah. Well done Jeanette and Les, hound trailing stalwarts ,never complaining, well! only about each other, an example others should follow.

Then followed the ‘old timers’ who nearly went the wrong way at the start , you would have thought that they had never run here ,.– Da Look last years winner , once more showed his liking for Grasmere when beating Artisan and ‘Jacob’

Finally thanks to those who stopped behind to search for ‘Mickledore’.

Ps . We sometimes in this sport have to ‘face the music’ but I draw the line when you have to ‘face the book’ for trying to do the honest and right thing.

Seniors 1 Washington 2 Lady Bethan 3 Canny Girl 4 Persian Sky 5 Lady Anne 6 Explore . 7 Ran Time 32.47. Also Ran Hunter’s  Dale

Pups 1 Sweet Harmony 2 Just Mick 3 Sultan 4 Accolade 5 Canny Mover 6 Summer Rose 6 Ran Time 21.55.

Open Non- Winners 1 Stand By 2 Jade’s Jem 3 Kenmore 4 Adventure 5 Borderman . 5 Ran Time 23.11.

Open Maidens 1 Persian Prince 2 Mrs McGregor 3 Blueboy 4 Meadow Josie 5 Eden Rocco 6 Cracking Gold . 23 Ran Time 21.10

Also Ran Persian Sun – Superstition – Super Sandy – Cracking Mover – Bluebond – Silver Belle — Pip’s Lad – Full House – Black Mist – Tempress – Sparrowmire Lily – Sparrowmire Angel – Black Eyed Boy = Lady Helen – Aspire – Step Up – Speed On.

Report.

Seniors 1 Bracelet 2 Endure 3 Sambuca 4 Arizona 5 Foxparke Invisible 6 Foxparke Artist.6 Ran Time 32.29.

Pups  1 Silver dusk 2 Cool Enough 3 Liz 4 Silver Dawn 5 Wanted 6 Foxparke Homeward Dude.. 12 Ran Time 18.16.

Also Ran . – Quiet Otter – Captain Jack – Foxparke  Fandando – Foxparke  Rosie Lee – Foxparke Mamma Mary – Foxparke Honky Tonk.

Open Maidens 1 Cool Return 2 Sugar Ray 3 Foxparke Yabadabadoo 4 Foxparke Hallelujah 5 Flashdance 6 Foxparke Peggy Sue . 13 Ran Time 18.47.

Also Ran – Bobby Dazzler – Plan B – Skidaddle – McCoy -Foxparke Hurry On – Foxparke So Be it . Foxparke Chaos –

Veterans 1 Silver Spangle 2 Freebie 3 Cancellara 4 Quiet Siskin 5 Olivia 6 What Look . 6 Ran Time 20.00.

Report. Bracelet went clear in the senior championship when she got the better of her old adversary Endure ,who had to settle for second place once again .She won by a couple of yards with Sambuca a 100 yards back in third.

Silver Dusk won the pup trail very easily from Cool Enough and Liz.

The maidens, and the best finish of the morning when Cool Return got up on the line to beat Sugar Ray and in third FP Yabbadabbadoo , And in the veterans Silver Spangle tried her best to throw it away but in the end won easily from Freebie. and three purple hounds.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Delight 2 Huntsman’s Jewel 3 Lady Bethan 4 Jenny’s Choice 5 Flawless 6 Explore 11 Ran Time 32.15.

Pups 1 General James 2 Miterdale Rusty 3 Jazz Lyric 4 Yorkshire Lad 5 Huntsman’s Loyal 6 Ran 5 Finished.time 24.54.

Open Non- Winners 1 Silverbelle 2 Spring Rose 3 Billy Whizz 4 Jade’s Jem 5 Kinniside Bess 6 Bobby Dazzler. 11 Ran Time 28.38.

Bad Light stopped play.

