There’s just no stopping Huntsman’s Rebel at the moment as the Patterdale youngster won again at Shap.
Denise Bland’s puppy was winning her 18th trail of the season to go well clear of her rivals.
The meeting had opened with 14 hounds contesting the senior trail in which Brian Graham’s Reebok won by a head from Tom, Ryan and Sarah Bell’s Winterfell.
Two more from the Bland kennel in Patterdale took third and fourth – Huntsman’s Que and Huntsman’s Rally.
Only four senior maidens were entered for that particular grade and Colin Satterthwaite enjoyed a one-two with Thorn Snap and Thorn Crackle.
They were followed home by the other two Intensity and High Crag.
In the open restricted it was Geoff and Barbara Jones’ Lily who led them home to beat another of Denis Bland’s hounds Huntsman’s Quirk.
The race for third was tight, indeed impossible to separate as a dead heat was awarded between Oakbank Izzy and Eagle Rock.
July 24 – Shap
- Hounds – 1. Reebok; 2. Winterfell; 3. Huntsman’s Que; 4. Huntsman’s Quantum; 5. Biff; 6. Jenny’s Quest. 14 ran, time 37.39.
- Maidens – 1. Thorn Snap; 2. Thorn Crackle; 3. Intensity; 4. High Crag. 4 ran, time 41.45.
- Pups – 1. Huntsman’s Rebel; 2. Huntsman’s Rally; 3. Annie May; 4. Busy Again; 5. Eden Redarna; 6. Chapel Stile. 13 ran, time 23.17.
- Open Restricted – 1. Lily; 2. Huntsman’s Quirk; 3 dead heat. Oakbank Izzy and Eagle Rock; 5. Bretton; 6. Huntsman’s Nimrod. 17 ran, time 20.20.