Seniors 1 Bracelet 2 Endure 3 Persian Bay 4 Quiet Linnet 5 Sambuca 6 Meadow Dixie .11 Ran Time 27.06

.Also Ran. Dairy Lightning – Arizona — Overwater Arnie – Westgate Belle – Westgate Rose.

Pups 1 Cool Enough 2 Liz 3 Silver Dusk 4 Just Mick 5 Step Up 6 Wanted . 10 Ran Time 18.39.

Also Ran. Overwater Hally – Speed On – Foxparke Babushka – Captain Jack.

Open Restricted 1 Try Time 2 Silver Dawn 3 Littman 4 Issabella 5 JLS 6 Meadow Elsa.10 Ran Time 18.27. Also Ran. Carrick – Cancellara – Willow bay –  Quiet Siskn..

Report. Only 31 hounds for the fifth meeting at Bridekirk and Bracelet notched up win number ten to go joint leader of the senior championship and win number three over the course of which the times of the seniors has only varied by one minute over the season. Once more Endure had to settle for second place beaten by a couple of lengths with Persian Bay an encouraging third.

In the pups and a minor upset when Cool Enough notched his first open victory of the season when he pounced in the final strides to deny Liz of her fourteenth victory and in the impending gloom the cows on the finish played a vital role in the result when they impeded the favourite Issabella and although Try Time was also impeded he escaped trouble and won comfortably., Issabella finishing only fourth.

Seniors 1 Marli 2 Galemire Grace 3 Persian Sky 4 Washington 5 Eden Rossi 6 Overwater Bessy .17 Ran Time 28.57

. Also Ran. Jenny’s Rose – Grange Music – Huntsman’s Jenny – Cracking Mover – Cracking Gold – Cherish – Bedazzled – Layla – Two Tone – Songbird- Cartier,

Pups 1 Jenny’s Aura 2 Sweet Harmony 3 Buble 4 Stand By 5 Misha 6 Manna  13 Ran Time 20.37.

Also Ran, Canny Mover – Summer Rose – Popeye + Apollo – Overwater Roger – Sultan.Quiet Otter.

Open Restricted 1 Canny Girl 2 Menorah 3 Mr Ant 4 Starlight 5 Tempress 6 Razzle Dazzle . 28 Ran  Time 20.59.

Also Ran. Glory  – Cracking On –  – Bewitched – Levitate – Huntsman’s Hope -Eden Rocco –  Mrs McGregor =- Black Mist – Persian Sun- Paloma Faith- Miss Ellie – Tempress -Dawn – Tagget – Hunter’s Dale- Cinnabar – remember Me- McCoy – Jacob McClink- Blueboy – Maybe. Superstition.

Report.  After a weekend of cancellations it was glad to be ‘back on the road again’ at Calebreck , where Marli kept up her serious challenge for the senior championship with a clear cut victory , after she had disputed the lead with Galemire Grace for the majority of the trail. Persian Sky finished third ,a marked improvement with ‘Denzil’ in fourth.

The pups and restricted trails went to the ‘jollies’ making three on the night ,the same three as last time at the same venue. Both winners won handily , Jenny’s Aura was chased home by Sweet Harmony ,these two were well clear and Canny Girl had plenty to spare over Menorah and Mr Ant.

Seniors 1 Sambuca 2 Bracelet 3 Arizona 4 Overwater Bessy 5 Dairy Lightning 6 Daisy   Dream 7 Ran Time 28.26. Also Ran Santino.

Pups 1 Silver Dusk 2 Liz 3 Breeze 4 Wanted 5 Silver Dawn 6 Adventure . 11 Ran Time 17.28

. Also Ran Accolade – Overwater Roger – Cool Enough – Telstar – Captain Jack .

Open Restricted 1 Meadow Elsa  2 Silver Spangle 3 Black Mist 4 Kaiser Sosa 5 Littman 6 Starlight . 15 Ran Time 17.31.

Also Ran Da Look-Cancellara – Cool Return – Ben 10 – Carrick – McCoy – Try Time – Blueboy – Blueband .

Report. Another warm evening at Ward Hall and  just 33 runners faced the starter. Once again it was the maidens that took center stage when Sambuca took the opener to register her first open  win of the season and non-winner Meadow Elsa took the last race, interspersed by course winner Silver Dusk..

Sambuca got the better of Bracelet in the final stride with joint favourite Arizona back in third in the seniors whilst ‘Dusk’ had an easy victory in the pups and ‘Elsa’ in the last , who ,in the words of her owner ,’ cannot finish or drive’  kept on well to overhaul Black Mist and Silver Spangle to win and in the process 4 maidens and a non- winner went a begging!.

Seniors 1 Huntsman’s Jewel 2 Ladybird 3 Huntsman’s Jenny 4 Jenny’s Delight 5 Jenny’s Choice 6 Thorn Dancer. 8 Ran Time 36.59. Also ran Capetown -Explore

Pups 1 Jenny’s Aura 2 Overwater Hally 3 Miterdale Rusty 4 Foxparke Rosie Lee 5  Kinniside Nell 6 Apollo . 14 Ran Time 27.17

. Also ran.Kenmore – Quiet Otter – Manna – Foxparke Fandando – Foxparke Honky Tonk – Foxparke Mamma Mary – Foxparke Homeward Dude – Kinniside Nell

Open Maidens 1 Out Of The Blue 2 Come Home Alfie 3 Foxparke Yabadabadoo  4 Full House 5 Foxparke So Be It 6 Foxparke Peggy Sue . 14 Ran Time 30.03.

Also Ran. Mickledore – Miterdale Proper – Miterdale Princess – Miterdale One – Miterdale Prim – Mystery Girl – Maybe – Cinnabar – Foxparke Turbo – Foxparke Invisible – Sparrowmire Lily – Sparrowmire Angel.- Yorkshire Lad – Billy Whizz –

Open Restricted. 1 Free Spirt 2 Cherish 3 Highness 4 Bewitched 5 Foxparke Artiste 6 Great Gable. 8 Ran Time 28.41

. Also Ran. Hunters Dale – Menorah.

Just a special thanks to Mr and Mrs Conway who came to the rescue of the chairman , who had a puncture on the road over Wrynose and without their help would have been there all night.

Report. A new venue thanks to the Farmer at Bowderdale,. Mr Paul Naylor and you are right in thinking ,is that any relation ? yes! Joss Naylor’s son.

On the slope of the hill, where it is an advantage to have one leg shorter than the other, overlooked by the towering crag of Yewbarrow , overlooking the dark waters of Wastwater.

The seniors, and as they dropped down the trod towards, what can only be described as an unusual finish, I’ve no idea what they were as I was on point duty at the last obstacle. Out of the beck ,up the banking, under the fence ,up the bracken bed and down the finish.  A blind finish of 50 yards and on its own was Huntsman’s Jewel, Ladybird well clear in second place.

In the pups Jenny’s Aura and Overwater Hally finished on their own , ‘Aura winning by ten yards , only seven finished as the remainder struck the senior trail and went for an evening stroll .

The open maidens came in a bunch preceded by a herdwick who led them down the fell and never looked like getting passed, there were plenty in with a shout as they appeared under the fence,and over the wall, but some hounds veered of left and some went right, on reflection perhaps if they hadn’t been exercised  in that direction earlier it might have been different as it was it was left to ‘Alfie’ and Out of the blue to  fight out the finish, the latter getting up on the line to win.

Finally Eight runners in the last and Free Spirit held on to beat Cherish by a yard or two.

In conclusion it would have been better with a more suitable finish but ‘beggars cannot be choosers’ And , anyway, the coffee cake was excellent and a small price to pay for a stiff neck ( looking up all night).

Seniors 1 Westgate Belle 2 Tommy’s Legacy 3 Canny Girl 4 Quiet Linnet 5 Lady Bethan 6 Persian Sky . 13 Ran Time 34.09. Also Ran. Persian Bay = Layla – Galemire Grace – Dawn – Jazz Band – Westgate Rose – Eden Rossi

Pups 1 Sweet Harmony 2 Popeye 3 Queen 4 Stand By 5 Accolade 6 Adventure 12 Ran Time 23.48.

Also Ran Jazz Lyric – Buble – Cool Enough- Misha – Summer Rose – Foxparke Babushka –

Open Maidens 1 Cracking Mover 2 Aspire 3 Eden Rocco 4 Meadow Josie 5 Tempress 6 Mrs McGregor  20 Ran Time 21.08.

Also Ran -Persian Sun – Bobby Dazzler – Glory – Cracking Gold – Black Eyed Boy – Sugar Ray – Cool Enough – Grange Music – Sunset Ridge – Cleveland – Bant’s Mist – Midnight Show – Borderman – Flash Dance.

Veterans 1 Miss Ellie 2 Tagget 3 Artisan 4 Simply Rascal 5 Silver Spangle 6 Kerrymore .14 Ran Time 20.47.

Also Ran Freebie – What Look – Tinkerbelle – Cancellara – Olivia – Jacob McClink – Da Look – Jimmy Choo.

Report. Another warm evening and it made hard work for the 59 hounds that took part.

The first two events saw the winning hounds lose their maiden tag , firstly Westgate Belle, who came clear on the long downhill finish from warm weather specialist Tommy’s Legacy and Canny Girl, and then  followed a win by the consistent Sweet Harmony, who also came clear from fellow maiden Popeye, the favourite Buble was well behind.

In the maidens the first three came well clear and last years winner ‘Cracking Mover ‘ repeated the dose with a win over Aspire and Eden Rocco.

The veterans and in the failing light ,once again there were three well clear Miss Ellie beating Tagget and Artisan.

Seniors 1 Free Spirit 2 Huntsman’s Hope 3 Ladybird 4 Thorn Dancer 5 Miterdale Proper 6 Daisy Dream . 14 Ran Time 31 .22.

Also Ran. Songbird -Lady Ann- Foxparke Artist – Great Gable – Yogi Bear -Menorah – Foxparke Chaos – Bedazzled.

Pups 1 Miterdale Rusty 2 Manna 3 Quiet Otter 4  Foxparke Honky Tonk5 Foxparke Fandando 6 Foxparke Mamma Mary. 7 Ran Time 24.27 Also Ran Apollo.

Open Maidens 1 Miterdale Prim 2 Kinniside Bess 3 Kinniside Nell 4 Casanova 5 Miterdale Princess 6 Foxparke Turbo. 22 Ran Time 20.30.

Also Ran.  Lady Helen – Miterdale One – Mickledore – Out Of The Blue – Silverbelle – Come Home Alfie – BiIly Whizz – Maybe – Mystery Girl – Foxparke So Be It -Foxparke Peggy Sue – Foxparke Yabadabadoo – Foxparke Hurry On – Bluebond – Foxparke Rosie Lee= Foxparke Homeward Dude.

Report. I suppose it would be quite difficult to give a report on the Wasdale Trails without mentioning the Low Place kennels in Miterdale, simply because they won all three, there you are ‘done and dusted’.  Next>

As you turn left at Santon and head up the road towards the head of Wasdale, after a few hundred yards you ’round a bend’ and in front of you is , in my eyes, one of the Lake Districts most stupendous views with Kirk Fell commanding the center, Lingmell and Great Gable to the right and Red Pike to the left and nestled next to the trail field St Olaf’s church.

First up the seniors and it’s a good job it was a fine night as the trails were advertised a quarter of an hour late and like the proverbial ‘bride’ the starting end trailer, was running late ,’ Arthur Temple scurried up the field , to the ribald shouts of ‘ where’ve ya bin’.

As the seniors came into view on the breast of Lingmell – There were four hounds clear including course winner Huntsman’s Hope and Free Spirit, who enjoys the ambience of Wasdale. These two hounds gained a nice lead over Ladybird and Thorn Dancer, who , incidentally, was making her first visit. Over the last wall and it was number one of a unique treble , Free Spirit,  who had a few yards over ‘Hope’ and held on for victory.

Only seven pups and with only three ‘ in the race’ reduced to two on the finish, it was a competent win for Miterdale Rusty over Manna. That made two up and one to go for Steph and Tony , could they make it three . ‘ Easy Peazy’ – Miterdale Prim came away in the last to beat the ‘Kinniside pair of Bess and Nell.

There you have it , A treble for the Steele family from Miterdale in Eskdale, just thought  i’d mention it.!

We are not quite finished- in the last trail it was noticed that a certain hound ,who’s ‘identity will remain a secret, ran across the fell like a ‘ scalded cat’. It made up a vast amount of ground and for me, it is the fastest  I’ve seen run over  rough terrain except perhaps for ‘ Joss Naylor’.

Now for something completely different:

Two trailers, who , last weekend, after walking a trail decided to partake of liquid refreshment on the way home. As they ‘put it’ ‘a couple of shandies’- Then the waft of cooking aroused their hunger pangs and completely oblivious to the fact of ‘home cooking’ tucked into pizza and chips. Then they went home to a well deserved meal- I leave the rest to your imagination. One thing though, one of them was having Pizza and Chips——– AGAIN!

By the way – no names but for the tale we will call them Tony and Ian.

Seniors 1 Marli 2 Galemire Grace 3 Lady Bethan 4 Washington 5 Persian Bay 6 Jazz Band  13 Ran Time 28.34.

Also Ran. Persian Sky – Persian Bay – Night Vision – Celtic Malone – Prudence – Cartier – Westgate Belle – Westgate rose.

Pups 1 Buble 2 Misha 3 Jazz Lyric 4 General James 5 Queen 6 Stand By. 6 Ran Time 24.07.

Open Maidens 1 Layla 2 Mrs McGregor 3 Sparrowmire Lily 4 Sparrowmire Angel 5 Grange Music 6 Sweet Harmony.  20 Ran Time 22.51

. Also Ran. Persian Sun -Glory – Rickman – Bant’s Mist – Tempress – Cracking Mover – Sunset Ridge – Cool Return – Jacob McClink – Miss Ellie – Plan B – My Way = Eden Rocco = Summer Rose.

Open Restricted 1 Meadow Dixie 2 Razzle Dazzle 3 Eden Rossi 4 Quiet Linnet 5 Starlight 6 Littman . 15 Ran Time 21.44.

Also Ran  Levitate – Paloma Faith – Hunter’s Dale – Canny Girl – Mr Ant – Dawn – Ben 10 – Try Time -Cracking On.

Report. A pleasant afternoon  for the first of the seasons trails on the Fell Side at Fellside , just up the road from Hesket New Market or down the road from Uldale depending on which way you come !

The senior trail was nearly as short as the pups or was the pups nearly as long as the seniors. A view from outside saw Marli driving from a close up Galemire and Jazz Band. On the long downhill trod towards the uphill finish  Marli was always in front and as I stopped on the trail field along with many others we hadn’t a clue what had won and by how much? Somebody said ‘ Wendy’s Smiling ‘ . We knew then that Marli had held off  the challenge of Galemire Grace.

The pup trail saw only six face the starter and were out what seemed like ages and when they showed all six were in ‘with a shout’. To the shout of ‘ Hilda’ !Buble , a bitch, named after Michael Buble, notched up win number four , not bad for a hound which was badly injured and ‘wouldn’t run again’.

The last two trails were well bunched finishes- Layla came away in the closing stages and Meadow Dixie headed Razzle Dazzle on the line.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Delight 3 Bedazzled 3 Huntsman’s Jewel 4 Ladybird 5 Daisy Dream 6 Explore 15 Ran Time 40.54.

Senior Maidens 1 Miterdale Prim2 Casanova 3 Miterdale Proper 4 Full House 5 Come Home Alfie 6 Yogi Bear. 11 Ran Time 44.29

Pups 1 Overwater Hally 2 Yorkshire Lad 3 Adventure 4 Kenmore 5 Overwater Roger 6 Popeye . 11 Ran Time 20.37.

Open Restricted 1 Huntsman’s Hope 2 Free Spirit 3 Highness 4 Bewitched 5 Great Gable 6 Billy Whizz . 9 Ran Time 20.47.

Veterans 1 Artisan 2 Tinkerbelle 3 Tagget 4 Kerry more 5 What Look 6 Miterdale One . 11 Ran Time 21 29..

Seniors 1 Bracelet 2 Sambuca 3 Endure 4 Arizona 5 Dairy Lightning 6 Santino 13 Ran Time 28.41

Also Ran – JLS- Silver Spangle – Kaiser Sosa – Celtic Ty – Foxparke Artist – Foxparke Invisible – Overwater Arnie .

Senior Maidens 1 Sugar Ray 2 Foxparke Yabadabbadoo 3 Meadow Josie 4 Kinniside joe 5 Blueboy 6 Foxparke Peggy Sue. 17 Ran Time 30.02.

Pups 1 Liz 2 Just Mick 3 Silver Dusk 4 Quiet Otter 5 Telstar 6 Step Up . 10 Ran Time 18.24

. Also Ran – Margaret Rose – Silver Dawn – Foxparke Fandando – Captain Jack

Pup Maidens 1 Wanted 2 Cool Enough 3 Breeze 4 Kinniside Bess 5 Foxparke Homeward Dude 6 Speed On 13 Ran Time 19 44.

Also Ran .  Meadow Elsa – Foxparke Rosie Lee – Foxparke Honky Tonky – Foxparke Mamma Mary – Kinniside Nell – Foxparke Babushka.

Report:  The senior trail and once more Bob ( Endure ) did ‘most of the work ‘ only to be denied on the the punishing finish by both Bracelet and Sambuca, the former winning by a head and in doing so goes to second in the senior championship.

The maiden trail was pretty similar to the seniors where the hound that drove all the way , Sugar Ray, dropped back on the finish, only to see Meadow Dixie and Foxparke Yabadabbadoo slow down in the final yards enabling Sugar Ray to regain the lead and win,  landing a substantial bet for the owner.

Liz had a comfortable win in the juniors and ‘ Wishy’ aka Brian Atkinson, had an overdue success , when Wanted just held on from a fast finishing Cool Enough in the puppy maidens.

Seniors 1 Jenny’s Delight 2 Overwater Arnie 3 Overwater Bessy 4 Washington 5 Ladybird 6 Huntsman’s Jenny 14 Ran Time 35.30

. Also Ran. Superstition – Come Home Alfie – Capetown – Langdale Ranger- Beazzled -Huntsman’s Jewel – Jenny’s Rose – Menorah.

Pups 1 Jenny’s Aura 2 General James 3 Overwater Hally 4 Overwater Roger 5 Manna 6 Popeye  10 Ran Time 18.54.

Also Ran. Yorkshire lad – Ronnie’s Rascal – Adventure – Accolade .

Open Restricted.  1 Flawless 2 Cherish 3 Tinkerbelle 4 Cartier 5 Highness 6 Try Time 19 Ran Time 17.58,

Also Ran – Huntsman’s Hope – Billy Whizz – Remember Me – Carrick – Full House – Langdale Jack – Miterdale Prim – Miterdale Princess – Canny Girl – Maybe – Jimmy Choo – Great Gable – Mickledore –